Many traffic stops on Interstate 95 in North Carolina start with speeding, but a simple infraction can yield weapons, drugs, even a wanted criminal. On WRAL-TV at 6, WRAL Investigates rides with the I-95 interception team, one of the most dangerous jobs in law enforcement.


WRAL Investigates at 6: Drugs, money, speed. Ride along with law enforcement teams on one of the deadliest highways in America

Officials are encouraging residents to take steps to prepare for extreme weather ahead of hurricane season. New data shows flood and wind risk is changing in the state.

Inland homes at risk for high winds, flooding during hurricane season. Here's what you can do now.

Holly Springs shed damage

More than a dozen former employees say understaffing at Brynn Marr Hospital contributes to what they describe as a dangerous place for patients and employees. Hospital officials say allegations of violence, sexual assaults, overmedication and lack of mental health therapy are unfounded.

Former employees say short-staffed NC psych hospital rife with violence, abuse

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Kenn Dahl says he has always been a careful driver. The owner of a software company near Seattle, he drives a leased Chevrolet Bolt. He’s never been responsible for an accident.

Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies

RESTRICTED -- Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies

A Duke lab uses Al and machine learning to analyze data collected by devices such as smartwatches to ultimately predict and prevent outbreaks of RSV, COVID-19 and the flu.

Fighting disease with a smartwatch? That’s genius.

Could wearables detect COVID-19, other illnesses? RTI, Pentagon, Garmin to find out

Anyone who has traveled outside the country may already know that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has the right to search the phones and other electronic devices of anyone entering the country - including U.S. citizens -- without a warrant.

THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR LIVES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. SO SAD. ALRIGHT, TURNING TO ANOTHER STORY WE LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT U.S. CUSTOMS HAS A SECRET DATABASE AND THE AGENCY HAS BEEN STORING AND USING SOME TRAVELERS PERSONAL DATA FOR YEARS WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE. OUR CAPITOL BUREAU CHIEF LAURA LESLIE EXPLAINS HOW THEY GET THE DATA. >> OUR PHONES HAVE A LOT OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THE RIGHT ARE PHOTOS, VIDEOS, CONTACTS, TEXT MESSAGES THEY COULD ALL END UP IN A GIANT NATIONAL DATABASE WITHOUT YOUR EVEN KNOWING ABOUT IT. IF YOU GO THROUGH CUSTOMS FOR YEARS, U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO SEARCH PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITHOUT A WARRANT. WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK FROM OREGON, SENATOR RON WYDEN IS THAT THE AGENCY HAS BEEN COPYING SOME PEOPLE'S PERSONAL DATA AND SAVING IT IN A SECRET DATABASE. >> IT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2007, A CUSTOMS AGENT CAN DECIDE YOU ARE A PERSON OF INTEREST FOR ANY REASON. YOU CAN EVEN BE RANDOMLY SELECTED AND ASK YOU TO UNLOCK YOUR PHONE FOR A MANUAL SEARCH IF THEY BELIEVE IT HAS EVIDENCE OF A CRIME OR SOME SECURITY CONCERNS, THEY CAN COPY YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITHOUT A WARRANT AND SEND IT TO THE DATABASE. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT. >> WAIT A SECOND. WHAT? >> EDUARDO GRAY HAVE NO IDEA. CUSTOMS COULD DO THAT. I WOULD SAY MY PHONE AND THE CRAZY, BUT I WOULD WANT. >> WHEN THE SEE IT, THOUGH, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE PRIVACY THING LIKE I PURCHASED. THIS IS MINE. >> THEY'D BE BORED TO DEATH WITH SUSAN HARTMAN JUST GOT BACK FROM FRANCE. HER PHONE WAS NOT SEARCHED. >> TO ME, IT'S ENTIRELY WRONG. THEY SHOULD HAVE A WAR. THE AGENCY DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED AND A STATEMENT. CBP SPOKESMAN ROBERT RIZZO SAID ONLY A TINY PERCENTAGE OF TRAVELERS HAVE THEIR PHONE SEARCHED CBP, BORDER SEARCHES OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES HAVE RESULTED IN EVIDENCE HELPFUL IN COMBATING TERRORIST ACTIVITY. CHILD VIOLATIONS OF EXPORT CONTROLS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND VISA FRAUD. HE SAID. >> IN HIS LETTER, SENATOR WYDEN CALLED ON THE AGENCY TO REFORM ITS RULES TO BETTER TARGET CRIMINALS, NOT RANDOM TRAVELERS. CBP SAYS THEY CONDUCTED SEARCHES ON 37,000 ELECTRONIC DEVICES LAST YEAR. THEY SAY VERY FEW OF THEM HAD

US Customs agents can take and keep phone data of people entering the country

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, exposed the existence of a database used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to keep personal data on file.

US Customs can search, save the data from your phone without a warrant

Next IPhone Update Will Let You Set Spotify As Your Default Music Player

Plan C Crypto, a California cryptocurrency mining company, will open its fourth North Carolina facility in Fayetteville, with jobs that pay at least $42,000.

Cryptocurrency mining company to open 4th NC location in Fayetteville

'Flight to safety:' Bitcoin becoming digital gold as dollar weakens

WRAL News is the only local television news station in the country selected to take part in a new data journalism program.

WRAL joins national data journalism pilot program

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The Silicon Valley data-mining firm Palantir Technologies confidentially filed to go public, setting up what could be the biggest stock offering from a technology company since Uber’s debut last year.

Data-mining firm Palantir files for stealth public offering

A "Social Distancing Dashboard" produced by a company specializing in analyzing location data from smartphones shows more North Carolinians are staying home.

NC scores a B in social distancing

Social distancing scores by county (Source: Unacast)

Many companies pay for statistics about online users, and Consumers Union warns parents that children who use YouTube to watch video could be tracked and targeted.

Is YouTube watching your kids? Advocates claim company collected data on millions of children

This watchdog group is accusing YouTube of breaking data collection laws. Here's why

As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was questioned by members of Congress on Wednesday, much of the discussion involved privacy and the use and abuse of data by Facebook. The reality is, however, that many companies track everything users do through data mining.