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18+ min ago (44+ words) Firefighters battled a large fire at the Raleigh Convention Center on Monday night. Close said she rewatched the iconic film with Kim Kardashian, because her "All's Fair" costar hadn't seen it. Firefighters battled a large fire at the Raleigh Convention Center on Monday night....

53+ min ago (78+ words) The final order of abatement is for the Howard Johnson on Veasley Street. A judge handed down a ruling against a Greensboro hotel. The final order of abatement is for the Howard Johnson on Veasley Street. The order bars the property from accepting new guests or tenants. Back in October, the city of Greensboro closed the hotel after numerous complaints about drugs, prostitution, and violence on the property. Officials said a fire inspection also found several safety violations....

55+ min ago (266+ words) Wilkes County Maintenance Engineer said preparations for winter weather began in October and crews are already in place and familiar with their snow routes. With winter weather conditions expected overnight in the mountain and western foothills, the North Carolina Department of Transportation in Wilkes County is taking the necessary steps to keep the roads safe. "The possibility of freezing rain overnight allows us to go ahead and get our crews in here. We're going to have a night crew and we're going to be ready in case we get any calls about slick spots," said Bill Day, maintenance engineer for Wilkes County. He said crews have been planning and preparing for winter weather for a while now. "We started preparing for winter weather in October with our equipment checks and dry runs. They've been going over their snow routes, and…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago (590+ words) The Trump administration is halting asylum decisions indefinitely, part of a broader immigration crackdown after an Afghan man allegedly shot two National Guard members. The Trump administration is halting all decisions for individuals seeking asylum in the United States, part of a broader immigration crackdown after an Afghan man allegedly shot two National Guard members near the White House last week. Officials now believe the alleged shooter, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was radicalized after he arrived in the United States. It's raising questions about whether warning signs were missed during the vetting process when Lakanwal was granted asylum earlier this year. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on Friday that all asylum decisions will be halted "until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible." The backlog of asylum claims before USCIS is roughly 1.5 million....

1+ hour, 5+ min ago (42+ words) San Jose police on Monday announced an arrest following the triple shooting at Valley Fair Mall on the day after Thanksgiving. WASHINGTON " President Donald Trump has commuted the seven-year sentence ... Greensboro man arrested after student brings gun to Morehead Elementary School...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago (27+ words) After the announcement of closing down their McKinley Avenue Garden Cafe location, the Kravitz Deli team purchased its new location at 127 Penn Avenue in Salem....

2+ hour, 53+ min ago (76+ words) Some school systems in the Piedmont Triad are making decisions about school on Tuesday due to the weather. Search location by ZIP code North Carolina school closings, delays, remote learning list for Tuesday, Dec. 2 Some school systems in the Piedmont Triad are making decisions about school on Tuesday due to the weather. Check out the full listing of remote learning days, school delays and closures here as school systems voluntarily submit them to our site....

3+ hour, 12+ min ago (259+ words) The United States is not commemorating World AIDS Day this year as it has done for decades in the past. The commemoration has been marked every Dec. 1 since 1988. The day is meant to raise awareness of efforts to fight the deadly disease and remember those died from it. Globally, about 39.9 million people are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, including about 1.2 million people in the United States. In the U.S., about 13% of people who have HIV don't know it " one driver of the virus' continued spread. Observance of the day was started by the World Health Organization, from which the Trump administration withdrew this year. However, it has expanded beyond WHO to organizations and communities around the world. A U.S. senior administration official stressed that the U.S. would continue its work to combat HIV/AIDS, both through the new global health…...

3+ hour, 13+ min ago (309+ words) A day of celebration turned to tragedy in Stockton, California, when shots rang out at a birthday party that Patrice Williams was holding for her 2-year-old daughter on Saturday. Three children and a 21-year-old were killed, and 11 others were injured. Williams said they were getting ready to begin cutting her daughter's birthday cake when the gunfire began. "Everybody was getting ready to gather round," Williams said. "All we heard was gunshots, and everybody just dove to the ground. It was just unexpected." Williams said she initially thought the sound of gunshots was balloons popping, a sound more at place in a child's birthday party. She said her daughter's father lost two nieces in the shooting. "My sister actually got shot. My cousin got shot. My son's friend got shot. Three of my friends got shot," Williams said. Her 2-year-old daughter…...

3+ hour, 47+ min ago (473+ words) Dolly the dachshund was in the car when thieves stole it. Her story went viral on social media, with thousands hoping to help find her. Multiple cars were reported stolen Saturday at the parking lot of a shopping plaza in Cincinnati, Ohio, and inside one of them was a puppy named Dolly. Dolly's story went viral on Cincinnati social media. Thieves dumped the pup in the freezing cold, but Sunday, she was reunited with her owners. On Saturday night, around 8 p.m. at Rookwood, which is a shopping plaza, thieves went on a stealing spree. "Three cars were stolen that day. One car was stolen two minutes before ours from the lot as well," Jimmy Hermann said. "Immediately I thought, well, 'Oakley Hyde Park Moms' [Facebook group] will be all over this," Olivia Molina said. "I had strangers messaging me saying they…...