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In today’s news: candidate filing begins for the 2024 election, and UNC football lands a spot in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, facing West Virginia on December 27. Also: U.S. Rep. Valerie Foushee calls for a ceasefire in Gaza; the UNC community weighs in on Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz’s Michigan State offer; county commissioners prepare for Monday meetings; Chapel Hill approves a downtown Life Sciences Center but nixes a 12-story mixed-use development on Rosemary Street; campus police sound the alarm after a string of Friday morning car break-ins; a popular Chapel Hill business moves around the corner; UNC men’s basketball gets a big win; and the season ends for Carolina men’s soccer.

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