Michael Falero

Multiple game developers and Disney are pushing back release dates for their content. Are these delays a good thing for the audience? We also discuss an nearly non-game that Randolf is playing and do a dive deep on Netflix’s the Witcher. That plus some great stuff from TikTok, Reddit, and Paul Rudd.

Opponents of Duke Energy’s request for a proposed 6% rate increase in Western North Carolina dominated a public hearing in Charlotte on Thursday night. Even before the hearing got started, activists from several groups protested outside the Mecklenburg County Courthouse, chanting slogans like, "Duke gets bailed out, we get sold out!" and "Their pockets get thicker, our children get sicker!" Kate Lewin is a local high school student and a climate activist. She came to the protest and attended t

Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather outlined his office’s priorities for the year, after Charlotte recorded 107 homicides in 2019. Wednesday's press conference was the first Merriweather has done specifically at the start of a new year to detail what priorities he would focus on. The district attorney listed four broad priorities, each with multiple parts to them. First, he committed to bringing 20 homicide cases to trial this year. That's up from 13 cases tried last year.

The family of an American Airlines employee who died in an accident in August is suing the airline and the city of Charlotte, blaming longstanding safety issues for his death.

Companies are creating more phones advertised as “foldable,” but they’ve got a lot of kinks in them. And is the technology worth even a good idea for smartphone users? We also talk looter-shooter games and Disney+’s flagship Star Wars show, The Mandalorian (ft. THE Baby Yoda). We round the show up with some of our favorite Internets of the week, like the Queen and a cheeky Reddit prank.

North Carolina is on track to experience the most significant changes to its climate ever by the end of this century, according to a new report.

A homeless nonprofit in Charlotte announced Thursday it expects to start construction soon on a new men’s shelter that will have more beds, privacy, and other services. The announcement follows a $500,000 donation made toward the project by Honeywell, which moved its headquarters to Charlotte in 2019.

We talk about our predictions for the Internet in the new decade, plus what we’re looking forward to in 2020 in terms of gaming, social media, VR, and more. We discuss rogue-like indie games, review Footloose, talk about the reaction to Cats, and a very weird daily YouTube channel.

The federal government’s leading atmospheric research agency published data this week showing 2019 was North Carolina’s hottest year on record.

A meme survey asks what the best memes of the 20110s were – we give our thoughts on the weirdest, funniest, and most impactful memes of the decade. That plus more Jedi: Fallen Order discussion and reviewing Tom Ford’s A Single Man. Good Internet, Best Internet has an AI-created RPG, a weird music lookback of the decades, and more!

Earlier this year, Boy Scouts rebranded as Scouts BSA and allowed girls to join. WFAE visited one of the first girl troops in the region to see how their first year of scouting has gone.

A new greenway stretches behind the homes and shops of the Antiquity neighborhood in Cornelius. At the trailhead is a large, elevated walkway that slopes down to a paved, half-mile trail. Eileen Hume and her husband, Darin, were taking a morning walk on the trail recently.

A new report says North Carolina had the fourth highest budget cuts in the country over the last decade when it comes to environmental protection. Between 2008 and 2018, North Carolina’s state government cut funding for its environmental agency’s programs meant to reduce air and water pollution by 34%. Funding went from $136.3 million to $90 million dollars, when adjusting for inflation. The state also cut its staff levels by 35%. That data comes in a new report by the Environmental Integrity P

We do a rapid news roundup – TikTok security concerns, Disney vs Netflix content approaches, Facebook Gaming and Elon Musk. We’re each playing RPGs, including lots of Star Wars, and in You’ve Gotta See This we talk about a terrible James Bond movie. Stick around for the Good Internet, Best Internet, which features great TikTok users and Baby Yoda!

The German supermarket chain Lidl opened its first store in Charlotte on Wednesday morning. The opening is part of a trend of more discount supermarket chains in Charlotte.

We tackle the generation-dividing meme that’s sweeping the Internet: OK Boomer. We talk about its presence on TikTok and the backlash. Gaming features strawberry hunting and a -possibly perfect – online MMORPG? We’ve got lots to say about Bojack Horseman S6 in You’ve Gotta See This, and then hologram concerts, poorly named YouTube channels, and Danny DeVito.

The City of Charlotte has started construction on a new section of greenway. It’s part of a larger plan for a network of greenways called the Cross Charlotte Trail that will go from the South Carolina border to Cabarrus County. The project had a significant funding shortfall earlier this year, but it’s now back on track.

Retired UNC Charlotte professor and Holocaust survivor Dr. Susan Cernyak-Spatz died Sunday at the age of 97. She was remembered as a pioneering intellectual who used her concentration camp experience to speak out against violent extremism.

Teachers in many schools across North Carolina staged protests Wednesday morning outside their schools in response to deadlocked negotiations between state lawmakers and Gov. Roy Cooper over educator pay raises.

Cyclists would love to not worry about being hit by vehicles. And drivers would love to not worry about hitting cyclists. Charlotte planners believe a protected bike lane project will make everyone happier and safer on uptown's roads. Stephanie Bercht is a designer who works uptown. She commutes to work by bike every day — she says there’s no bad day to bike. You just need to be prepared. As prepared as Bercht is, she still gets scared on her commute into uptown. "You’re like constantly worrie