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There's a area of Raleigh you will may want to avoid this weekend due to construction.
Durham drivers are bracing for daily closures on Interstate 85 starting Sunday (ambrozinio / Depositphotos.com)
If you're planning a Memorial Day holiday trip, you're not alone. Despite higher gas prices, a record number of travelers are planning to get on the road or hop on a flight.
By REBECCA BOONE and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed Sunday during an air show...
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NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) - Aaron Rai has become the first English-born player in more than a century to capture the PGA Championship. Rai, who dreamed of being a Formula 1 dri...
The search for a missing kayaker continued Sunday (May 17) on Roanoke Rapids Lake.
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A proposal to fund $1 billion in security additions for the White House campus and the president's ...
Thousands of people streamed onto the National Mall for a daylong prayer rally Sunday billed as a "rededication of our country as One Nation under God."
Denny Hamlin is your winner of the first Nascar All-Star Race at the Dover Monster Mile.

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