The 1993 murder of Michael Jordan's dad James sparked international attention - but there's so much the world doesn't know about the case against Daniel Green

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The Sampson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal shooting.

<b>SALEMBURG, N.C.</b> — The Sampson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal shooting.

At 11:58 p.m. Saturday, deputies received a call about a man being shot on Emerald Lane at the intersection of Lakewood School Road, near Salemburg.

Upon arrival, deputies found the body of Michael Shawn Lacass, 23, beside his vehicle.

His exact cause of death is being withheld pending the medical examiner's investigation. The case is being treated as a homicide, deputies said.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Sampson County Sheriff's Office at 910-592-4141.

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Former North Carolina political strategist Conen Morgan died over the weekend.

NC political strategist and noted NC State alum dies in boating accident

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The state House is taking up a medical marijuana bill that it has previously ignored. It passed the state Senate twice in the last two years, with bipartisan support.

Medical marijuana has a new spark of life in NC legislature

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A child died from being hit by a vehicle while riding a scooter in an Apex neighborhood on Monday.


Child dies after being hit by vehicle while riding scooter in Apex neighborhood

Child dies after being hit by car on scooter in Apex neighborhood

Tuesday, May 30, 2023 -- We sat aboard an Ethiopian Airlines jet flying from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Tel Aviv, Israel. With us were 111 Ethiopian immigrants to Israel, among the last of 5,000 Ethiopians that the Jewish state has agreed to welcome since 2020 in the name of family reunification, with the requirement that they have at least one first-degree relative (parent, sibling or child) already in Israel. By June, this chapter of Jewish immigration to Israel will end. ... The problem: there are still 9,000 to 12,000 people in Ethiopia who practice Judaism and believe themselves to be Jews -- even if the state of Israel believes their familial ties to Judaism are too weak.

COLUMN: Israel's unfinished Exodus story

Israel’s Unfinished Exodus Story

A family of three was displaced after a fire overnight on Leeds Forest Lane in Raleigh.

Fire at Raleigh townhome displaces family of three

Family of three out of home after fire on Leeds Forest Lane in Raleigh

A 1-year-old child died after being left in a car outside a hospital while the foster mother went into work.

1-year-old left in hot car dies outside hospital

An annual Memorial Day tradition in Kansas City welcomed a very special guest of honor. Ralph Yarl and his family joined the event to thank the traumatic brain injury community for their support after Yarl was shot in the head last month when he knocked on the wrong door.

Teen shot knocking on wrong door thanks community at Memorial Day event

We begin with breaking news out of Davenport, Iowa, at this partially collapsed apartment building. It came down last night, and already the search for survivors has ended. But now there's new outrage and agony from a family who said their loved one is still missing. It all comes as we're finding out that the safety of the building has been an on-going concern. 

Search for survivors ends less than one day after apartment building collapses in Iowa

We're getting some shocking new video tonight from aboard a Carnival cruise ship that sailed through a violent storm off the South Carolina coast this weekend. It got battered by ferocious winds and waves, leaving passengers anxious and outraged.

Carnival cruise evacuated after violent storm floods ship

The race to get the bi-partisan agreement to raise the debt ceiling across the finish line is in high gear. Both President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are trying to secure support within their respective parties.

What's next for the debt limit deal

What’s next for the debt limit deal

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Wake Forest (47-10) claimed the top overall seed Monday when the NCAA announced the field of 64 teams to vie for the College World Series.

Wake Forest lands top overall seed; NC State will face Campbell in NCAA baseball tournament that begins this week

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The National Weather Service said while weather was nasty enough to keep most people out of the water on Saturday, lifeguards reported 10 rescues on Sunday and another eight on Monday.

Rough Memorial weekend weather includes 1 death, 18 rip current rescues

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Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is scheduled to move to her new home —-a federal prison where she has been sentenced to spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley.

The day has arrived for Elizabeth Holmes to report to a Texas prison

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CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Jumping into the crowd to celebrate a big race victory appears to have become a Team Penske thing.