Published: 2020-06-30 15:13:00Updated: 2020-06-30 17:42:29EducationTags:By Tyler Dukes, WRAL investigative reporter, and Randall Kerr, WRAL Investigates producer — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will pay a $1.5 million fine and implement a list of other steps to settle claims that the institution violated a federal law governing the disclosure of crime on campus.In August 2019, the U.S. Department of Education concluded after a six-year investigation that the university had failed to properly disclose crime statistics, appropriately warn the campus community of public...…Published: 2020-06-30 15:13:00Updated: 2020-06-30 17:42:29EducationTags:By Tyler Dukes, WRAL investigative reporter, and Randall Kerr, WRAL Investigates producer — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will pay a $1.5 million fine and implement a list of other steps to settle claims that the institution violated a federal law governing the disclosure of crime on campus.In August 2019, the U.S. Department of Education concluded after a six-year investigation that the university had failed to properly disclose crime statistics, appropriately warn the campus community of public...WW…

Published: 2020-06-12 16:30:00Updated: 2020-06-12 18:38:12WRAL InvestigatesTags:By Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter — Since the late 1970s, more than 1,000 law enforcement officers in North Carolina have had their certifications revoked for criminal or unethical behavior. In many cases, the public never finds out why.Following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police last month, the Minneapolis Police Department released partial records on Officer Derek Chauvin, who faces murder charges in Floyd's death, revealing a history of complaints.That information is leading to more calls...…Published: 2020-06-12 16:30:00Updated: 2020-06-12 18:38:12WRAL InvestigatesTags:By Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter — Since the late 1970s, more than 1,000 law enforcement officers in North Carolina have had their certifications revoked for criminal or unethical behavior. In many cases, the public never finds out why.Following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police last month, the Minneapolis Police Department released partial records on Officer Derek Chauvin, who faces murder charges in Floyd's death, revealing a history of complaints.That information is leading to more calls...WW…

Published: 2020-07-31 15:26:00Updated: 2020-07-31 18:55:27WRAL InvestigatesTags:By Kathryn Brown, WRAL anchor/reporter — Late-night drinking at restaurants across North Carolina is against the law for at least the next month in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus.Gov. Roy Cooper's for on-site consumption in restaurants, breweries and other businesses takes effect Friday.Although bars statewide have remained closed during the pandemic, restaurants have been open for more than two months at half capacity. Cooper said this week that there has been anecdotal evidence that restaurants...…Published: 2020-07-31 15:26:00Updated: 2020-07-31 18:55:27WRAL InvestigatesTags:By Kathryn Brown, WRAL anchor/reporter — Late-night drinking at restaurants across North Carolina is against the law for at least the next month in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus.Gov. Roy Cooper's for on-site consumption in restaurants, breweries and other businesses takes effect Friday.Although bars statewide have remained closed during the pandemic, restaurants have been open for more than two months at half capacity. Cooper said this week that there has been anecdotal evidence that restaurants...WW…

Published: 2020-04-15 15:28:00Updated: 2020-04-15 18:31:53WRAL InvestigatesTags:By Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporterNon-essential business in North Carolina were ordered to shut down March 30 in the effort to stop the spread of coronavirus. After the governor’s executive order, thousands of businesses across the state appealed to the North Carolina Department of Revenue in an effort to stay open."We’re one of the largest training facilities on the east coast. Last year, we were named actually one of the top ten facilities in the country," says Paul Smith, owner of Frontline Defense...…Published: 2020-04-15 15:28:00Updated: 2020-04-15 18:31:53WRAL InvestigatesTags:By Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporterNon-essential business in North Carolina were ordered to shut down March 30 in the effort to stop the spread of coronavirus. After the governor’s executive order, thousands of businesses across the state appealed to the North Carolina Department of Revenue in an effort to stay open."We’re one of the largest training facilities on the east coast. Last year, we were named actually one of the top ten facilities in the country," says Paul Smith, owner of Frontline Defense...WW…

Published: 2020-04-08 18:49:00Updated: 2020-04-08 19:03:35WRAL InvestigatesTags:By Cullen Browder, WRAL Anchor/reporterState health officials say Governor Roy Cooper​'s stay-at-home order is slowing the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in North Carolina. But it could also slam the brakes on road construction projects across the state.North Carolina collects $0.36 for every gallon of gasoline sold in this state. In the last fiscal year, stations sold more than 6 billion gallons in North Carolina.The gas tax generates about $2 billion dollars a year for the state's Highway Fund and Highway...…Published: 2020-04-08 18:49:00Updated: 2020-04-08 19:03:35WRAL InvestigatesTags:By Cullen Browder, WRAL Anchor/reporterState health officials say Governor Roy Cooper​'s stay-at-home order is slowing the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in North Carolina. But it could also slam the brakes on road construction projects across the state.North Carolina collects $0.36 for every gallon of gasoline sold in this state. In the last fiscal year, stations sold more than 6 billion gallons in North Carolina.The gas tax generates about $2 billion dollars a year for the state's Highway Fund and Highway...WW…

Published: 2020-08-06 17:08:00Updated: 2020-08-06 18:22:17EducationTags:By Tyler Dukes, WRAL investigative reporter, and Randall Kerr, WRAL investigative producer — After a nearly 4-year legal fight, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has released the names of 15 students sanctioned for sexual misconduct through its secretive disciplinary process.The release of the records comes three months after the state Supreme Court, , sided with a coalition of North Carolina media organizations that sued the university after it denied a 2016 public records request for the information. The...…Published: 2020-08-06 17:08:00Updated: 2020-08-06 18:22:17EducationTags:By Tyler Dukes, WRAL investigative reporter, and Randall Kerr, WRAL investigative producer — After a nearly 4-year legal fight, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has released the names of 15 students sanctioned for sexual misconduct through its secretive disciplinary process.The release of the records comes three months after the state Supreme Court, , sided with a coalition of North Carolina media organizations that sued the university after it denied a 2016 public records request for the information. The...WW…

Published: 2021-03-31 12:36:00Updated: 2021-03-31 20:19:42TrafficTags:By Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter — A truck carrying a radioactive compound dumped part of its load Wednesday on southbound Interstate 95 in Cumberland County, creating a delicate cleanup and hours of traffic delays.Two of the four 1,000-gallon containers of uranium hexafluoride the truck was carrying fell off at about 11:45 a.m. between Exit 55 and Exit 58 for Interstate 295 near Wade. No injuries were reported, and none of the material leaked from the containers, said Gene Booth, Cumberland County's emergency...…Published: 2021-03-31 12:36:00Updated: 2021-03-31 20:19:42TrafficTags:By Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter — A truck carrying a radioactive compound dumped part of its load Wednesday on southbound Interstate 95 in Cumberland County, creating a delicate cleanup and hours of traffic delays.Two of the four 1,000-gallon containers of uranium hexafluoride the truck was carrying fell off at about 11:45 a.m. between Exit 55 and Exit 58 for Interstate 295 near Wade. No injuries were reported, and none of the material leaked from the containers, said Gene Booth, Cumberland County's emergency...WW…

Published: 2020-10-26 16:31:00Updated: 2020-10-26 18:26:19WRAL InvestigatesTags:By Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter — North Carolinians have taken more than 3 million coronavirus tests during the pandemic, with PCR testing accounting for 97 percent of the positive results.Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests involve rapidly making millions to billions of copies of a specific DNA sample through a process called cycling, amplifying it enough to study in detail. While the test is widely regarded as accurate when it comes to positive or negative for coronavirus, some in the scientific...…Published: 2020-10-26 16:31:00Updated: 2020-10-26 18:26:19WRAL InvestigatesTags:By Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter — North Carolinians have taken more than 3 million coronavirus tests during the pandemic, with PCR testing accounting for 97 percent of the positive results.Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests involve rapidly making millions to billions of copies of a specific DNA sample through a process called cycling, amplifying it enough to study in detail. While the test is widely regarded as accurate when it comes to positive or negative for coronavirus, some in the scientific...WW…

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…

Published: 2020-09-08 16:18:00Updated: 2020-09-09 09:39:42WRAL InvestigatesTags:By Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter — A three-time cancer survivor who reached out to U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis for help with her health insurance dilemma said that she got an insensitive response from a staffer instead."I’ve seen just about everything health care has to throw at a person," said Bev Veals of Carolina Beach.Over the past 20 years, Veals beat cancer three times, and her fight included struggles to get care and medical bankruptcy.When her husband was furloughed in March because of the coronavirus...…Published: 2020-09-08 16:18:00Updated: 2020-09-09 09:39:42WRAL InvestigatesTags:By Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter — A three-time cancer survivor who reached out to U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis for help with her health insurance dilemma said that she got an insensitive response from a staffer instead."I’ve seen just about everything health care has to throw at a person," said Bev Veals of Carolina Beach.Over the past 20 years, Veals beat cancer three times, and her fight included struggles to get care and medical bankruptcy.When her husband was furloughed in March because of the coronavirus...WW…