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The Big Story
The killing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte’s light rail has left the city’s Ukrainian community in shock and mourning.
Zarutska, who came to the U.S. in search of safety, was stabbed to death in August while riding the Lynx Blue Line. For many refugees, the violence feels like the very danger they thought they had left behind.
Timothy Kozhayev, who has family in both Ukraine and Russia, said the tragedy struck a painful chord.
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A fall-like air mass remains in place, although a gradual warmup lies ahead. Highs will be from low 70s to low 80s from the mountains to the Piedmont. The dry stretch will persist over the next several days…