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The race for North Carolina's open Senate seat in 2026 is shaping up to be between former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper and RNC Chair Michael Whatley. bit.ly/45hFFxY

Rapper Snoop Dogg took on a new role as a Raising Cane's employee in Nevada! 🍗 bit.ly/4o67X62

Hybrid working arrangements are popular across generations, but they are especially popular with younger workers, a Gallup report published on Wednesday showed. bit.ly/44KYYQ3

A 51-year-old Cherokee County man pleaded guilty to felony death by vehicle and felony serious injury by vehicle. bit.ly/454dSQe

An internal affairs investigation by the Lebanon Police Department found that a former elementary school D.A.R.E. officer had a sexual relationship with a teacher on school property after school hours. bit.ly/4lEnkRz

A bicyclist was assaulted late Wednesday night in North Asheville when a passing vehicle threw something at them, according to the Asheville Police Department. bit.ly/4mblrLR

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell celebrated a victory on Wednesday after a federal appeals court ruled he doesn't have to pay $5 million to a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell said proves China interfered in the 2020 presidential election. bit.ly/4kRF1Mb

Asheville has seen four shootings, in four different locations, in less than a week. The Asheville Police Department is trying to stop it. To do so, they're asking for help from the community. bit.ly/4m3PYMl

The Texas House and Senate Select Committees on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding held their first public hearings to hear from state leaders about the July 4 floods. bit.ly/3IZq4KG

Eight children at a church near Harvard University where a French youth choir was holding a concert suffered seizure-like symptoms and were taken to hospitals, possibly the result of fumes from cleaning supplies, officials said. bit.ly/4meqnjm

ConEquip Parts, a construction supplier out of Buffalo, New York, awarded Jake Jarvis, owner of Precision Grading, with America's Hardest Worker award, a national honor. ❤️ bit.ly/46rqaok

More than 130 Texans lost their lives in the catastrophic July Fourth floods, and for the first time, state lawmakers gathered at the Capitol to ask what went wrong. bit.ly/3Uh0ljD

A naked man was struck and killed on Interstate 85 in South Carolina early this morning. bit.ly/3IDmQg3

Chuck Mangione, a Grammy-winning jazz musician best known for his 1978 hit single "Feels So Good," died Tuesday in his sleep at his Rochester home, according to a statement from his family. He was 84. bit.ly/41dqweD

Most public school students in Western North Carolina are just weeks away from beginning a new school year. Here is when the first day of school will be in districts across the mountains: bit.ly/4omYCaj

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide. bit.ly/4lG46ef

One person was injured after a shooting at an Asheville apartment complex on Atkinson Street on Tuesday, police confirmed. bit.ly/44LU3OP

The Moscow Police Department has released hundreds of previously confidential documents from its investigation into the brutal murder of four University of Idaho students. bit.ly/3TWvdWs

Clemson talking today in Charlotte for #ACCKickoff Duke, UNC, NC State to follow @Chris_Womack @WLOS_13

North Carolina Tar Heels football Coach Bill Belichick attends ACC Media Day: wlos.com/sports