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May 11, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors. The complete spears made of spruce and pine are among the oldest known hunting weapons. They were discovered in a coal mine over two decades ago in the German town of
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U.S. regulators said Friday that they would allow three new color additives made from natural sources to be used in the nation’s food supply. It comes after health officials pledged a sweeping phase-out of petroleum-based dyes widely used in foods from cereals to sports drinks to boost health — though action is still pending. The
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Stacey Wales gripped the lectern, choking back tears as she asked the judge to give the man who shot and killed her brother the maximum possible sentence for manslaughter. What appeared next stunned those in the Phoenix courtroom last week: An AI-generated video with a likeness of her brother, Christopher Pelkey, told the shooter he
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The matchups are set for the N.C. High School Athletic Association’s 2025 girls soccer state playoffs. Final brackets were released by the NCHSAA. The first five rounds will be played at the higher seed. State championships will be played at Durham County Memorial Stadium on May 30-31. 2025 NCHSAA Girls Soccer Playoff Brackets HighSchoolOT will
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By Shane Willis, Carolina Hurricanes correspondent Former Carolina Hurricanes player and current analyst Shane Willis offers his insight into the Canes’ playoff run with a day-after recap of each game. Shane’s take The Hurricanes played to their identity and smothered the Capitals with relentless pursuit. They won battles in the trenches and out chanced the
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By STEPHEN WHYNO, AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON — Knowing full well the chances of being competitive in their second-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes hung in the balance, the Washington Capitals flipped the script from the opener in a big way in Game 2. Tom Wilson had a monster performance with a couple of blocked
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CUAUHTEMOC, Mexico (AP) — In a rickety white Nissan, nurse Sandra Aguirre and her vaccination team drive past apple orchards and cornfields stretching to the desert horizon. Aguirre goes door to door with a cooler of measles vaccines. In one of Latin America’s biggest Mennonite communities, she knows many will decline to be vaccinated or
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — For years, Ambrealle Brown was forced to put her dreams of becoming a nurse on hold due to a life-threatening kidney disease that left her temporarily incapacitated. Amid inner doubts about whether she would ever return to living a normal life, Brown’s mother stepped in and offered to donate her
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The final spring sports to have playoff brackets set will know their fate by Friday afternoon. The N.C. High School Athletic Association is scheduled to release the official brackets for the boys & girls lacrosse playoffs and the girls soccer playoffs on Friday. Leading up to the release of the brackets, get a sneak preview
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Hundreds of angry West Virginia University fans fired off angry, profane and even threatening emails to the University of North Carolina’s athletics director in the days following Selection Sunday, when the Mountaineers were left out of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in favor of the Tar Heels. North Carolina Athletics Director Bubba Cunningham was also
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