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Wally Amos, creator of Famous Amos cookies, has died
Wally Amos, the entrepreneur behind the Famous Amos cookie enterprise, has died. He was 88 years old. His cause of death was dementia, his children said in a statement. “With his Panama hat, kazoo, and boundless optimism, Famous Amos was a great American success story, and a source of Black pride,” said children Sarah, Michael, Gregory and Shawn Amos.
Charlotte civil rights attorney reflects on the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act by President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The long debated and filibustered act was enacted to prohibit discrimination in employment based on a person’s race, religion, sex, age, disability or national origin. It also prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and federally funded programs.
UNCW's vice chancellor of student affairs discusses the impacts of removing DEI from campus
Last week, UNCW Chancellor Aswani Volety issued a press release, laying out the broad strokes of what ending DEI at UNCW would look like. That includes removing the chief DEI position — held by Dr. Donyell Roseboro, who will return to her faculty position but no longer serve as a cabinet-level advocate for DEI issues. It also includes reorganizing, and reducing staff at, four student cultural and identity centers: the Upperman African American Cultural Center, Centro Hispano, the Mohin-Scholz LGBTQIA Resource Center, and the Asian Heritage Cultural Center.
West Charlotte High gets a new principal just before students return
West Charlotte High School is getting a new principal less than two weeks before students return to class. Principal Orlando Robinson has been transferred to lead Renaissance West STEAM Academy, a K-8 school that’s part of an ambitious community partnership designed to break the cycle of poverty. Paula Cook,...
Trump touts historic deportation plans, but his own record reveals big obstacles
At the Republican National Convention this summer, hundreds of attendees waved signs demanding "Mass Deportation Now!" When former President Donald Trump took the stage on the final night of the convention, he promised to launch "the largest deportation operation in the history of our country" if reelected. Trump's deportation pledge...
Spirit Airlines adding daily flight from Charlotte
Kenny is a Maryland native who began his career in media as a sportswriter at Tuskegee University, covering SIAC sports working for the athletic department and as a sports correspondent for the Tuskegee Campus Digest. Following his time at Tuskegee, he was accepted to the NASCAR Diversity Internship Program as a Marketing Intern for The NASCAR Foundation in Daytona Beach, Florida in 2017.
WHO declares 2024 mpox surge is 'a public health emergency of international concern'
The World Health Organization has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. Cases of mpox — previously called monkeypox — have been surging in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In recent weeks, cases have appeared in nearby African countries including several that have never reported mpox cases before.
Authors of 'Witch Hunt: The Cold War, Joe McCarthy, and the Red Scare' join us to discuss how the lessons of the past impact us today
At the brink of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. Americans were terrified of being accused, so they turned on each other — accusing neighbors, friends and even family. Leading the charge was Sen. Joe McCarthy.
AI is changing video games — and striking performers want their due
Jasiri Booker’s parkour and breaking movements are used to animate the title character in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales video game. “I stick to walls. I beat people up. I get beaten up constantly, get electrocuted and turn invisible,” the 26-year-old says. He and other performers act out...
Disney wants a wrongful death lawsuit thrown out because the plaintiff had Disney+
After a doctor suffered a fatal allergic reaction at a Disney World restaurant, Disney is trying to get her widower’s wrongful death lawsuit tossed by pointing to the fine print of a Disney+ trial he signed up for years earlier. Jeffrey Piccolo is representing the estate of his late...
Taylor Swift stays at No. 1, and foils Ye in the process
This week’s look at the pop charts brings another week at No. 1 for Taylor Swift’s indomitable The Tortured Poets Department, whose sales have surged thanks to a flurry of discount-priced digital variants. Those efforts just happened to hold Swift nemesis Ye (formerly Kanye West, formerly a chart-topper) out of No. 1 — a coincidence, no doubt. Elsewhere, the top five songs remain exactly the same, the race for song of the summer enters its final laps and Chappell Roan keeps creeping up the chart nearly a year after the release of The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.
Charlotte to vote on Red Line rail track purchase Sept. 9
The Charlotte City Council is scheduled to vote Sept. 9 on buying the O Line freight rail tracks from Norfolk-Southern — a major step towards building the long-delayed Red Line commuter train to Lake Norman communities. Ed McKinney, who is the city’s point person for the transportation plan, said...
Charlotte plans to buy Red Line tracks next month
Charlotte City Council members got an update Tuesday evening on the long-delayed Red Line commuter train to Lake Norman. City officials said they have an agreement to buy the O Line freight tracks from Norfolk Southern. Council members are scheduled to vote on the purchase Sept. 9. Ed McKinney, who...
After 8 years of a Democratic governor in Louisiana, Landry moves policy to the right
Louisiana's new law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom was championed by Republican Governor Jeff Landry. That law faces court challenges, but eight years of Landry's influence has moved the state further to the right. WWNO's Matt Bloom reports. MATT BLOOM, BYLINE: Landry has...
Rooftop solar has a fraud problem. The industry is working to build back trust
PHILADELPHIA — The solar power industry is booming and that growth helps the world meet its climate goals by replacing fossil fuels. But an emerging problem in the U.S. solar business that installs panels on homes risks slowing the effort to cut the country’s emissions. Customer complaints against...
Here’s why snake hunters from across the U.S. are wading into the Florida Everglades
It’s the time of year when Florida officials allow both amateur and professional snake hunters alike to scatter across parts of the Everglades on a mission to capture as many Burmese pythons as they can wrangle. The annual Florida Python Challenge began last Friday and runs until 5 p.m....
The oceans are weirdly hot. Scientists are trying to figure out why
The oceans are extremely warm right now. Worldwide, average ocean temperatures were in record-breaking territory for 15 months straight since last April. That’s bad news on multiple fronts. Abnormally hot ocean water helps fuel dangerous hurricanes, like Hurricane Ernesto, which is expected to rapidly gain strength this week in the Atlantic, and like Hurricane Debby, which dumped massive amounts of rain along the East Coast of the U.S. last week. And when the water gets too hot, fish and other marine species also struggle to survive. For example, the ocean water near Florida is so warm that it’s threatening coral reefs.
Young Black voters are becoming more conservative than their parents. Here's why
Jen Iro, a 34-year-old from Texas, has been having a hard time with the current state of American politics. The last time she cast a ballot was for former President Barack Obama, and she doesn’t think she’ll vote this year either. “[Politics are] not really important to me...
Marking a 1956 plane collision over the Grand Canyon that changed aviation safety
During this peak travel season, we've been giving targets to aim for. For those who take a road trip, this may be a destination for your car. Those with the staycation can travel with us right here. Through our series, Off the Mark, we report on historical markers, like one near the Grand Canyon that marks a historic plane crash. Here's Bree Burkitt from our member station KNAU in Flagstaff, Ariz.
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