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Minnesota leaders are urging protesters to remain peaceful as marches against immigration enforcement spread across the country.

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The video, published online by a Minnesota-based news site, Alpha News, and reposted by the Department of Homeland Security, shows the shooting from the perspective of the officer who fired the shots.
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This week's championship in St. Louis has already seen record-setting performances in the women's event and multiple competitors looking to punch their third Olympic ticket.
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Two U.S. citizen brothers say Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers racially profiled and assaulted them earlier this week, as federal agents continue heightened immigration arrests in North Carolina.
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The U.S. Transportation Department says North Carolina could lose nearly $50 million in federal funding if the state doesn't revoke commercial driver's licenses from immigrants who aren't qualified to hold them.
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Protesters marched in Durham one day after an ICE officer shot Renee Good in Minnesota.
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Since Cary's former town manager has resigned over spending concerns, residents and leaders across the Triangle have questions surrounding how the town has spent its money. Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht says he wants to be more transparent to those with questions about what happened.
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Once sustained on shoestring budgets, peer-run mental health spaces are expanding across North Carolina as state and local leaders invest in programs led by people with lived experience.
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City of Raleigh leaders were called before a state House committee Wednesday to discuss a video that claimed the city violated a federal ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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Liberation Station first opened in 2019 in downtown Raleigh on Fayetteville Street. Scott-Miller decided to close it in April 2024 after she and her family received threats.
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Stein touted efforts to help people leaving prison find jobs, housing and healthcare. But he said more work is needed on mental health to keep communities safe.
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Hundreds of teachers called out of work to hold protests across North Carolina today in support of better teacher pay and the lack of a state budget, which has stymied potential raises for state employees like educators.
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