Look around and you'll notice it everywhere on the roads - drivers looking down at their phones. Tonight at 6 p.m., what lawmakers and parents are doing to protect the group most at risk in North Carolina - teenage drivers.  

Tonight at 6: It's blamed for more crashes among NC teens than speed and alcohol combined. WRAL Investigates distracted teen driving.

The "Dueling Dinosaurs" exhibit opening this weekend at Raleigh's North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will feature what's believed to be the most complete T. rex skeleton ever discovered.

'Dueling Dinosaurs:' One-of-a-kind dig, laboratory access at Raleigh science museum

DinoLab at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Athens Drive Magnet High School and Conn Magnet Elementary School won national awards Saturday at the Magnet Schools of America's annual conference.

Top two magnet schools in the US are in Wake County

Athens Drive High School

Since 1941, state lawmakers have been designating official state emblems, beverages, dances, mammals and two kinds of berry to represent North Carolina. More than 40 items, critters and festivals can claim to official represent our fair state.

Give NC emblems as Christmas gifts

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These gifts show Tar Heel pride

NC state festival

NC state beverage: Milk

NC state vegetable: Sweet potato

NC state red berry: Strawberry

NC state blue berry: Blueberry

NC state insect: Honey bee

NC state mineral: Gold

NC state stone: Emerald

NC state rock: Granite

NC state Christmas tree: Fraser Fir

NC state flower: Dogwood

NC state tree: Pine tree

NC state carnivorous plant: Venus flytrap

NC state bird: Cardinal

NC state reptile: Eastern Box Turtle

NC state horse: Colonial Spanish Mustang

NC state mammal: Squirrel