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The North Carolina roadside history marker commemorates the Cowee Tunnel disaster near Dillsboro, an 1882 construction accident that killed 19 Black inmate workers.
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What a new bridge over Baltimore's Patapsco River will look like is still very much a matter of speculation. But one design stands out.
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Four states so far have passed laws prohibiting the use of public money for no-strings cash aid. Advocates for basic income say the backlash is being fueled by a conservative think tank.
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Friends, colleagues and the wife of fallen Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer are remembering him as a hard-charging outwardly stern cop who also peppered friends with "how's things" texts and showered love on his wife and young son. Thousands packed the sanctuary at Charlotte's First Baptist Church on Friday for Eyer's memorial service.
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United Methodist delegates have repealed their church's longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy. The action marked the final major repeal of a half-century's collection of LGBTQ bans and disapprovals that were embedded in the laws and social teachings of the United Methodist Church.
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President Joe Biden has met privately with the families of law enforcement officers shot to death on the job in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Religion and sexuality are often pitted against one another...so where does that leave folks who seek attunement and education for both?
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Co-host Jeff Tiberii checks in with a roundtable of reporters on college protests at UNC Chapel Hill; law enforcement tragedy in Charlotte and updates on primary elections and school vouchers.
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A haunting new video released in the early morning hours is the latest effort by the Army to lure soldiers to some of its more secretive units.
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Republican congressional candidate Kelly Daughtry says she's suspending her campaign just days ahead of this month's primary runoff and endorsing opponent Brad Knott.
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Who are John Noonan and Susan Ralston, and why are they organizing a GoFundMe for a UNC-Chapel Hill fraternity?
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A decline in hunters and a deadly disease are threatening the foundation of our wildlife management system.
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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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Co-host Jeff Tiberii checks in with a roundtable of reporters on college protests at UNC Chapel Hill; law enforcement tragedy in Charlotte and updates on primary elections and school vouchers.
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Religion and sexuality are often pitted against one another...so where does that leave folks who seek attunement and education for both?
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