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It could feel like 110 degrees in Raleigh, Durham, Sanford, Goldsboro and north to the Virginia line on Friday. A heat advisory stretches from the Piedmont to the North Carolina coast. 

WRAL Weather Alert Day: Triple-digit temps, heat index make for dangerous day to be outdoors

<p>Everyone. Meteorologist Anthony Bag Leone here in the Wral Severe Weather center, we are on track to see another very hot day across the area. In fact, there are excessive heat warnings out where you see across Raleigh and Sanford feels like values up to 110 heat advisory in the orange for feels like values 105 to 109. So what that's saying is the entire area is gonna be hot. We're gonna be humid, we're gonna be kind of gross feeling for the majority of us. Here's a look hour by hour at the feels like temperatures. So by lunchtime 102 or at 108 at three o'clock. And then into this evening, still very close to 100. We have the Holly Springs fireworks going on tonight. A slight chance of a shower or storm early on. I don't anticipate any cancellations. I don't anticipate any big issues for this tonight. It'll just be hot so have lots of water with you. 82. By the time you're headed home, fireworks are at about 915, we're talking temps probably still close to 86. Here's a look over the next seven days. 100 and two today. Hard to believe. Just very, very hot. 97 tomorrow, scattered storms though are going to be with us this weekend, mainly during the afternoons and evenings. Saturday afternoons, Sunday afternoon, Monday, we have a chance of storms. Tuesday, none of these days total soakers. But do you think Saturday Sunday would be our best chances to see some pop up storms during the afternoon? So it's gonna be some much needed rainfall. It could affect those afternoon plans. If you're headed out for dinner, it could affect those. But it's gonna help to cool our temperatures off a little bit to close to 90 on Sunday.</p>

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WXII reports two people were shot during a July Fourth celebration in High Point.



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Three people were killed and eight others injured, three critically, when a pickup truck drove into a group celebrating the Fourth of July holiday in New York City, authorities said.

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A mother in Texas is facing criminal charges after police say she left her children alone in a hot car.


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Thursday just before midnight, officers responded to a shooting near the intersection of Waring Street and Hinson Drive. When officers arrived, dozens of shell casings were located in the roadway and one car had been hit.

Person shot in Durham neighborhood on Glenbrook Drive, police say

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Lcpl. Julian "Duke" Brown had every chance to see Schultz-Peters on the beach but got distracted and chose to drive on the beach without checking for people and objects, according to the lawsuit.

Officer got 'distracted' and ran over woman at Myrtle Beach, lawsuit claims

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The North Carolina Museum of History is getting a makeover. Get a look at what's still open and what is yet to come.

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A driver was arrested Thursday after police said he hit an EMS vehicle and led Raleigh officers on a chase.



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We're in the middle of a sweltering summer in central North Carolina. Here are some places to cool off.


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Each year, lifeguards along the Carolina coast rescue hundreds of people. The majority of those swimmers are those caught in rip currents.

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US economy added 206,000 jobs in June, indicating a steady slowdown

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Copy of Warrants: Gang leader indicted on federal charges, linked to Raleigh crimes dating back to 2019

Wake County teacher arrested after WRAL investigation, charged with assaulting students

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