The Carolina Panthers team sale is entering the "fourth quarter," a source with knowledge of the sale told NBC Charlotte, and a bid is expected to be picked in the next three weeks.
Pittsburgh Steelers minority owner and hedge-fund manager David Tepper, as well as Ben Navarro, a businessman from Charleston, S.C., and Miami businessman Alan Kestenbaum are the front-runners to buy the Panthers. A source also tells NBC Charlotte that a fourth, unnamed source could still be in the mix, although these three named sources were recently presented as the serious bidders, a league source confirms.
The timeline of naming the potential winning bidder in the next three weeks would make it possible for the owners to vote on the Panthers next owner at the league meetings in Atlanta in May.
The Iredell County Sheriff's Office is equipping elementary schools with portable ballistic shields to protect students.
Sheriff Darren Campbell said close to 20 of the shields will be placed in pre-designated locations in the school for responding officers to use in a worst-case scenario.
"It just basically increases the survivability rate if you were to have an active shooter," Campbell said, explaining that $45,000 of drug dealer money was used to purchase the shields.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Storm Water Services launched a canine campaign with signs popping up all over town, warning pet owners of the health problems associated with leaving pet waste in public places.
With waste stations at seemingly every corner, it seems easy enough to scoop up the mess, but the city says last week, they flagged more than 600 piles on public property, which translates into 450 pounds of pet waste, which is an estimated 4.7 trillion fecal bacteria that is left to be washed into creeks and local waterways.
"Sometimes it's not bad intent, sometimes you just don't know when your dog is going to poop," said one woman, who went on to say she picks up her dog's waste.
Ice cream lovers, rejoice! Ben and Jerry’s ice cream has their 29th annual Free Cone Day on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. From noon till 8 p.m. you can brave the lines (seriously, they are usually pretty epic and long) and get a free scoop of your choice!
You can find a full list of the stores that are participating in the festivities here: https://www.benjerry.com/scoop-shops/free-cone-day
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will try to reassure a skeptical Congress this week that his company can protect Americans' privacy and thwart foreign election meddling in the wake of a data breach that has affected up to 87 million users and severely damaged the reputation of the social media giant.
Zuckerberg is trying to fend off government regulation and restore public confidence after recent revelations that data from millions of Facebook users was shared with Cambridge Analytica, a data mining firm used by the Trump campaign in the 2016 election. The data was shared without the knowledge of the affected users, whom Facebook began notifying Monday.
"If we don’t rein in the misuse of social media, none of us are going to have any privacy any more," Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, the senior Democrat on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, said after meeting privately with Zuckerberg for about an hour.
"My sense is that (Zuckerberg) takes this seriously because he knows there is going to be a hard look at regulation. If it’s not his site, then someone else’s can be misused by people who are trying to do us harm," Nelson said. "I believe he understands that regulation could be right around the corner."