A Charlotte company wants to redevelop the 130-year-old Linden Cotton Mill in downtown Davidson as offices, shops and maybe a brewery or restaurant. But the factory also once made asbestos products, and the five-acre site is contaminated. In Part 3 of WFAE's series Asbestos Town, environmental reporter David Boraks looks at the status of the redevelopment and concern in the historically African American neighborhood around it.
You’re driving down Beatties Ford Road in Huntersville, N.C. on a still, winter night. Suddenly, a large figure enters the road. You slam on the brakes as it cross your field of view.
More than 1,000 Columbia University students are on a tuition strike, demanding that the Ivy League school in New York City lower its tuition during the pandemic.
Georgetown University is seeking disciplinary action against students it says received the coronavirus vaccine despite not currently being eligible under D.C.’s vaccination rollout.
Health officials in Washtenaw County recommended Wednesday that all students on or near the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus remain at home for two weeks to help slow the spread of COVID-19 -- including the more easily transmitted variant that led to a shutdown of the university's sports programs last weekend. University officials supported the county's