Thousands gathered for the city of Raleigh’s motor-vehicles-free Christmas parade on Sat. Nov. 18, 2023.
Spectators and participants observed a moment of silence at the parade’s start to honor Hailey Brooks, an 11-year-old member of the CC & Co. Dance Complex troupe, who was struck by a vehicle during last year’s parade. She died of her injuries.
The City of Raleigh reversed its original decision to cancel this year’s parade, but banned the use of vehicles.
Santa waves from a carriage pulled by horses at the conclusion of the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
Law enforcement pause for a moment of silence to honor Hailey Brooks at the start of the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. Brooks, an 11-year-old dancer, was struck by a truck during last year’s parade. She died of her injuries.
Members of the Midway High School Marching Raiders perform during the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
People in costume entertain the crowd on Fayetteville Street during the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
Santa carries a staff with a carving of a reindeer prior to the start of the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
A person carries an American flag while riding horses with Carousel Farms during the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
Cam Ward, a former member of the Carolina Hurricanes, smiles as he rides in a horse-drawn carriage while serving as the Grand Marshal of the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
Ellen Nathan, right, plays pickleball on Fayetteville Street with the Black Knights Pickleball Club during the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
People guide a large balloon down Hillsborough Street during the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
A person attaches a teal ribbon in honor of Hailey Brooks prior to the start of the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. Brooks, an 11-year-old dancer, was struck and killed by a truck during last year’s parade.
Santa waves from a carriage pulled by horses at the conclusion of the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
A performer from Imagine Circus high fives a young child during the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
People hold a Chinese dragon aloft as they march down Hillsborough Street during the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
The Helping Hand Mission Marching Band performs on Fayetteville Street during the Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
Orange fingernail polish helped investigators identify a missing 17-year-old whose remains were found Tuesday in the backyard of her neighbor’s home in Indiana, authorities said.
In 1976, gunmen stormed a school bus carrying 26 children – ages 5 to 14 – and their bus driver in Chowchilla, California. As part of a ransom plot, they drove the hostages into a rock quarry and forced them into what could have become a mass grave: a moving van soon to be covered with 6 feet of dirt.
Kept in the dark. Forced to sit in silence. Fed only meager rations. These and even more chilling scraps of information are beginning to show how hostages survived in Hamas captivity.
Homicide investigators say a father and son were the victims of a double homicide at their home in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday night.The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said in a Saturday statement that a 46-year-old man and his 13-year-old son were killed at their home in the 6200 block of Goldsmith Road.Officers were first called to the house around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, when they found the bodies of the two victims.Though police say they're still trying to find the motive behind
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Nathan Pelham repeatedly shot at officers outside his Texas home despite initially agreeing to surrender after the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack, prosecutors said.
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WARNING: This article contains details of sexual assault.A Whitehorse man who coerced a 15-year-old girl to perform a sexual act on him in exchange for crack cocaine will spend an additional six months in jail. Patrick Parker, 32, was found guilty in October of sexual interference, obtaining sexual services for consideration from a person under 18 and sexual assault following a judge-alone trial. Yukon territorial court judge John Phelps handed Parker a three-year-and-one-month sentence earlier
A day after putting out a request for help finding a woman in Yorkton, Saskatchewan RCMP said she has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder.Mounties previously said they received a request for a welfare check at a home on Sixth Avenue North in Yorkton on Thursday morning. When officers arrived, they found a man dead, RCMP said in a Friday morning news release.They said the RCMP's major crimes unit had deemed the death a homicide and was working to confirm the man's identity at that
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