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• Durham driver charged in wreck that killed 73-year-old woman, injured 2 minors

  22-04-2021 23:50
  
  A 21-year-old driver is facing multiple charges in a Sunday wreck in Durham that took the life of a 73-year-old woman and sent two juvenile passengers to the hospital.
  
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• This Long Island coffee shop wants to feed your soul and your taste buds

  22-04-2021 23:28
  
  This coffee shop turned art gallery offers tasty treats and good vibes all around.
  
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• More than 800 people sign up for Raleigh's new text alert system

  22-04-2021 22:42
  Registration only opened Monday and the community is responding to a new text alert system for downtown Raleigh.
  
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• 7-year-old NC boy shot, killed while riding in car with mom, younger brothers

  22-04-2021 22:30
  The mother believes the fatal shooting was the result of a road rage incident; however, the Hickory Police Department is exploring all possibilities.
  
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• 'He was so excited': Cary woman reunites with brother after more than a year of separation, credits COVID-19 vaccine

  22-04-2021 22:29
  A Cary woman who went more than a year without getting to see or hug her brother due to COVID-19 restrictions had him over for dinner last weekend.
  
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• From the Smokies to the Sea: The climate challenges facing North Carolina

  22-04-2021 22:29
  In an Earth Day special collaboration with National Geographic and Nat Geo Explorer Dr. Baker Perry, ABC11 is taking a closer look at the challenges North Carolina faces when it comes to weather and patterns shifting over time.
  
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• 'A Love Song For Latasha' director on her mission to rebirth life of Latasha Harlins, 15-year-old slain Black girl killed in 1992

  22-04-2021 22:29
  "This was a young girl with dreams, with aspirations, with a full life ahead of her. Latasha's story has really been dismissed,"
  
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• Daunte Wright funeral: Rev. Al Sharpton delivers eulogy at Minneapolis service

  22-04-2021 21:35
  Daunte Wright was remembered Thursday at a funeral just two days after a former police officer was convicted in the death ofGeorge Floyd and amid a national reckoning on racism and policing.
  
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• Senate passes bill to fight hate crimes against Asian Americans

  22-04-2021 21:14
  The Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would help combat the rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, a bipartisan denunciation of such violence during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• World's 1st immersive NFT installation connects digital, physical space

  22-04-2021 21:12
  
  New Media artists Adrian Stein and Zac Hall create world's first immersive NFT art installation exploring digital and physical connections.
  
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• Women share their stories during National Infertility Awareness Week

  22-04-2021 21:06
  
  Couples from all different backgrounds and walks of life can experience infertility. But each of their stories is of triumph and resilience.
  
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• Chicago art installation, world's 1st immersive NFT, connects digital, physical space

  22-04-2021 20:11
  New Media artists Adrian Stein and Zac Hall create world's first immersive NFT installation exploring digital and physical connections.
  
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• Fatal Brier Creek shooting in March was self-defense, police say; no charges to be filed

  22-04-2021 20:05
  The Wake County District Attorney's Office will not pursue charges following a shooting outside of the Barnes and Noble at Brier Creek shopping center that killed a 32-year-old man back in March, saying the case was one of self-defense.
  
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• Alaska governor joins Florida in legal battle over cruise no sail order

  22-04-2021 19:04
  Coastal communities hit hard by the no sail order are calling on the federal government to resume sailings immediately.
  
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• Daunte Wright funeral: Rev. Al Sharpton to deliver eulogy at Minneapolis service: WATCH LIVE

  22-04-2021 19:03
  
  Hundreds of people turned out Wednesday at Shiloh Temple International Ministries for the public viewing for 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a father of one shot by a police officer on April 11 during a traffic stop in the small city of Brooklyn Center.
  
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• Our America: Climate of Hope | Talking to kids about climate change: LIVE

  22-04-2021 18:57
  
  Join ABC Localish Studios, in partnership with NatGeo, as we explore the impact of climate change and the innovations and ingenuity being applied to address it.
  
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• Nearly 300 people in Durham get criminal charges from teenage years expunged

  22-04-2021 18:49
  In many cases, these people committed petty crimes when they were 16 or 17...and those crimes have haunted them for years.
  
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• Bullet lodged in 8-month-old's lung after someone opened fire outside her NC home

  22-04-2021 18:38
  
  The baby was sleeping in her mother's arms when a stray bullet came through the wall and hit her.
  
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• Daunte Wright funeral: Rev. Al Sharpton to deliver eulogy at Minneapolis service

  22-04-2021 18:15
  Hundreds of people turned out Wednesday at Shiloh Temple International Ministries for the public viewing for 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a father of one shot by a police officer on April 11 during a traffic stop in the small city of Brooklyn Center.
  
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• 'That's my baby I just lost.' Father speaks out after 7-year-old girl fatally shot at Chicago McDonald's drive-thru

  22-04-2021 17:42
  "That's my baby I just lost...I got shot once, my baby got shot six times. Six times. My baby got shot six times and they still don't tell me why she got shot at."
  
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• Teachers cut Michigan 7-year-old's hair without father's permission

  22-04-2021 17:33
  
  A Michigan father is outraged after his daughter's teachers cut her hair without his permission.
  
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• California woman, 3-time cancer survivor also beats COVID-19 after lengthy hospitalization

  22-04-2021 17:30
  "I'm one of the lucky ones." A 79-year-old California woman who survived cancer was welcomed home with a drive-by parade after she beat COVID-19.
  
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• Houston's Shaftel Diamonds spills Oscars stories and the ring 1 actor wouldn't take off

  22-04-2021 17:23
  
  A $125,000 ruby red ring, Bradley Cooper and a seat near Meryl Streep? A post-Oscars night out might just be worthy of its own film!
  
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• NASA successfully completes second, more challenging Mars helicopter flight

  22-04-2021 17:14
  Go big or go home! The Mars helicopter successfully reached new milestones of a higher altitude, a longer hover and lateral flying.
  
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• Daunte Wright funeral: Rev. Al Sharpton to delivery eulogy at Minneapolis service

  22-04-2021 17:06
  Hundreds of people turned out Wednesday at Shiloh Temple International Ministries for the public viewing for 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a father of one shot by a police officer on April 11 during a traffic stop in the small city of Brooklyn Center.
  
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• Virginia lieutenant fired for donating to Kyle Rittenhouse's defense, posting 'God bless...You've done nothing wrong'

  22-04-2021 15:40
  "You've done nothing wrong...Every rank and file police officer supports you." The comment was made alongside a $25 donation, linked to the lieutenant's email address.
  
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• NASA to make second, more challenging Mars helicopter flight attempt today

  22-04-2021 15:33
  NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is looking to make history again with another epic Red Planet flight this morning.
  
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• Krispy Kreme brings back Strawberry Glazed doughnut for limited time

  22-04-2021 14:58
  Take my money. Seriously, just take it.
  
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• Biden to announce US will aim to cut carbon emissions by as much as 52% by 2030 at climate summit

  22-04-2021 13:20
  Biden will commit the United States to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% below its 2005 emissions levels by 2030.
  
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• 2 tractor trailers crash on I-95, spill produce onto road

  22-04-2021 11:30
  Two big rigs crashed on I-95 this morning. One of them flipped over and spilled its load into the road.
  
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• Church & Dwight recalls certain Vitafusion gummy vitamins after reports of metallic mesh material

  22-04-2021 11:25
  RECALL ALERT: Drug company Church & Dwight, based in Ewing, New Jersey, is recalling certain gummy vitamins after reports of a metallic mesh material.
  
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• 2 killed in wreck along NC-87 at Harnett-Lee county line, NCHSP says

  22-04-2021 10:53
  
  Two people were killed in a wreck along NC-87 at the Harnett-Lee county line Wednesday night.
  
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• Rain on Saturday

  22-04-2021 10:00
  After a cold start in the 30s, we have a 50° swing over the next week!
  
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• Oscars 2021: From 'Mank' to 'Mulan,' here's a look at this year's best costume design nominees

  22-04-2021 05:36
  From "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" to "Mank," here's a firsthand look at this year's Oscar nominees for best costume design.
  
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• 22-car pileup in Wisconsin leaves 1 dead, several injured; video shows semi-truck hitting snow plow

  22-04-2021 03:14
  Dashcam video shows the moment a semi-truck hit a snowplow, causing it to overturn and roll into a ditch.
  
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• Oscars 2021: Reflecting on the legacy left behind by best actor nominee Chadwick Boseman

  22-04-2021 03:01
  "The power of his spirit, he's still with us." Chadwick Boseman's co-stars are celebrating his Oscar nominated performance in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." He won The SAG Award, the Critics Choice Award and a Golden Globe, and is the frontrunner to take home the Oscar, too.
  
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• $5,000 reward offered for arrest in deadly shooting of 61-year-old grandmother in Dunn

  22-04-2021 02:57
  The ATF announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a person(s) who fired multiple shots into a 61-year-old grandmother's Dunn home killing her in February.
  
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• Boone police continue search for missing Appalachian State student five years later

  22-04-2021 02:52
  James "Martin" Roberts was last seen walking away from a bus station near the Appalachian State University convocation center in 2016. He was 19 years old at the time of his disappearance.
  
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• 'Live With Kelly and Ryan's After Oscar Show' returns with love letter to the movies

  22-04-2021 02:40
  "Live With Kelly and Ryan's After Oscar Show" is back to celebrate the world of film -- both past and present -- and to recap Hollywood's biggest night.
  
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• Body found as crews battle fire in Cameron, deputies say

  22-04-2021 02:12
  Authorities have yet to identify the body but said they believe there was no foul play involved in the man's death.
  
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• Celebrating National Volunteer Month

  22-04-2021 02:06
  
  Honoring those who give of their time, talent, and support for causes that impact our communities.
  
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• Durham woman charged in fatal stabbing of boyfriend

  22-04-2021 02:05
  
  A 22-year-old woman is behind bars on Wednesday after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death overnight, according to the Wake County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• No charges filed in death of Spring Lake pedestrian

  22-04-2021 02:02
  
  Spring Lake Police said Wednesday that no charges will be filed in the death of a pedestrian last week.
  
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• Eastern Wake County towns seeing development unseen since early-2000s

  22-04-2021 01:39
  Eastern Wake County towns such as Wendell, Rolesville, and Knightdale are seeing some of the biggest average increases in population, far outpacing the capital city and those due west.
  
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• Loosened restrictions a welcome sight for restaurants, but lack of staff could slow reopening

  22-04-2021 00:25
  Governor Cooper's announcement Wednesday provides a timeline of when restaurants will be allowed to fully open up their dining rooms.
  
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