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<b>RALEIGH</b> — First, he wrote the dino-classic, "Jurassic Park," and now Michael Crichton has dinosaurs named after him.

Fossil hunter Dong Shiming decided to name the species, Crichton's Ankylosaur, after the best-selling author due to his popularity in China.

The plant-eating dinosaur is about 180 million years old.

Crichton's Ankylosaur andThe Dinosaur of Jurassic Park: The Lost Worldwill be on display at theNorth Carolina Museum of Natural Sciencesthrough Jan. 15.

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Jurassic Park Author Has Dinosaur Named After Him

Two 16-year-old boys are dead and another 16-year-old boy is in the hospital from a shooting in Durham on Tuesday.

Man charged with murder in shooting of three Durham teens

16-year-olds shot, killed in Durham

Landen Glass, 20, of Goode, Virginia, is facing misdemeanor charges of death by motor vehicle, reckless driving to endanger and carrying a firearm at a parade. He also faces infractions of failure to reduce speed and improper brakes.


Driver of truck that hit 11-year-old at Raleigh Christmas Parade now charged with manslaughter

Landen Glass in court

A Smithfield Middle School teacher has resigned after an investigation, which found the teacher taped students' mouths shut.

'He was humiliated': Johnston County mother questions why teacher taped middle school student's mouth shut

Catherine Webster said she got a text from her son on Feb. 14 from inside Smithfield Middle School. There was painter's tape across the sixth grader's face. Photo courtesy of Catherine Webster.

One of the men was a passenger in Wood's vehicle when she hit a parked car on Dec. 8.

2 men face misdemeanor charges after State Auditor Beth Wood's December crash

NC State Auditor Beth Wood charged with hit-and-run

Four North Carolina players have entered the transfer portal after a season that ended without an NCAA Tournament berth.

Armando Bacot returning to UNC; Puff Johnson entering transfer portal

Armando Bacot

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Wednesday is the first of two votes in the full House required to put the Medicaid Expansion bill on Governor Roy Cooper's desk. The Senate has already approved it.

House session to vote on Medicaid Expansion Bill

The rate raise comes after weeks of economic turbulence, including high inflation, strong jobs growth and a banking crisis.

Federal Reserve raises rates after weeks of economic turbulence

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Jacy Sheldon made a tiebreaking jumper in the lane with 1.8 seconds left to lift No. 3 Ohio State to a 71-69 win over No. 6 seed North Carolina and help the Buckeyes advance to the Sweet 16 for the second straight season. 

 No. 6 UNC falls in final seconds to No. 3 Ohio St, 71-69, ending season

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Drake Conrad, 29, of Sanford, was initially charged with felony child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury after his son was brought to UNC Hospital at Chapel Hill in January with severe traumatic injuries to the head, neck and spine.

Father charged with murder; child dies after months on life support

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Wednesday's procedural vote on the deal passed 94-22, a massive show of support after years when the General Assembly's Republican majority opposed the long-time Democratic priority.

With broad, bipartisan, support, Medicaid expansion clears another hurdle in NC

NC Legislative Building

Classical Charter Schools of America, owners of four schools in south and east North Carolina, posted a statement online in defense of school grooming standards in response to families in Whiteville and Leland who pushed back after their sons were asked to cut their hair.

School defends grooming standards, sees 'trumped up controversy' in Native American families' resistance to cut boys' hair

Mia Chavis, the mother of 7-year-old Edward Chavis, told WRAL News her son's long hair is part of their Lumbee Tribe and Native American heritage, and she refuses to cut it.