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A veteran police chief alleges good ol’ boy corruption, a long-running human trafficking case is quietly dismissed, and prosecutors win a high-profile double-murder case without any physical evidence. Three stories this week illustrate the limits of what we can know about both civil and criminal court cases — and the temptation to use overarching narratives as shortcuts to patch the blank spots on the map.
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This year's WHQR luncheon guest was Tamara Keith, Senior Political Correspondent and co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. Keith spoke about covering the president, the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and her new series, Swing Shift, a long-term project to document the perspectives of voters in swing states. Keith also took questions from our audience and sat down with WHQR News Director Ben Schachtman.
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- New art gallery and supply store on Castle Street offers art for everybody
- Ask A Journalist: What’s going on with the Eastwood overpass project?
- Lawmakers propose giving state auditor new powers after Jackson Board of Elections controversy
- Pender County Schools looks for ways to close budget gap
- In 4-3 vote, Wilmington City Council passes budget with 17% tax increase
- The New Hanover Board of Elections nominates new elections director
- District Attorney’s office drops all remaining charges against Cape Fear Escorts case defendants
- Closing arguments wrap up in 'TRU Colors' trial
- Former Wrightsville Beach police chief alleges he was pressured to break the law, then wrongfully fired
- Three healthcare providers compete to meet New Hanover County's need for more hospital beds
- Proposed camping ban moving swiftly through the NC Senate would create sanctioned homeless camps
- New Hanover Board of Elections looking for election day volunteers
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Summer at CAM
- Commentary: Shannon Gentry “What does public service mean?”
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: 5th Annual Trash'n Fash'n Show
- Brandon Hawkins on his musical journey, influences, and working on original music
- Commentary: Gary Trawick "Profanity"
- Commentary: "Education - A Liberation Strategy" Jamir Jumoke
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington Conservatory of Fine Arts dance teacher Lesa Broadhead
- Darryl Murrill on his gospel roots, playing live, and his love of the saxophone
- Commentary: "Dr. Alan Sturrock reflects the film Braveheart, and the way Hollywood can distort history." Alan Sturrock
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Kevin Lee-Y Green and Adrianna Hough
- Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Les Fontanelles - On Air This Weekend
- Portrait of an Artist’s Artist: Addie Wuensch
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- Magnificent Messi makes history, breaks all-time World Cup scoring record
- Supreme Court allows a ruling that ends a tool to protect minority voters in 7 states
- Alan Greenspan, the legendary former Federal Reserve chair, dies
- Voters weigh what kind of Democrat they want for Utah's new, blue congressional seat
- Prison tattoo program gives participants skills while reducing risk
- Trump claims vandals damaged the Reflecting Pool, says it will be drained again
- Red Cross volunteers work to combat heat-related deaths at Phoenix mobile homes
- China hits back at U.S. sanctions restricting its exports to American defense firms
- A larger World Cup had some worrying the competition would suffer. It hasn't
- The Shins' James Mercer on music and fatherhood
State News
- Eddie Knox, former Charlotte mayor, dies at 89
- Q&A: How the delayed state budget puts rural school districts 'in limbo'
- As SNAP funding shrinks, a poor North Carolina county faces difficult choices
- Thousands vote in Colombia's presidential election at Charlotte polling site
- Gov. Stein announces over $4M in rural funding
- CMS Superintendent Hill says she doesn’t know what prompted her suspension
- Watch North Carolina's Drought Intensity Progress
- George Clinton, MC SHA-ROCK, and Barry Poss among this year's inductees into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame
- Audit finds VA automation glitch ruined 98% of veteran survivors' benefits claims
- UNC Health applies to build new, 92-bed hospital in Asheville
