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• 'Stunned.' Henderson police searching for men involved in shootout at gas station

  31-05-2022 23:59
  Officers in Henderson are looking for the men involved in shootout that happened in the parking lot of Gate City Foods, a mini mart located on-site at the BP station. The incident was captured on video.
  
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• Wake County Pre-K teacher resigns after LGBTQ+ flashcards reportedly found in class

  31-05-2022 23:54
  A Wake County preschool teacher has resigned after "inappropriate" LGBTQ+-themed flashcards were found in a Pre-K classroom in Fuquay-Varina.
  
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• Uvalde police forces no longer cooperating with school shooting probe, source tells ABC News

  31-05-2022 23:53
  The decision by the city and school district police departments came shortly after the delayed police intervention during the school massacre was called "the wrong decision."
  
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• Sextortion targeting teen boys on rise, FBI says

  31-05-2022 23:49
  According to the FBI Charlotte field office, there have been 29 reports of sextortion in North Carolina in 2022.
  
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• Uvalde city, ISD police no longer cooperating with school shooting probe, source tells ABC News

  31-05-2022 23:47
  The decision by the city and school district police departments came shortly after the delayed police intervention during the school massacre was called "the wrong decision."
  
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• Don't die of doubt: Know the stroke and heart attack symptoms

  31-05-2022 23:24
  Don't die of doubt: If you feel chest discomfort, neck or jaw pain, slurred speech or face drooping on one side you should call 911 immediately.
  
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• Limited-series 'Pistol' explores band who took music industry by storm on Hulu

  31-05-2022 23:13
  The Sex Pistols broke up in the late 1970s, but we're still talking about punk music and the movement the band helped to start. Not bad for a group that released just one studio album! Now, a limited series, "Pistol," is streaming on Hulu.
  
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• Family wants answers after trooper kills 21-year-old during traffic stop in Siler City

  31-05-2022 22:53
  During the stop, SHP said the suspect showed a pistol and a trooper fired his gun, hitting 21-year-old Mark Anthony Diaz of Staley.
  
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• Wake Forest Pre-K teacher resigns after LGBTQ+ flashcards reportedly found in class

  31-05-2022 22:38
  A Wake County preschool teacher has resigned after "inappropriate" LGBTQ+-themed flashcards were found in a Pre-K classroom in Fuquay-Varina.
  
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• Mexican pizza gone again? Taco Bell says demand was 7 times more than it expected

  31-05-2022 22:34
  Not the news that fans of this popular item want on Taco Tuesday, but the restaurant says it will make Mexican pizzas permanent once it resupplies.
  
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• Canada to put freeze on market for handguns with new law

  31-05-2022 22:28
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has introduced legislation that would put a national freeze on importing, buying or selling handguns.
  
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• Staying Hot on Hump Day

  31-05-2022 22:10
  
  Temperatures will stay in the mid 90s Wednesday and Thursday.
  
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• Victims identified in Sampson County shooting that left 1 dead, 1 hurt

  31-05-2022 22:04
  The Sampson County Sheriff's Office has identified the man killed in a deadly weekend shooting on Loop Road outside Clinton.
  
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• Uvalde grieves, says goodbyes at visitations, funerals for Texas school shooting victims

  31-05-2022 18:57
  It should have been the first day of a joyous week for Robb Elementary School students - the start of summer break. Instead, the first two of 19 children slain inside a classroom were being remembered at funeral visitations.
  
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• 650 probable cases of sudden, rare hepatitis in children under investigation, WHO reports

  31-05-2022 18:29
  Of a subset of 156 cases with data on hospital admission, about 14% required intensive care, and 12% needed a liver transplant.
  
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• NC man who won $10M lottery prize sentenced to life in prison for woman's death

  31-05-2022 18:05
  
  Michael Todd Hill was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced Friday in the killing of 23-year-old Keonna Graham of Navassa. Hill won a $10M lottery prize in 2017.
  
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• President Biden to meet Federal Reserve chair as inflation bites US pocketbooks

  31-05-2022 17:11
  President Joe Biden is set to meet with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as soaring inflation takes a bite out of Americans' pocketbooks and the president's public approval.
  
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• Penn transgender swimmer Lia Thomas speaks out about backlash, future plans to compete

  31-05-2022 14:52
  "I intend to keep swimming," Lia Thomas said. "It's been a goal of mine to swim at Olympic trials for a very long time, and I would love to see that through."
  
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• Homeowners and auto insurance going up in North Carolina

  31-05-2022 13:42
  According to the Consumer Price Index, average car insurance rates have risen 3.75% in 2022 alone.
  
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• In major blow, EU bans imports of most Russian oil

  31-05-2022 12:47
  In the most significant effort yet to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine, the European Union agreed to ban the overwhelming majority of Russian oil imports after tense negotiations that exposed the cracks in the bloc's united front.
  
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• Uvalde grieves, says goodbyes at visitations, funerals amid investigation

  31-05-2022 12:40
  It should have been the first day of a joyous week for Robb Elementary School students - the start of summer break. Instead, the first two of 19 children slain inside a classroom were being remembered at funeral visitations.
  
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• Man shot and killed by trooper during traffic stop in Siler City

  31-05-2022 11:49
  During the stop SHP said the suspect showed a pistol and a trooper fired his gun, hitting 21-year-old Mark Anthony Diaz of Staley, N.C.
  
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• Glam Lab's 20 Must-Have Beach Essentials for Summer 2022 and Beyond

  31-05-2022 06:00
  Whether you're headed to the tropics or somewhere closer to home, these 20 beach vacay essentials will make sure you're ready for some serious fun in the sun!
  
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• Rangers crush Canes 6-2 in deciding Game 7

  31-05-2022 04:49
  
  The New York Rangers jumped out to a quick 2-0 first-period lead and cruised to a 6-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in the deciding Game 7 of the teams' NHL Playoffs second-round series.
  
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• State trooper involved in shooting in Siler City

  31-05-2022 03:30
  
  A state trooper was involved in a shooting in Siler City on Monday evening.
  
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• Durham police investigate after man found shot

  31-05-2022 03:15
  
  The shooting happened shortly after 7:30 p.m. in the 1200 block of Morning Glory Avenue behind the Durham Rescue Mission.
  
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• NC averaging six times more COVID-19 cases this Memorial Day than in 2021

  31-05-2022 01:41
  "This is an invisible germ, we don't see it even when it's spreading around us. But we do see it in the numbers," said Dr. David Wohl, an infectious disease expert at UNC Health.
  
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• 'It's not a holiday': Gold Star family, friend honor memory of fallen Fort Bragg soldier

  31-05-2022 01:33
  Memorial Day is not a holiday for military families who have lost loved ones in the line of duty.
  
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• Cumberland County deputies arrest man suspected of throwing Molotov cocktails thrown at 2 churches

  31-05-2022 00:38
  The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said Monday that a 57-year-old man has been charged in connection with throwing Molotov cocktails at two churches during the weekend.
  
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• Driver didn't take NC Tollway and was charged until a photo showed a different vehicle

  31-05-2022 00:16
  A couple was charged, not once, but twice for taking the NC Expressway. A photo cleared up one mistake.
  
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• First Uvalde school shooting victims remembered at funeral visitations with more to follow

  31-05-2022 00:01
  Over the next two-and-a-half traumatic weeks, people in Uvalde will say goodbye to the children and their teachers, one heart-wrenching visitation, funeral and burial after another.
  
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