Memorial Day weekend has many people grabbing their swimsuits and heading to the pool for the first time this year. But before you touch the water, all public pools must go through a rigorous inspection.
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Raven Abaroa listened to emotional testimony Friday morning as his mother and stepfather, who have custody of his son, took the stand in his murder trial. The boy, who was in the home at the time his mother was killed, has been in his grandmother's custody since Abaroa was arrested three years ago.
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Police in Farmville are looking for a father they say burned his 3-month-old child. Authorities said Thursday that warrants charge James Lamar Woods with negligent child abuse inflicting serious injury.
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With gas prices trending lower in North Carolina, AAA Carolinas expects more Memorial Day Weekend travelers on the road this year. And as more people choose to drive rather than fly, troopers will be out in full force to make sure the roads are safe.
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The Boy Scouts of America approved a plan to accept openly gay boys as Scouts, but they will keep a ban on gay adult leaders. The vote came on Thursday evening during a two-day national meeting in Texas.
05/23/2013 08:30 PM
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A Raleigh woman went to Oklahoma last weekend for her cousin's wedding. She ended up spending part of the weekend in a storm shelter with her husband, father and twin boys waiting for the tornado to pass
05/23/2013 07:48 PM
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The North Carolina House wants the state to remember why it celebrates Memorial Day. The House unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday honoring the military service members from the state who died in 2012 campaigns and all those from past wars.
05/23/2013 07:39 PM
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While the Valor Games came to an end today, everyone headed home a winner. Veterans and active duty military overcame obstacles and supported one another in the adaptive sports competition.
05/23/2013 07:26 PM
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Defense attorneys for Raven Abaroa continue to repair the defendant's image on day 17 of the trial. They claim the prosecution painted a dishonest portrait of their client as a controlling and unfaithful husband.
05/23/2013 07:13 PM
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More details came to light Thursday about a compromise bill on the lease for the Dorothea Dix campus property. Governor Pat McCrory and Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane held a news conference about the proposal.
Updated 05/23/2013 06:32 PM
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Wayne County's Fire Department could start charging for their time responding to certain kinds of accidents. Its EMS and Safety program is working to pass an ordinance which would allow departments to bill for unusual accidents like chemical spills and overturned tractor-trailers.
05/23/2013 04:42 PM
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Chancellor Holden Thorp's time at UNC is almost over. At the Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, it was Thorp's last appearance. The board and the crowd gave Thorp a standing ovation at the meeting.
05/23/2013 01:02 PM
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On day 17 of the murder trial, a close friend of Raven and Janet Abaroa testified that the couple wanted to make their marriage work. Raven Abaroa is charged with first-degree murder for the stabbing death of his wife Janet in 2005.
05/23/2013 12:06 PM
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Senate Republicans are handing off their vision of North Carolina's state budget to their House counterparts. The Senate gave its final approval Thursday to a government spending plan of roughly $21 billion for each of the next two years.
05/23/2013 11:29 AM
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Durham police say 18-year-old Traqwuan Nelson and 21-year-old Alvin Jones forced a man into his vehicle with guns early Wednesday morning outside the BP on Holloway Street and made him drive them to an ATM on North Miami Boulevard.
05/23/2013 07:47 AM
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On Wednesday, a House committee unanimously approved a bill that gives the state and the City of Raleigh one more year to renegotiate their deal on the Dorothea Dix property. Republicans have said the lease former Governor Bev Perdue worked out and approved right before she left office is invalid.
Updated 05/22/2013 09:02 PM
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Raleigh police have three people in custody in connection with the death Melissa Huggins-Jones. She was found dead by her 8-year-old daughter more than a week ago. The suspects are expected to make their first appearances today.
Updated 05/22/2013 08:34 PM
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The battle over North Carolina's death penalty and whether or not to keep the Racial Justice Act defense against it was up for debate again. Opponents of a measure that would repeal the Racial Justice Act and seeks to restart executions after several years of legal battles say capital cases shouldn't be rushed because a person's life is on the line.
05/22/2013 08:24 PM
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On day two of the Valor Games at Duke University, wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans participated in adaptive sports competition.
05/22/2013 07:48 PM
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Despite the lack of hard evidence, the prosecution has painted the defendant as a unfaithful husband Janet Abaroa was afraid of. Raven Abaroa's best friend, Darius Neering, who lived with the couple said that was not the case.
05/22/2013 06:29 PM
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