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May 8, 2025
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Access to jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu ’s social media account on X has been blocked in Turkey, officials and reports said Thursday, the latest move against a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. According to Engelli Web, a website that that tracks and reports internet censorship in Turkey, X
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CARY, N.C. – Apex Friendship’s journey through a loaded Southwest Wake Athletic Conference ends in a second-place finish. Briella Boetcher scored in the 46th minute to help the Patriots defeat Green Level, 1-0. The victory avenges a 2-0 home loss to the Gators on April 14. Boetcher’s game-winner was her 19th goal of the season
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APEX, N.C. – The final Southwest Wake Athletic Conference girls soccer championship is staying in the only place that it has known over the past four seasons. Holly Springs left no doubt in a 5-0 road win at Apex to put the finishing touches on an 18-1 regular season. The Golden Hawks have won nine
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WAKE FOREST, N.C. – 19 matches. 19 wins. Franklin Academy’s high-octane offense left no doubt in a battle of 2A conference champions. The Patriots defeated Clinton 9-0 in their regular-season finale thanks to Kayla Rice’s first-half hat trick. Four minutes into the match, Rice fired a shot from 25 yards out that laced the back
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By Durham Bulls communication DURHAM, NC – Eddys Leonard broke a ninth inning tie with a sacrifice fly to snap Durham’s eight-game winning streak, leading Gwinnett to a 6-5 win at the DBAP on Wednesday night. The Stripers (14-21) loaded the bases against Garrett Acton (L, 2-1) on two singles and a walk before Leonard
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is tapping Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer with close ties to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as his nominee for surgeon general after withdrawing his initial pick for the influential health post. Trump said in a social media post Wednesday that Means has “impeccable
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Wildfires driven by climate change contribute to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic costs from wildfire smoke in the United States, according to a new study. The paper, published Friday in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment, found that from 2006 to 2020, climate change contributed to
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that passed the state House on Wednesday, the first time a recreational cannabis proposal has been approved by either legislative chamber. Democrats voted unanimously to advance the multifaceted bill to the Senate over unified opposition
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL North Carolina and NC State, conference rivals for more than 100 years, won’t be guaranteed to meet twice each season in men’s basketball when the ACC reverts to an 18-game conference schedule in 2025-26. The 18-team league is making the move to enhance its chances at getting more teams in the
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By DAVE CAMPBELL, AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Golden State Warriors are planning to play without Stephen Curry for at least the next three games of their second-round series against Minnesota, after an MRI exam on Wednesday confirmed a mild strain of the star guard’s left hamstring. The Warriors said Curry
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