More than 200 abortion rights activists gathered in front of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center Friday evening to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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COVID-19 vaccines are available for our youngest children. NASCAR Hall of Famer and founder of Charlotte Motor Speedway Bruton Smith has died at age 95. North Carolina sees its first case of monkeypox. And, few answers emerge — even after two years — about a shooting on Beatties Ford Road.
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A decade after the Obama administration created the DACA program giving protections to undocumented children, that program is in limbo. We look at what the future may hold and hear from a DACA beneficiary.
LATEST NEWS
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade in a 6-3 decision.
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Bruton Smith thought big and had a big impact on our region and NASCAR. Smith, the founder of Charlotte Motor Speedway, died Wednesday at the age of 95.
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President Joe Biden spoke from the White House about the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion nationwide. He said the court has done what it’s never done before in taking away a constitutional right that is so fundamental to so many Americans.
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Ukrainians who were held in Russia detail their detention, hoping to help find a teacher still missing. She is one of more than 200 civilians that U.N. human rights workers say Russia has disappeared.
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North Carolina is set to become a destination for people seeking abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade in a 6-3 decision.
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The Charlotte Hornets drafted two centers in the first round of the NBA draft — trading one away and keeping the other.
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North Carolina is pumping millions into new types of summer school designed to introduce careers and get students ready for new settings.
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A newly released report shows men's college athletic programs received more than double that of women's programs in allocated resources in 2020.
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The House approved the bipartisan bill 234-193 exactly one month after a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. It's the first gun control measure to come out of Congress in nearly three decades.
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Former Justice Department officials described the relentless pressure Trump put on them to find evidence of voter fraud when it didn't exist and a tense showdown in the Oval Office.
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The Biden administration announced a partnership Thursday with a bipartisan group of East Coast governors, including North Carolina's Roy Cooper, to help meet state and federal goals for expanding offshore wind energy and fighting climate change.
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Amazon's voice-cloning technology still under development raises concerns among those who study ethics in artificial intelligence.
LATEST PODCAST EPISODES
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On the latest SouthBound podcast, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Dan Chapman, whose new book “A Road Running Southward” retraces the steps of environmentalist John Muir, who walked the South from Kentucky to Florida in 1867. Along the way, Chapman shows what development and climate change have done to the Southern landscape.
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We take a look at the Jan. 6 hearings and North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race. Followed by a talk about our lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, who’s been in the news for a series of controversial comments.
CORONAVIRUS
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As a third pandemic school year draws to a close, new research offers the clearest accounting yet of the pandemic's academic toll.
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Federal health agencies have approved the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Two vaccines, from Pfizer and Moderna, have been granted emergency use authorization for children ages 6 months to 5 years and shipments of shots are arriving in North Carolina.
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NC Gov. Roy Cooper has COVID-19.
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CDC advisers are recommending the use of two separate COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest children made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, paving the way for vaccine rollout as early as next week.
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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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