Charlotte

Charlotte's mayor tells NPR that the footage will be released "eventually," but that there's no timeline for it. This summer, North Carolina passed a law limiting the public's access to such videos.

The tear-gas-shrouded demonstrations follow the fatal shooting of a black man by police on Tuesday. Police say the man was armed, while relatives and neighbors say he was holding a book.

Downtown Charlotte is calming down early Thursday after a peaceful prayer vigil turned into a violent protest over the fatal police shooting of a black man.

Police say that Keith Lamont Scott was carrying a gun when an officer shot and killed him; his family says he was unarmed. Overnight protests shut down I-85, but the interstate has now been reopened.

Gov. Pat McCrory says the NBA's decision to pull its 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte is being driven by “selective outrage” over the state's LGBT laws.

The controversial state law limits civil rights protections for LGBT people; the league says it can't host the All-Star game in that climate. A new location for the game hasn't yet been announced.

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Some 50,000 pounds of tubers were scattered across hundreds of yards of highway in Charlotte, blocking the road for hours and setting off a mashup of potato-related puns.