Name: To mask or not to mask? Businesses split on mask policy changes
Uploaded: 2021-05-17T20:06:05-0400
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Description: Many stores and restaurants are allowing people to leave their masks at home - but many others still require masks.

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Many stores and restaurants are allowing people to leave their masks at home - but many others still require masks.

CHANCES COMING UP. >>> FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HEAR FROM GOVERNOR COOPER ABOUT LIFTING THE MASK MANDATE. GOOD EVENING, I'M GERALD OWENS. >> I'M DEBRA MORGAN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. TARGET AND STARBUCKS ARE JUST SOME OF THE BIG NAMES TO MODIFY THEIR GUIDANCE. WRAL'S KEELY ARTHUR IS LIVE AT THE TARGET STORE ON HILLSBOROUGH STREET. SPEAKING WITH CUSTOMERS, LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW SOME OF THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE. KEELY? >> Reporter: DEBRA, THIS IS HOW CONFUSING THIS IS. WE'RE HERE ON HILLSBOROUGH STREET WHERE THE TARGET IS, BUT HERE IS A SIGN REMINDING FOLKS TO WEAR A MASK. IF YOU GO TO THE RESTAURANT THAT IS UNDERNEATH THE TARGET YOU'LL SEE THE SAME THING. PLEASE WEAR A SIGN FOR OTHERS SAFETY. BUT COME IN TO TARGET YOU CAN TAKE YOUR MASK OFF. LET'S NAVIGATE. >> THE ADVICE WAS RATHER SUDDEN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. >> Reporter: NAVIGATING OUR WAY THROUGH THE REOPENING IS CONFUSING. RIGHT NOW IN NORTH CAROLINA YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A MASK IF AND ONLY IF YOU'RE FULLY VACCINATED. >> UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CARRY AROUND THAT ISSUE THAT SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AND ALLOWED TO GO HERE IS NOT REALLY A GOOD WAY TO PROVE IT. >> Reporter: TODAY GOVERNOR COOPER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT VERY ISSUE. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF UNVACCINATED PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WEARING A MASK BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE LAW TOLD THEM TO DO. SOME OF THEM NOW MAY NOT. >> Reporter: MASK RULES ARE NOW LEFT UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS. >> WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T VACCINATED. >> Reporter: THAT'S RESTAURANT OWNER GREG HADUM. STEP IN TO ONE OF HIS EIGHT PLACES LIKE THE PITT IN RALEIGH, YOU'LL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK JUST LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN. IT'S A POLICY HE SAYS HE'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE UNTIL THE VACCINATION RATE DOES. >> BECAUSE IF WE DON'T REACH HERD IMMUNITY, WE'RE GOING TO END UP EXTENDING THE HERD. >> I GO TO TARGET ALL THE TIME. >> Reporter: TARGET IS ONE OF THE MANY MAJOR RETAILERS NOW NOT REQUIRING MASKS FOR THOSE WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED. SHOPPER KRISTIN TURNER SAYS YOU MIGHT NOT SEE HER WEAR ONE ALL THE TIME, BUT SHE WILL PROBABLY WEAR ONE INSIDE SHOPPING. WOULD YOU WALK IN TO THE TARGET ABOVE YOU RIGHT NOW NOT WEARING A MASK? >> NO, I WOULD WEAR A MASK. IT STILL FEELS POLITE. >> Reporter: WE KNOW MASKS WORK NOT JUST FOR THINGS LIKE CORONAVIRUS, BUT WHO HAS HAD A COLD IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO? I KNOW ME AND A LOT OF MY FRIENDS HAVEN'T JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN MASKED UP. BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE PEOPLE NOT HAVE TO WEAR MASKS ANYMORE. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. IT'S NICE TO SEE PEOPLES SMILES. BUT LET'S NAVIGATE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU WANT A CLEARER PICTURE ON WHAT BUSINESSES ARE REQUIRING MASKS, WHICH AREN'T, HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE OR TO OUR WRAL NEWS APP. >> KEELY ARTHUR LIVE IN RALEIGH, THANK YOU, KEELY. >>> WE ARE UPDATING THAT RUNNING LIST OF BUSINESSES AND THEIR POLICIES AS THEY CHANGE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS CONSTANTLY THAT THEY ARE MAKING THESE NEW DECISIONS. YOU CAN GO RIGHT NOW TO

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I'm meteorologist, Kat Campbell in the wr a severe weather center. No more thirties in the forecast and we don't have a frost threat tonight so you can leave your plants be, temperatures are falling into the upper forties to lower fifties overnight. We've got a different wind direction and some more clouds that will fill in by daybreak tomorrow at the bus stop, it'll be in the low to mid fifties for most of the kids out there. So a mild start, but you may want to send your kids to school with an umbrella because by the time they head home, some of us are going to be dealing with a chance for rain during the afternoon. It's all due to this cold front. Approaching from the northwest. There's not a lot of moisture for the front to work with, but just enough and enough lift to squeeze out some rain. I think that rain chances would start in our northwestern counties around 11 a.m. through lunchtime. And then that chance is really closer to, to three o'clock here in the triangle. But that might be when the kids are heading home as we get toward 456. It would be south and east of the triangle with the best chance for rain. Rocky Mount, Southern Pines. I'm thinking you'll be in that 3 to 5 p.m. time frame for rain. It's not going to be a very heavy rain. There is a small chance of a thunderstorm embedded, but most of us will just see some pretty light rain. In fact, models are showing less than 5/100 of an inch of rain. So very tiny rainfall amounts from this event. We do have the Durham Bulls in town this week. And luckily the forecast looks good for all of their home games. First pitch is at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We've just got wonderful baseball weather. Temperatures will be near 70 for the first pitches and the rain should be over in Durham, the triangle by the time we get to dinner time for tomorrow evening, which means it's likely to be a dry game for us. Your seven day forecast show, some big changes are on the way though. We've got 74 for the high Wednesday with chance for rain Thursday just 72. So a small dip in our high temperatures more noticeable at night though we fall into the upper forties Thursday night to Friday morning, we're going with 47 as the low Friday morning around the triangle. And then once we get to the weekend temperatures begin to rebound. However, that will come with an increasing cloud cover mostly cloudy Saturday and Sunday. But back in the eighties by Sunday and even warmer next week, highs could climb near 90 a week from today.

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Good evening. I'm Tis the cash with tonight's lottery drawings for Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024. Good luck at the Carolina pick 38 is our first winning number tonight, followed by six, third pick 35 and the pick three. Fireball number is eight. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now it's time for the Carolina pick for checking tickets. Good luck. Six is first winning number tonight followed by zero, third pick 4, 1/4 winning number another zero. And our pick for fireball number is three. Let's turn now to the Carolina cash five. If no one matches all five numbers to win the jackpot tonight, tomorrow's top prize is an estimated $528,000. Good luck first winning cash five number 28 cash 5, 33. 3rd winning number 13. Our fourth cash five tonight, 25 and good luck. Our final winning number is 30. The North Carolina Education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and get the winning numbers every night right here on your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education lottery. Thanks for playing.

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>> ACROSS AMERICA WITH MEGA JACKPOTS, IT'S MEGA MILLIONS HALEM ERIC, I'M JOHN CROW TO SEIZE APRIL 23RD AND TONIGHT'S MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS AN ESTIMATED ANNUITIZED 202 MILLION DOLLARS. >> TO WIN THAT JACKPOT, YOU MUST MATCH THESE 5 WHITE. PLUS THAT GOLD MEGA BALL. NOW AS YOU MAKE IT MAKE YOU A MILLIONAIRE TONIGHT. FIRST WINNING NUMBER TONIGHT IS A 43 FOLLOWED. MY 39. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 11 IN X NUMBER IS 17 IN YOUR FINAL WHITE BALL NUMBER FOR THIS TUESDAY EVENING IS 33 NOW FOR THE MEGA BALL NUMBER. THAT IS 14 AGAIN. TONIGHT'S WINNING NUMBERS ARE 43. 39, 11,

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Good afternoon. I'm Grace Hall and welcome to this afternoon's drawings for Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024. Let's get started with the Carolina pick three. The first pick three number is the first number is one followed by 30 and then your fire ball is four. Joining me for this afternoon's drawing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move on to the Carolina pick for the first pick four. Number is still waiting for those numbers to draw. As I said this afternoon's drawing, our auditor is mcconnell Jones L LP. Now we've got your first number is eight then zero, then nine followed by eight and your fireball is four. Thank you for watching.

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Good evening, America. I'm Michelle Isles. Tonight. We've got another life changing jackpot for you in an estimated amount of $116 million. Get your tickets out. We'll start things off tonight with the number 39 right after that America. We have 12. Let's congratulate Francisco Nunez of North Carolina who won $150,000. Now, your next number up tonight is 16. That's followed by 52 and we're rounded out tonight with 33. Now for your winning powerball number. Good luck, everyone. It is one and your power play multiplier is two. Let's take another look at those winning numbers. Remember there are multiple ways to win. We'll see you back here Wednesday night. Good night. It's time to play America's favorite.

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