We’re also following how a local school is responding after a mother says a teacher threatened her child. Plus, how local leaders are preparing for Passover with increased threats to Jewish Americans. Watch WRAL NEWS at 11 and search for these and other stories on WRAL.com.

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Capitol Broadcasting Company, the parent company of WRAL News, is part of the 2024 class inducted into the North Carolina Media & Journalism Hall of Fame at the University of North Carolina.

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More than 21% of North Carolina's four-year-olds enrolled in the state's pre-kindergarten programs during the 2022-2023 school year, up from the prior year but still below the state's pre-pandemic highs, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research.

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All tickets to the Wednesday afternoon event at the Grady Cole Center had been distributed by Monday afternoon through Obama's Web site.

RALEIGH, N.C. — U.S. Sen. Barack Obama will rally supporters in Charlotte Wednesday afternoon, his campaign announced Monday.

All tickets to the event at the Grady Cole Center had been distributed by Monday afternoon through Obama's Web site.

The Illinois senator will also bring his Democratic presidential campaign to Fayetteville the same day. Details about that appearance have not yet been released.

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton's press office said the New York senator also plans to campaign in North Carolina, but no date has been set.

Obama and Clinton have also been invited to hold a nationally televised debate in the state next month.

Debate host CBS News said Obama has accepted. The network was awaiting word on whether Clinton would participate.

&quot;CBS Evening News&quot; anchor Katie Couric and political correspondent and &quot;Face the Nation&quot; host Bob Schieffer will moderate the April 19 debate if she agrees. Its location has yet to be determined.

The fight for delegates between Obama and Clinton has made state's primary a crucial stop in the 2008 presidential campaign. North Carolina and Indiana have primaries on May 6, two weeks after Pennsylvania.

Typically, by the time the state's primary rolls around, the front-runners are a foregone conclusion.

This year, though, the tight race between Clinton and Obama for the Democratic nomination could keep either from holding a majority of delegates before the North Carolina primary.

If so, the state's 134 Democratic delegates could make a difference for the first time since 1988, when North Carolina participated in the first  &quot;Super Tuesday.&quot;

Stay with WRAL and WRAL.com for more on Obama's visit as details become available.

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NEW YORK — A man set himself on fire Friday afternoon near the lower Manhattan courthouse where jurors were being chosen for the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump.

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Storms moved east Friday in central North Carolina. Over the weekend, the Triangle will feel a cooldown due to an incoming cold front.

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The crash involved a school bus from Corinth Holders Elementary School at North Carolina Highway 96 and Earpsboro Road in Johnston County, according to authorities.

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UNC staff and hospital executives got their first looks at the product of the years-long construction project: a new hospital dedicated entirely to surgery.

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Gov. Roy Cooper joins United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm to make a clean energy announcement.

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The Carolina Hurricanes are no stranger to playoff hockey. They're in the postseason for the sixth-straight season and are regarded as a Stanley Cup contender.

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The No. 15 Tar Heels have now beat No. 25 Duke in 15 consecutive games. Both teams now prepare for the ACC championship next week.

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Mark Mitchell announced he has committed to the University of Missouri in a post to his Instagram post.

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Game 1 is Saturday night in Raleigh. Game 2 is Monday at PNC Arena.

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Brandon Butterworth picked up his first hit of the game with a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth to beat No. 11 North Carolina.

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