LaMelo's gift and other speed reads

👟 Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball will drop his lifestyle shoe, LaFrancé Gifted, in an orange colorway on Nov. 8, per a press release. The shoe will be available via PUMA, Foot Locker and Champs for $110.

🚌 Charlotte Area Transit System will offer free rides today to help get people to the polls.

🌎 Show your "I Voted" sticker to get $10 off any general admission ticket for "Space Explorers: The Infinite" at Blume Studios today. (Blumenthal Arts)

🗳 Sloan Rachmuth, the former campaign manager for Republican state superintendent candidate Michele Morrow, was arrested Sunday and charged with cyberstalking after she posted photos of a pro-Palestinian Harris Teeter employee who wore a keffiyeh. (News & Observer)

🏭 North Carolina regulators approved Duke Energy's latest energy plans, giving the utility a waiver from having to plan to meet a 70% carbon dioxide reduction target by 2030. (Business N.C.)

• The waiver delays Duke's need to hit a 70% reduction in carbon emissions until 2034. (WFAE)

🎅 Santa Claus arrives at SouthPark mall on Thursday, Nov. 7, and will be there until Christmas Eve, according to the mall. Reservations can be made online.