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Rapid COVID-19 test kits for South Carolina public school students will start going out next week.
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LATEST NEWS
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Businesses around the Charlotte region are entering the holiday shopping season as North Carolina’s new mask mandate went into effect on Wednesday.
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A district inside a national park in western North Carolina has approved a project which will help sustain and expand its trail system. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the Pisgah National Forest's Grandfather Ranger District approved the Mortimer Trails Project this week.
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Charlotte Fire Department says 15 families have been displaced by a fire early Friday at an apartment complex in south Charlotte.
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CMPD is investigating two fatal shootings in west Charlotte since Thursday night.
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President Trump took questions from reporters for the first time since he lost the election to Joe Biden. He said he'll leave the White House on Jan. 20, but made clear he won't concede.
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Some businesses in North Carolina face new coronavirus restrictions heading into the holiday season under an executive order issued by Governor Roy Cooper this week. For more, we turn now to Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Leger business newsletter.
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In Charlotte, Cathay Dawkins, cofounder of Black Businesses of Charlotte, says Black Restaurant Week actually held for two weeks last month, helped to bring in customers to restaurants that were not doing a lot of business. He says revenue for them increased by 25% during the event. But still, Dawkins says many Black restaurants are struggling, with some expected to close in coming months.
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The city of Kannapolis has sold off several more blocks of downtown that it bought five years ago as part of a long-term plan to jump-start redevelopment. Finding willing buyers is another sign that the city's $113-million bet is paying off, and the city manager says it's sooner than expected.
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North Carolina’s Health Director, Dr. Elizabeth Tilson, expects a limited supply of coronavirus vaccine will be available here by the end of the year. That assumes, of course, that the Food and Drug Administration approves its emergency use sometime in the next few weeks.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board unanimously granted Superintendent Earnest Winston authority Tuesday to shift schools into remote learning based on COVID-19 conditions or staff shortages.
2020 ELECTION
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@NCSBE/TWITTERThe North Carolina State Board of Elections certified most of the state’s races for the 2020 election Tuesday. The Board voted 4-to-1 to certify the results. The only no vote came from a Republican board member who questioned changes the board made to absentee ballot rules before Election Day.
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Tiffany Tertipes/UnSplashIn the 2020 election, South Carolina didn’t allow election officials to contact residents who sent in absentee ballots with missing information, like a witness signature. Now, election data shows less than 1% of mailed absentee ballots in the state were rejected for not having a witness signature, lower than in the 2016 presidential election.
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Michael Falero/WFAENorth Carolina Democrats were hoping this November they would break the backs of Republicans, who after dominating state politics for much of the past decade saw their power erode in the 2016 and 2018 elections. Instead, state Democrats had little to tout after Election Day.
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Michigan, among the states where the Trump campaign has falsely alleged fraud, is scheduled to certify its results on Monday. GOP Sen. Mitt Romney and others have criticized the planned meeting.
CORONAVIRUS
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NPRView NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off.
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Claims for state unemployment benefits again rose last week, signaling ongoing weakness in the job market as coronavirus infections continue to soar.
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CDCCongress saw its first two members enter self-quarantine on March 8. Later that month, seven members tested positive or were presumed so and dozens more were quarantined. The ranks have since grown.
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The U.S. added more than 1 million cases in the past week. More than 85,000 people are hospitalized. Some states may have no choice but to lock down again. Others are tryihng a "surgical approach."
Get the latest news and updates on COVID-19 and its impact on the Charlotte region, the Carolinas and beyond.
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PexelsOn the third episode of the Work It podcast, we’re taking a deeper look at love by introducing you to a wedding planner, therapist and veterinarian.
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