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12/25/2025

Borrowers have spent much of 2025 trying to keep up with dizzying changes to the federal student loan system.

The SAVE Plan is ending and repayment options will change dramatically in the new year.

12/24/2025

On Christmas Day, Block Love Charlotte will host a brunch from 9 - 11 a.m. for families and individuals staying at the City Inn and Motel 6 along Nations Ford Road. The group plans to serve breakfast along with fruit, cookies and cupcakes, and distribute gifts to children.

On Christmas Day, Block Love Charlotte will host a brunch for families and individuals staying at the City Inn and Motel 6 along Nations Ford Road, as well as anyone else who is lonely or homeless.

12/24/2025

U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity.

12/24/2025

A former UNC Charlotte employee who was fired after a conservative activist group released an undercover video of her is suing the university, alleging her First Amendment rights were violated.

12/24/2025

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is joining a multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s plan to halt funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

12/24/2025

The crash took place Monday afternoon in Galveston Bay near the base of the causeway that connects Galveston Island to the mainland.

A small Mexican Navy plane transporting a young medical patient and seven others crashed Monday near Galveston, killing at least five people and setting off a search in waters along the Texas coast.

12/24/2025

The consumer watchdog agency is funded by the Federal Reserve — unlike many other federal agencies — to insulate it from political whims.

The attorneys general say the Trump administration is refusing to accept funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which could hurt consumers in their states.

12/24/2025

Many of the immigrants who lost legal status have been in the country for years. Now, they fear what could happen should their immigration cases not process quickly enough.

The 1.6 million number marks the largest-ever effort to strip permissions for immigrants who attempted to migrate to the country through legal means, advocates say.

12/24/2025

In recent years, Novo Nordisk's injectable Wegovy and Lilly's Zepbound have revolutionized obesity treatment globally and in the U.S., where 100 million people have the chronic disease.

U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity.

12/23/2025

At a home in Concord, a family transformed their garage into a space for more than 100 people to celebrate Las Posadas. Outside, a massive pot of green pozole bubbled on a grill as guests arrived.

Latin American families in the Charlotte area are keeping centuries-old Christmas traditions alive by gathering for Las Posadas and Las Novenas, blending faith, food and family far from their home countries.

12/23/2025

At a home in Concord, a family transformed their garage into a space for more than 100 people to celebrate Las Posadas. Outside, a massive pot of green pozole bubbled on a grill as guests arrived.

Anel, who moved from Mexico to the United States at 15 and has lived here for 45 years, spent the day cooking for the gathering.
“I was cooking pozole, green pozole,” she said. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s delicious.”

As neighbors and family filled the space, Raul, who moved from Mexico to North Carolina 25 years ago, played traditional Christmas songs on his guitar.

“Las Posadas is like waiting time for Christmas,” Raul said. “We pray, we sing and we celebrate with families and neighbors together.”

Full story: WFAE.org
📝: Julian Berger
📸: Julian Berger
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12/23/2025

If watching "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" has you wishing for a Max of your own, it's time to make a trip to the shelter.

Animal Care and Control on Byrum Drive is in its end-of-year fundraising campaign, a "Season of Second Chances."

The campaign helps pay for medical care and daily support for injured or sick animals that come into the shelter.

“It is our end-of-year monetary donation campaign, which we help to pretty much support all the animals in our care, whether it be through medical, behavioral or even enrichment. Some of the funds that we use it for are like emergency and specialty surgeries, diagnostic testing and medications, long-term and complex medical care,” said Davier Lopez-Rodriguez, special projects specialist at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control.

Similar to when people go to an emergency room, any animal that comes to ACC gets a physical done and if they have underlying medical issues, they will be addressed.

Full story: WFAE.org
📝: Palmer Magri
📸: Palmer Magri