WFAE Local Content
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As WFAE has been reporting in our series, “Fractured,” locking up defendants with serious mental illness can make their mental health worse. It’s expensive, and it's often not very effective at reducing crime. If former inmates don’t get treatment when released, they’re likely to get arrested again. But in Miami, Florida, public officials are taking a different approach to the issue — jail diversion.
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President Biden stops in Charlotte to visit with families of slain officers. UNCC students set up a tent camp to show support for Palestinians. Lovin' Life Music Fest kicks off this afternoon in uptown. Traffic snarls ensue. NC's photo ID voting requirement reaches final legal challenge.
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WFAE's “Fractured” series began with the story of John, a 32-year-old Charlotte man living with severe mental illness and intellectual disabilities. John was arrested more than five years ago and has been in custody ever since — but he’s never had a trial. WFAE caught up with John, where he's still stuck in a system that isn't working well, cycling between the jail and the hospital with no end in sight.
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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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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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The NAACP alleges that North Carolina's photo ID requirement disproportionally impacts minority voters.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will hold a town hall in Spanish to connect with a growing segment of the community.
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Smiles and tears filled the sanctuary of Charlotte's First United Methodist Church after the denomination repealed its bans on same-sex marriage and openly gay clergy.
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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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President Biden visits CLT to meet the families of four slain officers. Twenty district court judges write in support of Elizabeth Trosh. Gastonia seeks public input about its new microtransit plan. The Senate Appropriations Committee votes to advance a bill to pump millions into N.C. private-school voucher program.
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Residents of a neighborhood in south Charlotte are suing to block a developer from building a triplex. It looks like it’s the first such lawsuit since new building regulations allowing duplexes and triplexes in most single-family neighborhoods took effect last year. This story and others, on this week's BizWorthy.
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Debate over a bill to dramatically increase North Carolina private school voucher spending highlights party differences in education priorities.