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• Major League Baseball cancels Opening Day, sides fail to reach lockout deal

  01-03-2022 23:39
  
  MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said he is canceling the first two series of the season that was set to begin March 31.
  
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• Ukraine conflict, soaring gas prices top-of-mind heading into State of the Union address

  01-03-2022 23:29
  People are dealing with extreme stress from domestic and international tensions, and they're awaiting President Joe Biden's first State of the Union Address on ways to combat the mounting problems home and abroad.
  
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• ACLU sues Texas for implementing 'lawless and dangerous new directives' toward transgender children

  01-03-2022 23:16
  
  Gov. Greg Abbott's directive is one among other bills that advocacy groups say threaten the rights of transgender children in Texas.
  
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• MLB cancels Opening Day, sides fail to reach lockout deal

  01-03-2022 23:15
  Major League Baseball made its last offer about 90 minutes before a self-imposed 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday.
  
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• Masks to become optional in state agencies, Cooper says

  01-03-2022 23:08
  Facemask rules are rapidly changing for students and staff at schools around central North Carolina.
  
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• Making Abilities Possible: Made4Me creates custom built furniture for special-needs children

  01-03-2022 23:01
  Made4Me offers custom-built furniture for special needs clients and was designed to make life easier for families across the Triangle at no cost.
  
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• Players reject MLB's last offer at deadline, putting Opening Day in jeopardy

  01-03-2022 22:44
  MLB made its last offer about 90 minutes before a self-imposed 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday.
  
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• Apex Friendship's Nivar honored, humbled to be state's only McDonald's All-American

  01-03-2022 22:14
  When the 2022 McDonald's All-American selection show came on, Apex Friendship senior Indya Nivar says she was too nervous to even watch.
  
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• Downtown Raleigh CVS to close by end of March

  01-03-2022 21:33
  The CVS in downtown Raleigh at the corner of Fayetteville Street and Hargett Street will soon be closing.
  
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• More Sunshine Headed In

  01-03-2022 21:29
  Plenty of sunshine and warming up to the 70s later this week.
  
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• Johnston County school bus driver ticketed for crash that injured 11 students

  01-03-2022 20:28
  The school bus driver who crashed and injured 11 students has been issued a ticket for failure to maintain control.
  
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• Loaded gun found in lunch box of 11-year-old student in Robeson County

  01-03-2022 19:07
  A loaded gun made its way to school Monday in the lunch box of an elementary school student in Robeson County.
  
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• Zelensky urges Biden to send strong message on Russia and says: 'I'm not iconic. Ukraine is iconic'

  01-03-2022 18:30
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged US counterpart Joe Biden to give a strong and "useful" message about Russia's invasion of Ukraine at his State of the Union speech.
  
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• Russia pummels Ukraine's No. 2 city as convoy nears Kyiv

  01-03-2022 17:54
  
  The TV tower in Ukraine's capital has been hit, according to the country's parliament, which posted a photo of clouds of smoke around it.
  
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• MLB extends deadline to salvage Opening Day to 5 p.m. ET Tuesday

  01-03-2022 16:27
  MLB extended its deadline to Tuesday at 5 p.m.
  
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• Former 'Bachelor' Colton Underwood engaged to Jordan C. Brown

  01-03-2022 15:42
  
  Former "Bachelor" Colton Underwood, 30, is engaged to political strategist Jordan C. Brown, 39.
  
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• High school senior gets more than $1 million in scholarship offers

  01-03-2022 14:17
  Brianna Maddonni plays varsity lacrosse, works two jobs, coaches youth sports... and applies for scholarships.
  
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• New program aims to improve 911 response times in Wake County

  01-03-2022 13:32
  Wake County is changing the way it handles 911 calls in an attempt to improve response times.
  
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• Area school districts quickly adjusting COVID-19 facemask requirements

  01-03-2022 13:05
  Facemask rules are rapidly changing for students and staff at schools around central North Carolina.
  
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• How to help Ukraine amid Russian attacks

  01-03-2022 12:44
  
  With hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians turned refugees in less than a week, many around the world are wondering how to help amid the onslaught.
  
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• More Similac baby formula recalled as CDC investigation expands

  01-03-2022 12:27
  RECALL ALERT: The FDA said that a child consumed Similac PM 60/40 before getting a Cronobacter sakazakii infection and dying.
  
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• MLB extends deadline to salvage Opening Day to 5 p.m. Tuesday

  01-03-2022 12:26
  
  MLB extended its deadline to Tuesday at 5 p.m.
  
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• 80% paid over sticker price when buying new car this January, according to report

  01-03-2022 12:01
  You may have sticker shock when it comes to new car shopping. The supply chain issues continue to impact inventory and a new report shows 80% of new car buyers paid above sticker price.The report from Edmunds says eight out of ten shoppers paid above MS
  
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• President Biden steps to State of the Union lectern at fraught moment

  01-03-2022 11:34
  Biden, in his remarks, planned to highlight the bravery of Ukrainian defenders and the resolve of a newly reinvigorated Western alliance that has worked to rearm the Ukrainian military and impose sanctions on Russia to cripple its economy.
  
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• Russia pummels Ukraine's No. 2 city and convoy nears Kyiv

  01-03-2022 11:16
  
  Russian shelling pounded civilian targets in Ukraine's second-largest city again Tuesday, and a 40-mile convoy of tanks and other vehicles threatened the capital.
  
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• Mostly Sunny, Little Warmer Today

  01-03-2022 10:35
  Plenty of sunshine and warming up to the 70s later this week.
  
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• Ukrainian woman 39 weeks pregnant hides in bomb shelter with looming fear of hospital accessibility

  01-03-2022 06:00
  Besides survival, all she can think about is how she is going to give birth in the middle of a war zone. Her due date is this week.
  
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• Students make udderly delicious deserts at Howling Cow Creamery

  01-03-2022 05:33
  At NC State's Howling Cow Dairy Education Center and Creamery, students and faculty alike combine forces to create some of the most delicious ice cream in the Triangle.
  
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• Highlighting the beauty of natural hair at Hillside High in Durham

  01-03-2022 05:29
  Monday's event, sponsored by the Office of Equity Affairs at Durham Public Schools aimed at doing away with old assumptions about hairstyles.
  
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• Raleigh's Torchlight Academy has school charter revoked

  01-03-2022 05:27
  The North Carolina Charter Schools Advisory Board voted late Monday to revoke the charter of the Torchlight Academy.
  
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• Clayton visits the hometowns of his final 4 women on 'The Bachelor'

  01-03-2022 04:23
  This week it was time for the long-awaited Hometown Dates on "The Bachelor!" Clayton said he hasn't told any of the women that he loves them yet, but he's hoping these dates give him clarity.
  
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• Family of pregnant woman killed at Wilson music venue hopes for justice after arrest made

  01-03-2022 03:47
  The family of a pregnant woman shot and killed during a Christmas party at a nightclub in Wilson is hoping for justice after a suspect was arrested in her death.
  
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• Durham to lift mask mandate next week

  01-03-2022 02:59
  
  The City and County of Durham will remove the indoor mask mandate, effective March 7 at 12:01 a.m.,
  
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• Target boosts its starting pay for some jobs to $24 an hour, part of $300M investment in workforce

  01-03-2022 02:38
  Target announced Monday that it is raising its starting wage for hourly workers in some positions to up to $24.
  
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• Cooper orders Russian liquor off ABC Store shelves

  01-03-2022 01:53
  Gov. Roy Cooper issued a last call for Russian spirits at North Carolina's ABC Stores.
  
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• Knightdale families concerned after middle-school students assaulted

  01-03-2022 00:34
  A video of an altercation in Knightdale shows a woman swinging at a few middle-school students while they were walking home from the bus on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Faith and music give Raleigh native strength to remain in Ukraine during invasion

  01-03-2022 00:14
  Raleigh native Jurij Fedynskyj evacuated his pregnant wife and four children to Triangle to stay with their grandmother as the threat of an invasion from Russia loomed, but, he chose to remain in the warzone.
  
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