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The man charged with the shooting death of a driver traveling on Interstate 40 near Raleigh early Friday morning made his first appearance in court Monday. A judge denied bond to the suspect, and he will be held in Wake County jail.
At Wake County District Court, the suspect, Josue Alejandro Quintanilla-Reyes, 32, was told by Judge Margaret Eagles through an interpreter that he was being charged with murder. He was given a public defender. 

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Around North Carolina

1. N.C. collision center preparing for possible boost in customers amid tariff changes

The Trump Administration is expected to impose new tariffs in April that involve auto goods. The move has some experts questioning if it could result in automobile prices going up. A North Carolina collision business shares how new tariffs could impact auto businesses.

2. FEMA extends Helene deadline at request of Gov. Stein

The Federal Emergency Management Agency granted North Carolina’s request to extend a deadline for Helene recovery assistance to April 7. The agency extended the deadline for individual assistance. But the deadline was Monday for people to apply for disaster unemployment assistance.

3. Lee Ringer shares skin cancer diagnosis as precautionary tale to others

Spectrum News 1 Meteorologist Lee Ringer was recently diagnosed with Squamous cell carcinoma under his right eye. After surgery to remove the cancer and recovery time, he returned to work Monday.

Around The Nation

1. 'Who knows?': Trump leaves door open for possibility of a recession this year as he pledges tariffs will make U.S. rich

2. China strikes back at Trump tariffs with 15% levies targeting U.S. farmers

3. Man extradited to N.C. in federal tech fraud scheme that generated $31M

Editor's Pick - Asheville businesswoman works to help hospitality workers affected by Helene

With Asheville already bouncing back from Helene, a businesswoman is still looking to lend a hand. Leah Wong Ashburn started a campaign to raise a glass to help raise dollars to help workers in her community. Her business makes about 100 types of beer, and the money raised for one of those types of beer called Highland Haze will go to help the North Carolina Hospitality Workers Relief Fund.