TIL an old microwave oven can spontaneously try to set itself on fire.
The microwave in my office's kitchen did this today.
No flames (that I saw) but lots of smoke.
It was made in October 2004.

(Image is not the actual microwave... was made with AI for illustrative purposes)

Downtown Fayetteville is tracking to get a new mural (pictured) to help celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of our country.

Read all about it:
www.cityviewnc.com/stories/mura...

For word nerds, the 250th is the Semiquincentennial. You may also see America 250.
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Fayetteville police chief says that since 2014, crime in the city has dropped 35 percent

Read all about it:
www.cityviewnc.com/stories/poli...

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Pro tip for content creators when doing an item about Fayetteville NC and you want a picture of a downtown street to go with it:

Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh is not in the City of Fayetteville.

Does this from the Carolina Vote Tracker mean that after provisional ballots, etc. were counted over the past few weeks, the GOP pulled back into 1st place in NC for early voting?
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carolinaelections.com/tracker/61?b...
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