Adam Owens, WRAL NEWS in NC

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WRAL NEWS in NC

Raleigh, NC, United States

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Triangle group assists Ukraine as the country pushes back on Russia

Ukrainians in the Carolinas want to keep the pressure on. Some members of the group have even traveled from the Triangle to the war-torn country with help for Ukrainian fighters. → Read More

Central NC organization assists Ukraine as the country pushes back on Russia

Ukrainians in the Carolinas want to keep the pressure on. Some members of the group have even traveled from the Triangle to the war-torn country with help for Ukrainian fighters. → Read More

Hundreds receive free over-the-counter medicines in Smithfield giveaway

Open your medicine cabinet and you will find items many take for granted, but for others, those common over-the-counter medicines are just too expensive. → Read More

Warrants: Six shots audible on video as Deputy Ned Byrd was shot. One brother points finger at the other.

Arturo Marin-Sotelo, 29, and his brother Alder Marin, 25, are both charged with the murder of Wake Deputy Ned Byrd. → Read More

Warrants: Six shots audible on video as Deputy Ned Byrd was shot. One brother points finger at the other.

Arturo Marin-Sotelo, 29, and his brother Alder Marin, 25, are both charged with the murder of Wake Deputy Ned Byrd. → Read More

'I wasn’t even alive to see it': Many college students now born after 9/11

Time created a measure of distance from the 9/11 attacks for people in that generation. It also makes it hard to appreciate how daily life changed after 9/11 - because that changed world is the only one they have known. → Read More

New data reflects poorly for some local schools, but experts say take with a grain of salt

There is a lot more parents must consider when choosing a school for their child. Recently, schools across the state took a hit - many more were listed as low performing. → Read More

How to brace for flu season while still working through pandemic

With many still working through the COVID pandemic, another flu season is about to begin. → Read More

African American Cultural Festival returns to downtown Raleigh

Entertainment, artists and vendors stretched down Fayetteville Street. It comes at an important time for Black-owned businesses making a comeback from the worst of the pandemic. → Read More

Man sentenced to six years for hitting, killing 4-year-old Holly Springs boy

The parents of a 4-year-old young Holly Springs boy killed by a driver spoke directly to the man behind the wheel in a Wake County courtroom on Friday morning. → Read More

'You ruined so many lives.' Man sentenced to six years for hitting, killing 4-year-old Holly Springs boy

The parents of a 4-year-old young Holly Springs boy killed by a driver spoke directly to the man behind the wheel in a Wake County courtroom on Friday morning. → Read More

Raleigh police gun buyback event draws huge crowds, long lines

The event goes from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Mount Peace Baptist Church at 1601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. → Read More

'He's difficult to forget': Family, friends speak at funeral for Deputy Ned Byrd

Family members, friends and men and women in uniform gathered at Providence Baptist Church for a funeral service honoring Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd, who was shot and killed last week in a rural area of Battle Bridge Road near southeast Raleigh. → Read More

Demand for monkeypox vaccine causes Wake County clinic to end early

Demand for the monkeypox vaccine is so great in Wake County, a clinic administering them Saturday had to close down early. → Read More

More than 550 vaccinated at Wake County monkeypox clinic

A monkeypox vaccine clinic in Wake County accommodated 559 people Saturday, running out of all doses available for the event. → Read More

Hundreds vaccinated against monkeypox, Wake, Durham counties get more supplies

A monkeypox vaccine clinic in Wake County accommodated 559 people Saturday, running out of all doses available for the event. → Read More

Monkeypox vaccine in high demand in Triangle, hundreds vaccinated

A monkeypox vaccine clinic in Wake County accommodated 559 people Saturday, running out of all doses available for the event. → Read More

23-year-old pilot who fell from plane died while pursing his dream of flying, his father says

Charles Hew Crooks had been working for years up to this moment: a professional pilot. It was a feat, according to his father, Hew Crooks, who spoke with WRAL News on Saturday morning. → Read More

9-year-old girl saves classmate’s life at Raleigh pool party

Katherine McMillan noticed her classmate Timothy Scofield was motionless at the bottom of a pool. She dove down and lifted him to the surface of the water. → Read More

Body of man who jumped or fell from plane found in Fuquay-Varina neighborhood

First responders fanned out in a Holly Springs neighborhood Friday afternoon, looking for a man who may have jumped or fallen from a plane as it approached Raleigh-Durham International Airport. → Read More