A fight is brewing over planned apartments near the wealthy Piper Glen neighborhood in south Charlotte. At the center of the fight is a family of bald eagles that live on a nearby golf course.
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Quiet quitting is a trend among workers who want more balance in their life — something they discovered during the pandemic. It’s about doing just what you’re paid to do and no more. Will this actually be beneficial?
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It's Mike Collins' monthly conversation with Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles. They'll talk about the recent revelation of a previously unknown LYNX derailment, taxes, the arts, crime and more.
TOP NEWS
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Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is scheduled to lead a conversation on national bail reform and over-policing at Livingstone College on Thursday. Other participants will include Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden and District Attorney Spencer Merriweather and more.
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LatinxEd, a professional development program aimed at increasing Latino leadership in North Carolina education, is expected to quadruple in size this year. The application deadline is April 23.
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A week after Charlotte Area Transit System officials disclosed that a Lynx Blue Line train derailed in 2022, the Metropolitan Transit Commission is set to question interim CEO Brent Cagle about the system's response.
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The Cain Center for the Arts opened in Cornelius in January. In addition to an intimate gallery, the center features a 400-seat theater and various types of art classes.
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A climate protest in uptown Charlotte at midday Tuesday called on Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other large banks to stop financing fossil fuel-related businesses.
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It's about protecting and increasing awareness of an interesting species found only in this spot on the globe — the upper part of the South Carolina coast and a small sliver of southeast North Carolina: the Venus fly trap.
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Mora Leeb was 9 months old when surgeons removed half her brain. Now 15, she plays soccer and tells jokes. Scientists say Mora is an extreme example of a process known as brain plasticity.
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The high court said a deaf student could sue for past damages for not getting the support he needed to succeed in public school.
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GOOD Meat, which grows chicken and other meat from animal cells in a production facility, is the second company to cross this hurdle. The move brings no-kill meat closer to sale in the U.S.
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North Carolina lawmakers want to make it easier for domestic violence victims to testify remotely, so they won’t have to encounter their abusers in a courtroom.
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The veterinary tranquilizer has been linked to a growing number of overdose deaths across the country, especially in the Northeast. It's often combined with fentanyl, but can't be treated with Narcan.
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A trio of lawsuits allege that JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank actively enabled Jeffrey Epstein to run a sex-trafficking ring for underage girls. A judge partially denied a motion to dismiss.
LATEST PODCAST EPISODES
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This week on SouthBound, we’re replaying Tommy Tomlinson's conversation from 2020 with Fawn Weaver. Weaver founded the Nearest Green distillery in Tennessee in honor of a Black distiller who helped Jack Daniel develop his famous whiskey. Weaver talks about how she went from reading a story about Green to bottling a whiskey called Uncle Nearest.
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Josh Dawsey, a South Carolina native who covers national politics for The Washington Post. He also covered the Trump White House, and tells Tommy the story about the time the president called him a “lowlife” on Twitter. Plus he’s a long-suffering South Carolina football fan.
CORONAVIRUS
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The wild animals are more similar to foxes than to domesticated dogs. Data that suggested a link between raccoon dogs and the origins of the COVID pandemic was removed from an international database.
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Three years ago, the novel coronavirus swept the world. Here are 24 quotes and 13 photos that sum up the reaction in the weeks before the World Health Organization's declaration of a global pandemic.
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Once U.S. stockpiles of COVID-19 vaccine run out, Moderna says it might charge as much as $130 per dose, but give people who lack health insurance a break. Critics say that's not enough help.
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By some estimates, chronic absenteeism doubled during the pandemic. Now, about halfway through the most "normal" school year since 2020, the situation hasn't improved in many places.
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