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Nick de la Canal/WFAEA federal judge reinstates North Carolina’s 20-week abortion ban while South Carolina’s Supreme Court stops a near-total abortion ban from going into effect. Charlotte F.C. decides on a headquarters location and the City Council moves closer to a possible social district. Mike Collins and local journalists break down these and other stories from the week's news. -
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Kemp's ridley sea turtles have hatched in Louisiana's wilds, officials say, in a victory for barrier island restoration. The tiny turtle is also believed to be the world's most endangered. -
Workers are asking Google to protect user location data and search history from law enforcement agencies that might attempt to prosecute abortion seekers.
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The two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated the scheme have been ordered to pay hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history.
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It can take years to grow the perfect mullet, and these kids have put in their time to take home the 2022 USA Mullet Championship trophy. Here's a peek at some of the most remarkable contestant 'dos.
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Many of the states that are moving to ban abortion tend to have less access to health care, worse maternal and infant health care outcomes and weaker social supports for children and families.
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When the tennis megastar announced her plans to retire from competition last week, she said her future will involve a renewed focus on a venture capital firm she quietly founded eight years ago.
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A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows that half of Americans say there's an "invasion" at the southern border. And that false and misleading claims about migrants are taking hold, particularly with Republicans.
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The Northern Lights, known scientifically as auroras borealis, are triggered by geomagnetic activity from the sun. They typically occur closer to the North Pole, near Alaska and Canada.
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Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule has been adamant for weeks that he wouldn’t rush to announce a winner in the ongoing quarterback competition between Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield.
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The campaign committee for North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has asked a federal appeals court to block enforcement of a seldom-used libel law amid an investigation into one of the attorney general's 2020 political ads.
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The South Carolina “fetal heartbeat” law banning abortion around six weeks is no longer in effect after the state Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked it. For now, South Carolinians can access abortions at 20 weeks of pregnancy.
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A federal judge has ruled that abortions are no longer legal after 20 weeks of pregnancy in North Carolina. U.S. District Judge William Osteen reinstated the abortion ban Wednesday after he said the June U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade erased the legal foundation for his 2019 ruling that placed an injunction on the 1973 state law.
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On the latest SouthBound podcast, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Beth Macy, author of the bestseller “Dopesick,” which was made into an Emmy-nominated TV series starring Michael Keaton. She’s got a new follow-up to that book called “Raising Lazarus,” about the helpers on the front lines of the opioid crisis, including some here in North Carolina.
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Executive Office of the President of the United States/Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsToday, we’re talking national and regional politics. You can’t have that conversation without talking about former President Donald Trump and the January 6 hearings on Capitol Hill. We have a guest with a lot of knowledge of Trump and who recently spoke to the January 6 committee: Mick Mulvaney.
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Ron Harris/APThe proposed changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention come amid ongoing criticism of the agency's response to COVID-19, monkeypox and other public health threats.
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UnsplashThe FDA issued revised guidance about how often to test after exposure to someone with COVID or after symptoms occur. It's not exactly the same as what the CDC says. What's the best way to proceed?
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Pixabay/Previously, the FDA had advised taking two rapid antigen tests over two or three days to rule out infection. But the agency says new studies suggest that protocol can miss too many infections.
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Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty ImagesRevised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looks to minimize COVID-19's disruption of daily life while conceding that the pandemic isn't over.
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