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On the next Charlotte Talks: freedom of the press. It’s a bedrock principle of American democracy and yet, one year into the second Trump administration, it is under attack. The Associated Press was banned from the White House Press room, journalists refused to comply with Pentagon rules controlling the narrative, the government defunded Public Broadcasting and Trump is suing and threatening networks and newspapers. We look at the damage done and what might be next.

It's been a rough week for parents, teachers and students as school goes virtual again, with another winter event possible this weekend. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis calls for Kristi Noem to be ousted from her job. Another measles case has been reported in Mecklenburg, with dozens more in upstate South Carolina. Those stories and more with our roundtable of reporters.

Hurricane Ida came ashore Aug. 29, 2021, near the barrier island of Grand Isle, Louisiana, with the eye of one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. Ida’s landfall came on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, about 40 miles west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land.

In late 2021, Russia began building up troops on the border with Ukraine. By February, the much-larger Russia had invaded Ukraine, despite for months insisting it had no plans to do so. The move drew international condemnation, with Western powers supporting Ukraine but avoiding direct military conflict with Russia, a nuclear power. The situation in Ukraine had been tense since 2014 when Russia seized the Crimean peninsula, which had been part of Ukraine.

On Aug. 25, 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse, 17 years old, fatally shot two men and wounded another during protests against police brutality in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse, from Antioch, Illinois, was in Kenosha that night to protect businesses he said. Facing seven total charges, including two counts of homicide, one reckless and one intentional, and two counts of recklessly endangering safety, Rittenhouse stood trial in November 2021. He was acquitted of all charges.

Charlotte-based supplier of lithium, bromine and other materials

Small city in Gaston and Cleveland counties, NC, about 35 miles west of Charlotte

Duke Energy Sustainable Energy Solutions is a non-regulated division of Duke Energy that sells solar and wind energy to companies, institutions and other utilities across the U.S. The division formerly was known as Duke Energy Renewables.