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Introducing Bad Medicine, a weekly series investigating the state of health care in North Carolina
Cardinal & Pine taps its award-winning reporting to highlight the dangers federal policy changes pose to the state’s health care and what can be done about them.
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Good News Friday: Charlotte Symphony director wins Grammy for Civil War spy opera
“Intelligence” tells the true story of two Civil War spies, Elizabeth Van Lew and Mary Jane Bowser. Charlotte Symphony Orchestra’s director Kwamé Ryan conducted the opera.
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North Carolina prisons face ‘dire’ staffing crisis
Years of vacancies, low pay and high turnover have eroded staffing levels at North Carolina prisons, disrupting operations and raising safety concerns.
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Opinion: Why one NC pediatrician says she’s ‘not OK’ amid measles outbreak
I am not OK because the U.S. is now in the middle of the worst measles outbreak in decades and children have and will continue to die or suffer long-term neurological sequela from this disease that is vaccine-preventable.
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Forgotten North Carolina baseball player was a hero in segregated Negro leagues
One of North Carolina’s greatest baseball products ever played in an era of segregation. This is his story.
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It’s 2026 and you’re uninsured. Now what?
The number of uninsured people in America is expected to surge, chiefly because of the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But there are still ways to find health care.
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How does the Outer Banks look today? Check these live pier cams
Curious how the Outer Banks looks after the recent nor’easter? Check out these live pier cameras along the coast to see the surf, tides and weather in real time.
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3 things happening in NC: Sapphire’s wild and crazy Outhouse Race
Yes, you read that right. An Outhouse Race. Plus, a wine walk in Salisbury and the NC Jazz Festival takes place in Wilmington.
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Oppose ICE? Here’s how you can take action
Here are some action tools to help stop ICE funding, halt detention expansion, and demand accountability from Congress.
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A ‘bomb cyclone’ could drop snow on North Carolina this weekend
These storms can produce heavy snow, strong winds, and coastal flooding, making them a major winter weather threat for areas along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Maine.
