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5 On Your Side digs into potential fire hazards all over your home. Found inside phones, toys, cars, and lawn tools, lithium-ion batteries can cause serious damage. At 6 p.m., WRAL shares simple steps to protect your home from lithium batteries.

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More than 21% of North Carolina's four-year-olds enrolled in the state's pre-kindergarten programs during the 2022-2023 school year, up from the prior year but still below the state's pre-pandemic highs, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research.

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Update: This giveaway is now over. Domino's is giving away 37,000 gift cards today, April 7th at around 2 pm! Register now to be eligible to win. 

Domino's is giving away 37,000 gift cards today, April 7th at about 2pm!

<a href="https://www.quikly.com/1351-dominos/t/mNLTSce-lnk" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Register</a> now to be eligible to win.

They have not yet released the exact time of the giveaway but the text I just received indicates that it will be "around 2 pm."

The gift cards range in value from $4 up to $100.

<a href="https://www.quikly.com/1351-dominos/t/mNLTSce-lnk" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <strong>Sign up </strong></a> to get a text notice when the giveaway starts today. When you get the notice, click on the link to see if you get a gift card. The fastest person to enter will get free pizza for a year. The next 37,000 will get a gift card.

Domino's will text a link to the giveaway when the promotion goes live so you can enter. You can score an earlier notification of the time of the event if you complete various activities like sharing on Facebook and Twitter.

As soon as you get the text, respond as fast as you can to score a bigger reward.

See more details and sign up for the giveaway at their <a href="https://www.quikly.com/1351-dominos/t/mNLTSce-lnk" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <strong>sign-up website</strong>. </a>

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NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection in Donald Trump ’s hush money case encountered new setbacks Thursday as a previously seated juror was excused after backtracking on whether she felt she could be impartial and fair. The status of a second sworn-in juror was also in limbo over concerns that some of his previous answers to questions were not accurate.

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Make sure you get outside on Thursday! It's going to feel like summer with highs in the upper 80s and lots of sunshine.

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NCAA athletes will be immediately eligible to play no matter how many times they transfer -- as long as they meet academic requirements -- after the association fast-tracked legislation Wednesday to fall in line with a recent court order.

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The NHL has set the start times for game 1's across the Eastern Conference. The Canes are the opening act with puck drop Saturday at 5 pm from PNC Arena.

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USA Basketball studied every men's basketball game it has played for about two decades and a clear trend eventually appeared. When the defense isn't good enough, the Americans tend to get themselves into trouble.

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The Carolina Hurricanes are no stranger to playoff hockey. They're in the postseason for the sixth-straight season and are regarded as a Stanley Cup contender.

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