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At a farm in Chapel Hill, refugees are finding healing, community and a fresh start. Families who fled Myanmar are provided land and training to grow crops at Transplanting Traditions Community Farm, where more than 150 refugees have grown over 600,000 pounds of produce to date. 

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More warm weather is on the way. The western and central parts of the state today will see an increased chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. As we move through the weekend, that shower and storm threat is expected to increase as we enter an unsettled pattern that looks to linger into next week.

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Around North Carolina

1. Rowan County Sheriff’s Office deploys new robot to aid in crises

The robot can be used to deescalate situations, such as a mental health crisis, and Sheriff Travis Allen said it keeps deputies out of dangerous situations and protects those in crisis.

2. Preserving the past: Woman on mission to restore Asheville's historically Black cemeteries

Phyllis Utley is working to restore about 30 cemeteries in the mountains after Helene, including South Asheville Cemetery, one of the oldest African American cemeteries in western North Carolina.

3. Charlotte toy store owner says he's taking it day by day with tariffs

Dan Weiss of Harper and Skyler’s Toys and Sweets says he doesn’t know the long-term effect the surcharges will have on his business.

Around The Nation

1. Trump nominating Waltz as U.N. ambassador, hours after reports he was out as national security adviser

2. Tornado reports for the year through April 30

3. Trump threatens sanctions against buyers of Iranian oil after U.S.-Iran nuclear talks are postponed

Editor's Pick - Coaching through cancer: Women's lacrosse coach survives battle

Lyndsey Boswell didn't miss a game at High Point University after being diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer. The women's lacrosse coach balanced chemotherapy treatments, practices and games with the help of her husband and mother. Boswell is now in remission and continues to get treatment every six weeks.