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North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis called the shooting a 'wake-up call' for the country, urging Americans to 'take a breath' and reset a political discourse he says is being dangerously amplified by social media. Governor Josh Stein echoed that sentiment, stating that political violence is 'absolutely unacceptable' and has no place in our democracy.
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WFDD listener Judith Rush recently asked how exactly the beverage became the drink of the South. For this edition of Carolina Curious, WFDD's DJ Simmons spoke with an award-winning food writer and educator to learn more. -
After losing her primary to Rodney Sadler, state Rep. Carla Cunningham said on Friday that she's leaving the Democratic party. She'll finish out her term as unaffiliated. -
State regulators ordered Duke Energy to pump the brakes on new solar — a move that some clean energy advocates are calling unprecedented and a blow to the state’s clean energy transition.
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