Medicaid expansion means North Carolina's working poor can go to the doctor for free. It also means billions in new federal funding for hospitals.

After 14 years, billions to flow as 600,000 qualify for Medicaid insurance in NC

More than half a million North Carolinians now qualify for Medicaid 

Medicaid expansion takes effect Dec. 1 in North Carolina, and 5 On Your Side is helping answer your questions about the change. 

Call Dec. 5 to get answers about Medicaid in NC

Medicaid expansion in North Carolina will begin Dec. 1, 2023

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An assassination attempt on Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina on Thursday night failed as a man pointed a pistol at her head and tried to pull the trigger, but the gun did not go off, according to video footage and a statement from Argentina's president.

Argentina's Vice President Unharmed After Failed Assassination Attempt

John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while traveling through downtown Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963. 

On this day in history: John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas 

JFK gunned down in Dallas 55 years ago

On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, our 35th president, was assassinated.


On this day: JFK assassinated during motorcade 

Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis, Tenn., on this date in 1968.

This day in history: MLK is assassinated

On April 4,1968, Dr. King was shot and killed as he stood on the second floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. The "apostle of nonviolence" had gone to Memphis in support of a sanitation workers' strike. 

This day in history: Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated

Quote of the day: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The 40-year-old former member of the Beatles was shot and killed by obsessed fan Mark David Chapman on Dec. 8, 1980.