Name: What to expect for Durham Bulls season opener
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Description: The Bulls return Friday, March 31, starting their season with fireworks and a game against the Norfolk Tides.

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The Bulls return Friday, March 31, starting their season with fireworks and a game against the Norfolk Tides.



IS ON NC STATE'S CENTENNIAL CAMPUS AND THE COST IS $60 A DAY. >> CROWDS WILL FILL THE STANDS TONIGHT AT THE DBAP THE DEFENDING TRIPLE A NATIONAL CHAMPS. THE DURHAM BULLS HAVE THEIR SEASON OPENER TONIGHT WITH A MATCHUP AGAINST THE NORFOLK TIDES. WE CHECKED THIS MORNING AND THERE ARE JUST A FEW TICKETS LEFT. WRAL'S. NIA HARDEN IS THERE NOW WITH A LOOK AT WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM TONIGHT'S BIG GAME NIGHT AND MORNING. GOOD MORNING, RENEE. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S LIKE TO GO TO THE BULLS GAME. AND OF COURSE, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME. WE CAN CATCH IT ON OPENING DAY. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE ABOUT. >> AND WITH US TODAY, WE HAVE THE NEW GENERAL MANAGER JOINING US. AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE YOU HERE BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE FACT THAT THIS IS ALSO YOUR FIRST TIME, NOT JUST WITH THE BULLS, BUT NOT CAROLINE IN GENERAL. >> YES, HE'S MY MY FIRST OPENING DAY HERE WITH THE BULLS. MILES, THE BIAS THAT NO BETTER PLACE TO BE HERE IN THE TRIANGLE LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING SOME MILLER BULLS FANS HERE TODAY AND MIGHT BE THEIR FIRST GAME HERE, TOO. SO >> THERE'S SO MANY EXCITING, EXCITING THINGS TYLER, WE KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD FOOD, FIREWORKS. OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE KIND OF JUST SET THE SCENE FOR US AND LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TODAY. YEAH, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN AWESOME NIGHT. SO WE GOT FIREWORKS AFTER THE GAME HERE. WE HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP PENNANT GIVEAWAY THAT. >> THE AVERAGE EARTH OVER THE FIRST 4,000 FANS GET A CHAMPIONSHIP RING CEREMONY AFTER THE GAME AS WELL. HIGHLY THEIR TRIPLE A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR. SOME NEW FOOD OFFERINGS GET UPGRADED. HOT DOG UPGRADED PRETZEL. SOME OTHER LOCAL VENDORS AND HEAR SOME NEW SAUCES. ALL SORTS OF COOL STUFF HAPPENING HERE TODAY TO DO THAT. >> TYLER, FOR YOU. WHAT MAKES THIS EXTRA SPECIAL? I KNOW YOU HAVE AN 18 MONTH-OLD WHO MAYBE DOESN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THIS YET. BUT TO BE ABLE TO NOW CALL THIS PLACE JUST WHAT REALLY SETS THIS OFFER. YOU. >> SOME OF BIASED. I THINK THE DURHAM BULLS ARE THE MOST ICONIC FRANCHISE IN ALL OF MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE OPENING DAY HAVING THE GAMES EVENT TO BE ABLE TO BRING FAMILIES HERE TO TO HAVE SOME SMILES ON OUR FACES, TO BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND REALLY PROVIDE THIS OVERALL EXPERIENCE AND ALL THAT WORK IN THE OFFSEASON. THIS IS THE PAYOFF RIGHT NOW IS TO BRING PEOPLE YEAR TO HAVE THESE GAMES. HAVE THESE EVENTS GET THE 2023 SEASON GOING? >> TYLER PARSONS, GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE DURHAM BULLS. EXCITED FOR OPENING DAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE HANGING OUT WITH TYLER ALL MORNING LONG. HE'S GOING TO SHOW US SOME REALLY COOL THINGS. SO MAKE SURE TO CATCH US. ALSO ON FOX, 50 NIA HARDEN, WRAL NEWS IN EUROPE. >> WE'LL CONTINUE OUR FULL COVERAGE OF THIS ALL TONIGHT AT 5 WRL'S PAT WELTER WILL BE AT THE GAME AND YOU CAN WATCH THE BULLS PLAY TONIGHT ON WRAL. JUST AFTER 6.30, IT'S TELL 34 OVER THE AIR CHANNEL 12.

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Hello, everyone. I'm meteorologist, Mike Mays in the WRL severe weather center. With your forecast update for this Friday night, we have about a 20% chance of a shower through the evening and for most of the night, so don't be surprised if you're out for dinner and you run into an isolated shower. That's the possibility toward daybreak. As you can see, rain, chances do increase just a bit. Now for the day tomorrow, it will be a warm one but not hot. Like today, we had 90 out at RDU lunch tomorrow at 75. Our forecast high 82 partly to mostly cloudy skies. It's the abundant amount of cloud cover that should reduce the heat. Now, if we tend to have a little bit more sunshine, it could slip past that. 82 but it shouldn't be as hot as what we had today. And tomorrow's hit and miss showers and storms. 30 to 40% chance in the morning, 40 to 50% in the afternoon, 60% actually as we head into tomorrow night. So we have needed rain ahead. It's been very dry over the past month or so. There is rain in the forecast, it's not going to be a washout weekend. There will be hit and miss showers and storms and the nature of the way rain is this time of year and into the summer, it's more hit and miss. So you may see rain at your house, but your neighbor a mile down the road may not see anything. So we have 50% chance of rain tomorrow. That doesn't mean you're going to see rain. At least there's a 50% chance there is going to be rain in your neighborhood. 60% Saturday night, 50% on Sunday, I think Monday is going to be the day. We have the greatest likelihood, especially Monday night with a 70% chance for showers and storms down to 30 on Tuesday, 40% chance for showers and thunderstorms on Wednesday. So here is the rainfall potential at least through Tuesday, both the American model and the European model show about a three quarter inch of rainfall potential during Saturday, Sunday, Monday and through Tuesday night at 11 o'clock. So it's a pretty good chance that we'll have some decent rain. So tomorrow, anywhere from 82 at Rocky Mountain, Raleigh, 84 in Fayetteville, cooler at Boone 67 there, 81 at Wilmington for Sunday, we expect our highs to be in the low eighties locally still in the sixties at Boone, about 80 in Asheville, 81 at Wilmington, 73 at NAGS head and then on Monday, our highs will be in the low to mid eighties. Still showers and storms in the area. So our forecast tonight isolated a shower this evening, light showers and a possible storm at daybreak lows will be in the low to mid sixties. Our highs tomorrow will be in the eighties. Although our northern counties may stay in the seventies again. Showers and storms are in the forecast, some in the morning, some in the afternoon as well. Seven day forecast, check it out over the next four days. We stay in the eighties. But by the time we get to Wednesday and Thursday, we could be back in the nineties. Could be quite toasty on Wednesday with a high at 94. That's our forecast update for this Friday night. Have a wonderful weekend. I'll see you on Monday.

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Good afternoon. I'm Grace Holland. Welcome to this afternoon's drawings for Friday. May 3rd 2024. Let's get started with the Carolina pick three. The first pick three number is zero then eight three and your pick three. Fireball is seven. Joining me for this afternoon's drawing is our auditor for mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move to the Carolina pick four. The first pick four number is taking its time. A two followed by five three, four. And your pick for Fireball is three. The North Carolina education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thank you for your support.

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WITH JEFF. QUITE AN ORDEAL. THERE ARE NO DOUBT GLAD SHE IS OK, DESTINY. PATTERSON LIVE IN CARY, THANK YOU. >> PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS RETURN TO UNC CAMPUS TODAY TRYING TO GET THEIR MESSAGE HEARD FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO DIVEST FROM ISRAELI COMPANIES, WRAL, SHAUN GALLAGHER HAS BEEN THERE ALL MORNING. AND SEAN, TODAY'S PROTEST PLAYED OUT MUCH DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS WEEK. >> THAT'S RIGHT. RENEE, YOU KNOW, IS A VERY QUIET MORNING USE BARRICADES THAT WERE PUT UP REALLY NOT NECESSARY AS PROTESTERS GATHERED AT A NEARBY PLAZA JUST OFF OF CAMPUS AND WHAT THEY WERE HERE FOR IT WAS LARGELY PEACEFUL. I'LL BE AT A LOUD PROTEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CAMPUS. NOW. IT WAS AN EARLY MORNING THE GROUP ARRIVED HERE JUST AFTER 08:00AM AND HAD SOME SPEECH IS ABOUT THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE ABOUT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN THE ISSUES WITH THE UNC ENDOWMENT INVESTING IN COMPANIES WITH ISRAELI CONNECTIONS. BUT THEN THE GROUP SET OFF ON FOOT AROUND THE CAMPUS OF NEARLY 2 MILE LOOP, STOPPING TRAFFIC AND PEACEFULLY INTERRUPTING STUDENTS DAILY ACTIVITIES. IT IS A CONTRADICTION OF REALITIES FOR SOME IN THE GROUP LIKE THIS. YOU IN SUITS, UNC STUDENT. I SPOKE TO PROTESTING AGAINST THE SCHOOL WILL SOON GRADUATE FROM. >> I DON'T KNOW. I THINK I'M PROUD TO A STUDENT HERE. I THINK THE STUDENTS ARE SHOWING UP, BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT I'M PROUD I'M PROUD OF. YOU CAN SEE IN THE SYSTEM AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I KNOW THAT ABSOLUTELY. NO ONE IS PROUD OF THE INTERIM CHANCELLOR, THE PROVOST AND HOW THEY'VE HANDLED THE SITUATION AND HOW YOU CAN SEE IS CONTINUING TO CHOOSE TO INVEST IN DOMINANT. >> AND AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF, THE GROUP MET UP AT THAT PLAZA AND I HAD SOME CLOSING REMARKS AND EVERYBODY LEFT AND WERE ON THEIR DAY. BUT AS FOR THESE BARRICADES THAT ARE OUT HERE ON THE QUAD, I REACHED OUT TO UNC TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY IDEA FOR WHEN THESE WILL COME DOWN, BUT THEY DIDN'T GET BACK TO ME YET IN CHAPEL HILL. SHAUN GALLAGHER GALLAGHER, WRAL NEWS. ALL RIGHT, JOHN, THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE. >> FRENCH POLICE CALMLY CLEARED THE MAIN HALL OF ONE OF PARIS'S UNIVERSITIES THIS MORNING. PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS SHOUTED SHAME AND FREE PALESTINE. A KEY DEMAND OF SOME PROTESTERS HAS BEEN THE BREAKING OF TIES WITH UNIVERSITIES IN ISRAEL. POCKETS OF PROTESTS HAVE BEEN SEEN AT SOME CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN AUSTRALIA, SUPPORTERS OF PALESTINE AND ISRAEL HELD OPPOSING RALLIES, PRO-PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS LINED UP THEIR TENTS IN ROSE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY TODAY CHANTING FOR ISRAEL AND THE

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Good evening. I'm Gail her. Welcome to tonight's drawings for Thursday. May 2nd 2024. Well, let's get started tonight with our Carolina pick three. Our first winning number is a two. Our second number today tonight is zero. Our third number is two again and our pick three. Fireball number is five. Joining me for tonight's joining is our auditor from mcconnell Jones L LP. Now let's move to the Carolina pick four. Good luck. Everyone here's our first winning pick four number to nine. Our second number is four. Third number tonight is seven and our fourth number is two in our pick four. Fireball number is a five. Well, turning now to the Carolina cash five. No one was the top prize tonight. Tomorrow top prize is estimated at $203,000. Good luck. Everyone is at first winning cash five number. It's a 35. Our second number is 18 3rd number tonight is six. Our fourth number is 33 and the final number in our cash ride this evening is 11. The North Carolina Education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks to your support. Get your winning numbers right here every night in your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education lottery. Thanks for playing. Have a great night.

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