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The new Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority will have enough money this summer to build a temporary waiting room and ticketing area for Gateway Station.
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WFAE EVENTS
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Jennifer Lang/WFAEOn the next Charlotte Talks, we listen to the candidate forum WFAE hosted Tuesday evening with two of the men running for Sheriff in Mecklenburg County. Both are democrats — no Republican is running. Incumbent Garry McFadden and challenger Antwain Nance were unavailable, so we hear from retired chief deputy sheriff, Rodney Collins and retired CMPD sergeant Ricky Robbins. -
McQuade INCAs we approach Super Bowl Sunday, we check in with veteran New York Times reporter Ken Belson. His new book, 'Everyday is Sunday,' dives into how the NFL’s commissioner, Roger Goodell, and its two most powerful owners, Jerry Jones and Robert Kraft, turned the league into a cultural phenomenon. We get an inside look at how America’s favorite sport achieved its status — and how these three men let nothing stand in their way.
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LOCAL NEWS
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Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper is mentioned in several emails included in the latest release of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including one in which Epstein invited Tepper through a third party to join him and Bill Gates for breakfast at his house. There's no evidence that Tepper was the recipient or sender, or took Epstein up on the offer. -
Canton follows other communities in western North Carolina that are considering resistance to data centers, citing environmental, energy and noise pollution concerns -
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis is pressing the Department of Homeland Security for answers on the U.S. Border Patrol’s Charlotte operation last November. -
South Carolina health officials have confirmed another 29 measles cases since Friday, bringing the total number of people infected by the outbreak to 876. Cases have continued to climb since the outbreak began in October in Spartanburg County. For the first time, the state says a resident in Sumter County has been infected. Cases have begun to spread to North Carolina with at least seven cases in Mecklenburg County. The majority of infected people have been unvaccinated children and teenagers. -
The General Assembly’s Energy Policy Commission met for the first time in nearly two years to review lessons learned and discuss North Carolina’s path forward on nuclear energy. -
CMS will go remote again on Wednesday, Feb. 4.
NATION & WORLD
DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP
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NCDOT says the new I-485 Express lanes around Charlotte are set to open February 28. CMS extends its inclement weather disruption to an eighth straight day. Siemens Energy says it will invest $421 million to expand operations in N.C. The Charlotte Hornets sweep the NBA's Eastern Conference awards for January.
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