Similar legislation failed in the North Carolina House by a single vote in 2022. But the chamber backed the bill this year to legalize gambling on professional, college and other sports from cellphones and other electronic devices.

NC House approves online sports gambling bill, final vote set for tomorrow

Raleigh police are looking for a suspect who injured three people and brought undue grief to business owners at a neighborhood shopping center.

Three men injured, business owners disheartened by shooting outside Raleigh shopping center

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President Joe Biden landed in the Triangle on Tuesday to kick off his administration's Investing in America tour in an effort to revive American manufacturing.



President Joe Biden kicks off Investing in America Tour in Durham, tours Wolfspeed facility

Joe Biden speaks at Wolfspeed in Durham

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's sheriffs would be required to help federal agents who are interested in picking up jail inmates they believe are in the country illegally in legislation approved by the state House on Tuesday.

Another effort to make NC sheriffs aid ICE approved by House

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The state has a new plan to get more resources for young people who experience a mental or behavioral health issue.

Behavioral health crisis among youth: NC plan seeks to provide public schools with more resources 

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Officials are still planning the district's first phase of physical security projects, which would go before the school board in the fall.

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Jaquareus Holden is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Letitia Hammond. 

<b>HENDERSON, N.C.</b> — A 15-year-old charged in the death of his mother in Henderson will be tried as an adult, authorities said Wednesday. 

Jaquareus Holden is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Letitia Hammond. 

Hammond, 33, was shot six times on the right side of her body, including twice in the arm, chest and head, according to the report by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Chapel Hill.

Henderson police said that Hammond's 13-year-old daughter found her mother's body in their home on South Carolina Avenue on June 15.

Authorities haven't disclosed a possible motive in the case.

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On Tuesday night, interfaith leaders met at St. Joseph AME Church in Durham to discuss the increase in antisemitic incidents and how people with varying beliefs can be allies.

Interfaith leaders hold forum in Durham to confront antisemitism

The North Carolina House of Representatives is meeting to vote on bills that would legalize online sports betting in the state and require sheriffs to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

NC lawmakers vote on bills that would legalize online sports betting, require sheriffs to cooperate with US ICE

NC lawmakers vote on bills legalizing online sports betting, requiring sheriffs to cooperate with US immigration enforcement.

Officers are still searching for a suspect in a shooting that caused a huge police response and three people hurt in Raleigh.

Three injured, business owners disheartened over shooting at Raleigh shopping center

You have to see it to believe but on Monday, the wedding officiant was none other than the stuffed "Cocaine Bear" at the Kentucky Fun Mall in Lexington.



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NC State's Terquavion Smith is headed to the NBA after two seasons in Raleigh.

NC State's Terquavion Smith entering NBA Draft

NC State beats Va. Tech, 97-77

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The shooter who killed three students and three staff members at a Christian school in Nashville legally bought seven weapons in recent years and hid the guns from their parents before carrying out the attack by firing indiscriminately at victims and spraying gunfire through doors and windows, police said Tuesday.

Police: Nashville shooter fired indiscriminately at victims

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Police believe the stabbing stemmed from a workplace confrontation that happened between two men Monday

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