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.

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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.

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Plus: New candidate for NC governor; Lt. Gov. Robinson fights LGBTQ causes; EF-4 tornado rips through Mississippi; and Northern Lights spotted in western NC.

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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.

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Dwayne Samuel Daughtry, 45, was arrested on Thursday. He was being held under a $100,000 bond in the Wake County jail on Thursday.

<b>RALEIGH, N.C.</b> — A North Carolina State University student is charged with a second-degree sexual offense.

The victim, who is an acquaintance of Daughtry, told university police that the incident occurred early Saturday morning at Daughtry’s on-campus apartment in the E.S. King Village.

The N.C. State directory lists Daughtry as a sophomore business and marketing education major.

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

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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.

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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.

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David Pastrnak eclipsed the 50-goal mark by scoring twice and the Boston Bruins won their seventh game in a row by defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in a shootout Sunday.

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