Look around and you'll notice it everywhere on the roads - drivers looking down at their phones. Tonight at 6 p.m., what lawmakers and parents are doing to protect the group most at risk in North Carolina - teenage drivers.  

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Have you noticed an unusual smell or flavor in your tap water over the past few days?

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The "Dueling Dinosaurs" exhibit opening this weekend at Raleigh's North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will feature what's believed to be the most complete T. rex skeleton ever discovered.

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Statue of Liberty Coverage

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There is more than one Statue of Libery, and WRAL News' Tar Heel Traveler went to the one in Wilmington, which comes with a story.

AVAILABLE THROUGH THURSDAY. >> WE SAID IT A FEW TIMES THIS AFTERNOON, BUT HAPPY 4TH OF JULY. HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT DAY A DAY TO CELEBRATE FREEDOM AND LIBERTY. TONIGHT WE FIND OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER AND WILMINGTON. SCOTT MASON CELEBRATES THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, BUT NOT THE ONE YOU MIGHT THINK. >> STATUES IN THE U.S.. WHAT'S THE MOST FAMOUS? TAKE A GUESS IT IS IN WILMINGTON. OH, YES, YES. THAT ICONIC STATUE MORE OR LESS. YOU KNOW, THE COPY A COPY OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS MADE IN CHICAGO. IT STAINS IN WILMINGTON AND THIS CORNER. >> HE'S KIND OF THE CITY SQUARE. THE STATUE ERECTED IN  >> THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WERE CELEBRATING THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY. >> AND EACH SCOUT TROOP RAISED MONEY FOR STATUES OF LIBERTY IN THEIR BOY SCOUTS. IT. >> SO THEY ARE ABOUT 200 OF THESE ACROSS THE UNITED STATE. >> BUT ONLY ONE IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE ONLY ONE IN THIS STATE IS IN WILMINGTON, THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IS, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC SYMBOLS OF AMERICA. THE TRUE STATUE. SEND US YOUR POOR, YOUR TIRED, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE 3 FREE. LIBERTY HAS BEEN THE FIRST SIGHT OF THE IMMIGRANTS COMING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. MORE THAN 300 FEET HIGH FROM GROUND TO FLEE THE AMERICAN DREAM. 8 AND A HALF FEET HIGH FROM BAREFOOT TO TORCH TALK ITS 290 POUNDS AND COST $350. PLUS GREAT. >> 3.50. THAT'S IT. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE VERY NICE AND CAR FOR $350 IN 1950, WILMINGTON, 1950. THIS WAS A VERY, VERY PROSPEROUS AND SAFE IS TO GATED COMMUNITY. THE LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE. BACK THEN A PORT CITY. THERE'S A GREAT DIVERSITY AND WILMINGTON BECAUSE OF THAT. >> SO THIS IS ALWAYS BEEN A PLACE WHERE IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN GOBBLING A CITY OF MONUMENTS WHERE PRESIDENT ASKED BOTH THE CITY IN 19, 0, 9, WE'VE GOT ONE DOWN THE STREET TO JORDAN C DAVIS POLITICIAN WHO POINTED THE WAY AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY HOW DO YOU GET THE LATEST ON YOU SAY YOU GO TO THE CORNER 3RD MARKET IN THE WAY GEORGE DAVIS REPORTING IS A AN. >> AND THAT WILL GET YOU TO THE LIQUOR STORE. FAILY IN-HOME THE HISTORIC CITY HALL IN FEED. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MUNICIPAL BUILDING IN NORTH CAROLINA. ONLY RIVALED BY THE STATE CAPPED. IT IS ALL HE EVEN THE FREEDOM FLAMES. ALL CONGREGATED AROUND A CERTAIN. >> AND A PERFECT PLACE FOR THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. LOYALTY, FAITH. >> COURAGE, FREEDOM. >> I BET YOU LOOKED PRETTY GOOD. WELL, PRETTY GOOD TO ME. IT'S A GOOD THING. WHAT THE REAL GOOD THING. >> LOOKS PRETTY GOOD TO ME, TOO. THE STATUE OF LIBERTY STANDS AT THE CORNER OF NORTH

Wilmington's Statue of Liberty

You did it! You survived the passage of time and made it to another year, which means it's time to bask in the fleeting enthusiasm that comes with new resolutions and fresh planners and a slate wiped (kind of) clean of all of 2018's garbage. Savor that feeling, because before you know it, 2019 will become just as exhausting and weird.

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There is a fire near the Statue of Liberty and evacuations are underway as tourists await the arrivals of ferries.

Dumpster fire forces evacuation of island home to Statue of Liberty.

Statue of Liberty evacuated 

A banner with an anti-ICE message was hung from the Statue of Liberty, prompting several arrests.