WRAL Investigates how a prank call turned into a near-death experience, and what needs to be done to prevent an innocent person from being killed.

On WRAL at 6: How a prank call turned into a near-death experience and what needs to be done to prevent an innocent person from being killed.

NCAA bracket

College hoops bracket challenge

Here's a coupon for $1 off any frozen strawberry lemonade, fruit smoothie or frappe at McDonald's. 

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$1 coupon for McDonald's frozen lemonade

Two 16-year-old boys are dead and another 16-year-old boy is in the hospital from a shooting in Durham on Tuesday.

Families mourn teens killed in Durham; 18-year-old scheduled to appear in court

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VinFast is launching its latest model - an electric powered SUV called the VF9 - in its home country of Vietnam and says it has plans to ship models to the U.S. for sale in "coming months."

VinFast unveils big electric SUV, plans deliveries to US 'in coming months'

VinFast SUV

How would you judge the best tree in Raleigh?

Where's the coolest, tallest, oldest tree in Raleigh? 

Hidden Redwood trees in Raleigh and across NC

This would make North Carolina the 40th state in the country to adopt expansion, which would add hundreds of thousands of people, most of them likely working adults who can't afford health insurance, to the state's Medicaid insurance rolls. 

After 13 years, Medicaid expansion on its way to governor in NC

North Carolina Legislative Building

One of the men was a passenger in Wood's vehicle when she hit a parked car on Dec. 8.

2 men face misdemeanor charges after State Auditor Beth Wood's December crash

NC State Auditor Beth Wood charged with hit-and-run

Leaders at a water conference at NC State this week are addressing the swath of challenges that threaten the state -- including climate change, pollution, and drinking water contamination.

North Carolina faces many environmental challenges

Get the latest WRAL WeatherCenter Forecast whenever you need it, including the DUALDoppler5000 and the 7-Day Forecast.

WRAL WeatherCenter Forecast

Nightly N.C. Education Lottery drawings during the 11 p.m. News.

Evening Pick 3 Pick 4 and Cash 5

Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday Powerball drawings, as shown live on WRAL.

Powerball Drawing

Wednesday is the first of two votes in the full House required to put the Medicaid Expansion bill on Governor Roy Cooper's desk. The Senate has already approved it.

House session to vote on Medicaid Expansion Bill

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Four North Carolina players have entered the transfer portal after a season that ended without an NCAA Tournament berth.

Armando Bacot returning to UNC; Puff Johnson entering transfer portal

Armando Bacot

Drinking water contamination and rising sea levels: North Carolina's future is riddled with challenges

A school bus with children on board crashed into a tree on Thursday morning in Burke County.

School bus with children on board crashes into tree 

School bus 

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Wednesday demanded testimony and documents from two former Manhattan prosecutors who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last year in a clash over the direction of the probe.

House GOP demands info from former prosecutors in Trump case

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.