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February 22, 2025
HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again Wednesday on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has been erupting on and off for nearly two months since it burst to life on Dec. 23. The eruption has been taking place at the volcano’s
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Apple has released a sleeker and more expensive version of its lowest priced iPhone in an attempt to widen the audience for a bundle of artificial intelligence technology that the company has been hoping will revive demand for its most profitable product lineup. The iPhone 16e unveiled Wednesday is the fourth-generation of a model that’s
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The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill was billed more than $620,000 over a two-year period for legal services, secretly referred to only as the “Carolina Blue” matter. Now the university faces a public records complaint by a lawyer who says UNC used a multi-step procedure that provides an incomplete picture of services and costs. Lawyer
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The North Carolina Coaches Association has announced the team rosters for the 2025 Carolinas Classic All-Star Basketball Games at Hoggard High School in Wilmington on March 22. Tip-off for the girls game against team South Carolina will be at 3:00 pm followed by the boys game. This year’s girls team features three players on their
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New Hanover High School has zeroed in on its next head football coach: the program will be led by John Fuller. Fuller had been serving as the defensive coordinator. The Wildcats underwent a two-month search after since previous head coach Dylan Dimock stepped down in December. Dimock took over the program in 2019 and led
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Below are the scores and matchups from the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association’s postseason boys and girls basketball playoffs. The NCISAA is the largest league of private schools in North Carolina. Playoff brackets for the NCISAA are determined by a committee made up of its Board of Advisors and athletic directors and coaches from a
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Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection months after saying that it would likely run out of cash early this year. Nikola was a hot start-up and rising star on Wall Street before becoming enmeshed in scandal and its founder was convicted in 2022 for misleading investors about the Arizona
READ MOREMILAN (AP) — Italian prosecutors said Wednesday they will seek to drop a tax evasion investigation against Google after the tech giant agreed to pay a 326 million euro ($340 million) settlement. Milan prosecutors had opened an investigation against Google for failure to pay taxes on earnings in Italy from 2015-2019. The investigation focused on
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LONDON (AP) — Vatican officials said late Tuesday that Pope Francis had developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating the pontiff’s recovery. The 88-year-old pope was hospitalized Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened. On Monday, doctors said he had developed a mix of infections in his respiratory tract. On Wednesday, the Vatican said
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania, officials said on Wednesday. Experts including veterinarians were at the scene near the Arthur River on Tasmania’s northwestern coast where 157 whales were discovered on
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