Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached the initial release candidate (RC) stage. The RC is open for critical bug fixes, with the feature set ...

Due to inclement weather and to keep our employees safe, there will be no print edition of the Observer-Reporter today. Our subscribers can still read the Jan. 26 newspaper through the e-edition, ...

Video taken this morning in Maine shows an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer taking pictures of a legal observer's car. When she asks why he's doing that, he says, "Because we have a ...

A homeless person in Charlotte was found dead early Thursday near Woodlawn Road and the Interstate 77 interchange during Mecklenburg County’s annual Point-in-Time Count, which tracks the county’s ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Deputy Opinion Editor Paige Masten is covering the 2026 election for The Charlotte ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. — As federal ICE agents continued their crackdown and clashes with protesters in the Minneapolis area Tuesday, Jan. 27, more than 350 people crowded into a Moorhead church to be ...

Elon Musk delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2026. Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images Musk runs six companies, but Tesla is the only ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. National Weather Service expects snow Friday night through Sunday; forecast will change. Meteorologists uncertain about low pressure ...

As federal immigration raids expand nationwide under the Trump administration, New York is deploying legal observers to monitor enforcement actions and protect residents’ rights. New York Attorney ...