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Temperatures are turning up. How long we enjoy a stretch of dry and warm weather

On WRAL at 11 : Temperatures are climbing and the clouds are moving out ⛅️🌞 How long we enjoy a stretch of dry and warm weather

The 2023 fall fun database lists more than 50 pumpkin patches, haunted houses, hayrides, corn mazes and fall fun in Raleigh and around the NC Triangle area.

From pumpkin-picking to hayrides: Your 2023 guide to fall fun in Raleigh NC

Fall fun guide: Your 2023 guide to fall fun in Raleigh NC

The FDA approved two new COVID vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech for distribution in Fall 2023. The CDC has recommended the vaccine for all people six months and older.

FAQ: What you need to know about the 2023 COVID vaccine, flu & RSV vaccines

Shot, COVID vaccine, flu shot, doctor

Early voting figures from across the state and how they compared to four years ago. 

<b>RALEIGH, N.C.</b> — For those who might be wondering, here are the statewide early voting totals through this weekend and how they compare with total numbers from four years ago:

Party2012 Count*2012 Percent2008 Count2008 PercentageDemocrats1,305,875 47.7 %1,355,390 51.4%Libertarians6,1040.22%1,8130.07%Republicans861,13231.4%795,45630.1%Unaffiliated565,83620.7%486,25618.4%Total2,738,947 2,638,915 * Doesn't include mail-in ballots that haven't yet been received. 

Early voting numbers

The federal government will shut down if Congress doesn't reach a funding deal by midnight Saturday.

Government shutdown would have significant impact on Triangle, NC State economist says

Impacts to be felt across Triangle of potential goverment shutdown 

The state is getting closer to closing the Interstate 540 loop around Raleigh.

4 years of construction nearly complete; three-fourths of I-540 loop around Raleigh will be done this year

A homicide investigation is underway in Wilson County after a 5-month-old baby boy died.


5-month-old baby boy dies in Wilson County, homicide investigation underway

5-month-old boy dies in Wilson County

A swath of wooded land hides a few dozen graves marked with fallen and broken headstones -- and potentially hundreds of unmarked graves, some of which belonged to men and women once enslaved on that very land.

Not forgotten: Unmarked graves of enslaved families discovered in woods of Johnston County

Descendants help clean up overgrown cemetery where unmarked graves hold enslaved families in Johnston County.

A Johnston County sheriff's deputy was terminated from his job this week for choosing to fire shots over following department policy in the attempt to catch a car thief.

Johnston deputy fired 5 shots at suspect; fired from his job. 'You utterly failed,' sheriff says

Christopher Adcock

Get the latest WRAL WeatherCenter Forecast whenever you need it, including the DUALDoppler5000 and the 7-Day Forecast.

WRAL WeatherCenter Forecast

Chris Lea and the WRAL team have highlights from dozens of high school football games in the area on Football Friday.

Football Friday: Week 7

Nightly N.C. Education Lottery drawings during the 11 p.m. News.

Evening Pick 3 Pick 4 and Cash 5

Tuesday and Friday Mega Millions Drawing.

Mega Millions Drawing

Nick Stevens and NCHSAA record holder T.J. Thorpe are back in studio to guide you through eight of the best games from across the state.

HSOT Live The Show: Week 7

Studio Show

Videos

NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan explained the school's decision to vote for ACC expansion in adding Cal, Stanford and SMU.

NC State AD: 'Came to a different conclusion' after changes to ACC expansion proposal

NC State Wolfpack takes the field

Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher was a linebacker for the Wolfpack from 1975 to 1978 and still holds the school's record for most tackles in a single season.

'I feel humbled': Former Wolfpack linebacker, Steelers coach Cowher added to Ring of Honor

Bill Cowher

Bunn native Tarik Cohen talks exclusively with WRAL

Cohen eager to return to the field after three years of hardship

Tarik Cohen

For the first time in organization history, the Carolina Hurricanes played a pair of exhibition contests on the same day Friday.  However, they were unable to claim a victory against either the Florida Panthers or Tampa Bay Lightning.



Canes drop preseason split-squad set

Carolina Hurricanes Logo

PHOENIX (AP) — José Urquidy had already delivered five brilliant innings in an emergency start when Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker ambled to the mound in the sixth, ready to take the right-hander out of the game after Arizona's Ketel Marte reached on a leadoff single.