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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An Instagram account best known for identifying Jan. 6 rioters turned its attention to an 11-year-old boy from Shelby this week after he won a costume contest at his school. “Homegrown Terrorists,” grabbed a screenshot of a post originally made by Brandon Gosey on Facebook featuring the child’s photo. The child was dressed up as the QAnon Shaman who stormed the Capitol, with face paint, a horned headdress, and a homemade podium. Gosey is listed as the athletic director at Pinnacle Classical Academy in Shelby and says the 11-year-old is his student. Pinnacle Classical Academy ......

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In 2016, Ramar Crump was convicted of crimes tied to a chaotic shootout with Charlotte-Mecklenburg police three years before. Superior Court Judge Greg Hayes sentenced Crump to up to 100 years in prison. Now, a divided North Carolina Supreme Court has ordered a new trial, ruling that Hayes improperly blocked Crump's attorney from questioning the prospective jurors about their possible racial biases. The 4-3 decision this month overturned a 2018 ruling by the state Court of Appeals that unanimously upheld Crump's conviction. The seven members of the state's highest court, howe......