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The state Groundwater and Waste Management Committee did not take up a vote during Wednesday's meeting to move forward with groundwater standards for PFAS. This comes after the North Carolina Chamber asked state officials to delay action on adopting these standards.
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Forecasters warned a wave of dangerous storms in the U.S. could march through parts of the South early Thursday, after deadly storms a day earlier spawned damaging tornadoes and massive hail.
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Thursday was the second day of testimony for adult film star Stormy Daniels. On Tuesday she testified to a nondisclosure agreement and settlement deal with former President Donald Trump.
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Co-host Leoneda Inge speaks with investigative journalist Lisa Rab about her reporting on Brevard, NC native Moms Mabley and the town's recent efforts to honor her.
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Co-host Leoneda Inge chats with family therapist Dr. Kristen Wynns about how to get through Mother's Day weekend when the holiday is difficult.
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Co-host Leoneda Inge talks with two local researchers about a longitudinal study that tracked women's pathways to adulthood.
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Though TikTok could soon be banned in the U.S., the app continues to gain followers among members of the military. Miltok has become a hub to talk about daily life in the service.
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UNC-Chapel Hill's Students for Justice in Palestine is calling for faculty to withhold grades until the university lifts suspensions of student protestors.
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Christina Koch wanted to be an astronaut for as long as she could remember. And so she became one. Was it as simple as that? The North Carolina State University graduate stopped by the WUNC studio during a recent visit back to the Tar Heel State.
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House Speaker Tim Moore says the bill is needed to respond to a rise in hate speech and attacks on Jewish people. If it becomes law, North Carolina would join other states in using a definition created by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
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Republican primary voters are headed back to the polls next Tuesday for a rare statewide runoff election for lieutenant governor and state auditor.
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A rural community has endured living next to North Carolina's largest landfill for generations. But its residents are determined to keep fighting for a clean home.
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State lawmakers are back in Raleigh to begin what’s known as the short session – several months in which they’ll make adjustments to the state budget for the upcoming year and consider a variety of other legislation that didn’t make it across the finish line in the 2023 long session. One of the biggest partisan battles is likely to be over education funding: How much of the state's projected revenue surplus will go to public schools, and how much will address high demand for private school vouchers? Will the state address the funding cliff that childcare centers are experiencing as federal pandemic money expires?To sort through the issues facing lawmakers, WUNC's Colin Campbell spoke with Sen. Gale Adcock, D-Wake. Adcock, a longtime nurse practitioner, also discusses the state's healthcare policy needs in the months following the expansion of the Medicaid program.
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Something Special for you all: an episode from "Me and My Muslim Friends," featuring Sameera Qureshi. She is a therapist and founder of Sexual Health for Muslims. Her approach to sex education, therapy, and health is grounded in the Islamic framework and the Islamic understanding of the soul. Unfortunately, most Muslims don’t have access to a comprehensive sex education growing up. Host Yasmin Bendaas and Sameera dive into the consequences of that and talk about some of the most common issues Sameera hears in her counseling practice.
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