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Five things you should know this Wednesday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ended his presidential campaign Tuesday, eliminating the biggest impediment to Donald Trump's march to the Republican nomination. Click here to learn fast facts about Cruz ending his campaign.

Investigators hope to ID potential witnesses to fire that killed firefighter

The Mecklenburg Fire Marshal's Office is looking for the public's help in identifying a group of patrons who may be able to help them in their investigation into the fire at a Pineville store that claimed the life of a 20-year-old Pineville volunteer firefighter. Learn more about the deadly fire here.

The cities of Charlotte, Cornelius and Mint Hill are asking Mecklenburg County commissioners to raise property taxes for some residents to fund volunteer fire departments.

A Charlotte man convicted of recruiting girls and women into a life of prostitution, beating them if he thought they withheld money or would go to the police was handed a life sentence Tuesday in a Charlotte courtroom.

Charlie Keating IV, 31, died Tuesday in Iraq in an Islamic State group attack near the city of Irbil. He was a former Phoenix high school star distance runner who was the grandson of an Arizona financier involved in the 1980s savings and loan scandal.