Foreclosure latest setback for venerable Excelsior Club

Charlotte's historic Excelsior Club, a touchstone for generations of African-Americans, faces an uncertain future after foreclosure proceedings began last week. The Beatties Ford Road landmark, which has hosted the likes of Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong as well as a future president, has been closed since June.

Who really cares if a married woman keeps her maiden name?

New research shows what a woman prefers to be called probably doesn't really matter, except to men who are less educated. Who really cares if a married woman keeps her maiden name? New research shows what a woman prefers to be called probably doesn't really matter, except to men who are less educated.

Best of Rossie: a Rather corny election night ata

BEST OF ROSSIE: A Rather corny election night at CBS Readers who watched election returns Tuesday on CBS were treated to the verbal equivalent of a Perseid meteor shower. Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/2kaUXyU Rossie leaves behind a huge legacy: columns that are etched into the memories of generations of newspaper readers and a contingent of reporters, writers and editors.

Top StoryLast Call: Titles leaving Netflix in February, 2017

Seeing as " An Inconvenient Sequel " kicked off the Sundance Film Festival last week, it is the perfect time to revisit Davis Guggenheim and Al Gore 's 2006 documentary about climate change. When two Black Hawk helicopters are shot down during a mission into the heart of Mogadishu a group of soldiers must fight to stay alive until they can be rescued.

Gore stays mum on Trump meeting, says ‘it’s not the last’

Former Vice President Al Gore said that while he wouldn't divulge specifics about his December conversation with Donald Trump, it wasn't "the last conversation." Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is interviewed at the premiere of the film "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power," at the Eccles Theater during the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Park City, Utah.

The perks of being vice president

The role of vice president has not only become more powerful since it was derided as not worth a bucket of spit, it also comes with plenty of perks. The perks of being vice president The role of vice president has not only become more powerful since it was derided as not worth a bucket of spit, it also comes with plenty of perks.

Kushner: Trump didn’t believe conspiracy theories

Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, personally assured skittish acquaintances the President-elect didn't really believe some of the more outrageous claims he was making, according to a new New York magazine profile. "Back when Trump was spinning birther conspiracy theories, which were lapped up by gullible Republicans, one person who talked to Kushner says he offered assurances that his father-in-law didn't really believe that stuff," the report says.

The Fray: Schumer promises Satmar crowd to be their guardian

Sen. Charles Schumer, addressing a crowd of thousands of Satmar Hasidim gathered in Brooklyn Tuesday night, praised the American values and “Torah values” he said they embodied, and invoked the Hebrew meaning of his surname to pledge to remain their guardian and a defender of the Jewish way of life.

With nearly a 2.9 million-vote margin, Clinton the most successful loser in U.S. presidential history

Hillary Clinton received nearly 2.9 million more votes than President-elect Donald Trump, giving her the largest popular vote margin of any losing presidential candidate. Certified results in all 50 states and the District of Columbia show Clinton winning nearly 65,844,610 votes - 48 per cent - to Trump's 62,979,636 votes - 46 per cent - according to an analysis by The Associated Press.