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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — People across the country are pushing for criminal justice reform in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of a now ex-police officer in Minneapolis. WCCB Political Contributor, Mary C. Curtis has more on the nationwide call to action and the frustrations from fellow...
Mary C. Curtis, award-winning columnist, writer, speaker, and editor, talks about the killing of George Floyd, and why when white friends don’t believe what blacks go through, they’re not friends.
...CHARLOTTE, NC — President Trump says governor Roy Cooper has about a week to decide on whether the Republican National Convention can be at full capacity in August. Gov. Cooper says he supports having the convention in North Carolina but he has to put the health and safety of citizens...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Phase II of reopening is underway in North Carolina. It comes as coronavirus cases are increasing, but so is testing. We’re taking a closer look at how things are playing out. And we’re following the latest on the Republican National Convention in Charlotte. Will it move toward...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Trump is threatening to permanently pull funding from The World Health Organization because of its early response to the coronavirus crisis. The president says the organization needs to “commit to substantive improvements in the next 30 days.” In a letter to the WHO Director-General, Trump says...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Former President Obama criticizes the current administration’s response to the coronavirus crisis. President Trump responding to that and weighing in on Charlotte and the Republican National Convention. Our political contributor Mary C. Curtis has more.
...CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The nation’s top health experts issue a warning on the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci, was one of four top health experts who testified virtually before a Senate committee on Tuesday, where he others were pressed on whether the country is ready to reopen. Meantime, North Carolina...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Trump administration’s push to reopen is rattled as new cases hit close to home. Three members of the coronavirus task force will quarantine after exposure to a staffer who tested positive. And Vice President Mike Pence says he’d be “happy” to see Michael Flynn back in...
On the next Charlotte Talks local news roundup … We take a look at the latest on the coronavirus outbreak and its impact in Mecklenburg County and beyond. Today is May 8, the day Gov. Roy Cooper has declared an end to North Carolina’s stay-at-home order as we currently know...
On the same day, it was two very different scenes from Michigan. The Detroit funeral last week of 5-year-old Skylar Madison Herbert, the young victim of COVID-19, received some notice, though in days that followed, other victims rapidly filled the screen and news pages. Yet it was impossible to forget...