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January 5, 2021

• He spent 40 years not knowing who rescued him from that plane crash. Then, on Christmas...
• The United States, once an exemplar of democracy, looks like a banana republic parody
• No. 2 North Meck rolls; No. 1 Vance girls stop Mallard Creek; teams benched due to COVID
• Wednesday’s high school basketball scores
• Hospitals start COVID shots for certain patients in the Charlotte area now
• Days after Christmas, Mecklenburg County’s COVID positivity rate shatters record
• Here are donors to the Charlotte Observer’s Empty Stocking Fund
• Callers swamp COVID vaccine appointment hotlines around Charlotte. Here’s what to know
• Got questions? Here’s what we know about Mecklenburg’s public COVID vaccine clinic
• Soldier from NC reported sexual assault before she was found dead in Texas, officials say
• These are all the donors to the Charlotte Observer’s Empty Stocking Fund
• CMS reopening metrics climb higher in red zone. 2nd school cluster reported. 
• First homicide of 2021: CMPD says driver ‘intentionally caused’ crash that killed woman
• Angry Zaxby’s drive-thru customer calls store, threatens to shoot employee, NC cops say
• She helped shape NASCAR’s future. Now she’s set to do the same for famous racetrack
• ‘I’ve not played in 3 months.’ Why this CMS star relishes the return of basketball.
• Sam Mills is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame for a second time
• Whitewater Center’s winter lights exhibit connects with nature and technology
• It’s Wynee’s World — and the Charlotte food scene is living in it.
• Do Hornets have any say in why many cord-cutters can’t watch their games this season?
• Charlotte Hornets must find some offense; so change coming to rotation, coach says