North Carolina-based First Citizens will buy Silicon Valley Bank, the tech industry-focused financial institution that collapsed earlier this month, rattling the banking industry and sending shockwaves around the world.

Raleigh-based First Citizens Bank to acquire Silicon Valley Bank

Parent Company of Silicon Valley Bank Files for Bankruptcy

Heavy rain was falling Monday morning across central North Carolina, but it shouldn't last all day.



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Three men were arrested on Saturday in Nash County when deputies uncovered a cock fighting operation.

Fowl play: Deputies bust cock fighting operation in Nash County, 3 men arrested

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BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Several deputies from a Mississippi sheriff’s department being investigated by the Justice Department for possible civil rights violations have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries, an Associated Press investigation found.

Deputies accused of shoving guns in mouths of 2 Black men

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The woman was taken to the hospital after being shot on Privette Road near Wendell

Woman injured after child fires gun inside Wendell home

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A Chapel Hill man has been arrested after police say he allegedly threatened to kill four University of North Carolina students if a local bank didn't give him $300,000.

<b>CHAPEL HILL, N.C.</b> — A Chapel Hill man has been arrested after police say he allegedly threatened to kill four University of North Carolina students if a local bank didn't give him $300,000.

Reid Kelley, 22, was charged Saturday with one count of extortion.

Court documents say Kelley told a BB&T Bank branch on Elliott Road in Chapel Hill that he would kill the students if he didn't get the money by 10:30 p.m. Friday.

Kelley is also charged with one count of possessing a weapon of mass destruction. Court documents indicate that, at the time of his arrest, he was in possession of an AR-15 assault rifle.

He was in the Orange County jail Monday evening under a $200,000 bond.

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One little girl and the swift actions of a group with a shared goal helped to save a giant pacific octopus in Washington state.

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A shooting in Roxboro on the 200 block of West Morehead Street Friday afternoon has led to two deaths and one other serious injury.

Police: Roxboro man shot 2 people then turned gun on himself

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Police said two people crashed a stolen car near North Duke Street in Durham

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Once part of North Carolina's Medicaid expansion debate, the SAVE Act has lost steam. Nurses say doctors want to protect fees that current laws let them charge specialized nurses. Doctors say it's about patient safety.

Intense lobbying, broad support, no votes: NC nursing bill in limbo

Triangle hospitals experiencing nurse shortage as COVID hospitalizations rise 

National champion and Tar Heel Sports Network analyst Eric Montross has been diagnosed with cancer.