A letter from school administrators said a staff member noticed a student outside of class and found the student to be carrying a loaded gun. The gun was confiscated.

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Two people were taken to WakeMed Friday evening after a collision involving three vehicles at the intersection of Tryon and Hammond roads in Raleigh.

<b>RALEIGH, N.C.</b> — Two people were taken to WakeMed Friday evening after a collision involving three vehicles at the intersection of Tryon and Hammond roads in Raleigh.

A Raleigh police spokesman said a pair of motorcycles traveling parallel on northbound Hammond Road hit a minivan as it turned into their path. The bikers – Timothy Day Croom and Bruce Basil Hemmingway, both of Knightdale – were injured, but their conditions were not released.

The minivan driver, Marilyn Alethea Lloyd, of Raleigh, was cited for failing to yield the right of way.

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Rolesville High School was placed under a Code Red lockdown on Wednesday after 
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As Tyre Nichols' family and the broader community gather for his funeral, the attention will shift to his life, to celebrating who he was, and to embracing his mother's belief that all that pain will be channeled into something productive.

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Buoyed by the November elections, legislative Republicans seek to push through a once-vetoed bill to crack down on rioters.

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A new horror movie "The Devil's Stomping Ground" is hitting more than just movie theaters; it's hitting close to home. The movie is based on a real place in North Carolina, known to locals as the Devil's Tramping Ground.

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A rash of incidents bolstered security at several schools in North Carolina this week.

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Family, friends and the community will pay their respects to Tyre Nichols at a Wednesday funeral service. It comes after he died following a brutal beating by Memphis police that prompted nationwide protests and renewed calls for police reform.

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On Wednesday afternoon, the Fed announced its latest increase, its smallest since March 2022 at 0.25 percentage points. Perhaps more important than that will be what the Fed says about where rates are heading next.

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A second former North Carolina State athlete sued the school Wednesday alleging he was sexually abused by the Wolfpack's former director of sports medicine under the guise of treatment.

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Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule has filed an arbitration suit with the NFL against the Carolina Panthers seeking about $5 million in offset severance compensation, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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