Author name: Mary Curtis

Opinion: In Reaching for Deals, Will Parties Overlook Certain American Voices?

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“He likes us,” Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer said of his fellow New Yorker Donald Trump last week. This was after “Chuck” joined “Nancy” — House Democratic leader Pelosi from California — in a White House gathering that resulted in a deal on DACA reform, unless it didn’t. Whatever the interpretation of what happened during that chummy get-together, and there […]

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Charlotte Talks Friday News Roundup: Anniversary of Scott Shooting, No Prayer at City Council

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Remembrances were in large supply this week for the anniversary of the shooting of Keith Scott that happened this week in 2016. The Charlotte Citizens Review Board gave recommendations on policy for the department following its split decision last month on whether CMPD officer Brentley Vinson should have been disciplined in Keith Scott’s death. Chief Kerr Putney responded to

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Charlotte Marks One-Year Anniversary of Keith Scott Shooting

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CHARLOTTE, NC — Charlotte is marking the one year anniversary of the deadly police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott and the days of unrest that followed. Hundreds of people stormed the streets of uptown in protest after CMPD Officer Brentley Vinsonshot and killed Scott, September 20th, 2016. Scott’s death has since sparked concerns about race, equality, and opportunity in the Queen City as

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Opinion: The Terror Within — Those Who See Danger in Diversity

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It was a stirring message of unity. On Monday, 16 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on American soil that saw planes flown into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, and brave passengers divert one into a Pennsylvania field, President Donald Trump honored the memories of the dead and the heroics woven through the actions

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Opinion: A Veteran Takes on a House Incumbent — and Other N.C. Political Tales

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Purplish-red North Carolina is hard to figure out. That may be why national eyes tend to watch local, state and federal races for clues of political trends, particularly whether or not the Donald Trump phenomenon is fading. Or perhaps it’s just the state’s unpredictability and the entertainment value of its outsize personalities who

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‘Midnight, Texas’: In a Show About Outsiders, TV Insider Monica Owusu-Breen Finds a Home

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“Midnight, Texas,” is a remote place, a world all its own. Within its borders you can find a witch, an angel, a vampire, an assassin, supernatural beings and humans with powers and pasts – and a handsome psychic new to town. It’s where outsiders come together to find a home and form a bond against

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