Passengers wait to board a ferry in Hatteras, N.C. for the trip to Ocracoke Island on Wednesday, June 17, 2015.

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J. Cole watches during the second half of N.C. State's 81-79 victory over Georgia Southern at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Nov. 11, 2016.

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San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid (35) and quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) kneel during the national anthem before the game Monday against the Los Angeles Rams.

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Officials in Durham took its electronic voting system off-line after problems in several precincts during the November elections.

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Mandatory evacuation ordered for Ocracoke Island visitors ahead of Hurricane Maria

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NC could feel winds from Hurricane Maria as soon as Monday, life threatening surf expected

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UNC national championship team not visiting White House

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J. Cole watches during the second half of N.C. State's 81-79 victory over Georgia Southern at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Nov. 11, 2016.

NC rapper J. Cole tweets support for NFL players kneeling during anthem in protest

4:30 PM

7 injured after being hit by car outside Durham nightclub, driver charged with DWI

9:20 AM

San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid (35) and quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) kneel during the national anthem before the game Monday against the Los Angeles Rams.

Politics & Government

Trump: NFL should fire any ‘son of a b----’ who doesn’t stand for the national anthem

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Officials in Durham took its electronic voting system off-line after problems in several precincts during the November elections.

NC gets news from Homeland Security on Russian elections hacking

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Lee County Deputy Sheriff Peggy Godfrey leads Barbara Stager out of the courtroom in 1989 after Stager was given the death penalty for the murder of her second husband Russ Stager.

She’s serving a life sentence for killing her husband. But she goes out to lunch?

Barbara Stager, convicted of murdering her husband in 1989, was sentenced to life in prison, but has privileges to leave the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women to lunch with sponsors.

Local

Raleigh man jailed for stealing street sweeper, driving donuts at a mall

Five alleged members of violent Raleigh street gang face federal indictments

It took 41 years to catch Ronald Carnes, NC’s shrewdest fugitive. Now he’s truly free.

Sports

Do athletes’ protests make Trump uncomfortable? How about you? That’s the whole point.

Sports and politics have always been inextricably intertwined, no matter what lengths people have gone to in an attempt to keep the two separated, but the pretense is gone forever now. After President Trump’s comments about athletes and protests and UNC’s decision not to visit the White House on Sept. 23, 2017, the issue is stronger than ever.

No what-ifs. NC State beats Florida State for Doeren’s first win over top-25 opponent at NCSU

Duke rallies past North Carolina in fourth quarter 27-17

Chubb apologizes for spitting on FSU’s midfield logo

Politics

Billy Locklear, from Robeson County, brings his tackle box to the shores of the Cape Fear River at the William O. Huske Lock and Dam in 2004. A Chemours Co. plant near Fayetteville has admitted to dumping GenX into the river that provides the drinking water for much of southeastern North Carolina.

As NC pollution concerns grow, so do environmental budget cuts

After a decade of shrinking budgets, NC environmental agency says it can't handle "long-term solutions" for GenX pollution

Workers in the Triangle say paid parental leave needed. A bill in Congress could help.

Commission moves swiftly to postpone decision on Confederate monuments

John McCain announces opposition to GOP health care bill, likely dooming it

Opinion

Attorneys representing groups supporting the Voter ID law Alexander Peters, left, Thomas Farr, center, and Phil Strach confer during a break as a hearing is held to determine whether the Voter ID law requires a change to the N.C. Constitution in a Wake County courtroom on Jan. 30, 2015.

GOP seeks judges who will stifle voting rights

With the courts blocking their voter suppression agenda, conservative politicians in Washington and Raleigh alike are pushing to get their preferred judges on North Carolina’s courts.

Tillis should push to bar the VA’s dog experiments

For Raleigh Mayor: Nancy McFarlane

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This weekend’s Pepper Festival started as a pepper tasting, but now 10 years in, it’s is a party attracting chefs and brewers to create new spice-centric dishes and beers.

Some like them hot, but this farmer prefers to turn the heat down on his peppers

Three pups escaped from their pen at the Museum of Life and Science around 10:45 a.m. Monday, leaving a fourth pup and the parents inside the habitat at the Durham museum.

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Jason Derulo, seen at KAABOO 2017 Sept. 17, 2017, in San Diego, Calif. His new video, “If I’m Lucky,” features Durham-made Bedlam Vodka in several shots.

Jason Derulo is doing shots of this Durham-made vodka in his new video

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Some like them hot, but this farmer prefers to turn the heat down on his peppers

Three pups escaped from their pen at the Museum of Life and Science around 10:45 a.m. Monday, leaving a fourth pup and the parents inside the habitat at the Durham museum.

Museum of Life & Science’s red wolves moving on up to New York. What’s next here?

Jason Derulo, seen at KAABOO 2017 Sept. 17, 2017, in San Diego, Calif. His new video, “If I’m Lucky,” features Durham-made Bedlam Vodka in several shots.

Jason Derulo is doing shots of this Durham-made vodka in his new video