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Level 1 risk for severe storms Friday

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Level 1 risk brings possibility of severe storms ⛈️; cooldown coming this weekend

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The Storm Prediction Center has the Triangle under a Level 1 risk for severe storms Friday. Over the weekend, the Triangle will feel a cooldown due to an incoming cold front.

NC State researchers predict active Atlantic hurricane season with 15-20 named storms

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Person pulled from water at Harris Lake, search continues for other boaters

Boater killed, another rescued from Harris Lake after boat crashes into cement pole

Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings during jury selection at Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, April 18, 2024 in New York. (Timothy A. Clary/Pool Photo via AP)

Full jury of 12 people and 6 alternates is seated in Trump's hush money trial in New York

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Clyde Cooper's Barbecue selling downtown Raleigh space for $2.9 million

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Sacred Heart Emergency Center is pictured Friday, March 29, 2024, in Houston. Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. At Sacred Heart Emergency Center in Houston, front desk staff refused to check-in one woman after her husband asked for help delivering her baby. She miscarried in a restroom toilet in the emergency room lobby while her husband called 911 for help. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom

Poe Hall at NC State will shut its doors for fall semester

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Durham police investigate a shooting at a shopping center along Miami Boulevard on Friday, April 19, 2024.

Man dies in shooting at Durham shopping center on Miami Boulevard

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A lime green Jeep is believed to be involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Johnston County.

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A Tesla Cybertruck is on display at the Tesla showroom in Buena Park, Calif. on Sunday Dec. 3, 2023. Tesla is recalling 3,878 of its 2024 Cybertrucks after it discovered that the accelerator pedal can become stuck, potentially causing the vehicle to accelerate unintentionally and increasing the risk of a crash. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

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FILE - Protesters in Phoenix shout as they join thousands marching around the Arizona state Capitol after the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision on June 24, 2022. A stunning abortion ruling this week in April 2024, has supercharged Arizona’s role in the looming fall election. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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Thursday, the Durham Association of Educators is holding a rally before the Durham Public School Board's budget meeting. Educators are again calling for better pay.

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FILE - Mandisa accepts the award for pop/contemporary album of the year at the Dove Awards Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Mandisa, a contemporary Christian singer who appeared on “American Idol” and won a Grammy for her 2013 album ‘Overcomer’, has died. She was 47. A representative for the singer told The Associated Press that the singer was found dead in her home in Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

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