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Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page led the Senate's Republican leader by two votes heading into Friday's tally of provisional ballots. It is now 23 votes.

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Most Americans disapprove of President Trump's handling of Iran, and a majority sees Iran as either only a minor threat or no threat at all, an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds.
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Hundreds of para athletes are competing in Italy through March 15. Many Americans are defending past titles, with the U.S. sled hockey team hoping to fend off rival Canada for its fifth straight gold.
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At the annual "State of Cary" address Thursday evening, Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht addressed the recent scandal involving the former town manager and responded to concerns about immigration enforcement agents leasing an office on Regency Parkway.
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Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools officials responded to a new report from the state auditor related to last year’s deficit. They also discussed committee appointments and a lawsuit against social media companies.
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New Hill Digital Campus was a proposed 300 MW facility in Apex. The project faced intense community backlash.
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The indictment comes after Brockman was arrested last year for alleged sex crimes with a minor.
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After last year's residency on the American Tobacco Campus, BOOM Club has moved into the space recently occupied by PS37.
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Texas billionaire and Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon sold a minority stake of the Raleigh NHL team at a reported valuation of $2.66 billion.
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The fallout from the approval of a data center proposal may have reshaped the Stokes County Board of Commissioners. WFDD spoke with voters after two incumbents were defeated in the GOP primary.
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North Carolina saw a record high total voters for a midterm primary election, but it wasn't the highest turnout by percentage terms.
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem “created extraordinary bureaucratic gridlock,” according to Senate Democrats.
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We sift through the election results, which include a non-result for the most powerful politician in the state. Then, a turn to Washington, where earlier this week the outgoing U.S. Senator Thom Tillis went off on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — yesterday, Noem was fired.
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