Raleigh NC Headlines

North Carolina AG sends warning to predatory towing companies after landmark Charlotte case
Fri Jul 17 10:38 am
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson warned towing companies on Wednesday that his office will aggressively pursue businesses accused of predatory practices following a judgment against a Charlotte-based operator.
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'Assuming I am not the only one': NC man says AI suspect sketch led deputies to his home
Fri Jul 17 8:43 am
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) -- The fallout continues after the revelation from the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office that an assault that allegedly happened at Tanglewood Park did not take place there. It has called into question other details of the investigation, including a widely circulated AI sketch disseminated by the sheriff's office. FOX8 is no [...]
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Clemson's Dabo Swinney says help from Congress is only way to discourage ‘blatant’ tampering
Fri Jul 17 8:30 am
SEC Commissioner Sankey said the new landscape in college sports calls for the rules language to be changed.
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Tight race to fill Lindsey Graham's Senate seat, poll finds
Fri Jul 17 8:20 am
A new Queen City News and Emerson College poll reveals no clear frontrunner to replace Lindsey Graham in the South Carolina Senate, though Congressman Ralph Norman currently holds the highest level of support among candidates.
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State Board of Elections adopts voter identification rules making it easier to reject certain North Carolina ballots
Thu Jul 16 9:56 pm
The revised permanent rules lower the threshold for county boards to reject certain ballots from a unanimous vote to a simple majority. They also require that any decision to reject a ballot be based on "fact and not speculation."
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'Profound sadness': NC family discovers deceased relative left unclaimed for months
Thu Jul 16 11:02 am
When a person dies and there's no one to claim the body, sometimes it's because the family doesn't even know.
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'Ultra luxury' private island NC lake home sells for $15.2 million, setting new state record, agency says
Wed Jul 15 6:35 pm
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The sale price for a mansion on a private North Carolina lake island has beaten the old state record for highest-priced home sales, a real estate company announced Wednesday. The 12,400 square-foot home with six bedrooms and nine bathrooms sits on its own Lake Norman island on Regatta Island Drive in [...]
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New law tucked into NC budget mandates statewide process for book challenges
Wed Jul 15 5:32 pm
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The fight over school books in public schools is entering a new chapter in North Carolina after lawmakers tucked a new statewide process for challenging books and other instructional materials into the state budget. The new state law requires every public school district to create an 11-member Community Media Advisory Committee [...]
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NC Attorney General Jackson defends law banning convicted felons from buying guns
Wed Jul 15 5:31 pm
Sheriffs across North Carolina are working with Attorney General Jeff Jackson and asking the state Supreme Court to uphold a law banning convicted felons from buying guns.
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State warns to avoid swimming at these NC coastal areas; fecal bacteria tests high several river sites, non-profit says
Wed Jul 15 1:36 pm
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) -- State officials are warning swimmers to avoid three areas at the North Carolina coast after bacteria levels exceeded the state’s and the EPA's standards. Meanwhile, an independent water testing non-profit group is also warning about swimming in several river sites near the ocean. The North Carolina Recreational Water Quality Program warned [...]
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