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November 28, 2024
For the third straight season, Jack Anstrom has won the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A boys cross country state championship. Anstrom, a senior at Seaforth, was the only runner to finish with a time under 16 minutes, crossing the finish line in 15:52.89 — comfortably ahead of second-place Zeb Mathis of West Stokes, who
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Irv Rubenstein holds a doctorate in exercise science and has run a personal fitness training studio for 35 years in Nashville, Tennessee. Obviously, he speaks positively about the benefits of using a personal trainer, and this goes for grizzled-gym goers as well as beginners. “Most anybody can teach you how to do a bicep curl,”
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TOKYO (AP) — A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 meltdown. The Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, which manages the plant, said Saturday that the
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ABBOTS LANGLEY, England (AP) — Originally built to store crops from peasant farmers, the Tithe Barn on the edge of the English village of Abbots Langley was converted into homes that preserve its centuries of history. Now, its residents are fighting to stop a development next door that represents the future. A proposal to build
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Every day is a good day to be Jeremiah Williams. “I set the tone for the day,” Williams said. “Have an amazing day.” His attitude is infectious. “I just have a great vibe,” Williams said. “I don’t let nothing negative come into my area.” The senior linebacker and offensive lineman has helped Phil Dickens’ Wilson
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lyft is paying $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the ride-hailing service of exaggerating how much money drivers could make while the company was trying to recover from a steep downturn in demand during the pandemic. The agreement resolves a case filed by the U.S. Justice Department a week ago
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NEW YORK (AP) — Online video production company MrBeast said Friday it has fired somewhere between 5 to 10 employees following an investigation into the YouTube empire’s workplace culture. A company spokesman declined to put a precise number on the firings, say which employees were let go or for what reasons. But the shakeup comes
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The mother thought her baby looked healthy when he was born 1.5 months early, but staff swiftly whisked him to the neonatal intensive care unit. It was the last time Burcu Gokdeniz would see her baby alive. The doctor in charge told her that Umut Ali’s heart stopped after his health
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A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow decision by its board. Southwest District Health appears to be the first in the nation to be restricted from giving COVID-19 vaccines. Vaccinations are an essential function of a public health department. While policymakers
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The N.C. High School Athletic Association has set the schedule for this weekend’s volleyball state championships in Raleigh. Eight teams will meet at Reynolds Coliseum on the campus of N.C. State University in Raleigh on Saturday. Four state champions will be crowned by the end of the day. Matches will be played at 11 a.m.,
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