In a special session yesterday, the North Carolina General Assembly struck down an amendment to Charlotte's nondiscrimination ordinance passed by Charlotte City Council in February that would have protected gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in private businesses such as bakeries, taxis and restaurants. Despite stating that they only called the special session for the "safety of mothers and children" who would hypothetically be preyed upon by pedophile men posing as transgender women, lawmakers struck down the entire amendment, as opposed to just the provision allowing transgender people to use their rightful bathrooms. The new law, passed last night and signed into law by Governor Pat McCrory, restricts municipalities from passing any new laws protecting gay, lesbian or transgender people from discrimination in privately owned businesses. (Steve Harrison, Charlotte Observer) 

Dow is the first Fortune 500 company to oppose NC's pro-discrimination bill. There will be more. #WeAreNotThis pic.twitter.com/xH6ygkAvjC

— Sen. Jeff Jackson (@JeffJacksonNC) March 23, 2016

A non-student was arrested following a shooting on the Johnson C. Smith University campus yesterday evening. Police said no students were harmed in the incident, which happened at about 5:45 p.m., but two students have been suspended for breaking rules regarding visitors and weapons. JCSU is a gun-free campus. (Fox46 Staff) 

Some interesting person allegedly broke into a mausoleum in Hickory last night and stole a single skull from a casket. The theft was discovered by an employee this morning. The man whom the skull belonged to at one time was 84 years old at the time of his death in July 2008. 

WSOC has broken the story of a Concord man who was apparently placed under arrest on Tuesday for not returning a VHS copy of "Freddy Got Fingered" that he rented from a now-closed video rental store in 2002. James Meyers was reportedly pulled over while taking his daughter to school and told about a warrant for his arrest. He was told he could take his daughter to school and go to work if he promised to turn himself in later that day. When he did so, he was handcuffed and booked by the magistrate. Tom Green, the star of the ridiculous movie, has acknowledged the incident and said that he would be willing to pay the $200 fine involved with failure to return rental property, if the charges aren't dropped. (WSOC Staff)