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🌱 Emergency Landing + Police Pursuit + Documentary for Teachers

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Happy International Artist Day Durham!

First, today's weather:

A stray afternoon t-shower. High: 79 Low: 53.

Here are the top stories in Durham today:

  1. A flight headed to Florida was forced to make an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Saturday after a "fume/odor event." One of the 102 passengers had to be taken to WakeMed following the incident. (WAVY)
  2. A chase that begun in Granville County ended in Durham on Saturday night. Two cars were pursued, one crashing on Interstate-85, the other wrecked on Braxston Street. Police found three individuals in the vehicle, two sustained gunshot wounds. (WBTW)
  3. The Durham-Chapel Hill metro has been identified as one of the safest areas to live amidst the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic. (247 Wallst)
  4. Evette Rawls of Durham has been teaching for the past 20 years and has a passion for guiding new teachers. Through the pandemic, she recorded interviews of other teachers. Now she has compiled the interviews in a documentary called "Dear New Teacher: Teaching During the Pandemic Documentary." (WNCT9)

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Today in Durham:

Durham Patch Notebook

  • This International Artist Day check out Best Of The Bull's list of the 5 Must-See Local Art Exhibits and Museums in Durham.
  • It's Give Back Week at LocoPops. They are giving back 10% of revenue from online and in person sales to Durham Central Park. (LocoPops)

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