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.

On WRAL at 6:🔥Fire hazards inside toys and lawn tools. 5 On Your Side shares simple steps to protect your home from lithium-ion batteries.

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.

North Carolina ranks 29th in public pre-K enrollment, new report shows

Durham County budget increases funding for pre-K students

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

Is pet insurance worth the bark? Survey reveals middling results

Pet insurance

President Bush, right, hugs Ruth Pearl, left, as her husband Professor Judea Pearl, center, watches at the Hanukkah Reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, in Washington. On the far right is first lady Laura Bush. The Pearl's are the parents of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and later beheaded in 2002. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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