We’re also following strong winds, heavy rain and possible hail tomorrow. Plus, how you can better stop thieves from stealing money and gift cards from your mailboxes and how much closer DPS employees are to seeing a salary increase. Watch WRAL NEWS at 11 and search for these and other stories on WRAL.com.

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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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Consumer Reports surveyed more than 2,000 members who shared their experiences with pet insurance.

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All month, Go Ask Mom has been celebrating moms with our Month of Mom. Now we've got a pair of Michael Buble tickets.

Mother's Day was ages ago. But as all you faithful Go Ask Mom readers know, we've been celebrating moms all month in our Month of Mom.

And we're wrapping it all up with a big contest. The winner of this one will get a pair of tickets to see <a href="http://www.rbccenter.com/default.asp?RBCcenter=98&objId=128" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Buble</a> in concert July 8 at the RBC Center!

Buble will be in town on his Crazy Love Tour with a string of smash hits, including the very popular &quot;Haven't Met You Yet,&quot; which I'm hearing all the time on 101.5. Buble, himself, promises that the show will be &quot;bombastic, cinematic and at the same time a very intimate experience.&quot;

But I'm guessing I had all you Buble fans at &quot;a pair of tickets.&quot;

So what do you need to do to enter? The usual here on Go Ask Mom ... one or all of the following.

1. Answer the following question in the comments: Back in the day, when you were a kid, what popular singer did you have a crush on?

2. Following <a href="https://twitter.com/goaskmom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@wralmoms</a> on Twitter and retweet about the contest.

3. Subscribe to the Go Ask Mom newsletter by clicking here.

And, as mentioned earlier on the site, the nice folks who stopped by to say hi and sign up for the Go Ask Mom newsletter at the WRAL Wellness Weekend also are in the running for this contest.

This contest ends at noon June 1. The winner will be notified by email and must respond by noon June 4 or a runner-up will be selected. The winner's name will be posted on the site.

And a previous contest note: I'm working to indentify the winner of our cake contest.

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The Storm Prediction Center has our southern counties under a Level 1 risk for severe storms Friday.

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Durham police are investigating a drive-by shooting Thursday night. 

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired air defense batteries early Friday morning as explosions could be heard near a major air base near Isfahan, raising fears of a possible Israeli strike following Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country.

Iran fires air defense batteries in provinces as explosions heard near Isfahan

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Residents in Anderson Creek Crossing in Spring Lake, are on high alert after discovering a disturbing pattern of tampered mail.

Torn envelopes, missing money: Harnett County residents report disturbing mail tampering

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More than 4,300 North Carolinians died from overdoses in 2022. That trend continues going up, devastating entire communities.

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After 22 years in business, Armadillo Grill on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh has closed.



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After the death of a Harnett County teenager, the softball community in Eastern North Carolina remembers her through stickers and fighting the stigma around mental health.

A North Carolina softball family is honoring one of their own, focusing on suicide prevention

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The Coyotes are moving to Salt Lake City in a deal that was signed less than 24 hours after Wednesday night's 5-2 win over Edmonton.

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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.

USA Basketball announces its men's team for the Paris Olympics

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THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Nelly Korda, who is looking to tie an LPGA Tour record with her fifth straight win, shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday in the opening round of the Chevron Championship, leaving her two shots behind leader Lauren Coughlin in the year's first major.

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