National News
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4-day school weeks grow in popularity across the US, but what are the effects?
School districts in rural places are increasingly turning to 4-day school weeks, but there’s mixed data on how the change impacts students.
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Officials in Charlotte vow to resist looming ICE, Border Patrol crackdown
As ICE and Border Patrol head for Charlotte, local groups say they are training volunteers on how to protest and informing immigrants of their rights.
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Epstein email says Trump ‘knew about the girls,’ but White House says release is a Democratic smear
The sex-offending financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” according to communications released Wednesday, but the White House quickly accused Democrats of selectively leaking the emails to smear the president.
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Trump renews Supreme Court push to keep SNAP payments frozen
President Trump’s administration was back in the Supreme Court Monday attempting to block full SNAP, or “food stamps,” payments.
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What’s in the deal to end the government shutdown
The government shutdown appears to be drawing to a close. Here’s what’s in the controversial deal to end it.
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Charlotte airport one of 40 facing cancellations, delays amid government shutdown
The strain of the government shutdown is forcing dozens of American airports, including the Charlotte airport, to delay or cancel flights. Here’s why.
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Report: Immigrants in NC, U.S. prop up Social Security, Medicare
As President Donald Trump makes good on campaign promises to deport immigrants living in North Carolina and across the U.S. without proper documentation, a new report spotlighted the economic risks to Social Security and other programs relying on payroll tax revenues.
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Why health insurance is so expensive this year — and what you can do about it.
This year’s Obamacare open enrollment period, which started Nov. 1 in most states, is full of uncertainty and confusion for the more than 24 million people who buy health insurance through the federal and state Affordable Care Act marketplaces.
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Affordable Care Act premiums are about to soar in North Carolina
With Republicans in D.C. blocking renewed Affordable Care Act subsidies, North Carolina is passing along steep rate hikes for health care coverage.
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Federal judges rule Trump must fund SNAP benefits through the shutdown
Two federal judges have ruled that President Trump must fund SNAP benefits through the shutdown, but these important food benefits have already been disrupted.
