The annual "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" is set for 7:30 p.m. on WRAL. Kelly Clarkson hosts musical guests and the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes for the lighting of the world’s most famous Christmas tree.

Rockefeller Christmas on WRAL: Kelly Clarkson hosts guests & the Rockettes for the lighting of the world’s most famous Christmas tree 🎄🎅

Students are reported for possession of non-firearm weapons about 20 times as often as they are for firearms. But schools are still relatively safe places, and many crime statistics in schools have been improving for years, experts say. 

Easy to conceal, harder to detect: Knives more prevalent than guns in schools 

School lockers 

Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger is endorsing Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson in the 2024 GOP primary for North Carolina governor. But he says he doesn't plan to make an endorsement in the presidential primary.

Why NC's most powerful Republican is endorsing a candidate for governor, but not president

Sen. Phil Berger

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Students at Morehouse College in Atlanta Georgia, now taking the inaugural introduction to the African diaspora course.

CAVITIES. >> MOREHOUSE COLLEGE IS A HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE IN ATLANTA AND IS TEACHING BLACK HISTORY IN A BRAND-NEW WAY IN CLAY, AS SOMEONE EXPLAINS HOW TEACHERS ARE USING VIRTUAL REALITY TO HIM ARE STUDENTS IN HISTORY. MOREHOUSE COLLEGE IS TAKING VIRTUAL LEARNING TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL WIDE TEACH BLACK HISTORY THROUGH VIRTUAL REALITY. WHY NOT USE A TEXTBOOK OR THE TYPICAL MEANS OF EDUCATION? >> SO IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY IS THE REALLY UNIQUE SPACE DOCTOR. MESSINA MORRIS IS THE DIRECTOR OF THIS. HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES METAVERSE PROJECT. YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO BAG. >> SO THAT TIME PERIOD AND RECREATE THE SCENE OF WHAT HAPPENED AND BRING IT TO LIFE FOR MOST STUDENTS. STUDENTS IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, NOW TAKING THE INAUGURAL INTRODUCTION TO THE AFRICAN DIASPORA COURSE AND THE CLASS BECAUSE THE SCHOOL FROM MY SEAT ON THE GROUND WHERE THEY ALMOST ACT. >> ALL THE WAY TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. THE KING'S MARCH ON WASHINGTON AND ALSO HIS ASSESSMENT OF 1960, THE CLASS AT TIMES WITNESSING HISTORIC AND HUMBLING SCENES FROM U.S. HISTORY. AND YOU CAN SEE THE HER ON THIS. JUST AN MEN CAN DISH AND IT'S IT'S A LOT THEY CAN. I IMAGINE A LOT OF THIS CONTENT IS PRETTY HEAVY AND SOBERING FOR STUDENTS. HOW DO YOU WALK THEM THROUGH THAT FIRST? YOU KNOW, MENTALLY PREPARING FOR THE CLASS AND AND SAYING, OH, IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THE SLAVE SEEN SOME GORE. BUT IF YOU CANNOT TAKE IT, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO. BUT UNDER ITS IT, YOU CAN EXIT OUT. AND WHILE THE COURSE REQUIRES EMOTIONAL DEPTH PRACTITIONERS AND STUDENTS SAY THEY'RE GLAD TO DIG IN AND NEVER MATTER US OR PRESSURING IT BEFORE. JUST MADE ME REALIZE I'M GREAT FOR TODAY AND I WAS BORN AND HIS AIDES TO GO BACK IN HISTORY TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO THE COURSE IS PART OF A WORLDWIDE VR INITIATIVE BY VICTORY XR. A VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY COMPANY FOUNDED IN 2016. WE HAVE CLOSE TO 70 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SIGNED UP EITHER EMPLOYED CLASSES IN THE METAVERSE. >> OR >> THEY PURCHASE LICENSES TO BEGIN EXPLORING AND FIGURING OUT WHAT MODEL MIGHT WORK FOR THEM. PROFESSORS, MORRISON, HAMILTON, HOPE MORE SCHOOLS WILL FOLLOW SUIT TO GIVE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS THE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNICAL SKILL TO ENTER THE 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE AND WORLD. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE GOT TO USE THE LESSONS OF THE >> HELP MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T GET RELIVE A LOOK AT BLACK HISTORY THROUGH THE EYES OF THE FUTURE. >> CARBON EMISSION LEVELS ARE

Morehouse college teaches Black history in a brand new way 

Wednesday, Jan.1, 2020 -- It is time to put aside uncompromising attitudes to do what is right for all North Carolinians. It is about how we treat each other and our desire to come together to do what is right for those we all serve. In 2020, we must commit to greater collaboration with a focus on creating a health care system for the state we can all be proud to say we built together.

MICHAEL WALDRUM: Work together to meet state's critical 2020 health needs

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The "10 Year Challenge" trend is sweeping the internet and a few celebrities have decided to join in the fun. 

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Morehouse college teaches Black history in a brand new way

MICHAEL WALDRUM: Work together to meet state's critical 2020 health needs

Celebrities participate in '10 Year Challenge'