Published: 2020-05-26 20:39:17Updated: 2020-05-26 20:39:17Local NewsTags:By Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter — Where is the line between freedom of speech and words that promise or incite violence?The rhetoric in the debate over how and when to resume business and social activities in North Carolina has steadily ratcheted up in recent weeks. It may have reached a fever pitch over the weekend, when the husband of ReOpenNC co-founder Ashley Smith talked about resorting to violence in an online video."Are we willing to kill people? Are we willing to lay our lives down? We have to say yes," Adam...…Published: 2020-05-26 20:39:17Updated: 2020-05-26 20:39:17Local NewsTags:By Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter — Where is the line between freedom of speech and words that promise or incite violence?The rhetoric in the debate over how and when to resume business and social activities in North Carolina has steadily ratcheted up in recent weeks. It may have reached a fever pitch over the weekend, when the husband of ReOpenNC co-founder Ashley Smith talked about resorting to violence in an online video."Are we willing to kill people? Are we willing to lay our lives down? We have to say yes," Adam...WW…

Published: 2020-07-24 12:03:00Updated: 2020-07-25 08:58:22Local NewsTags:By Adam Owens, WRAL reporterThe North Carolina State Board of Education said on Friday that students and teachers who show symptoms of COVID-19 can return to school 24 hours after the last symptom has passed. This decision is based off of new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that a negative test criteria is no longer required for determining when people are no longer contagious for the virus.In updated guidance issued along with a strong recommendation that schools reopen to in-person...…Published: 2020-07-24 12:03:00Updated: 2020-07-25 08:58:22Local NewsTags:By Adam Owens, WRAL reporterThe North Carolina State Board of Education said on Friday that students and teachers who show symptoms of COVID-19 can return to school 24 hours after the last symptom has passed. This decision is based off of new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that a negative test criteria is no longer required for determining when people are no longer contagious for the virus.In updated guidance issued along with a strong recommendation that schools reopen to in-person...WW…

Published: 2020-07-06 08:54:00Updated: 2020-07-07 04:03:35Go Ask MomTags:By Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter — At least two Raleigh day camps have alerted parents that their children may have been exposed to COVID-19.On Monday, Camp Outer Limits at the Northwest Cary YMCA released this statement to parents:"We immediately notified parents of children in camp at this location. In addition, staff initiated our deep cleaning protocols to disinfect the areas the day camp has been using."YMCA staff told WRAL they found out about the camper’s positive case Monday. The camper was at the Y the week of...…Published: 2020-07-06 08:54:00Updated: 2020-07-07 04:03:35Go Ask MomTags:By Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter — At least two Raleigh day camps have alerted parents that their children may have been exposed to COVID-19.On Monday, Camp Outer Limits at the Northwest Cary YMCA released this statement to parents:"We immediately notified parents of children in camp at this location. In addition, staff initiated our deep cleaning protocols to disinfect the areas the day camp has been using."YMCA staff told WRAL they found out about the camper’s positive case Monday. The camper was at the Y the week of...WW…

Published: 2020-04-30 19:18:00Updated: 2020-05-01 18:30:09Local NewsTags:By Joe Fisher, WRAL multimedia journalist — A small group of demonstrators, some carrying guns, marched in downtown Raleigh Friday afternoon to protest coronavirus restrictions and the statewide stay-at-home order.Dozens of law enforcement officers were also downtown, anticipating a large protest . Legal gun owners were allowed to carry their weapons while they walked as long as they stayed off the State Capitol grounds.Some of the protestors were from American Revolution 2.0, part of a national movement to reopen...…Published: 2020-04-30 19:18:00Updated: 2020-05-01 18:30:09Local NewsTags:By Joe Fisher, WRAL multimedia journalist — A small group of demonstrators, some carrying guns, marched in downtown Raleigh Friday afternoon to protest coronavirus restrictions and the statewide stay-at-home order.Dozens of law enforcement officers were also downtown, anticipating a large protest . Legal gun owners were allowed to carry their weapons while they walked as long as they stayed off the State Capitol grounds.Some of the protestors were from American Revolution 2.0, part of a national movement to reopen...WW…

Published: 2020-09-30 05:01:00Updated: 2020-09-30 23:30:33Local NewsTags:By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Adam Owens and Julian Grace, WRAL anchor/reporters — Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday that coronavirus cases are stable enough in North Carolina to move the state into the next phase of reopening businesses and resuming social activities during the pandemic.The shift to , which will allow bars to reopen for outdoor seating and movie theaters and amusement parks to reopen, takes effect at 5 p.m. Friday."We're cautiously encouraged about where we are in this...…Published: 2020-09-30 05:01:00Updated: 2020-09-30 23:30:33Local NewsTags:By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Adam Owens and Julian Grace, WRAL anchor/reporters — Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday that coronavirus cases are stable enough in North Carolina to move the state into the next phase of reopening businesses and resuming social activities during the pandemic.The shift to , which will allow bars to reopen for outdoor seating and movie theaters and amusement parks to reopen, takes effect at 5 p.m. Friday."We're cautiously encouraged about where we are in this...WW…

Published: 2020-08-12 18:23:00Updated: 2020-08-12 18:23:00Health TeamTags:By Adam Owens, WRAL anchor/reporter — Duke University research that showed how poorly some face coverings perform wasn't exactly the intent of the study, researchers said Wednesday.The showed neck gaiters do a better job at spreading the coronavirus than containing it, a detail that has since gotten nationwide media attention.But Martin Fischer, an associate research professor in Duke's chemistry department who participated in the study, said the research was geared toward demonstrating a way to study the...…Published: 2020-08-12 18:23:00Updated: 2020-08-12 18:23:00Health TeamTags:By Adam Owens, WRAL anchor/reporter — Duke University research that showed how poorly some face coverings perform wasn't exactly the intent of the study, researchers said Wednesday.The showed neck gaiters do a better job at spreading the coronavirus than containing it, a detail that has since gotten nationwide media attention.But Martin Fischer, an associate research professor in Duke's chemistry department who participated in the study, said the research was geared toward demonstrating a way to study the...WW…

Tags: , ,A Wilson man was in custody Monday night, about 24 hours after police said he shot and killed a 5-year-old boy.Show Transcript>>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. A FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD IS DEAD AFTER BEING SHOT IN WILSON. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW. POLICE SAY THEY FOUND THE CHILD SUFFERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND ON ARCHERS ROAD THIS EVENING. AARON IS THERE. >> Reporter: WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT IN THE PAST 10 MINUTES. YOU CAN SEE IT IS STILL AN ACTIVE SCENE. NOT ONLY HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT THE SUSPECT AND THE CAR THAT HE WAS DRIVING, ALSO STANDING HERE WITH THE...…Tags: , ,A Wilson man was in custody Monday night, about 24 hours after police said he shot and killed a 5-year-old boy.Show Transcript>>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. A FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD IS DEAD AFTER BEING SHOT IN WILSON. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW. POLICE SAY THEY FOUND THE CHILD SUFFERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND ON ARCHERS ROAD THIS EVENING. AARON IS THERE. >> Reporter: WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT IN THE PAST 10 MINUTES. YOU CAN SEE IT IS STILL AN ACTIVE SCENE. NOT ONLY HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT THE SUSPECT AND THE CAR THAT HE WAS DRIVING, ALSO STANDING HERE WITH THE...WW…

Published: 2020-08-09 19:42:00Updated: 2020-08-13 12:57:39Local NewsTags:By Sloane Heffernan, Kasey Cunningham and Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporters — A Wilson man was in custody Monday night, about 24 hours after police said he shot and killed a 5-year-old boy.Darius N. Sessoms, 25, was apprehended in Goldsboro by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force, Goldsboro police and the Wayne County Sheriff's Office. He was charged with first-degree murder and was being held without bond in the Wilson County jail.During a brief court hearing Tuesday morning, he said...…Published: 2020-08-09 19:42:00Updated: 2020-08-13 12:57:39Local NewsTags:By Sloane Heffernan, Kasey Cunningham and Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporters — A Wilson man was in custody Monday night, about 24 hours after police said he shot and killed a 5-year-old boy.Darius N. Sessoms, 25, was apprehended in Goldsboro by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force, Goldsboro police and the Wayne County Sheriff's Office. He was charged with first-degree murder and was being held without bond in the Wilson County jail.During a brief court hearing Tuesday morning, he said...WW…

Published: 2020-08-05 14:10:00Updated: 2020-08-05 22:26:51WRAL InvestigatesTags:By Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter — Protestors marched in Winston-Salem Wednesday after the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, responding to a judge's order, released two videos showing the events that led to the death of county jail inmate John Neville.WRAL News is part of a media collaborative that petitioned the court to release the video.According to the autopsy report, Neville, 56, died on Dec. 4, 2019, from a brain injury that was caused by positional and compressional asphyxia during prone restraint,...…Published: 2020-08-05 14:10:00Updated: 2020-08-05 22:26:51WRAL InvestigatesTags:By Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter — Protestors marched in Winston-Salem Wednesday after the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, responding to a judge's order, released two videos showing the events that led to the death of county jail inmate John Neville.WRAL News is part of a media collaborative that petitioned the court to release the video.According to the autopsy report, Neville, 56, died on Dec. 4, 2019, from a brain injury that was caused by positional and compressional asphyxia during prone restraint,...WW…

Published: 2020-05-15 18:49:53Updated: 2020-05-15 18:49:53Local NewsTags:By Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief — Rocky Mount officials bent or broke rules to benefit other city officials, and local taxpayers didn’t know about it because of lax record keeping, according to .The investigation, which was prompted by more than 200 calls to the State Auditor's Office hotline, found that various Rocky Mount officials intervened in 2013 and 2017 to write off $47,704 in delinquent utility bills for an unidentified so that his service wouldn't be disconnected."Although the policy required...…Published: 2020-05-15 18:49:53Updated: 2020-05-15 18:49:53Local NewsTags:By Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief — Rocky Mount officials bent or broke rules to benefit other city officials, and local taxpayers didn’t know about it because of lax record keeping, according to .The investigation, which was prompted by more than 200 calls to the State Auditor's Office hotline, found that various Rocky Mount officials intervened in 2013 and 2017 to write off $47,704 in delinquent utility bills for an unidentified so that his service wouldn't be disconnected."Although the policy required...WW…