Cars drive through an empty parking lot at Southpoint Mall in Durham, N.C., Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Many non-essential businesses have closed during the coronavirus outbreak as shoppers stay away. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
March 24, 2020
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March 24, 2020 4:07 p.m.
North Carolina's largest county issues stay-at-home order
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Leaders of North Carolina's largest county have approved a "stay-at-home" order for residents in and around Charlotte, where the number of cases of the new coronavirus has taken off compared to the rest of the state.