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The combination of Noah Lyles, Snoop Dogg and 16-year-old Quincy Wilson running for a spot in the Olympics lifted NBC to its largest audience for the U.S. track trials since 2012, according to Nielsen. Viewership for the Sunday night presentation of the trials peaked at 5.7 million viewers at around the time Lyles was stepping on the track for his victory in the 100-meter final. On Saturday night, the show highlighted by Sha’Carri Richardson’s victory in the 100 averaged 4.1 million viewers, which marked a 41% increase over the same Saturday night for the 2021 trials.

A judge has modified Donald Trump’s gag order, freeing the former president to comment about witnesses and jurors in his New York hush money criminal trial but keeping court and prosecution staff off limits. Judge Juan M. Merchan issued his decision Tuesday. Trump’s lawyers had wanted the gag order fully lifted. Trump's lawyers argued there was nothing to justify continued restrictions on Trump’s First Amendment rights after the trial ended May 30 in his conviction for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal. Prosecutors had urged Merchan to keep most of the gag order in place at least until Trump is sentenced on July 11 but said they’d be OK with modifying it.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that the approval of what would be the nation's first state-funded Catholic charter school is unconstitutional. The court decided Tuesday that the contract between the state and St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School must be rescinded. Oklahoma's Attorney General warned the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board last year not to approve the contract. But the board voted 3-2 to approve the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City's application. In its application, the Archdiocese said its vision would be to evangelize students. A group of parents, faith leaders and a public education nonprofit sued to stop the establishment of the school.

Celebrated actor and honorary Academy Award recipient Gena Rowlands is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, says her son, the filmmaker Nick Cassavetes. Cassavetes, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly published Tuesday, says Rowlands has had Alzheimer’s for five years. In the 2004 film “The Notebook,” Cassavetes directed his mother, playing the older version of the character played by Rachel McAdams, as a woman with dementia. A representative for Rowlands confirmed that Cassavetes “speaks for the family.” Rowlands’ mother, the actor Lady Rowlands, also had Alzheimer’s. During the making of “The Notebook,” Gena Rowlands said she channeled her mother.

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BBBSWNC, which serves North Carolina’s 18 mountain counties including Burke, is one of 100 organizations among 230 BBBS agencies nationwide to receive this top honor.

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This summer at Lake James there will be kayaking, hiking and more recreational activities geared to be accessible for people with disabilities.

The Rowan-Iredell Fire Department changed their Facebook profile picture to feature the department’s emblem covered by a black band with a thin red line.

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Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Friday — as expected —a controversial N.C. House bill that would loosen campaign-financing laws and significantly restrict public mask wearing for health and safety reasons.

The UNC Board of Governors voted to approve James R. Martin II,who previously served as the vice chancellor for STEM Research and Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Charges were issued against a Morganton man late Sunday night after police said he crashed his car through a brick wall.

Morgan Tiara Smith, 25, of Morganton, was charged with driving while impaired, felony possession of a schedule II controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, careless and reckless driving and failure to maintain lane control, according to a release from the Morganton Department of Public Safety.

A 76-year-old was found by visitors of the Lake James State Park who saw him floating in the water shortly before 8:15 p.m. on Friday.

Police said a man kicked Morganton Public Safety officers when they charged him with trespassing late Tuesday night.

The N.C. Department ofTransportationis identifyingprojectsfor its next long-range capital plan and wants citizens to participate in the process, according to the department.

Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Friday — as expected —a controversial N.C. House bill that would loosen campaign-financing laws and significantly restrict public mask wearing for health and safety reasons.

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Cindy and her husband, who has terminal lung cancer, have been homeless in Valdese for years.“You just walk the streets, go through dumpsters to find something to eat."