Three years after Mecklenburg Sheriff Garry McFadden walked away from the U.S. Marshals over a daily rate, federal detainees are coming back to Charlotte's jails. About 60 move in now, with hundreds more still held out of state. Officials say cases will move faster, but nobody said what the new rate is, and the uptown jail is still crowded. Also today: Mecklenburg's early-voting turnout jumps about 61% over the 2022 midterm, Charlotte FC takes a playoff-race road test at Philadelphia, and a South End original pours its last regular weekend.

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