Globally competitive swimmers share a lot of characteristics with leaders in the pharmaceutical business, says Coach Jeff Dugdale. His men's and women's teams have won seven straight national championships.
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Two big-name North Carolina Republicans lost their primaries this week: Pat McCrory and Madison Cawthorn. Meanwhile, the racist mass shooting in Buffalo reverberated around the nation. South Carolina's governor signed a bill banning transgender students from playing women’s sports. And yet another earthquake was felt just outside Charlotte.
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Investors are buying up single-family homes and turning them into rentals at a stunning pace in Charlotte. We'll look at the impact this is having on the affordability of housing and what might be done to reverse this troubling trend.
LATEST NEWS
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Rosmarie was the first daughter of Austrian naval Capt. Georg von Trapp and Maria von Trapp, and a younger half-sibling to the older von Trapp children portrayed on stage and in the movie.
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Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Harvey Fierstein's memoir, Bling Empire and more.
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Mecklenburg County’s Juvenile Detention Center would close this December under the county manager’s budget recommendation. That would mean many teenagers would go to facilities as far as three or four hours away from their families and lawyers.
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A digital log believed to be linked to the accused Buffalo gunman documents six months of planning the terrorist attack. Researchers are looking through it and asking: Were there any red flags?
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Matthew McCormack, a history professor in Northampton, U.K., encountered something unexpected while cycling in the woods: a wandering delivery robot.
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This year's wedding season is busier than normal as many couples who postponed ceremonies during the first two years of the pandemic finally tie the knot. That's good news for wedding planners and DJs. And it's good news for DJs like Charlotte's Omar Parkes, aka DJ Op.
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Law professor Kim Mutcherson said that while states are bound by HIPAA laws, individuals are not. This means that abortion "bounty hunters" could help punish people who seek abortions in other states.
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Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio's proposed budget would keep property taxes steady. Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board members, meanwhile, say an increase in funding for the district isn't enough to attract and retain teachers.
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A deputy in South Carolina whose police van was swept away by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, drowning two women seeking mental health treatment trapped in a cage in the back has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
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A North Carolina state judge has ruled insurance magnate Greg Lindberg must give up control of his private companies to comply with an agreement to ensure several insurers within his empire are paid over $1 billion.
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Walk-through metal detectors and clear backpacks have made news as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reacts to guns and violence. At Hopewell High, the community has rallied with its own responses, including parents patrolling halls, a "Zen Den" for teens to calm down and body scanners to check for guns.
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The European Parliament is taking steps to reverse climate policies that promote the use of wood pellets to replace coal in power plants. That would put the brakes on a controversial industry that's booming in the Southeast.
LATEST PODCAST EPISODES
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This week on the SouthBound podcast, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Marissa R. Moss, who has written a new book called "HER COUNTRY" about how a new generation of female artists have made their own paths in a country music industry that has become increasingly hostile to them. We talk about Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris, Mickey Guyton and many more artists.
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In this week’s episode of Inside Politics: Election 2022, we’re going to discuss the race for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina. It’s expected that former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley will win the Democratic primary on May 17. On the Republican side, U.S. Rep. Ted Budd and former Gov. Pat McCrory are the leading contenders.
UKRAINE INVASION
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A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Biden said Thursday he was sending paperwork to Congress to ratify Finland and Sweden's application to join NATO. The ratification process is expected to pass with bipartisan support.
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Twitter is stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on posts that spread potentially dangerous false stories.
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As Ukrainian troops push Russian forces away from its second-largest city, the mayor urges thousands of residents to emerge from their makeshift shelters in the city's metro stations and trains.
CORONAVIRUS
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The virus became the third leading cause of death in the U.S., and caused so many to die in the prime of life that the country experienced the biggest drop in life expectancy since World War II.
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The Food and Drug Administration expanded authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID vaccine to enable kids ages 5 to 11 who were vaccinated at least five months ago to get a third shot.
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Households in the U.S. will receive eight test kits via the U.S. Postal Service. The release comes as cases have risen over 60% in the U.S. over the past two weeks.
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After two years of isolation and uncertainty, many American teens are struggling with mental health problems. But they're also discovering themselves — and their own resilience.
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Americans spend more on medical care than those in other wealthy countries, but we’re a lot sicker. "The Price We Pay" explores the reasons for that and possible solutions to our health care crisis.
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