Protests erupt across North Carolina over the still-unsettled state Supreme Court race. Clues emerge in the case of Asha Degree, missing since 2000. And Senate leader Phil Berger is unconcerned about a potential drop in state revenue.

Meet the three Charlotte semifinalists for this year’s James Beard Awards for individuals who excel in the culinary industry. They'll share how they contribute to national recognition of the city through food — and, this year, drinks.

On the next Charlotte Talks, among the changes brought on by Trump 2.0 is the sudden disappearance of guidance from the CDC, and other federal agencies, regarding the spread of disease. Although some of that information has been restored, there is still concern in the medical community. Though we might rely on doctors to keep us healthy, they can’t do the best job when their tools are taken away. That — and concerns over the new secretary of health and human services — has raised red flags about public health.

Some of President Trump’s early executive orders have targeted transgender people. It’s both a rights issue and one that raises safety concerns. We look at the impact of what’s been done and what is likely to come for this community.

Nearly 20 years after the Charlotte Sting disbanded, the Queen City buzzes again with talk of women’s basketball. We discuss the latest developments and the potential for more women’s basketball coming to Charlotte.

On the Local News Roundup, the clock is ticking to get a transit plan passed, Fort Liberty returns to Fort Bragg, and the Hornets throw support behind bringing a WNBA team to town.

On the next Charlotte Talks, there was some movement last week in the long-awaited Brooklyn Village Project. The developer is now proposing to replace market-rate units with affordable housing. That could finally get this project underway. But what has taken so long in this effort to develop the old Second Ward site of a historic Black neighborhood, and will this new proposal do the trick?

We speak with four committee leaders on Charlotte City Council about a number of issues facing residents in 2025, including a massive transit proposal, efforts to limit homicides and the cost of living.

Reparations for African Americans has long been a sticking point for a redress to this nation’s reckoning with both its historical wrongs and its contemporary consequences. Experts on the matter weigh in on the practicality and economics of reparations.

The 2020 shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, while he was jogging in a Georgia neighborhood, reignited an outcry against racial injustice, and it also rippled through the running community. We examine what it means to "run while Black" — and the push to make running more accessible and welcoming.