Published: 2020-06-24 09:14:00Updated: 2020-06-24 18:30:11Local NewsTags:By Jessica Patrick, WRAL multimedia journalist — Three women face charges of reckless driving and impeding traffic by slow speed for their role in a slowdown protest on Interstate 40 Wednesday morning.Hundreds of cars slowed to 10 mph in the westbound lanes of I-40 just before 9 a.m., creating a backup that stretched for up to 10 miles through Raleigh. The protest, organized on social media, was the latest in response to nationwide acts of racism and the death of George Floyd.Before 9 a.m., on I-40 West near Hammond...…Published: 2020-06-24 09:14:00Updated: 2020-06-24 18:30:11Local NewsTags:By Jessica Patrick, WRAL multimedia journalist — Three women face charges of reckless driving and impeding traffic by slow speed for their role in a slowdown protest on Interstate 40 Wednesday morning.Hundreds of cars slowed to 10 mph in the westbound lanes of I-40 just before 9 a.m., creating a backup that stretched for up to 10 miles through Raleigh. The protest, organized on social media, was the latest in response to nationwide acts of racism and the death of George Floyd.Before 9 a.m., on I-40 West near Hammond...WW…

Tags: , , , ,Sky 5 was over the scene as protesters blocked traffic Thursday evening on Capital Boulevard in downtown Raleigh. One vehicle broke free from the crowd, prompting a protester, Zoya Regensburger, to jump on the hood of the vehicle as it sped away.Show Transcript…Tags: , , , ,Sky 5 was over the scene as protesters blocked traffic Thursday evening on Capital Boulevard in downtown Raleigh. One vehicle broke free from the crowd, prompting a protester, Zoya Regensburger, to jump on the hood of the vehicle as it sped away.Show TranscriptWW…

Published: 2020-09-14 17:14:00Updated: 2020-09-14 21:45:33Local PoliticsTags:By Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter — The State Board of Elections has launched a tool that will allow people who have mailed in absentee ballots to track the ballots through the process.State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Bell said the tool is meant to build confidence in North Carolina's absentee voting system."We hope that that’s a way people can be reassured," Brinson Bell said.The tool is available only to people who have requested an absentee ballot. More than 800,000 absentee ballots have...…Published: 2020-09-14 17:14:00Updated: 2020-09-14 21:45:33Local PoliticsTags:By Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter — The State Board of Elections has launched a tool that will allow people who have mailed in absentee ballots to track the ballots through the process.State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Bell said the tool is meant to build confidence in North Carolina's absentee voting system."We hope that that’s a way people can be reassured," Brinson Bell said.The tool is available only to people who have requested an absentee ballot. More than 800,000 absentee ballots have...WW…