Crews worked quickly to reopen the road near Hillsborough Street only an hour after an overhead highway sign was damaged. 



 I-440 reopens in Raleigh after overhead highway sign damaged

The "Dueling Dinosaurs" exhibit opening this weekend at Raleigh's North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will feature what's believed to be the most complete T. rex skeleton ever discovered.

'Dueling Dinosaurs:' One-of-a-kind dig at Raleigh science museum opens this weekend

DinoLab at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods, so purchasing separate flood insurance is crucial in North Carolina, especially in high-risk areas.

Homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods: How to protect your home in North Carolina

Princeville residents weigh options after Hurricane Matthew

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(CNN) -- With growing attention on traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE, in sports, clinicians and researchers from across the country, including doctors from the NFL, are offering guidance on how to prevent further harm in athletes.

Experts in concussion, NFL leaders gather to identify gaps in knowledge, offer guidelines on preventing brain injuries

In a speech before the Irish parliament, President Joe Biden said: "I'd rather have my children playing rugby now, for health reasons, than I would have them playing football. Fewer people get hurt playing rugby."

Fact check: Biden says football is more dangerous than rugby

PolitiFact: Mostly False

Thursday, the Holt Brothers Foundation donated more than 1,000 foam, soft-shell helmets, dispersed amongst 11 football programs across central and eastern North Carolina. 

Holt Brothers Foundation donates more than 1,000 helmets to local football programs

Nonprofit donates over 1,000 helmets to local football program 

Derisha Redmond said it took two hours too long for staff at Wilburn Elementary to let her know what had happened.

After daughter gets concussion, mom upset at delayed response from Raleigh school

Raleigh mom upset at school response after waiting hours to learn daughter was hurt

A Raleigh mom's daughter was seriously hurt in a fight at Wilbur Elementary School in Raleigh. Her mother said she suffered a concussion.

WASN'T NOTIFIED FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS? >> Reporter: WELL GERALD, SHE SAID IT WAS TWO HOURS TOO LATE, HAPPENING THIS PAST WEDNESDAY. SHE SAID HER DAUGHTER WAS THE ONE WHO WAS SUSPENDED. >> SHE HAS A CONCUSSION. SHE HAS A CONTUSION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER HEAD, AND SHE ALSO HAS NECK BRUISES. HE WOULD HIT HER WITH THE PAPER TOWEL IN THE BATHROOM. AS THEY WALKED INTO THE CLASSROOM, HE WAS STILL BOTHERING HER. SO SHE HIT HIM BACK. >> Reporter: HER DAUGHTER TOLD HER THE STUDENT THEN THREW HER INTO THE WHITE BOARD BY HER NECK AND THAT'S WHEN SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE WAY DOWN. HER DAUGHTER WROTE DOWN WHAT HAPPENED. >> THEN HE TRIED TO BREAK ME. >> Reporter: THIS ALL HAPPENED AROUND 1:00 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, BUT SHE DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT UNTIL A FEW HOURS LATER. >> WE DID NOT FIND OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL 3:30 AND THE ONLY WAY WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT IS BECAUSE SHE WAS REQUESTING TO CALL HER PARENTS. >> Reporter: WHICH A COUNSELOR LET HER DO EVENTUALLY. NOW REDMAN IS WAITING FOR THE SCHOOL'S OFFICIAL REPORT ON WHAT HAPPENED. >> DISAPPOINTED, IT HURTS BECAUSE WE TRUST, WE TRUST TO TAKE OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL AND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN GOOD CARE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. >> Reporter: NOW HER DAUGHTER'S DOCTOR NOTE SAYS THEY DO NOT FEEL IT'S SAFE FOR HER TO RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM AS LONG AS THAT OTHER STUDENT IS PRESENT. WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK YET.

Football season has become more than just touchdowns and yards. The sport has put the national spotlight on brain injuries and concussions. Especially when it comes to treatment.

Football season brings spotlight to treatment of concussions

Soldiers at Fort Bragg are part of a clinical study that may change the way concussions are treated.

Soldier says neurofeedback study has improved his life

Soldiers at Fort Bragg are part of a clinical study that may change the way concussions are treated. 

Bragg study could help soldiers, others dealing with lingering concussion problems

Days or weeks in a dark room away from friends, screens and video games no longer is the recommended treatment for sports-related concussions in children and adolescents, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics.


Report: Days in a dark room no longer recommended treatment for youth sports-related concussions

Doctors: Talk to coaches, know the signs of concussions 

When it comes to safety for football players, concussion education and awareness are key, a Cleveland Clinic orthopedic surgeon says.

Concussion awareness key to sports safety, surgeon says

New debate is raging over whether the Silent Sam statue should be removed from UNC-Chapel Hill after a group paid for two billboards to be erected in Raleigh.

Silent Sam controversy flares anew

The benefits of kids playing sports are almost endless, but with spring sports season getting underway parents are urged to take notice of the danger of concussions.