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• Year in Pictures: NatGeo highlights some of the powerful images that captured 2021

  15-12-2021 23:56
  "We've come through 2021 feeling like it was quite a rollercoaster with a lot of ups and then some downs."
  
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• Bay Area songstress Lily Cline wins national songwriting competition

  15-12-2021 22:23
  Here's how Bay Area native Lily Cline went from composing for her school musicals to recording her original song for Broadway.
  
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• Biden sees firsthand tornado toll across Kentucky landscape | WATCH LIVE

  15-12-2021 22:02
  
  Biden pledged that federal aid would continue to flow and described the tornado damage as some of the worst he had ever seen.
  
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• ABC11 Together Perspectives for December 19, 2021

  15-12-2021 21:13
  ABC11 Together Perspectives for December 19, 2021 features segments on mental health during the holidays, Fayetteville's New Year's Eve Celebration, the NC Chinese Lantern Festival & NC holiday tourism.
  
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• Celebrating the holidays in SoCal's Danish Village, Solvang

  15-12-2021 20:14
  
  A European-style holiday celebration is only a short drive away in SoCal's Danish Village of Solvang.
  
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• bell hooks, groundbreaking feminist thinker, dies at 69

  15-12-2021 19:38
  bell hooks' explorations of race, gender, economics and politics made her among the most influential thinkers of her time.
  
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• Ruckus Pizza donates money, gifts to families in need this holiday season

  15-12-2021 18:37
  A local pizza chain is helping families this holiday season by giving away thousands of dollars in gifts.
  
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• Biden sees firsthand tornado toll across Kentucky landscape

  15-12-2021 18:26
  Biden pledged that federal aid would continue to flow and described the tornado damage as some of the worst he had ever seen.
  
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• Biden administration releases previously classified JFK assassination documents

  15-12-2021 18:21
  The Biden administration has released a tranche of secret documents that some historians -- and conspiracy theorists -- hope might shed light on the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
  
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• Iconic Raleigh Mecca restaurant reopens for one day to support Salvation Army

  15-12-2021 16:18
  A Raleigh restaurant is reopening for one day only to support a good cause.
  
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• Holiday shipping deadlines 2021: Last week to mail packages in time for Christmas

  15-12-2021 15:41
  
  This is the last week to get holiday gifts and greetings in the mail by the recommended deadlines, and the USPS expects the busiest week of the holiday season.
  
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• Kroger to end COVID sick pay for unvaccinated employees

  15-12-2021 15:02
  
  The grocery chain will also add a $50 monthly insurance surcharge for salaried associates who are unvaccinated.
  
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• Omicron appears to cause mild illness, but experts say too early to know for sure

  15-12-2021 14:59
  
  Early anecdotal reports indicate people infected with omicron variant seem to be experiencing mild illness
  
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• Biden administration to release previously classified JFK assassination documents

  15-12-2021 14:57
  The Biden administration faces a Wednesday deadline to publicly release a tranche of secret documents that some historians -- and conspiracy theorists -- hope might shed light on the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
  
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• Jussie Smollett trial's only Black juror found case 'sad,' still wonders about motive

  15-12-2021 14:50
  "As an African American person, I'm not putting that noose back on at all," Andre Hope said.
  
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• Hobby Lobby raises minimum wage to $18.50 an hour for full-time employees, effective in 2022

  15-12-2021 14:31
  The chain currently offers full-time employees at least $15 per hour, a company-wide minimum set in 2014.
  
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• Biden to visit Kentucky to survey tornado damage, offer support

  15-12-2021 13:53
  
  The tornadoes killed at least 88 people and demolished homes, downed power lines and cut off residents from key utilities.
  
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• 'Tragic milestone': US COVID death toll tops 800,000; Experts say many preventable by way of vaccine

  15-12-2021 13:39
  
  More than 200,000 of those lives were lost after the vaccine became available practically for the asking last spring.
  
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• US COVID-19 death toll eclipses 800,000 as winter surge intensifies

  15-12-2021 13:14
  More Americans have died from COVID-19 in less than two years than AIDS over the last four decades. That death toll is also higher than the number of U.S. troops who have died in battle since 1900.
  
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• $1,000 reward offered for return of puppy stolen at charity fundraiser

  15-12-2021 12:16
  A $1,000 reward is now being offered for the safe return of a puppy stolen from a charity event.
  
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• UPenn swimmer's record sparks conversation on transgender women athletes

  15-12-2021 10:47
  The debate is around University of Pennsylvania women's swim team member, Lia Thomas, who is a transgender woman.
  
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• Warriors Stephen Curry passes Ray Allen to break all-time NBA 3-point record

  15-12-2021 07:00
  
  Stephen Curry hit his 2,974th 3-pointer Tuesday in the first quarter of the Warriors' game against the New York Knicks, breaking the record set by Ray Allen.
  
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• ABC11 catches up with Wake County native and 'West Side Story' star Ariana DeBose

  15-12-2021 05:43
  The singer, dancer and actress from Wake County is starring in the new "West Side Story" movie, and she's been nominated for a Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award.
  
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• House votes to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt in Jan. 6 probe

  15-12-2021 05:31
  The House voted Tuesday to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he ceased to cooperate with the Jan. 6 Committeeinvestigating the Capitol insurrection- making it the first time the House has voted to hold a former member in contempt since the 1830s.
  
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• Michelle takes her final 3 into the Fantasy Suites on 'The Bachelorette'

  15-12-2021 04:53
  It's time for Michelle's Fantasy Suite dates in Mexico with her final three, Nayte, Brandon, and Joe. Michelle said she's excited for the time when the cameras are off and she and her men can ask the questions they want to ask and have discussions about things they wouldn't have in front of the cameras.
  
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• Griffin scores 19 as No. 2 Duke crushes South Carolina State 103-62

  15-12-2021 04:29
  
  AJ Griffin scored 19 points as No. 2 Duke cruised past South Carolina State 103-62 on Tuesday night.
  
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• Dawson, Bacot help UNC get past Furman 74-61

  15-12-2021 04:07
  
  Dawson Garcia scored 20 points and grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds, Armando Bacot had his sixth double-double of the season and North Carolina pulled away in the second half to beat Furman 74-61 on Tuesday night.
  
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• State trooper shot during chase in Yancey County

  15-12-2021 03:38
  
  A state trooper was shot Tuesday while assisting another law enforcement agency during a vehicle pursuit., the North Carolina Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Godmother of Durham shooting victim says death is 'senseless'

  15-12-2021 01:42
  Durham Police identified the two teens shot and killed in a stolen SUV where officers found four other teens ranging in age from 12 to 17 with gunshot injuries.
  
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• UNC Rex joins first national blood-reserve organization

  15-12-2021 01:23
  UNC Rex and The Blood Connection are now a part of the Blood Emergency Readiness Corp., which is playing a hand in helping those affected by the tornado in Kentucky.
  
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• Fayetteville mobile mentoring unit shuttles kids to success

  15-12-2021 00:55
  If you see a purple school bus pulling up to a Sandhills community near you, you'll know help has arrived.
  
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• Triangle real estate market report shows inventory down, prices up

  15-12-2021 00:42
  The new Triangle MLS market update shows end-of-month inventory in November was down 42 percent compared to the same time last year.
  
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