A federal judge on Saturday blocked two portions of North Carolina's new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues. Nearly all of the restrictions approved by the legislature this year, including a near-ban after 12 weeks of pregnancy, aren't being specifically challenged and remain intact.

Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina's new abortion law; 12-week near ban remains in place

A government shutdown is still on track to start at 12:01 a.m., but lawmakers in the House passed a short-term spending bill to keep the government open. At 6, we tell you what has to happen next to keep the government open beyond today.

 The House passes a spending bill as a government shutdown looms. What has to happen next to keep the government open beyond today

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

ACC Basketball schedule released its conference schedule Tuesday night. League play begins Dec. 2 and ends March 9.

Complete men's basketball schedules for Duke, NC State, UNC

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The state Department of Transportation said that N.C. Highway 12 was closed from Rodanthe north to the Marc Basnight Bridge at Oregon Inlet, or about 13 miles (21 kilometers).

Part of Outer Banks cut off for 2nd day as overwash closes NC 12

Dune collapses, roads and ferries close as flooding, high winds impact NC coast

Close to $100 million will be spent to build up the beaches in the Outer Banks in the most expensive single year of beach nourishment in Dare County history.

Outer Banks set for massive beach nourishment project

Outer Banks set for historic beach nourishment project

Outer Banks residents, business owners and visitors were limited in their travel once again Monday after Mother Nature swept sand and water over N.C. Highway 12.

<p>NEWS AP. BACK TO YOU. &gt;&gt; THANK YOU. &gt;&gt; HURRICANE TEDDY WILL NOT MAKE A DIRECT HIT BUT WILL PASS THE OUTER BANKS AND GIVE HUGE WAYS. IT IS WHIPPING UP DANGEROUS SURF. THIS IS HIGHWAY 12 SOUTH OF OREGON. THAT ROADS CLOSE. WE SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS ON HATTERAS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF TEDDY. &gt;&gt; IT IS COMING UP ON HIGH TIDE FOR MONDAY MORNING. &gt;&gt; THAT IS JAN DAWSON, OWNER OF THE CAPE HATTERAS HOTEL. SHE IS SHOWING US HIGH TIDE, JUST BEFORE NOON TODAY. LIKE A LAVA FLOW THE SEAWATER AND SAND OVERTAKE HER PARKING LOT BURYING HIGHWAY 12. &gt;&gt; THERE IS FLOODING EVERYWHERE. &gt;&gt; SHE THEN SHOWS US THE BEACH. THERE IS NO BEACH. THE DUNES ARE GONE. JUST A LOT OF FROST, POUNDING ON THE MOTEL PILINGS. MOST GUESTS LEFT FRIDAY. &gt;&gt; IT IS UNBELIEVABLE LOOKING AT THE OCEAN. IT IS HARD FROM THE VIDEO TO GET A SENSE OF SCALE OF THE WAVES. THEY ARE AS BIG AS I HAVE EVER SEEN FOR MANY HURRICANE. &gt;&gt; CHECK THIS OUT. THE DIAMOND SHOALS WE RECORDED A WAVE NEARLY 18 FEET HIGH MONDAY MORNING. I ALSO CALLED UP DONNIE BOWERS, PHOTOGRAPHER WHO SHOT THESE IMAGES OF VEHICLES STUCK ON HIGHWAY 12. &gt;&gt; THERE ARE TONS OF CARS THAT HAVE BEEN TOTALED. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT TRIED TO LEAVE. THEY GOT STUCK AND THEN PEOPLE LEFT THEM UNDER THEIR HOUSES. THEY ARE ON THE OCEANFRONT. &gt;&gt; HIGHWAY 12 IS NOW CLOSED. &gt;&gt; SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE AN EVACUATION WE HAVE A FULL ISLAND. PEOPLE ARE JUST DRIVING AROUND THROUGH SALTWATER AND IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. &gt;&gt; THE FLOODING IS A PERENNIAL PROBLEM. THE D.O.T. IS AGAIN WORKING TO CLEAR IT. A 2012 INVESTIGATION SHOWS TAXPAYERS SPENT MORE THAN $30 MILLION OVER THE PREVIOUS TWO DECADES REPAIRING THE HIGHWAY. FOR LOCALS AND TOURISTS, IT IS A LIFELINE. &gt;&gt; IT HAS BEEN A MESS TO BE HONEST. IT IS NERVE-RACKING AND FRUSTRATING BUT IT IS ALSO PART OF LIVING HERE. &gt;&gt; EACH YEAR THEY ROLL WITH IT. THEIR BEGGING NOT TO GET STUCK. &gt;&gt; A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 12 WAS CLOSED. IT WILL REMAIN CLOSED</p>

Drivers stranded, vehicles flooded as waves wash over Outer Banks

Jeep on flooded road in Outer Banks

Tow trucks were busy on the Outer Banks Monday pulling vehicles from sand and water from waves driven by Hurricane Teddy. (Video by Donny Bowers)

Raw: Vehicles stranded in sand on Outer Banks

Hurricane Teddy washes out NC 12

North Carolina Highway 12 in the Outer Banks reopened Thursday after overwash kept the road closed for days.




NC 12 reopens to drivers in Hatteras, Ocracoke

Flooding in Avon on Sept. 20 

Wild cows who showed up at Cape Lookout after Hurricane Dorian returned to Cedar Island

Cows returned to Cedar Island

The stretch of NC Hwy. 12 closed due to last weekend's coastal storm has been cleaned up and is open again.

Area closed on NC Hwy. 12 closed due to coastal storm now open again

The storm off our coast is bringing some high water and has closed part of NC Hwy. 12 on Saturday.

High tides, storm bring flooding to parts of coast

NC Hwy. 12 along Outer Banks

Officials said NC Hwy. 12 is open again after a storm off the coast caused flooding in the Buxton area of the Outer Banks earlier this week.

NC Hwy. 12 open again after storm causes flooding in Buxton area

WRAL's Brian Shrader has a look at some changes that could affect your commute and your next trip to the beach.

From Triangle to coast, road improvements mean short-term pain

A federal judge on Monday dismissed an environmental group's challenge to a planned bridge at the Outer Banks to replace a flood-prone section of N.C. Highway 12.