In today’s news: yesterday was day one of the trial of Issiah Ross for the 2022 murders of teens Lyric Woods and Devin Clark. Also: a Hillsborough man is killed in Durham; John Preyer steps down from the UNC Board of Trustees, a year before his term was set to expire; state health experts urge you to get your flu shot as influenza deaths spike in January; and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board gets set for a preliminary discussion of possible future school closures. And in sports: UNC men’s basketball gives up a big lead and suffers an upset loss at Stanford; Carolina women’s basketball hosts Miami tonight, looking to snap a two-game losing streak; and UNC baseball receives a “transformational” $9 million anonymous gift.

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