Measles is spreading: Is your child’s North Carolina school vulnerable? When the number of vaccinated children drop too low in a school, the risk of infection increases there and in the wider community, experts say.

The measles is going around. Is your child's school protected? I did a ton of data cleaning and analysis to bring you answers, via @charlotteobserver.com. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...

Thoughts and prayers for real

UnitedHealth officials are pointing to their CEO's murder as a reason they cannot comment on an unrelated @propublica.org investigation into the company's practice of strategically limiting access to critical treatment for kids with autism.

"We are in mourning," a spokesperson wrote.

U.S. Court Denies TikTok’s Request to Freeze Sale-or-Ban Law TikTok had sought to temporarily freeze a law that requires its Chinese parent to sell the app or face a U.S. ban in mid-January. The case may now head to the Supreme Court.

new: DC court denies TikTok's request for a temporary freeze of the sale-or-ban law. this surprised several legal experts i've been in touch with. now it'll try its luck with the Supreme Court, as Jan. 19 looms: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/b...

Snow!? 10-day forecast shows a chance in Raleigh next week. Here’s when it could happen Meteorologists share what our chances are for seeing snow before Christmas.

Here’s your early Bread and Milk alert
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Radius has been the go-to pizza spot for 11 years in historic downtown Hillsborough. There are three weeks left to stop by and pick up your pie. www.newsobserver.com/living/food-...

If you haven't bought your turkey for Thanksgiving yet, @thenewsobserver.bsky.social's Renee Umsted visited 15 grocery stores in Raleigh to get all the turkey prices and figure out the best deals. Check it out.
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Former longtime WRAL news anchor dies months after being diagnosed with cancer
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New:

It’s official: Next NC House GOP speaker will be Destin Hall. What he’ll make a priority

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Yeah same 😂

NC’s Thom Tillis says Senate will vet Matt Gaetz for AG, but won’t commit his vote #ncpol

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Diversity will suffer with five-day office mandates, research suggests Researchers say RTO mandates could hurt women and underrepresented workers, who are more likely to avoid companies that don’t offer flexibility.

Companies that require workers to be in their offices five days a week have a harder time recruiting and retaining a diverse staff, especially women, researchers find

Gov. Roy Cooper just announced that more than $14 million has been donated to the state disaster relief fund since #Helene damaged Western NC.
Money goes to nonprofit grants, per Cooper.
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This is the second longtime ABC11 anchor to retire in the past couple of months. Details from The N&O's Renee Umsted:

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