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As many as half a million people were affected by toxins in drinking water over a period of 30 years.
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CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Chris Ballance/FlickrCharlotte's Epicentre finds a buyer. It just happens to be the creditor the complex owed when it declared bankruptcy. Teachers are still needed to fill positions before school starts. Cancellations are mounting at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. And a new light rail stop is in the works. Mike Collins and local journalists cover those stories and more. -
Djenno Bacvic/How did we get to the Republican Party of today? Washington Post political columnist Dana Milbank draws a 25-year through-line from Newt Gingrich to Donald Trump in his book “The Destructionists.”
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The Arctic is very sensitive to climate change. In the last 40 years, the region has warmed much more rapidly than the Earth as a whole, a new study finds.
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Some of the Act's $369 billion in energy and climate spending aims to make it easier and cheaper for Americans to live more sustainably.
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The campaign committee of North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein plans to ask a federal court to block the enforcement of a state law looming in a probe of a TV ad aired against Stein's election rival in 2020. The state law makes it illegal to knowingly circulate false reports to damage a candidate's election chances.
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The national average price of gasoline has fallen below $4 a gallon. These are four key factors that could determine what happens next with prices at the pump.
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Authorities have several open investigations involving the former president, including into his businesses, his tax returns and his actions leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
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A new chapter has begun for uptown Charlotte’s Epicentre. The complex that was once the center of uptown nightlife garnered a bid of $95 million from Deutsche Bank during a foreclosure auction this week.
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Artist KAWS has designed boxes — and collectible prizes — for Franken Berry, Count Chocula, Boo Berry and Frute Brute, which are back for General Mills' seasonal release of Monster Cereals.
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After taking a second look at what was thought to be a cow tooth, one scientist has found evidence to help solve the mysterious origin story for these wild ponies.
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Mental health advocates celebrated the launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, but some people voiced concerns that using the service could lead to police involvement or forced hospitalization.
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Supermoons in general appear 17% bigger and 30% brighter than when the moon is at its farthest point away from Earth, according to NASA.
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A study builds on research that shows landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions globally, after oil and gas systems and agriculture.
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Executive Office of the President of the United States/Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsToday, we’re talking national and regional politics. You can’t have that conversation without talking about former President Donald Trump and the January 6 hearings on Capitol Hill. We have a guest with a lot of knowledge of Trump and who recently spoke to the January 6 committee: Mick Mulvaney.
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On the latest SouthBound podcast, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Tressie McMillan Cottom, a sociologist, author, columnist for the New York Times, recipient of the MacArthur “genius grant” … whew, she’s done a lot, and she talks beautifully about all of it. Our conversation ranges from the concept of whiteness in American life to the tragedy that shaped her life.
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Nicole Buchanan for NPRInsured or not, one in five said they couldn't get treated for serious illness, while preventive and elective procedures were neglected. Disruptions in care hit Black and Native Americans the hardest.
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Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe president arrived in Rehoboth Beach, Del., where the first family has a home.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/The Food and Drug Administration's decision against allowing more people to get second boosters has left many younger adults in limbo and angry.
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Georgia LindersAn estimated 4 million workers in the U.S. are struggling to work due to debilitating symptoms from long COVID. The government is urging employers to provide accommodations to keep them on the job.
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Get behind-the-scenes insight and analysis about what’s happening in local and statewide politics from political reporter Steve Harrison.
Americans spend more on medical care than those in other wealthy countries, but we’re a lot sicker. "The Price We Pay" explores the reasons for that and possible solutions to our health care crisis.
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