The number of homicides has gone up recently in Charlotte. Since the early 1990s, one woman set out to help bring peace to the families of the victims. WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his weekly commentary, talks about what she meant to the city.
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I think one of the reasons President Trump’s most diehard followers admire him is that he refuses to live by the rules.All you had to do is watch the… -
If you live in North Carolina, and you have not received a flyer, email, text message or robocall about the November election, congratulations – you’re…
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A teacher wrote in the other day with something I’d never thought of about the pandemic and schools.She teaches in Union County, where students have been…
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Six months.That’s how long it’s been since we all had anything resembling a normal day.Six months and three days ago, the World Health Organization…
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Editor’s note: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order on Sept. 1 banning evictions of people who lost work as a result of the…
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In this summer of so many terrible things that have happened on the streets of America, the most disheartening thing, to me, is something that didn’t…
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The Republican National Convention is finally here in Charlotte, and to be honest, you might not even notice. Instead of a three-ring circus, it has…
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There's a buzz outside our house these days. Cicadas. They sing every day, just about all day long. Sometimes they find a ragged harmony of sorts, and…
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Lately I’ve been thinking about the similarities between the two big stories of 2020 – the pandemic caused by the coronavirus, and the global protests on…
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The weirdest sports season of our lifetimes has begun. I’m just not sure how long it’s going to last.Opening Day for Major League Baseball is normally the…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned an infodemic, a vast and complicated mix of information, misinformation and disinformation.In this environment, false…
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Turn on the TV news, or look at a news website, and you’ll see charts, graphics, and dashboards that supposedly indicate the latest with COVID-19 –…
