Name: On East Coast, where omicron landed 1st, cases have plateaued, may be on downward trend
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Description: North Carolina is seeing record numbers of new daily coronavirus cases, but trends elsewhere offer hope.

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<p>TESTS WILL GO, AND WHETHER THIS MEANS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND AT-HOME TEST AGAIN. &gt;&gt;&gt; A RECORD SHATTERING 34,000 NEW COVID-19 CASES WERE ADDED IN THE STATES TODAY. BUT, HERE IS SOMETHING WORTH NOTING. STATES IN THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR ARE SEEING NEW CASES PLATEAU. WRAL'S INVESTIGATIVE DATA JOURNALIST ALLIE INGERSOLL COMPARES NORTH CAROLINA WITH OTHER AREAS. &gt;&gt; Reporter: AS NORTH CAROLINIANS LOOK TO COMBAT THE VIRUS THEY ARE LOOKING TO HOW IT IS TRENDING IN OTHER STATES. A WASTEWATER ANALYSIS, WHICH HAS BEEN A LEADING INDICATOR IN THE PAST FOR CASE TRENDS SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF VIRUS DETECTED HAS PLUNGED BY 40% SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. IN RALEIGH, AFTER A SHARP INCREASE OVER THE HOLIDAYS, THE LATEST WASTEWATER DATA JUST OUT TODAY SHOWS WE, TOO, ARE SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF VIRUS DETECTED TRENDING DOWNWARD. RIGHT NOW, OUR NUMBERS ARE STILL RISING. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES ADDED EACH DAY HAS INCREASED BY 749% IN THE LAST MONTH. THE OMICRON VARIANT IS SPREADING WILDLY AMONG OUR POPULATION, WITH AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 26,000 CASES BEING REPORTED EACH DAY. THAT IS LIKE THE WHOLE CITY OF CLAYTON TESTING POSITIVE IN A SINGLE DAY. &gt;&gt; WE ARE STILL SEEING AN UPWARD TREND, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE, IN OTHER PLACES IN THE U.S., FOR EXAMPLE NEW YORK CITY, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT THEY MIGHT BE TAPERING OFF AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF CASES OR AT LEAST PLATEAUING. &gt;&gt; Reporter: WHY NEW YORK? THE STATES UP THE 95 CORRIDOR DETECTED OMICRON EARLIER THAN WE DID, ABOUT 10 DAYS. HOW THEY ARE TRENDING SHEDS LIGHT ON WHAT MIGHT TAKE PLACE HERE, AND EARLY REPORTS SHOW THAT CASES ARE LEVELING OFF. &gt;&gt; WE THINK THEY ARE HEADING THERE SO WE ARE STILL FAR BEHIND. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT, BUT THAT GIVES HOPE FOR WHERE WE MIGHT BE IN A FEW WEEKS. &gt;&gt; Reporter: HOPE THAT A DOWNTURN IS ON THE HORIZON. FOR WRAL NEWS, I'M ALLIE INGERSOLL. &gt;&gt;&gt; COVID-19 VACCINES HAVE SAVED AN ESTIMATED 240,000 LIVES , AS WELL AS PRESENTED MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. YALE UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND RESEARCHERS SAY THE U.S. COVID-19 VACCINATION PROGRAM WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REDUCTION. THE STUDY SAYS AS NEW VARIANTS</p>

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On East Coast, where omicron landed 1st, cases have plateaued, may be on downward trend

On East Coast, where omicron landed 1st, cases have plateaued, my be on downward trend

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I'm meteorologist, Elizabeth Gardner. It's going to be an interesting week for us. We're going to have a very summerlike pattern. It's going to be hot and humid, but a lot of cloud cover and a good chance for afternoon and evening storms. Some of those likely to be severe. We don't have as great a chance today, but it's not a zero chance that chance goes up for the next several days as we have a level one risk for both Tuesday and Wednesday, that chance may go up even higher on Thursday. Let's take a look. You can see a cluster of thunderstorms coming through Tennessee toward the mountains of North Carolina. We're going to see some of that rolling through here later on this, uh, this afternoon and evening, uh, check in Futurecast, heading out the door. We've had fairly quiet conditions. Um, you can see a little bit of sun there at lunch time and that will set the stage for a better chance for storms. Any sunshine that we see will energize the atmosphere and, uh, make it an even better recipe for scattered storms you can see there, uh, between three and five o'clock scattered thunderstorms that continues on through the evening, past midnight, tomorrow morning, we may end up with a few isolated showers and then some scattered thunderstorms on through the afternoon. This version of Futurecast doesn't show as much coverage but previous runs certainly have. So we are looking certainly at that chance for some scattered storms. We have that chance all the way through Friday. The biggest event may come with a cold front late Thursday into early Friday and we'll be watching the timeline for that gets closer. Highest this afternoon, mid to upper eighties. 84 in Raleigh, 83 in Durham, 88 in Fayetteville. Our muggy meter is climbing. It seems so early for this. We have yet to hit seventies with our dew 0.70 dew point really feels sticky. It's going to feel like the middle of July or August for us by mid to late week. But by Friday, we see much cooler air coming in behind Thursdays front and our due points drop back into the fifties. That's going to feel so much better. But 87 tomorrow, 90 Wednesday, 88 Thursday, that front though even though it may bring some humidity and some storms with it behind it, it will deliver some cooler drier air. Saturday looks phenomenal. At 74 morning, lows are back into the fifties Mother's Day. Just a small chance of thunderstorms otherwise very pleasant.

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Good afternoon. I'm Luis Fernandez. Welcome to this afternoon's drawings from Monday May 6th, 2024. Let's get started with Carolina pick three. The first pick three number is six. Second is six and the third is six and our pick three fireball number is three. Joining me for this afternoon's drawing is our auditor for mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move to Carolina pick four. The first pick four, number is six. The second is seven. The third is six and the fourth is six and our pick four. Fireball number is five. The North Carolina Education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks so much for your support.

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Loved ones are gathering for a memorial service for Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas M. "Tommy" Weeks Jr.

GRACE WAS DRIVING WITH A REVOKED LICENSE AT THE TIME. >> RIGHT NOW, FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE SAYING A FINAL GOODBYE TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS KILLED DURING THE SHOOTING IN CHARLOTTE LAST WEEK. WR IS NO KLEIN IS HERE WITH HOW THOSE WHO KNEW HIM BEST ARE REMEMBERING DEPUTY THOMAS WEEKS. KNOW, JEFF, WE HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL THOMAS WEEKS KNOWN BY THOSE WHO KNEW HIM BEST AS TOMMY. THE MEMORIAL SERVICE HONORING HIS LIFE AND SACRIFICE STARTED THIS MORNING AT ABOUT 10, 30. IT CONTINUES AT THIS HOUR. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK INSIDE. WE JUST HEARD FROM HIS WEEK WIFE KELLY WHO SPOKE ABOUT WHO HE WAS AS A HUSBAND. SHE SAID HE ALWAYS WANTED TO HOLD HER HAND. WEEKS IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND 4 CHILDREN. HE WAS WITH THE U.S. MARSHAL SERVICE FOR 13 YEARS. ALSO WORKED 8 YEARS FOR CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION. I WANT TO PLAY NOW PART OF HIS WIFE'S EULOGY. SPEAKING ABOUT TOMMY HAS JUST A GREAT FATHER. >> HE WAS A LOVING FATHER. TO NOT ONLY TO HIS KIDS, BUT ALSO HIS STEPCHILDREN. HE ENJOYED EVERYTHING FROM WATCHING. PATRICK WHEN HE WAS PERFORMING. TO HIS NIGHTLY GOOD. NOT HUGS AND I LOVE YOU TO ACT. HE WOULD MAKE DUNKIN DONUTS RUNS FROM MCKINSEY EVEN AFTER MOM SAID NO. ANY TO BRADY TO DC TO SEE US FIRST CAPITALS GAME YEARS. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND ALSO SPOKE AT THE SERVICE REFLECTING ON WHAT HE'S LEARNED ABOUT TOMMY FROM HIS COLLEAGUES. >> OUR OWN SAID AFTER HE SPOKE WITH WEEKS, HIS WIFE ON THE PHONE LAST WEEK, SHE ASKED WHAT HE NEEDED FROM HER TO SUPPORT THE MARSHAL SERVICE DURING THIS TIME LAST WEDNESDAY, PROCESSIONAL KERRY WEEKS, BODY FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE TO THAT FUNERAL HOME IN MORRISVILLE. WE HAVE INFORMATION ON THE OTHER 3 OFFICERS KILLED THAT DAY AND WHO THEY WERE. YOU CAN FIND THAT OVER ON WRAL DOT COM. SO SAID WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

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Good evening. I'm Roxy Garity. Welcome to tonight's drawings for Sunday. May 5th, 2024. Let's get started with Carolina pick 31. Is your first number. Second number zero. Third number is two and our pick three. Fireball number is nine. Joining me for tonight's strong as our auditor from the Con and Jones L LP. Now let's move to Carolina pick for your first pick. Four. Number is six. Second number seven. Third number two. Fourth number is here. It comes it zero. And our pick for fireball number is three turning now to the Carolina cash five. If no one wins the top prize tonight, tomorrow's top prize is estimated at $354,000. Your first cash five number is 38 2nd number 21. 3rd number four. Fourth number is 16, 5th and final number tonight. 18, the North Carolina Education Lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support. Get your winning numbers every night right here on your exclusive station for the lottery. Thanks for playing and good night.

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Is powerball good. Even Juan. I'm rainy trainer tonight we have in our life changing jackpot. It is worth an estimated $200.3 million to get your ticket right here. Come tonight's winning numbers. Let's start things off this evening with the number 14. Right out that America. We have the number 20 congratulations to Anthony Colgan from Louisiana. He won $2 million playing powerball. I address your winning numbers tonight. 6923. We'll wrap it up tonight with the number 53 and that's your winning powerball number. That's gonna be four and your power play multiplier is two. Let's take another look at tonight's winning numbers. Remember there are multiple ways to win. Good luck, everyone. We'll see you back here on Monday night. It's time to play America's.

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>> ACROSS AMERICA WITH MEGA JACKPOTS, IT'S MEGA MILLIONS. >> GOOD EVENING. A MAJOR WOFFORD IS FRIDAY MAY 3RD AND TONIGHT'S MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS AN ESTIMATED AT NEAR TICE 284 MILLION DOLLARS TO WIN THE JACKPOT. YOU MUST MATCH ALL 5 WHITE PLUS THE GOLD MEGA BALL. SO GET YOUR TICKETS. OUR FIRST NUMBER TONIGHT IS 13 AFTER THAT. YOU HAVE 53. THAT'S ALL MY 15 UP NEXT IS 56. AND FINALLY, 6 ENOUGH YOU'RE MAKING. YOU'RE MAKING ALL NUMBER IS 11 OR 13. 53 15, 56 6. AND THE MEGA BALL IS 11 NOW FEELING MATCHES ALL 6 NUMBERS. TUESDAY'S JACKPOT COULD BE MORE

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