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The truck was pulling a float during the Raleigh Christmas Parade, North Carolina before striking the girl

RALEIGH, N.C. — A girl who was part of a dance troupe taking part in the Raleigh Christmas Parade died Saturday when she was hit by a pickup truck towing one of the troupe’s floats.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The last thing the Carolina Hurricanes wanted was a worrisome three-game losing streak heading to Colorado to face the Avalanche, last year’s Stanley Cup champions.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Rep. Ted Budd became North Carolina’s next U.S. senator Tuesday night.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Rep. Ted Budd took the lead from Cheri Beasley just after 9 p.m. in the U.S. Senate race.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Cheri Beasley took an early lead in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race as the Board of Elections began releasing totals from early voting and mail-in absentee ballots received Monday by 5 p.m.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The weather had that feel, warm and full of anticipation. It was playoff hockey weather in November, and the parking lots outside PNC Arena reflected that Sunday afternoon.

RALEIGH, N.C. — It was exactly the kind of catch that had so often gone uncaught by N.C. State’s receivers this season. Darryl Jones went up for a jump ball with Wake Forest’s Gavin Holmes in the end zone, and the football disappeared for a moment between their jerseys. It…

RALEIGH N.C. — Martin Necas scored again, yet again, an event which has gone from man-bites-dog to dog-bites-man in a frighteningly short amount of time as he’s emerged as the Carolina Hurricanes’ leading scorer to open the season.