According to the Animal Center, adoption services will resume on Monday, December 4. The adoptions are by appointment only. The shelter said they have 13 cats, 20 kittens and over 100 dogs available for adoption.

Wake Animal Center resuming adoptions Monday; surrenders still suspended

Medicaid expansion means North Carolina's working poor can go to the doctor for free. It also means billions in new federal funding for hospitals.

After 14 years, billions to flow as 600,000 qualify for Medicaid insurance in NC

More than half a million North Carolinians now qualify for Medicaid 

Students are reported for possession of non-firearm weapons about 20 times as often as they are for firearms. But schools are still relatively safe places, and many crime statistics in schools have been improving for years, experts say. 

Easy to conceal, harder to detect: Knives more prevalent than guns in schools 

School lockers 

Fayetteville police are searching for a missing 12-year-old girl who didn't come home after going to a friend's house.

<b>FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.</b> — Fayetteville police found a 12-year-old girl who was reported missing after going to a friend's house Tuesday after school.

Police said Kierra Perry, a student at Luther Nick Jerald's Middle School, was reported missing early Wednesday morning, but police said she was stayed at the friend's house overnight.

Perry's mother reported her missing after she could not find the friend's house.

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Fayetteville police find 12-year-old who was reported missing

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It was a warm and foggy start Saturday morning, but more showers are expected in the early afternoon and then again overnight.

Warmer but unsettled start to December, showers 🌧️ throughout the weekend

Forecast for Saturday 

A Fayetteville woman says she was raped by the person who delivered her groceries through Instacart late last month.

'Be careful: ' Woman says man delivering groceries through Instacart raped her in her home

WRAL reporter Carly Haynes interviews a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by a man delivering groceries through Instacart. 

BOSTON (AP) -- The family of a North Carolina teenager is suing American Airlines, saying that a flight attendant taped an iPhone to an airplane toilet to record her using the restroom during a September flight.

NC teenage girl who says she discovered a camera in an airplane bathroom is suing American Airlines

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According to the Animal Center, adoption service will resume on Monday, December 4. The adoptions are by appointment only. The center had been closed for eight weeks as it managed a dog flu outbreak.

Wake Co. Animal Center to resume pet adoptions on Monday after dog-flu outbreak

Wake County Animal Center

Jessica Nieto-Hernandez, 11, was last seen around 2:50 a.m. near Roffler Street wearing a black sweatshirt, shorts and sneakers.

Wake deputies join search for 11-year-old last seen overnight

Jessica Nieto-Hernandez

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

WRAL WeatherCenter Forecast

An unsettled weekend, Dec. 2 - Dec. 3

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

Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings are held at 3 p.m. daily. They can be seen as live or on-demand video.

Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 Drawing

The family of 15-year-old Delvin Ferrell, who was stabbed to death at Southeast Raleigh High School on Monday, is speaking live at a press conference. 

'Keep Delvin's name alive:' Family speaks out after 15-year-old killed in stabbing at Southeast Raleigh High School

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Here's a look at which bowl bids NC State, North Carolina and Duke could accept.

Which bowl game will NC State, North Carolina and Duke play in?

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NC State football coach Dave Doeren will collect at least $175,000 in performance bonuses after the Wolfpack's 9-3 season. The pool of money for assistant coaches will go up, too.

NC State's strong finish means more money for Doeren. And Wolfpack assistants, too.

Dave Doeren and Payton Wilson

NC State quarterback MJ Morris will enter the transfer portal. He has three years of eligibility remaining.

NC State QB Morris to enter transfer portal

MJ Morris (16) in the pocket. 

Interim head coach Chris Tabor expects Carolina to play "classy" when they take on Tampa Bay this Sunday. He also foresees big things for rookie quarterback Bryce Young.

Tabor takes over as Panthers get set to visit Bucs

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According to his family, Connor Sebastian, 31, of Winston-Salem, was one of the three patrons who became "violently ill" after drinking beer that was mixed with chemicals at Burke Street Pub.