Cindy McCain, the American director of the U.N. World Food Program, became the most prominent official so far to declare that trapped civilians in northern Gaza had gone over the brink into famine.
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Four law enforcement officers were shot and killed in Charlotte’s deadliest day for law enforcement. Protesters are arrested at UNC-Chapel Hill. And the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board plans to send a slightly less expensive budget to the county.
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Mike Collins meets and hears the story behind Rockie Lynne Rash’s rise through the ranks of successful country music artists. The Statesville native joins Charlotte Talks.
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The Cumberland County School District held its 5th annual feather ceremony for graduating Native American high school seniors.
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A student studying conservation biology at Queens University shares the small wonders he observed studying the wildlife on campus via motion-triggered cameras.
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Cheslie Kryst, who lived in North and South Carolina and died by suicide in 2022, describes her struggle with depression in her new book "By The Time You Read This." In a note to her mother, April Simpkins, she asked her to publish the book. Simpkins, a co-author of the book, talks to WFAE's Gwendolyn Glenn about her daughter.
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The North Carolina roadside history marker commemorates the Cowee Tunnel disaster near Dillsboro, an 1882 construction accident that killed 19 Black inmate workers.
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As UNC Charlotte prepares for commencement next week, a small group of students has set up tents near the center of campus as part of a protest in support of Palestinians. So far, the university hasn’t told them to leave.
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President Joe Biden visited Wilmington today to announce a total of $250 million in funding to replace lead pipes around North Carolina.
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Pete Candler. He comes from a storied Southern family—one of his ancestors founded Coca-Cola—but Pete has written a new book about the secrets in his family’s history, and in the South’s history as well.
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson convenes a panel of three experts on Charlotte for his second SouthBound Live event about the future of the city. This time we’re talking about affordable housing, equity, and what we can learn from the city’s history.
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