With plastics breaking down into microscopic particles that enter the food chain, researchers are investigating how they may affect reproductive health.
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CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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North Carolina/Department of Health and Human ServicesDuring the COVID pandemic, Dr. Mandy Cohen was the face of North Carolina's response to the virus. Later, she would go on to serve as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the Biden administration. Now, she is part of the newly formed Governors' Public Health Alliance, focusing on sharing information about health, emergency preparedness and more. She joins us to talk about all that and the future of public health. -
Brooks Sandwich House/FacebookThe trial begins for two men accused of murdering Scott Brooks of Brooks Sandwich House. More than 100,000 recipients in Mecklenburg County face losing SNAP benefits due to the federal government shutdown. CMS sets rules on the use of artificial intelligence. And it’s do or die for Charlotte FC in the playoffs after losing on Tuesday.
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The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of NC has been credited with reducing C-section births, boosting breastfeeding and cutting infection rates in the tiniest babies. -
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control is often near capacity, but what makes the current situation urgent is that between Oct. 1 and Oct. 23, dogs at the shelter stayed an average of about 26 days before being adopted — up from roughly eight days during the same period last year. -
The federal program provides food, formula and support to about 262,000 people in North Carolina. -
Con el cierre del gobierno federal que se espera se prolongue a través de noviembre, muchos empleados federales no recibirán sus cheques de pago y los beneficios de SNAP se suspenderán temporalmente. En Carolina del Norte, alrededor de 1.4 millones de residentes dependen de la asistencia de SNAP. En el condado de Mecklenburg, esa cifra ronda los 140,000. -
Students at Hidden Valley Elementary School celebrated Halloween with members of the community, who spent the day going classroom-to-classroom, reading books for the school’s inaugural Fall Read-A-Thon.
NATION & WORLD
DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP
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Some Charlotte area nonprofits are stepping up to help people poised to lose SNAP benefits this weekend. Head Start programs across N.C. will be forced to close their doors today due to the government shutdown. Participation in early voting for Tuesday's municipal election is up sharply. N.C. scientists discover a new species of dinosaur.
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