More than a dozen former employees say understaffing at Brynn Marr Hospital contributes to what they describe as a dangerous place for patients and employees. Hospital officials say allegations of violence, sexual assaults, overmedication and lack of mental health therapy are unfounded.

Former employees say short-staffed NC psych hospital rife with violence, abuse

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According to a recent Edmunds used vehicle report, demand for used cars is dropping and so are their values as the new-car market rebounds from pandemic-induced shortages. T 

Edmunds: Trade or sell your car? What's best might surprise you

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The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert Monday for a man missing from Zebulon.

<b>ZEBULON, N.C.</b> — The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert Monday for a man missing from Zebulon.

Cole Richard Crawford, 36, is white, stands 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs about 180 pounds. He has short black hair and hazel eyes and was last seen on West Gannon Avenue wearing a black shirt and blue jeans.

Anyone with information about Crawford should call the Zebulon Police Department at 919-823-1818.

Developed in 2007, Silver Alert is a system to quickly notify the public about missing endangered people who suffer from dementia or other cognitive impairments, such as Alzheimer's disease.

It also allows caregivers and nursing homes to report a person missing. In the past, only a family member could report an adult missing.

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Silver Alert issued for man in Zebulon

Silver Alert

Thursday is a WRAL Weather Alert Day, with a level 2 risk for severe storms in the morning.

WRAL Weather Alert Day: Storms likely to impact your morning commute, damaging winds & power outages possible

Severe risk Thursday

At 10:13 p.m., officers responded to Duke University Hospital after four people, three men and a woman, walked into the hospital with gunshot wounds. One man was pronounced dead shortly, after arriving at the hospital.

One man killed, three others shot at Durham apartment complex on South Lasalle Street

Durham police investigate deadly shooting at apartment complex on South Lasalle Street

An Amtrak passenger train on Wednesday hit two unoccupied cars on the tracks near the intersection of Hillsborough Street and Beryl Road in Raleigh.


'I just saw the car flying over my head': Amtrak train hits cars blocking tracks in Raleigh

Train tracks blocked at Hillsborough Street in Raleigh after crash

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — Forecasters warned a wave of dangerous storms in the U.S. could wash over parts of the South early Thursday, a day after severe weather with damaging tornadoes and large hail killed at least three people in the region.

Storms threaten the South as a week of deadly weather punches through the US

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The shooting happened near the intersection of Fayetteville Street and East Pilot Street around 6:45 p.m. on March 29.

Durham police searching for suspect connected to shooting on Fayetteville Street

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Videos

Seth Jarvis is like the little brother to the Hurricanes veterans, a role he's played his whole life.  Seth's big brother Kayden shares what it was like growing up Jarvis and how it helped make Seth the player he is today.  

Growing up Jarvis: Brothers Seth and Kayden Jarvis celebrate Hurricanes success together 

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Through two one-goal losses and a power-play conundrum, the Carolina Hurricanes find themselves trailing by two games in the second-round series against the New York Rangers.

Canes look to energize power play in return to Raleigh for Game 3

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Brandon Lowe connected for a tie-breaking grand slam to lead the Durham Bulls past the Nashville Sounds 5-3 on Wednesday night at the DBAP.

Lowe's grand slam lifts Bulls past Sounds 5-3 

A North Carolina woman said she's managing a financial headache after she left her credit card at a restaurant.



NC woman hit with charges after restaurant posts her credit card online 

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Riley Ammenhauser has become a record-breaking, triple-jumping track athlete at Michigan and something of an entrepreneur.