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February 24, 2025
By The Associated Press It’s NASCAR’s turn to throw its version of the Super Bowl, and the Daytona 500 is trying hard to match the hype after being delayed for hours due to rain. Captain America actor Anthony Mackie and even President Donald Trump were in attendance at the “Great American Race.” The field is
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By DAN GELSTON, AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Daytona 500 has resumed after two weather delays totaling more than 3 1/2 hours, and with President Donald Trump set to watch the rest of the race in Florida, after he earlier led drivers on two laps around the
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend, as recently hired employees who review the safety of food ingredients, medical devices and other products were fired. Probationary employees across the FDA received notices Saturday evening that their jobs were being
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By AARON BEARD, AP Basketball Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Grace Townsend made two go-ahead free throws with 5.2 seconds left and No. 12 North Carolina came up with a final-play stop to edge No. 10 N.C. State 66-65 on Sunday. The graduate transfer from Richmond entered the rivalry game
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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis had breakfast, read the newspapers and followed Mass on television Sunday after a second night sleeping well at the hospital where the 88-year-old pontiff is being treated for a respiratory tract infection, the Vatican said. Francis’ condition was stable, as he continues his unspecified drug therapy, alternating in the afternoon
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UMZIMKHULU, South Africa (AP) — At a rural village in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, unemployed 19-year-old Nozuko Majola is trying to figure out if she has enough money for the one-hour ride to collect her much-needed HIV medication, usually delivered to her home that can’t be easily reached due to rough, untarred roads. Majola is
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Below are the conference standings for the 2024-25 boys basketball season heading into conference tournament week. Playoff teams have an asterisk next to them, while conference tournament champions have the pound sign. Conference and co-conference champions have a circumflex (^) above them. 4A conferences Cap-6^*Sanderson 21-3 (9-1)*Broughton 15-9 (6-4)Leesville Road 15-9 (6-4)Cardinal Gibbons 14-9 (6-4)Athens
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Mallard Creek claimed the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A boys indoor track & field state championship for the first time in school history on Saturday at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem. The Mavericks finished the day with 57 points, beating second place Cuthbertson’s 42 points. It was the relay teams that led the
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There is a new team atop the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A indoor track world. Cardinal Gibbons finished the state championship meet at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem on Saturday night with 62 points, outpacing the reigning state champion Cuthbertson, who finished second with 38 points. Cuthbertson had won the last three 4A
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By DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Notre Dame would be the No. 1 seeds in the women’s NCAA Tournament if it began now. The NCAA basketball selection committee on Sunday did its first reveal of the teams in line for the top 16 seeds. “We were pretty certain as a
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