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February 21, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — A lawsuit challenging Georgia’s near-ban on abortion is headed back to a trial court to decide if the people who want to overturn the law have legal standing to sue. The Georgia Supreme Court voted 6-1 on Thursday to require the trial court judge to re-examine standing issues, citing its own January
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In the more than four months since Hurricane Helene battered western North Carolina, destroying homes and entire communities, residents have worked hard to rebuild. For Madeline Fry, the days immediately after were tough. “From wearing the same flood-soaked clothes for three days, no access to cash, food [or] hotel rooms, you couldn’t reach for help,”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The wealth of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has swelled in part from for-profit health care companies over which he’d wield significant power if confirmed, according to a newly filed government ethics report. In the filing,
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Two cats that belonged to Michigan dairy workers died after being infected with bird flu. But it’s still not clear how the animals got sick or whether they spread the virus to people in the household, a new study shows. Veterinary experts said the report, published Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
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A panel of experts that advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy will not meet as previously scheduled next week. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) was slated to meet in Atlanta from Feb. 26 to 28 — the first gathering since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in
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Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world’s mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them shrinking more than twice as fast as in the early 2000s. The world’s glaciers lost ice at the rate of about 255 billion tons (231 billion metric tons) annual from 2000 to 2011, but that
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One of the best things that the N.C. High School Athletic Association does — and certainly the most visible — is put on fantastic state championships at great venues. Currently, basketball, football, volleyball, softball, track and field, and wrestling use ACC or other college venues. Golf championships are sometimes at courses that have hosted majors
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By The Associated Press The 4 Nations Face-Off has already delivered an instant classic international hockey game with the fight-filled preliminary round matchup between the United States and Canada last week in Montreal. The U.S.-Canada rematch on Thursday night in Boston could be another memorable country vs. country showdown for a sport with deep roots
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports 3Duke Blue Devils Illinois Fighting Illini FOX | Saturday, February 22nd 8:00 PM EST Duke forward Maliq Brown is expected to return to the court this season after suffering a dislocated shoulder in the third-ranked Blue Devils’ victory against Virginia on Monday night. “Nothing abnormal that you aren’t ready to
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Help is on the way for the N.C. State men’s basketball program, but Zymicah Wilkins has one more goal to accomplish first. Wilkins and Christ School will aim for a second consecutive state championship on Saturday. The Greenies (25-2) will take on Carmel Christian at 7 p.m. at Providence Day School in Charlotte. Wilkins, the
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