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The forecast over the next few days will be in a rollercoaster including several rain chances, a brief cool down and very hot weather late in the week. 

A wet Mother's Day ahead of washout Monday, severe flood risks in the forecast

Hi everyone. Happy Mother's Day weekend. Meteorologist Anthony Baglion here, tracking, of course, our forecast really closely for the holiday. Where we sit at the moment, there is a big area of low pressure down to our southwest, just coming off the Gulf. It's bringing a lot of moisture across Atlanta, even into Florida, Miami, many areas down to the South seeing some rain. We are gonna see this start to push in as we get through tonight into our Mother's Day. So let's talk about kind of when this gets here. Most of the coverage overall is gonna be very light. This is not a a windshield wipers going back and forth super fast on our Mother's Day. But you notice it starts to get here during the morning, off and on up until lunchtime. Our northern counties may stay totally dry from the triangle to the south, where it's going to be the best chance for some of these showers to come through. And then it starts to fill in even more Sunday night into Monday. Monday, Tuesday into Wednesday, we are looking at a lot of rain on the way. And then temperatures tomorrow morning, upper 40s to the north, most of us though, in the upper 50s to near 60.

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The next 7 days could see up to 5 inches of rain in the Triangle

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Raleigh honors fallen firefighters: Cancer tops list of line-of-duty deaths in NC ceremony

13 firefighters who died in line of duty honored at memorial ceremony in Raleigh

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6,800 students graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill facing tough job market

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Discover all you need to know about the 2025 graduation ceremonies for the universities in the Triangle area, including NC State, UNC, Duke and more.

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"Mom, you're the queen bee of my heart." Enjoy these adorable photos of infants at Cape Fear Valley Health's NICU. 


Cape Fear Valley Health celebrates Mother's Day in the NICU

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Celebrate the moms in your life on Sunday, May 11, 2025 with these Mother's Day deals including flowers, gift card bonus offers, restaurant deals, retail sales and more! 

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A section of U.S. Highway 15-501 at Pickett Road in Durham is currently closed due to a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle. 

U.S. Highway 15-501 in Durham closed after pedestrian hit by car

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In a historic decision, the Roman Catholic Cardinals have elected the first American pope, and one Raleigh couple found themselves in the midst of the excitement while vacationing in Rome.

Raleigh couple witnesses historic election of first American pope during Rome vacation

Raleigh family witnesses new pope celebration at the Vatican

Residents in Western North Carolina experienced tremors as a 4.1 magnitude earthquake originating in Tennessee, sent seismic waves across the region. The quake, occurring just after 9 a.m., was felt as far as Atlanta.


Western North Carolina resident shares moments she felt a 4.1 earthquake from Tennessee

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Franklinton High School principal Russell Holloman was suspended with pay after an incident involving the school's baseball team following a road game.

Franklinton High School principal suspended, facing termination

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Durham police are investigating a fatal shooting incident on Dayton Street that left a teenager dead and one man injured. 

Teen dead, man hurt from Durham shooting

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A crash on NC 24/27 at Lizzie Jeter Lane in Cameron left one person dead after a car struck a dump truck and erupted in flames.

One dead after car hits dump truck and catches fire in Cameron

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The North Carolina athletics department said Friday that football coach Bill Belichick's girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, is allowed in the program's facilities, disputing a report that she'd been banned.

UNC denies report that Jordon Hudson, Bill Belichick's girlfriend, is banned from football facilities

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A big night for Carolina Hurricanes Andrei Svechnikov, scoring the first goal of the game for the Canes. Svechnikov sprang into the circle to beat John Carlson to the puck and beat Logan Thompson at 12:34 of the second for the game's first goal in what turned out to be the start of Carolina's game-seizing surge.

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Instead of banning raw milk, a key agriculture bill now proposes studying the feasibility of making raw milk even more broadly available for people to buy. State agriculture officials have compared it to playing Russian Roulette with public health.

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Within minutes of taking control of the State Board of Elections on Wednesday, the board's new Republican majority fired Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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