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The heat is on for central North Carolina as a scorching week is underway. Heat index values will be in the 100s most afternoons this week.

More temps in 90s, heat index in 100s to usher in first full week of summer

<p>I'm meteorologist K Campbell in the Wral Severe weather center. No end in sight for our sizzling summer heat. It was our 12th day in a row with highs in the nineties, 97 at RDU and 95 degrees in Fayetteville, Fayetteville did see some beneficial rain today. The summer sizzle isn't backing off much. It's a little less humid. Tuesday, 95. Still the high Wednesday dangerous heat bounces back 100 degrees as our forecast high 106. Our forecast heat index on Wednesday, we are considering a WRL weather alert day for Wednesday due to the dangerous heat. 93 Thursday and Friday with the heat index those days still in the triple digits. High temperatures so far for the month of June, temperatures are running above normal. We even had 100 degrees on Sunday. We only average about one day in the triple digits each year. So it's pretty significant to see when 100 degrees, especially this early on. It's typically not till mid to late July. We are watching a cold front that's slipping through the area, not really going to cool us down, but it is going to bring less humid air temporarily. It's only going to last Tuesday. We've got another cold front on the way on Thursday though. And this one will be one to watch because it brings us our best chance for that. We have all week and our best chance for rain that we've seen in a few weeks now, we desperately need some rain. It's about a 60% chance mainly be during the afternoon and evening hours as the front gets closer to us. Unfortunately, this is not the all day soaking steady rain that we need, but at least it's something still. I wouldn't stop watering your gardens or your grass. We're looking at less than a quarter of an inch of rain over the next five days. It's better than nothing. There's a 20% chance for rain Wednesday, 60% Thursday, 40% Friday and 30% on Saturday. And then we may end up with another better chance as we get to the end of the weekend on Sunday, Wednesday stands out as the hottest day of the week. The humidity ramping back up for the middle and the end of the week as well as we look ahead. We'll have a chance for storms that lingers into the weekend as well. High temperatures are in the nineties across the board with no relief from the heat. Anywhere in sight.</p>

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A 43-year-old man died in a Friday night shooting and another man was injured, Wilson police said.

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State lawmakers can't agree on how to spend a $1 billion surplus. But it won't cause a government shutdown in North Carolina, which has a tentative spending plan for this coming year to keep schools, prisons and the rest of state government open.

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For a moment, 2-year-old Mila's parents thought the worst after she was found lifeless in their pool. Then a miracle happened.

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With the end of the state's 2024 legislative session looming, Senate Republicans hit the gas Thursday on efforts to legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina.

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With each legislative chamber uninterested in hearing the other's spending proposal, North Carolina lawmakers look ready to go on hiatus after next week while a stalemate simmers between Republicans over how to adjust the current two-year state budget.

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