Medicaid expansion was approved last week in the General Assembly after state leaders reached an agreement earlier in March.

Gov. Roy Cooper officially signs Medicaid expansion into law

Parents of students at Ligon Middle School said they did not get an alert from the school after shots rang out nearby on Monday morning.

On WRAL at 5: A man is dead and two officers on leave after a shooting near a middle school. Why parents say they should’ve been alerted sooner.

On WRAL at 6 p.m., 5 On Your Side explains how much more you’re going to pay for insurance because of other drivers.

Tonight at 6: Why you could pay more for car insurance because of other people's crashes and crimes

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A woman wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday in the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country growing increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools.

3 children, 3 adults killed in school shooting in Nashville, Tenn.; shooter also dead

Covenant School shooting in Nashville

A man fired five gunshots at Raleigh officers and others on Monday before two police officers returned fire and killed him, according to Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson.

Man shot at police, passing cars near Raleigh middle school Monday morning

Shots fired in southeast Raleigh

Someone from the zoo called the Randolph County Sheriff's Office just before 11 a.m. to report having received a bomb threat.

NC Zoo evacuated, closed after bomb threat

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Deputies found Bernard Williams on Sunday morning in a ditch on Landfill Road.

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Dreamville, a music festival created by Fayetteville native and rapper J. Cole, will be held Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 2.

What's new at Dreamville this year: Better bathrooms, more security

Dreamville Festival 2022

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Synthetic drugs Coverage

Lawmakers and families impacted by the opioid and fentanyl crisis will show up at the legislative building Tuesday morning to push for tighter laws.

Lawmakers, families fight for harsher punishment to combat fentanyl crisis

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According to a search warrant, the scheme was run by the owner of the home, Cenda Crawford, and her son, Donovan Crawford, who is a prisoner in Victorville, California.

HAPPENED. CHELSEA DONOVAN REPORTING LIVE IN RALEIGH, THANK YOU TO SEE. >> A SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA DRUG LINKED TO NUMEROUS DEATHS NATIONWIDE HAS NOW A CONNECTION TO DURHAM NEW TODAY, WE'RE LEARNING A LOCAL WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF OPERATING A SCHEME, SENDING THAT VERY DRUG, 2 INMATES AS FAR AWAY AS CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS AND OKLAHOMA HIDING IT IN THEIR MAIL. WRAL'S DURHAM REPORTER SARAH KRUEGER LIVE FOR US AT THE COURTHOUSE WITH SOME DETAILS ON THIS INTERESTING CASE HERE. >> DAN, I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING AS I WAS HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE DOING A ROUTINE CHECK OF A SEARCH WARRANT. A WARRANT ACCUSES THAT MOTHER OF WORKING WITH HER SON TO RUN THIS SCHEME. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS HOUSE ON DAVINCI STREET IN DURHAM IS THE HOME BASE FOR A SCHEME THAT PUT DANGEROUS DRUGS INTO INMATES HANDS. ACCORDING TO A SEARCH WARRANT, THE SCHEME WAS RUN BY THE OWNER OF THE HOME. SEND A CRAWFORD AND HER SON, DONOVAN CRAWFORD, WHO IS A PRISONER IN VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA. DETECTIVES BELIEVE DONOVAN WOULD TAKE THE ORDERS FROM HIS FELLOW PRISONERS. THEN HIS MOTHER WOULD FULFILL THEM COATING PAPER WITH THE SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA DRUG KNOWN AS K 2 SPICE DISGUISING THOSE PAPERS AS LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND MAILING THEM TO PRISONERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. ACCORDING TO THE WARRANT, SHE WOULD SEND THE MAIL FROM FAKE ADDRESSES, SOMETIMES EVEN PRETENDING THEY WERE FROM AN ATTORNEY. THE WARRANT ALSO STATES SEND A CRAWFORD WAS NOT CHARGED IN THE CASE BECAUSE HER SON ADMITTED TO CONSPIRING WITH HIS MOM IN EXCHANGE FOR DROPPING CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST HER. >> AND THE WARRANT SUGGESTS THAT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS IS THE LEAD INVESTIGATING AGENCY ON THIS CASE. SO I DID REACH OUT TO THEM TRYING TO GET SOME MORE DETAILS. THEY DECLINED TO GIVE ME ANY SAYING THEY DO NOT COMMENT ON INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING INMATES. SARAH

Durham woman believed to be part of cross-country drug ring with son

Two Durham residents have experienced severe bleeding in recent weeks after taking synthetic cannabinoids, public health officials said Monday in warning about the use of the man-made drugs.

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