WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)

WRAL-TV is a CBS-affiliated television station broadcasting on virtual channel 5 and digital channel 48, located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is set to transition to an NBC affiliation on February 29. Since it began operations, WRAL-TV has been the flagship station for Capitol Broadcasting Company. It covers the Triangle area, which includes Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and Fayetteville. The station shares studio and office space with another station on Western Boulevard near I-440 in Raleigh, while its transmitter is situated in Auburn, North Carolina.

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English

Television

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Global

#11046

United States

#1995

News and Media

#130

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Teacher in Nigeria loses dozens of relatives and pupils in devastating floods

1 day ago | wral.com | Taiwo Adebayo |Yunusa Umar

FILE - People search for flood victims after heavy rainfall in the market town of Mokwa, north-central Nigeria , Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Usman Salihu Mokwa, File)MOKWA, Nigeria (AP) — On May 29, Mallam Hassan Umar stood waist-deep and barefoot in muddy water, his eyes on the remnants of his Arabic school, now reduced to sludge and shattered wood by devastating floods.
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2 days ago | wral.com | Faye Prosser

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Amazon plans $10B artificial intelligence investment, 500 jobs in NC

2 days ago | wral.com | Jack Hagel

Amazon appears ready to launch yet another project in North Carolina, this time in Edgecombe County. A unit of global technology giant Amazon plans to invest $10 billion in a North Carolina cloud computing and artificial intelligence innovation campus, state officials said Wednesday. The project is expected to bring about 500 jobs to Richmond County.
Bugs released during NC county commission meeting

2 days ago | wral.com | Ryan Bisesi

Mecklenburg County officials are speaking out after an unusual disruption during Tuesday night’s Board of County Commissioners meeting. According to county leaders, an individual released bugs into the meeting room, prompting their removal from the premises shortly afterward. In a statement issued following the incident, the county condemned the behavior and emphasized the importance of maintaining order during public meetings.
Edmund White, a groundbreaking gay author, dies at 85

2 days ago | wral.com | Hillel Italie

NEW YORK (AP) — Edmund White, the groundbreaking man of letters who documented and imagined the gay revolution through journalism, essays, plays and such novels as "A Boy's Own Story" and "The Beautiful Room is Empty," has died. He was 85. White's death was confirmed Wednesday by his agent, Bill Clegg, who did not immediately provide additional details.
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has a book out this fall, 'Independent'

2 days ago | wral.com | Hillel Italie

This cover image released by Grand Central Publishing shows "Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines by Karine Jean-Pierre. (Grand Central Publishing via AP)NEW YORK (AP) — Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has a book out this fall that promises a close look at President Biden's decision not to run for reelection and calls for thinking beyond the two-party system.
Cynthia Erivo mines the depths of her soul for 'I Forgive You,' her 'honest, human' album

2 days ago | wral.com | John Carucci |Maria Sherman

NEW YORK (AP) — It began as it always should, with her voice. The second solo album from Cynthia Erivo, fresh off a herculean press run with the success of the first “Wicked” film, was always meant to be “vocal-focused,” she told The Associated Press recently. It may be the understatement of a lifetime: to know her is to know her instrument — that range, the notes few else can hit but many attempt. And Erivo's new soulful album, the evocatively titled “I Forgive You," hits the mark.
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3 days ago | wral.com | Faye Prosser

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Stein launches cannabis task force, seeking to regulate THC and study pot legalization in NC

3 days ago | wral.com | Lena Tillett |Will Doran |Jack Hagel

North Carolina needs to place stricter regulations on intoxicating cannabis to protect adult consumers while making it harder for minors to buy, Gov. Josh Stein said Tuesday in an exclusive interview with WRAL.
US Women eye another $1M prize at TST with expanded field

3 days ago | wral.com | Ryan Bisesi

The US Women are looking to become the first squad to get back-to-back championships at The Soccer Tournament. Talk of repeating went back to last year, as soon as the jubilation of the 2024 crown subsided. It all went down in a group chat, as is the style in 2025. “As soon as the games were over, of course, we celebrated, we enjoyed it,” said US Women General Manager Heather O’ Reilly. “We all are on a group text message. Everybody gets home to their home environments.