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When there's a tornado but you're in the middle of a game of Fortnite >> bit.ly/2vjqoxJ
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🎥 CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Whoa!! Surveillance video captures the moment a massive explosion reduced a @kfc restaurant to rubble in North Carolina. bit.ly/2SatrzY
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🚨 REDUCED TO RUBBLE: The KFC in Eden, N.C. exploded overnight after employees reported smelling gas. Fortunately, no one was hurt. bit.ly/2SatrzY
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Adam Bloom, the Winston-Salem man who was caught on camera confronting a black woman about using her community pool, has lost his job. bit.ly/2lUOwzc
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"Honestly I was just thinking about the game, but I was hoping everybody was okay around me. But when I came outside to check on my neighbors, they said everything was fine."
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JUST IN: The Winston-Salem man, Adam Bloom, who was caught on camera confronting a woman at a community pool has lost his job. bit.ly/2lUOwzc
We are aware of a terrible incident involving the actions of one our employees outside of the workplace, and we have released this statement.
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Watch this with the sound turned up! @WSSURAMS drum majors Brandon Burgess and Trequan Holman stole the stage at #WSSUGrad bit.ly/2ICSoPc
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As tornado sweeps through neighborhood, teen just keeps playing Fortnite video game bit.ly/2JOEWIS
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🙏 Thousands of people joined @Franklin_Graham and @VP Mike Pence in Washington, D.C. Saturday to pray for the nation during the #PrayerMarch2020.
📸: Vice President Mike Pence
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Video of confrontation at Winston-Salem pool goes viral: 'I feel like this is racial profiling' bit.ly/2NvRl6C
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Women receive job rejection emails saying employer doesn't consider candidates with 'ghetto' names bit.ly/2MrbMnf
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"It's just really hard for me to know I made another person feel that way. I express my sincere regret for the actions I took that day."
Adam Bloom, the man who confronted woman at a Winston-Salem pool apologizes: bit.ly/2lUOwzc
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Yadkin County Schools counselor resigns after social media comments about attempted assassination of Trump | Click on the image to read the full story wxii12.com/article/yadkin-co…
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🔴 SEA OF RED: North Carolina teachers marched the streets of downtown Raleigh in their fight for lawmakers to provide more educational funding. bit.ly/2Vvem0j
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Samaritan's Purse sends field hospital, medical team to Italy wxii12.com/article/samaritan…
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GRAB THE TISSUES. This Valentine's story will bring out all the feels. bit.ly/2ss6TSh
#wxii #channel12 #PantherNation #carolinapanthers #piedmonttriad #NorthCarolina #RelationshipGoals #ValentinesDay #weddings
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💥💣"Like a bomb going off!" Security cameras caught the reactions of the patrons inside a sweepstakes business when a KFC restaurant exploded in Eden, North Carolina. bit.ly/30AF0Un
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Our hearts go out to those affected. Please continue praying for the students and families involved 🙏❤️
More information on our website: bit.ly/38tWFD0
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🦌 We often forget that wildlife must navigate during natural disasters, too. bit.ly/2Myd2RB
#deer #florence #TropicalStormFlorence #HurricaneFlorence #hurricane
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Trump: Migrants at southern border will not be allowed into US until court approves claims bit.ly/2ReurCa
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The neighbors who are the subject of a "traumatizing" confrontation at a Winston-Salem pool on the Fourth of July respond to the incident through their lawyers. Story >> bit.ly/2lUOwzc
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'We believe in this ministry': former Vice President Mike Pence visits Samaritan's Purse in North Wilkesboro wxii12.com/article/vice-pres…
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❤️🐏🖤 MARCH TO THE POLLS: @WSSURAMS students and the #RedSeaofSound #marching #band, led by a police escort, marched to the polls Thursday morning on the first day of #earlyvoting in #NorthCarolina, many of whom are a #firsttimevoter bit.ly/2HdEE1e
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Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas yearbook features therapy dogs wxii12.com/article/parklands…
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🗳 Cheri Beasley is the projected winner in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.
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#ussenate #cheribeasley #northcarolina
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Country star Chris Stapleton performs the national anthem ahead of this year’s Super Bowl. 🎤🏈 What did you think of the performance?
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Today, we bid our friend and mentor @wandastarkewxii a @WXII farewell ❤️
Tuesday marks her long-planned retirement after 27 years serving our communities. The #WXII team will miss her dearly.
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❤ So precious! A kindergarten class in Tennessee learned to sign 'Happy Birthday' for their hearing impaired custodian -- Mr. James.
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😲INCREDIBLE VIDEO: The International Space Station captured video of massive Hurricane Dorian.
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This kid reporter from South Carolina spoofed #JeepWatch2019 with a toy car sitting in a small pond, mimicking the Jeep SUV that was stuck on Myrtle Beach as Hurricane Dorian approached.
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WSSU nursing grad heads to COVID-19 hot spot to help wxii12.com/article/wssu-nurs…
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♥ WE LOVE VICTOR! Victor Solomon, a senior at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, is officially a finalist on NBC's The Voice. bit.ly/3yqoU10
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🤧🤧🤧 ACHOO!! This video taken in Georgia gives us allergies for just watching all that pollen come off the trees! (Video ourtesy: @cnn)
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Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!
Our singing reporter, @WXIIMeredith , is officially taking holiday song requests as part of her coverage in Mount Airy, North Carolina, on this snowy Sunday!
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Bassnectar fans clean up city of Greensboro, raise money for homeless months after NYE concert bit.ly/2UiGrHv
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Samaritan's Purse takes off early Friday morning to serve people in Ukraine, provide spiritual and medical relief wxii12.com/article/samaritan…
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Tabitha Brown, social media star, receives Eden's key to the city during RiverFest event | Click on the image to read the full story wxii12.com/article/tabitha-b…
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🤣 HILARIOUS!
Five-year-old Harrison Streetman dressed up as the Bernie Sanders meme for Davie County's 100th Day of School this week!
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🌈❤️ WXII 12 viewer Mary Owles sent us the picture below, a double rainbow that she said appeared Wednesday afternoon over the Mount Tabor community in Winston-Salem.
Mary says she took this photo shortly after police said that the alleged shooter was in custody.
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😍SO BEAUTIFUL! A local high school voted Emma Dills, who has Down syndrome, as homecoming queen this weekend!
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❤️ Join us in giving a big THANK YOU to all of the firefighters and other first responders who are keeping the Winston-Salem community safe as a massive fire rages at the Weaver Fertilizer Plant 🚓🚒🚑☎️
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💖 REST IN PEACE | JEOPARDY! host Alex Trebek died peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends, according to the show. He was 80 years old.
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WAY TO GO! Congrats @KathleenBaker2 for winning SILVER in the 100m Backstroke! #Rio2016 wxii.tv/6006BFBJi
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#BREAKING: NBC is projecting #NorthCarolina #Governor @RoyCooperNC to win four more years in office as the state's highest-ranking elected official. Details >> bit.ly/30YkYWa
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Mount Tabor High School set to crown first African-American valedictorian wxii12.com/article/mount-tab…
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⏩ HAPPENING NOW: Just one day after @realDonaldTrump spoke in Winston-Salem, his son, @EricTrump, is speaking in High Point. bit.ly/2RdjF0x
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🎈🎂 HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY!
Thomas Shook, who lives in Clemmons, is a World War II veteran and a Pearl Harbor survivor. He has 7 children, 16 grandchildren and more than a dozen great-grandchildren. Thank you for your service!
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#BREAKING: Former Vice President @JoeBiden has defeated President @realDonaldTrump's bid for reelection, according to the AP.
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💜 CONGRATULATIONS! Margaret Johnson is retiring after her last show in less than an hour! Don't miss it!
We are all honored to have worked with her over the years--we hope you join us in saying a heartfelt THANK YOU for sharing the incredible stories of the Piedmont Triad!
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SPECTACULAR! The Northern Lights were spotted over the Blue Ridge Parkway and in areas of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley! 🌌
Read more! bit.ly/3ZjFAnc
📷: @forecaster25
#northernlights #blueridgeparkway #ulocalnorthcarolina
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❤😭 THIS VIDEO WILL GIVE YOU GOOSEBUMPS!
On a street in Lewisville flooded with police officers, firefighters and other rescuers Monday afternoon, there was a sweet reunion after a mother found her autistic 6-year-old son who had wandered away hours prior.
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❤ Rest in Peace | Noah Chambers receives the first Honor Walk at Brenner Children's Hospital.
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⚡️ “Massive KFC explosion in North Carolina captured on camera”
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💉 @ncdhhs @SecMandyCohen and Rev. Dr. William Barber, II received single doses of the Johnson & Johnson #vaccine Friday. bit.ly/38etBji
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💙 Larry Barron, who organized a protest in downtown Winston-Salem Tuesday morning, hugs a @cityofwspolice officer outside a barber shop on Trade Street. 📷: Tara Tucker
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NBA superstar Chris Paul walks with WSSU students to early voting site on Tuesday wxii12.com/article/nba-super…
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🎉🎂🎈 Please join us in wishing the HAPPIEST 100TH BIRTHDAY to Mount Airy native Mrs. Ruby Lambert!!
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And just when you thought you've seen it all... the Jeep on Myrtle Beach got a bagpipe serenade 😂 #jeepwatch2019
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Pop star Justin Bieber announces 2020 Triad concert on YouTube wxii12.com/article/justin-bi…
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After a violent scene unfolded outside the Chick-fil-A restaurant in Clemmons this afternoon, team members came together to pray. ❤️
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5.1 magnitude earthquake rocks North Carolina wxii12.com/article/51-magnit…
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JEEP WATCH 2019: Timelapse video shows a Jeep SUV clinging to shore at Myrtle Beach as Hurricane Dorian makes it way up the coast.
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🚨 JUST IN: More than 70% of gas stations in the Raleigh and Charlotte areas are without fuel Wednesday morning, according to GasBuddy.
Read more >> wxii12.com/article/raleigh-c…
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'I'm your dad forever': Single foster dad adopts five siblings so they can stay together wxii12.com/article/im-your-d…
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Congratulations to Wake Forest on their Military Bowl win! WXII 12 News captured these images moments after the #RollTheQuad tradition:
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🙏 REST IN PEACE! The @WakeForest community is mourning the loss of Ms. Sharon Jones, who lost her battle with cancer Monday. We're told her smile, warm hugs and funny stories will always be cherished and remembered.
📷: WFU
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Puppies rescued from Ian are now named Stormi and Hurricane! 🥺
These sweet 4-month girls were found by a Good Samaritan and are now safe, warm and dry at Guilford County Animal Services 🤗🐶
📷: Lisa Lee, Assistant Director of GCAS
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⚠ Forsyth Tech students are being told not to go outside. Police say two male suspects are still at large. #BREAKINGNEWS
Updates posted here: bit.ly/3TSMteh
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🖌️ HAPPENING NOW: Sixteen Winston-Salem artists are painting Main Street with the message "END RACISM NOW" as part of the Winston-Salem Community Mural Project. Mayor Allen Joines and other community leaders will speak at 12:30 p.m.
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AWWW!!! ❤❤ The @WSDashBaseball may have lost last night's game, but this couple won our hearts!
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🏀This week's athlete of the week has family members he's never met half way across the globe. But, he's hoping his sport will allow him to finally meet them and give them a better quality of life. @ChrisLeaTV introduces us to @kmading7.
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Coronavirus wave this fall and winter could potentially infect 100 million, White House warns wxii12.com/article/coronavir…
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⚡️ “Man loses his job amid alleged racial confrontation at neighborhood pool” by @WXII
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Wake Forest baseball team heads to College World Series for the first time in 68 years wxii12.com/article/north-car…
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The First Dogs have entered the White House!
The Bidens' two German shepherds, Champ and Major, officially joined the first family in their new residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Sunday.
📸: The White House
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🐥 No good deed goes unpunished! A group of firefighters called to rescue four baby ducklings that fell into a drain were attacked by a mama duck who came flying in to rescue her babies.
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WHAT A SHOW! Hip-hop takes center stage at this year’s #SuperBowl halftime show. What did you think of the halftime performance?
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THANK YOU! 👨⚕️⚕️🙏👩⚕️ A huge thank you to our doctors and nurses working long hours to keep us healthy and safe.
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North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr is one of seven Republicans who voted "guilty" to convict President Donald Trump during the impeachment trial Saturday. Trump was acquitted in a 57-43 vote. bit.ly/3aYWujY
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