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NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN COME HOME. >> NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERING A WOMAN NICOLE BULLOCK IN DURHAM IN A HOTEL ROOM YESTERDAY WE LEARNED HE HAS A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES INVOLVING HER. WELL, LOOK NOW LEAVES BEHIND MULTIPLE CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 2. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M LENA TILLETT AND I'M DAN HAGGERTY. COURT RECORDS REVEAL THAT RODNEY CRAWFORD WAS ON PROBATION AT THE TIME OF THE KILLING FOR PREVIOUS CHARGES OF ASSAULTING PULLING WRAL'S DURHAM REPORTER SARAH KRUEGER. >> DETAILS WHAT SHE LEARNED THROUGH COURT RECORDS. >> NICOLE BULLOCK OFTEN FEARED FOR HER SAFETY WHEN SHE WAS AROUND RODNEY CRAWFORD'S. SO MUCH. SO SHE TOOK OUT THIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR. IT WAS STILL IN EFFECT. DURHAM POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SONESTA SELECT HOTEL OFF OF HIGHWAY. 55 EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THERE, A SEARCH WARRANT DETAILS WHAT THEY FOUND. 29 YEAR-OLD NICOLE BULLOCK LYING ON A BED DEAD. RODNEY CRAWFORD NOW CHARGED WITH HER MURDER IS THE ONE WHO CALLED 9-1-1, ACCORDING TO A SEARCH WARRANT, HE TOLD POLICE HE DIDN'T MEAN FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. HE CLAIMS BULLET CALLED HIM TO COME OVER TO THE HOTEL. ONCE THERE THEY STARTED ARGUING OVER A CELL PHONE AND THEN A TUSSLE STARTED THE WARRANT EXPLAINS BULLOCK WAS THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN IN CRAWFORD'S COURT APPEARANCE. WE LEARNED HE HAS 5 KIDS GOING THROUGH COURT RECORDS. I FOUND CRAWFORD WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING BULLOCK ON AT LEAST ONE OTHER OCCASION IN MAY OF 2021. WHEN ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN WAS RIGHT THERE, HE WAS ON PROBATION FOR THOSE CHARGES AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER IN HER OWN WORDS AND HER OWN HANDWRITING BULLET DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED IN HER MOTION SEEKING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDER. SHE SAYS CRAWFORD CAME TO HER HOME WHILE SHE AND HER CHILD WERE ASLEEP IN BED. SHE SAYS HE PUNCHED HER NUMEROUS TIMES, BEATING HER SO SEVERELY HER RIGHT EYE WAS FRACTURED ON ANOTHER OCCASION, SHE DESCRIBES BEING BEATEN WHILE PREGNANT WITH HIS CHILD. TO THE POINT THAT EVERY TIME I I WOULD COME IN CONTACT WITH I I WOULD HURT SO BAD. ANOTHER TIME SHE WROTE THAT HE FOLLOWED HER HOME, GRABBED HER BY THE HAIR AND DRAGGED HER HEAD BUT HER AND PUNCHED HER. THEN FORCIBLY CUT OFF HER HAIR WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS IN ANOTHER INSTANCE SHE WROTE, I'M AFRAID OF WHAT HE JUDGE GAVE CRAWFORD NO BOND TODAY ENSURING HE WILL REMAIN IN JAIL FOR THE TIME BEING. I DID REACH OUT TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF NICOLE BULLOCK TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HER AT THIS TIME. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THEM. SARAH KRUEGER, WRAL, NEWS, DURHAM. >> JUST A HORRENDOUS AND A TERRIFYING STORY. YOUR HEART GOES OUT TO HER ENTIRE FAMILY. SARAH REACHED OUT TO DPD TO ASK ABOUT THE CHILDREN, THE 5 KIDS AND WHERE THEY ARE TONIGHT,

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Good morning. I'm meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner. Boy, it was a wet day yesterday, especially for our western counties. A lot of folks east of the Triangle really didn't see much rain yesterday. A cold front will continue to slide eastward and help to push more of that rain eastward across North Carolina. So our eastern counties that didn't see any rain yesterday have a much better chance of seeing it today. This morning, the bulk of the rain has been from the Triangle area northward or westward. But watch what happens as we get closer to lunchtime, we start to see more of that rain filling in in our eastern counties along the I 95 Corridor and that continues through the afternoon. There's 3 p.m. there's 5 p.m. And then after that, once we get past sunset, we begin to see the rain tapering off with a bit of a drier period overnight. First thing tomorrow morning, just a few isolated showers should be a fairly dry morning commute. But then once we get into the middle of the afternoon, we start to see more rain development and more thunderstorms too. So we're looking pretty wet during the late afternoon through the evening, commute all the way up until around midnight or so. And then the precipitation changes just keep on coming. 70% today. 40% Monday, 30 Tuesday, 20 Wednesday, 40 Thursday, we have rain in the forecast. At least some rain in the forecast doesn't mean everybody is going to see rain but some rain in the forecast all the way through next Saturday. Take a look at and you can see it is wet out there. Temperatures this morning have been in the upper sixties and then climbing into the seventies. Getting closer to lunchtime, checking out our uh high temperature for this afternoon, 77 and the trang 77 is actually normal for this time of year. It's just we were so warm last week, 75 Durham, 80 degrees in Fayetteville for the highs today, we are looking, of course, we've had a cooler weekend, our normal high 77 we're seeing 77 and then we really warm up again by the middle of next week, looking at a high of 92 on Wednesday and 91 on Thursday. Of course, that's way above normal. Again, we continue to see our wet pattern at least on and off with a chance of showers and thunderstorms through Saturday. But a little sneak peek at Mother's Day looks gorgeous. We should see highs in the mid seventies with some sunshine and drier conditions.

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Good evening. I'm Roxy Garity. Welcome to tonight's drawings for Saturday. May 4th 2024. Let's get started with Carolina pick 35. Is your first number? Second number six. Third number is six again and our pick three. Fireball number is one. Joining me for tonight, drawing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move to Carolina pick for your first pick four. Number zero. Second number is one third, number one again. Fourth number is one and pick four. Fireball number is five turning now to the Carolina cash five. If no one wins the top prize tonight, tomorrow's top prize is estimated at $295,000. Your first cash five, number 17, 2nd number is 10. 3rd number is 18. 4th number is 19 5th and final number. Tonight is 43. 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 New York exclusive station for the lottery. Thanks for playing and have a great 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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Good afternoon. I'm Me Global. Welcome to this afternoon's drawings for Saturday. May 4th 2024. Let's get started with Carolina pick three. The first pick three number is one. The second is six. The third is five and our pick three. Fireball number is one. Joining me for this afternoon drawing is our A from a con and Jones L LP. Now let's move on to Carolina pick for the first pick for number is seven. The second is two. The third is for the fourth is eight and our pick four. Fireball number is five. The North Carolina education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and thanks for playing.

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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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