North Carolina-based First Citizens will buy Silicon Valley Bank, the tech industry-focused financial institution that collapsed earlier this month, rattling the banking industry and sending shockwaves around the world.

Raleigh-based First Citizens Bank to acquire Silicon Valley Bank

Parent Company of Silicon Valley Bank Files for Bankruptcy

Heavy rain was falling Monday morning across central North Carolina, but it shouldn't last all day.



Rain moving away from Triangle, but more showers on tap this week

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Three men were arrested on Saturday in Nash County when deputies uncovered a cock fighting operation.

Fowl play: Deputies bust cock fighting operation in Nash County, 3 men arrested

3 arrested in cock fighting ring

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Several deputies from a Mississippi sheriff’s department being investigated by the Justice Department for possible civil rights violations have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries, an Associated Press investigation found.

Deputies accused of shoving guns in mouths of 2 Black men

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The woman was taken to the hospital after being shot on Privette Road near Wendell

Woman injured after child fires gun inside Wendell home

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DURHAM – For the purpose of forming a strategic alliance to accelerate research, development, and delivery of cell therapies, bluebird bio […]

bluebird bio to sell Durham facility for $110M to National Resilience, Inc.

Warrenton is considered the Bluebird Capital of the World but, sadly, the bluebird pioneer passed away earlier this month.



THEY WERE RUNNERS UP BASED ON LOOKUPS BY EVENTS. >>> WARNINGTON IS THE BLUEBIRD CAPITOL BUT THE BLUEBIRD PIONEER PASS AWAY. PASSED AWAY. >> IT'S LOT OF FUN. >> Reporter: A HOUSE FULL OF BIRD HOUSE BUILDERS. >> 17. >> Reporter: BIRD HOUSES FOR BLUEBIRDS. >> WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME. WE GOT A LOT OF THEM. >> Reporter: DID YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT BLUEBIRDS BEFORE YOU STARTED. >> NOT AT THAT THING% FRANK DID. >> I STARTED BUILDING THEM IN 1998. >> Reporter: THE BIRD WAS ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION. >> IT CAUGHT ON AND NEIGHBORS CAME TO HELP AND VAL UNTIERS AND THAT'S HOW IT STARTED. >>REPORTER: IT DID NOT START LIKE THIS. WE. >> WE WERE USING HAMMERS AND NAILS. >> Reporter: NOT NAIL GUNS. >> WE WERE LUCKY TO GET 50 OUT IN A DAY. >> Reporter: AND NOW HOW MANY DO YOU GET DONE IN A DAY. >> 1050. >> Reporter: 1050 BLUEBIRD HOUSES IN THREE HOURS. >> IT'SING ARE ASSEMBLY LINE. >> Reporter: THE VOLUNTEERS ARE RETIREEES WHO LIVE NEARBY. THEY BUILD BIRD HOUSES THE THIRST AND THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH. WHERE DO THE HOUSE GOINGS. >> ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. >> Reporter: AND TO THE CREDIT UNION. >> THE DOCTORED  CREDIT UNIONS SELL THEM TO CUSTOMERS. >> Reporter: YES. AND THOUSANDS AT A TIME IS 200,000 OVERTIME. >> WE WILL TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES AND PAUSE AND REFLECT ON THE 200,000 BLUEBIRD HOUSE WE BUILT AND WE WILL GET RIGHT BACK TO WORK AND BUILD 200 MORE TH OUT. SAND10 YEARS AGO HE WOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED IT. >> Reporter: BELIEVE IT. THERE IT IS. THEY HELPED TO SAVE THE BLUEBIRD. >> PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN EXTINCT AND IT IS COMING BACK NOW. >> THAT'S AMAZING. THE BLUEBIRD PROJECT IN WARRINGTON BEGAN IN 1996. FRANK NEWELL STARTED IT BUT PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS MONTH AND HIS DAUGHTER WILL CONTINUE THE EFFORT. TO DATE, VOLUNTEERS BUILT MORE THAN 350,000 BLUEBIRD HOUSES, AND SENT THEM TO EVERY STATE IN

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bluebird bio to sell Durham facility for $110M to National Resilience, Inc.

A tribute to the bluebird pioneer in Warrenton

Bill Leslie: Bluebird babies have arrived

Bluebirds make their new home in Bill Leslie's yard