Carolinas HealthCare System’s planned partnership with UNC Health Care is likely to raise health insurance premiums, experts say.

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WTVD has the TV reporter of the year, while WRAL anchors are tops and WNCN wins for weather

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New York City fire kills 12, including 4 children

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Raleigh police identify body found near Lake Boone Trail

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Actress Rose Marie of 'Dick Van Dyke Show' fame dies at 94

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Day 2 recaps from the John Wall Holiday Invitational

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First flu-related deaths reported in the Triangle

The Triangle had its first flu-related death of the season this month – a Johnston County resident – and possibly a second death at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.

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‘Paralyzed bride’ has a message for drivers who make it tough to access parking spaces

Raleigh police identify body found near Lake Boone Trail

Ohio woman wants to find NC family who helped her after Christmas Eve car crash

Sports

N.C. State's Markell Johnson, center, is not dressed for the Wolfpack's game against UNCG on Dec. 16. The school announced earlier that day that he had been suspended from the team.

Coach Kevin Keatts says NCSU ‘acted appropriately’ to Markell Johnson’s indictment

The felony assault case against suspended NC State basketball player Markell Johnson has been continued until Jan. 8, according to his attorney’s office.

It’s been quite a sports year. Here’s a quiz to see what you remember about it.

Jaylen Samuels didn’t fit the mold. Now he could break an NCSU football record.

Day 2 recaps from the John Wall Holiday Invitational

Politics

President Donald Trump shows off the tax bill after signing it in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, in Washington.

NC taxpayers are racing to prepay 2018 property taxes and save. The IRS says it won’t work.

An IRS advisory indicates that taxpayers in North Carolina will not be able to deduct 2018 property tax prepayments. Still, hundreds of taxypayers have already made the payments.

Prison inmates found hanging, beaten to death. Where were the officers?

With more to come, new JFK documents offer fresh leads 54 years later

These 26 North Carolinians left us in the past year

Opinion

Murphy-Brown – the nation’s largest pork producer – found friends in the General Assembly who would protect the company from “nuisance lawsuits.” The legislature passed a law blocking a hog farm’s neighbors from suing for damages caused by exposure to odor, flies and noise. The law’s backers said such lawsuits were being brought by “predatory lawyers.”

2017 as seen by Dwane Powell

Dwane Powell, the N&O’s longtime and much honored cartoonist, is retired from full-time cartooning, but he still presents his perspective on North Carolina’s politicians and political issues once a week in the Sunday newspaper. Here are Powell’s takes on the ridiculousness of the year past. That the cartoons reflect sometimes serious issues makes them painfully funny.

2017 launched our addiction to outrage

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For his record on race, Farr is unfit for the federal bench

Inmates peer out of their cells in a segregated cell block at Lanesboro Correctional Institution in Polkton. In some of North Carolina’s toughest prisons, officers routinely fail to make their rounds, a Charlotte Observer investigation found. That can put inmates in danger.

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Prison inmates found hanging, beaten to death. Where were the officers?

Blogs & Columns

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WTVD has the TV reporter of the year, while WRAL anchors are tops and WNCN wins for weather

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2017: The year in 12 columns

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Winter has an icy grip on much of US

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Winter has an icy grip on much of US

Man skis behind Amish buggy in viral video

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Man skis behind Amish buggy in viral video

Dogs frolic in winter wonderland after record snow storm

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Dogs frolic in winter wonderland after record snow storm

Colder temps in the ABC11 Weather Forecast

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Colder temps in the ABC11 Weather Forecast

Time-lapse of record-breaking snow fall in Erie, PA

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Time-lapse of record-breaking snow fall in Erie, PA

Doeren still mum on Bradley Chubb in Sun Bowl

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Doeren still mum on Bradley Chubb in Sun Bowl

State's Keatts discusses Markell Johnson suspension

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State's Keatts discusses Markell Johnson suspension

Amazon Prime Now prepares for holiday procrastinators

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Amazon Prime Now prepares for holiday procrastinators

Coach Keatts: fast-paced-style, Braxton Beverly and free chicken

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Coach Keatts: fast-paced-style, Braxton Beverly and free chicken

How to spot a skimmer at a gas pump or ATM

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How to spot a skimmer at a gas pump or ATM

Watch boiling water turn to snow

Dec 29, 2017

As freezing temperatures have settled across across much of the northern U.S. this week, a new trend has emerged. More people are trying an experiment where they throw boiling water into freezing air, resulting in a sparkling cloud of snow.

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Living

Alley Twenty Six in Durham will serve a three-course prix-fixe New Year’s Eve dinner with optional cocktail pairings for an additional cost.

Restaurant News & Reviews

Still making New Year’s plans? These Triangle restaurants have special meals.

John Drescher

How a UNC grad uncovered sexual misconduct allegations against Fox’s Bill O’Reilly

The Warehouse District in downtown Raleigh made Thrillist’s ranking of “12 neighborhoods across America that are about to become crazy popular.”

Wake County

Food, dating, cockroaches: where Raleigh was at its best – and worst – in 2017 rankings

Raleigh Things To Do

Restaurant News & Reviews

Still making New Year’s plans? These Triangle restaurants have special meals.

John Drescher

How a UNC grad uncovered sexual misconduct allegations against Fox’s Bill O’Reilly

The Warehouse District in downtown Raleigh made Thrillist’s ranking of “12 neighborhoods across America that are about to become crazy popular.”

Wake County

Food, dating, cockroaches: where Raleigh was at its best – and worst – in 2017 rankings