✈️ American Airlines is cutting four direct flights from Austin, including to Raleigh-Durham International Airport during the first week of November. (The Points Guy)
Vice President Kamala Harris' rally in Charlotte last week was the largest rally for Democrats in the city since one for Barack Obama in 2008. (WFAE)
🏈 The Carolina Panthers have decided to bench quarterback Bryce Young, a former No. 1 overall pick. Veteran QB Andy Dalton will start beginning this week. (Axios)
The State Board of Elections reprimanded a Henderson County elections board member for writing "partisan statements" in an email but has yet to take any further action. (WLOS)
"I want to strongly state my belief that if you do not intervene immediately either legislatively or legally, we are going to lose NC to the Dems in November which will likely mean we lost the country," the board member, Linda Rebuck, wrote in an email to Republican lawmakers.
🌀 Brunswick County and Carolina Beach experienced heavy flooding Monday from a tropical cyclone that formed off the coast. (Wilmington Star-News)