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Mecklenburg commissioners voted 6-2 Tuesday night to subsidize a new medical school and adjacent development.
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David Flowers/City of CharlotteWe Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles' thoughts on the events of the year and some recent challenges as well. -
Flickr user/Charlie Cowins/The city of Charlotte has a pledge to end traffic deaths by 2030. But in recent years, the number of traffic fatalities has increased. We sit down with researchers and a Charlotte City Council member to look at what needs to be done to meet the goal.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Earnest Winston sent a message to parents and staff Friday outlining steps the district is taking and considering to increase safety at schools, particularly when it comes to guns. He didn’t give many details, but CMS board members say they’ll push him to do so before the end of December. -
Prosecutors charged the 15-year-old accused of killing four students and injuring others at a Michigan High School as an adult. Thousands of children are tried or incarcerated as adults each year.
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The emergence of this new variant of concern has brought a new vocabulary into daily news reports. We asked experts to help define the terms you're being bombarded with.
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Lawmakers are juggling must-pass items, like addressing the nation's borrowing authority and an annual defense authorization package, along with major political priorities for Democrats.
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Police in the state are on the lookout for any "squatted" trucks or SUVs, which have an unusually high front end and a low rear end. The rakish look poses safety hazards, its critics say.
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CMS Superintendent Earnest Winston said Friday he has ordered clear book bags and is considering metal detectors to deal with guns, fights and aggression in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
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A panel of North Carolina judges has refused to block the latest legislative and congressional maps from being used for the 2022 elections. The three judges on Friday denied preliminary injunctions in a pair of lawsuits challenging boundaries that the Republican-controlled legislature passed last month.
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Hiring slowed sharply last month, even as the unemployment rate fell to 4.2%. Data from the Labor Department suggest the economy was losing steam even before the appearance of a new COVID-19 variant.
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PAs say the new title would clarify that they work in a team and don't require direct oversight by M.D.s. Doctors say it obscures the fact that PAs have less education and training than physicians.
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North Carolina's $50 million bid to boost reading skills gets under way as more than 10,000 teachers begin a time-consuming, two-year program in the science of reading.
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So-called "trigger laws" in 12 states would automatically enact an abortion ban if Roe is overturned. In nine others, bans that were blocked by courts or have long been unenforced could take effect.
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A day before the Friday deadline, lawmakers approved a spending bill that will keep federal agencies running through Feb. 18, 2022.
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Joseph Ewoodzie is a sociology professor at Davidson College and the author of a new book called “Getting Something To Eat In Jackson.” It’s about the interplay of race and class in Mississippi through the lens of what Black people there eat and why.
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Photo courtesy of the artist./Long before the coronavirus pandemic, Charlotte musician Si Kahn understood the power of resilience. For the past 55 years, Kahn has dedicated his life's work to civil rights activism, chronicling the ebb and flow of progress through world-renowned labor anthems like "Aragon Mill" and "Go to Work on Monday." Over the course of 19 records, several books and a FolkVote initiative, Kahn has tapped into a passion for shared history and righteous humanity.
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Mario Tama/Getty ImagesStates that have detected the variant range from Hawaii to Massachusetts. The reports are part of a new surge in COVID-19 cases.
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David Dee Delgado/An analysis by NPR shows that since the vaccine rollout, counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump have had more than twice the COVID mortality rates of those that voted for Joe Biden.
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There's a lot we don't know about the new COVID variant. Many people are wondering if they can fly and go to holiday parties and restaurants — or should just hide out. We asked doctors for answers.
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Jeff Kowalsky/Parents of children under 5 have to wait a little bit longer before COVID vaccines are available. In the meantime pediatricians are still working to increase vaccinations in the 5-11 age group.
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