More than 21% of North Carolina's four-year-olds enrolled in the state's pre-kindergarten programs during the 2022-2023 school year, up from the prior year but still below the state's pre-pandemic highs, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research.

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Compared to pre-pandemic prices, ground beef is up 35%, chips are up 45%, bread is up 57% and a 12-ounce can of soda is up 66%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which tracks trends on common grocery store items.

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NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art said Friday that it had agreed to return 16 major Khmer era artworks to Cambodia and Thailand. The works are associated with Douglas A.J. Latchford, a Met donor and prolific dealer who was indicted as an illegal trafficker of ancient artifacts shortly before his death in 2020.

The Met will return 16 ancient treasures to Cambodia and Thailand

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Wake County said the repairs were needed following destructive protests and riots in May 2020 that resulted in broken windows and other vandalism.

DELIVERED TO THE SALVATION ARMY IN SUPPORT OF COACH FOR THE CHILDREN. >> BULLET PROOF GLASS NOW SURROUNDS THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE COURTHOUSE IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH, WRAL INVESTIGATES THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT A FORTIFIED GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AFTER RIOTS AT A SHOOTING IN TWENTY-TWENTY. JOE FISHER SHOWS US WHAT LED TO THE CHANGES. >> THESE ARE THE BRAND NEW DOORS AND WINDOWS OUTSIDE THE WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER. THERE IS ALSO A COATING ON THE WALLS, MAKING THEM RESISTANT TO GRAFFITI AFTER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE 2 YEARS AGO. THE RESTORATION OF THE WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER COMES AFTER SEVERAL ACTS OF VANDALISM FROM SHATTERED WINDOWS. 2 BULLET HOLES AND PAINT POURED ON THE BUILDING WITH THE. >> CURRENT CLIMATE OF THE ATTACK ON GOVERNMENT THAT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED READY FOR WHAT THEY HAVE. IT STARTS WITH 4 TO FIND OR LOCATION. >> SITUATIONS LIKE THE DOWNTOWN RALEIGH RIOTS IN 2020 FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTERS. ALSO DAMAGE WINDOWS AT THE WAKE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. MONTHS LATER, SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS A MAN IN THIS WHITE CAR FIRING A DOZEN SHOTS INTO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SENDING PEOPLE RUNNING FOR COVER. WE HAVE TO BE PAID. >> TO ADDRESS ANY THREATS THAT WILL COME OUR WAY. AND AND STAFF AND VISITORS THAT COME INTO THE WAKE COUNTY COMPLEX IS SAFE. >> WITH PROOF GLASS NOW PROTECTS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE COURTHOUSE AND WAKE COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET. IT'S PART OF TO REPAIR PROJECTS TOTALING 4 MILLION DOLLARS AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER. 1.3 MILLION WAS SPENT ON NEW BULLETPROOF WINDOWS AND TY GRAFFITI COATING OF THE. AND RICK PAIRS TO THE FRONT ARCH AT THE WAKE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. IT COST 2.7 MILLION FOR WINDOW REPLACEMENT. AND THE PLAZA RENOVATION PROJECT ON FAYETTEVILLE STREET STILL UNDERWAY. SHERIFF WILLIE ROWE SAYS IT'S A MIRACLE. NO ONE GOT SHOT WHEN THE BULLETS STARTED FLYING. NOW THERE ARE EXTRA LAYERS OF PROTECTION TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE WHEN YOU LIES AND >> TO POSSIBLE TO KEEP WAKE COUNTY SAFE AND MAKE IT EVEN SAFER. >> AND THE MAN WHO FIRED THOSE SHOTS INTO THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER. WILLIE HAYES, JUNIOR OF KERRY WAS SENTENCED JUST LAST MONTH TO 15 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON. I'M JOE FISHER WRAL NEWS, RALEIGH. >> THE CITY OF RALEIGH REPORTED

Wake County fortifies government buildings after downtown riots, shooting

Wake County leaders said the repairs were needed following destructive protests and riots in May 2020.

Wake County fortifies government buildings with bulletproof glass after riots, shooting in downtown Raleigh

Wake County said the repairs were needed following destructive protests and riots.

Photos and videos showing piles of empty boxes littered alongside rail tracks in Los Angeles County, California have gone viral as shipping companies say they've seen a dramatic spike in railroad theft. Some of the boxes are packages from companies like UPS, Amazon and FedEx.

It's like a scene out of a disaster movie. Thousands of boxes littering the Union pacific train tracks in downtown L. A. But unlike in Hollywood, these aren't props their packages belonging to people from all over the country from retailers like amazon and thieves have been raiding the cargo containers on the trains that stop here to unload for months leaving behind shredded boxes and things they don't want. Like these home covid tests. Sources tell me the locks union pacific uses are easy to cut and he says it won't respond to reports of a train robbery unless Union pacific asked them for help. Which tells us is rare when we were out we saw someone running off with a container used to hold smaller packages. We also saw an officer with Union pacific Chase after two other people who appeared to be rifling through packages And this is video of USC campus police arresting one of the suspected thieves last month in his car. And officer tells us this bag filled with lifted goods from the train tracks. A source tells me that these tracks right here were cleaned up just about 30 days ago and already as you can see there are thousands of boxes littering these tracks. In other words, this is a very big problem. This is video of union pacific crews cleaning up back on december 11th around the same time someone snapped this photo of boxes spilling out of the back of the train. We found this package and entered the ups tracking information. It shows it's in transit and will arrive today. Did you send something back to amazon recently? We also found an amazon package with a woman in Washington's name and phone number on it. We called her and texted her a photo of her package. So there was something you sent back but you just had no idea that it never made it to its intended a statement. Union pacific Railroad said these rail crimes pose a serious safety threat to the public. Our employees and local law enforcement officers, we have increased the number of union pacific special agents on patrol and we have utilized and explored additional technologies to help us combat this criminal activity. But local law enforcement who work around these tracks tell me they don't see thieves shipping off anytime soon in downtown La Kristine Lazar Cbs two News.

Missing your Amazon package? It could have been stolen by thieves looting trains in LA

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Top Republican leader in the House also floats a plan to boost civil damages for people who damage businesses.

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House Speaker Tim Moore

Someone shattered the windows of three businesses in Knightdale overnight.



NIA HARDEN JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT SHE HAS LEARNED. GOOD MORNING. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE AT B AND B SALON. THIS WAS ONE OF THE BUSINESSES TARGETED HERE. BUSINESSES LIKE THIS ARE JUST GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN OPEN SINCE MAY 22nd. I WANT TO SHOW YOU PICTURES SENT TO US THAT SHOW CLEAN UP CREWS BOARDING UP THE DOORS. IN THE LAST HOUR, POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED A STRING OF BUSINESSES IN THE PLAZA THAT WERE VANDALIZED. THERE WAS THAT SALON, SNAPPY LUBE, AND JUST TIRES. POLICE SAY NOTHING WAS TAKEN AND THEY ARE NOT SURE WHY SOMEONE WOULD TARGET THESE BUSINESSES ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE WERE OTHER BUSINESSES NEXT DOOR THAT WERE NOT TARGETED. THEY CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THE SUSPECTS. WE DO SEE A SIGN THAT SAYS VIDEO

Three Knightdale businesses targeted overnight

The windows of three businesses in Knightdale were damaged overnight.




Seen him? Knightdale police release photo of possible looter

Surveillence photos taken Sunday, June 28, 2020

After a Walmart in Fayetteville was ransacked during a protest that turned violent last month, police posted images taken from security cameras online, leading to numerous arrests of suspected looters.

WEATHER PATTERN WILL STICK AROUND FOR SOME TIME. METEOROLOGIST MIKE IS IN THE WRAL SEVERE WEATHER CENTER TRACKING WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. >> FIRST, AND INTENSE MANHUNT IS UNDERWAY. FAYETTEVILLE POLICE HOSTING DOZENS OF PICTURES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF LOOTING LAST MONTH. WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE WITH US. I'M CATHERINE BROWN. >> I AM DAVID CRABTREE. WE TALKED WITH POLICE TO SAY THE PICTURES ARE PAYING OFF. WHAT STARTED AS A PEACEFUL PROTEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON MAY 30 IN DOWNTOWN FAYETTEVILLE ERUPTED INTO CHAOS SATURDAY NIGHT. DOZENS OF LOOTERS HAD SEVERAL STORES INCLUDING THE JCPENNEY AND CROSS CREEK MALL. POLICE SCRAMBLE TO THE AREA AND ARRESTED SOME SUSPECTS CAUGHT RED-HANDED FLEEING THE BUILDING. POLICE HAVE RELEASED MORE THAN 100 PICTURES OF POTENTIAL SUSPECTS WHO BROKE INTO THE WALMART ON SCHUYLERVILLE ROAD. SO FAR INVESTIGATORS HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN 450 TIPS THROUGH CRIMESTOPPERS. >> THE DETECTIVES ARE WORKING AND FOLLOWING UP ON THESE TIPS TO GET THESE FOLKS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED SO THEY CAN TAKE OUT CHARGES. >> INVESTIGATORS SKINNING SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF SEVERAL BUSINESSES THAT WERE LOOTED. THE PICTURES ARE CLEAR. ONE MAN IS SEEN LEAVING THE WALMART WITH A BIG-SCREEN TV. OTHERS HAVE ARMS FILLED WITH GOODS. POLICE SAY AFTER THE PICTURES WERE POSTED ON THE CRIMESTOPPERS PAGE, MANY FOLKS CALLED POLICE TO SURRENDER. >> WE HAVE HAD SOME FOLKS CALL IN AND SAY HEY LOOK THIS IS ME IN THE PHOTO. I WILL BRING THE PROPERTY THAT I STOLE BACK BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS WILL ALL PLAY OUT IN COURT. >> THE SUSPECTS COULD FACE SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING BREAKING AND ENTERING, LARCENY AND POSSESSION OF STOLEN GOODS, ALL OF WHICH ARE FELONIES.

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Monday, June 1, 2020 -- There remains so much more we need to do as a nation, as a state, as a community and as individuals. This work will require all of us.The YMCA is a powerful platform. As an anchor in the communities we serve, we are not only a part of the fabric of those communities, we are a beacon for good and for real change. ... We fully embrace that responsibility and are committed to continuing the critical work to address these systemic issues together - fighting to end racism, unequal treatment and bigotry.

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Outrage over the death of George Floyd spread to cities in North Carolina Saturday. What began as peaceful marches ended in violence, with clashes between protesters and police in Raleigh and Fayetteville, fires set, windows smashed and looting. It was not clear whether the people doing the looting and causing property damage were part of the original protest.

Protests over death of George Floyd end in fires, looting, property damage in Raleigh and Fayetteville

Downtown Raleigh protests tonight

A WRAL News crew caught a group of looters as they were raiding a Wilmington Family Dollar store. 