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BPR News
From President Trump’s visit to the legal battle over voting by mail, there’s been a lot of national news affecting our region. BPR's Felicia Sonmez sat down in the studio with political science professor Chris Cooper to catch up on it all.
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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CMS/YouTubeThe back-and-forth between CMS leaders continues. President Donald Trump stumps in Gastonia for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley. Charlotte City Council may reverse its vote opposing the I-77 toll lanes, and the Women’s Tennis Association is moving its headquarters to Charlotte. Those stories and more with our roundtable of reporters. -
TravelersBeach/FlickrTestosterone is getting a lot of attention these days. The defense secretary pushed for new guidelines on testosterone screening for troops, while young men and boys are increasingly exposed to social media influencers promoting ways to boost the hormone. We discuss the rise of testosterone culture and its health implications.
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LOCAL NEWS
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Three years after the 2023 shooting that killed a professor and caused the UNC-Chapel Hill campus to go under a three-hour lockdown, an Orange County judge finds the accused grad student not guilty by reason of insanity. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill accused CMS board members of “extortion” and accused Chair Stephanie Sneed of secretly directing money to a controversial consultant. -
The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts and Culture will host a free public conversation Sunday to explore a group often underrecognized in art: Black men. -
The president made the remarks at a campaign event for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley in Gastonia Wednesday night. -
A new poll from Elon University shows North Carolinians support three constitutional amendments up for a vote in November, with approval for each above 60%. -
A 6-year-old Charlotte first grader and her mother were deported to Venezuela after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained them at a routine check-in. -
The UNC Charlotte School of Social Work and Center for Migration and Diaspora Studies will host a Latino Health and Mental Wellness Conference on Friday.
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After weeks of slow improvement, recent heat caused drought conditions to worsen in some North Carolina counties.
NATION & WORLD
Get behind-the-scenes insight and analysis about what’s happening in local and statewide politics from political reporter Steve Harrison.
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