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Apple has announced that it is expanding its local news feature on Apple News to more cities in the USA and each area will feature locally curated news.
On the Local News Roundup: Mecklenburg County keeps its mask mandate in place. Vaccines for children 5 to 11 could be coming next week. Charlotte City Council begins looking for ways to finance the transit plan. Can you say one-cent sales tax? And CMS students get a surprise day off.
Apple News has expanded its Read Local collections to support Washington D.C., Charlotte and Miami. Apple said it now plans to expand this feature to more cities around the country.