16 NC counties are under alert, including Harnett, Moore, and Lee counties.

The North Carolina Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to ban anyone from wearing masks in public for health reasons, following an emotional debate about the wisdom of the proposal.


NC Senate votes to ban people from wearing masks in public for health reasons

Protestors gather in Graham 

A year later, the full impact of the North Carolina abortion law is becoming clearer for both supporters and opponents.

A year later, impact from NC's 12-week abortion ban coming into focus

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FILE - President Donald Trump visits supporters outside of a campaign event in Rochester, Minn., Oct. 30, 2020. As pro-Trump protesters stormed the Capitol building in Washington on Wednesday and halted the certification of Electoral College votes, the role of social media companies such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube in spreading misinformation and being a megaphone for Trump came under renewed criticism. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Violence on Capitol Hill Is a Day of Reckoning for Social Media