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Frontier Airlines adding flights to eight more destinations from RDU

January 07, 2019 05:00 AM

What you need to know before Wake County votes on Crooked Creek park land Monday night

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What you need to know before Wake County votes on Crooked Creek park land Monday night

January 07, 2019 06:00 AM

Snow is a weekend possibility as cold weather looms

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Snow is a weekend possibility as cold weather looms

January 07, 2019 08:31 AM

No breakthrough in shutdown talks as Trump stands by demands

Politics & Government

No breakthrough in shutdown talks as Trump stands by demands

January 06, 2019 10:43 PM

NC lawmaker knows what it’s like to get shot. He nearly lost his arm in a 1985 robbery.

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NC lawmaker knows what it’s like to get shot. He nearly lost his arm in a 1985 robbery.

January 07, 2019 06:00 AM

How are NC airports faring after report of TSA workers calling in sick during shutdown?

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How are NC airports faring after report of TSA workers calling in sick during shutdown?

January 05, 2019 04:41 PM

Review: Justin Timberlake returns to the stage and proves why he’s America’s pop star

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Review: Justin Timberlake returns to the stage and proves why he’s America’s pop star

January 07, 2019 01:27 AM

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Can you go home again? NC author’s debut novel explores how past and present collide.

January 07, 2019 11:21 AM

‘Stop! I’ll shoot you’: 911 call and video give new details in NC police shooting

January 07, 2019 10:48 AM

Mark Harris doesn’t expect a new election in the disputed 9th District race

January 04, 2019 05:36 PM

Snow in forecast for North Carolina as rain and cold head this way for the weekend

January 07, 2019 09:27 AM

Luke DeCock’s AP Top 25 basketball poll ballot: Week 10

January 07, 2019 08:59 AM

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Check out the Hurricanes’ ‘Thor’s hammer strike’ celebration after defeating the Blue Jackets

January 05, 2019 08:55 AM

NC State’s Markell Johnson talks about the victory over Miami

January 03, 2019 10:45 PM

NC State’s Doeren: ‘Bottom line is they played better than we did; they coached better than we did’

January 01, 2019 12:20 AM

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What you need to know before Wake County votes on Crooked Creek park land Monday night

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What you need to know before Wake County votes on Crooked Creek park land Monday night

January 07, 2019 06:00 AM

Snow is a weekend possibility as cold weather looms

January 07, 2019 08:31 AM

Uninvolved teen girl injured in Durham drive-by shooting

January 06, 2019 06:26 PM

63-year-old man dies in Goldsboro after two vehicles hit him

January 06, 2019 05:30 PM

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Canes run winning streak to four by beating Senators 5-4

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Canes run winning streak to four by beating Senators 5-4

January 06, 2019 04:02 PM

Luke DeCock’s AP Top 25 basketball poll ballot: Week 10

January 07, 2019 08:59 AM

Foles leads Eagles to 16-15 upset of Bears

January 06, 2019 09:46 PM

Chargers hold off Jackson, Ravens 23-17 in playoff opener

January 06, 2019 05:50 PM

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Mark Harris doesn’t expect a new election in the disputed 9th District race

Politics

Mark Harris doesn’t expect a new election in the disputed 9th District race

January 04, 2019 05:36 PM

NC lawmaker knows what it’s like to get shot. He nearly lost his arm in a 1985 robbery.

January 07, 2019 06:00 AM

No breakthrough in shutdown talks as Trump stands by demands

January 06, 2019 10:43 PM

Federal agencies directed to hold off on shutdown raises

January 05, 2019 12:30 PM

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My daughter, Laura Riddick, is in prison. There’s nothing ‘light’ about her punishment.

Opinion

My daughter, Laura Riddick, is in prison. There’s nothing ‘light’ about her punishment.

January 06, 2019 12:00 AM

Durham and Orange can’t afford to miss this train to the future

January 05, 2019 03:41 PM

You can wall off the yearning for a better life

January 05, 2019 02:45 PM

Bias stifles campus speech at UNC-CH

January 03, 2019 11:32 AM

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In Depth

Death penalty cases are rare across NC. But Wake County is pursuing one starting Monday.

Wake County will try Seaga Gillard for capital murder starting Monday though the last nine death penalty cases in a row have ended in life sentences. Opponents of capital punishment call Wake an “outlier” for pursuing cases despite public reluctance and changing attitudes.

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Luke DeCock’s AP Top 25 basketball poll ballot: Week 10

January 07, 2019 08:59 AM

Canes run winning streak to four by beating Senators 5-4

January 06, 2019 04:02 PM

Roy Williams hadn’t been content until Saturday. Why he felt good about UNC’s win against Pitt

January 05, 2019 08:55 PM

Justin Timberlake brings his Man on the Woods Tour to Raleigh

Justin Timberlake brings his Man on the Woods Tour to Raleigh

January 06, 2019 11:07 PM

Photo Gallery: North Carolina vs Pittsburgh | January 5, 2019

Photo Gallery: North Carolina vs Pittsburgh | January 5, 2019

January 05, 2019 06:44 PM

McClatchy editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 1, 2019

McClatchy editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 1, 2019

January 03, 2019 04:24 PM

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Can you go home again? NC author’s debut novel explores how past and present collide.

Author Mesha Maren, from West Virginia, talks about her debut novel, “Sugar Run,” about what it’s like for a woman to leave prison to start the next chapter of her life. She is the Kenan Visiting Writer at UNC-Chapel Hill and is the 2015 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize.

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Review: Justin Timberlake returns to the stage and proves why he’s America’s pop star

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Review: Justin Timberlake returns to the stage and proves why he’s America’s pop star

January 07, 2019 01:27 AM

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Mamma Mia! ‘Rhapsody’ upsets ‘Star Is Born’ at Globes

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Mamma Mia! ‘Rhapsody’ upsets ‘Star Is Born’ at Globes

January 07, 2019 04:45 AM

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