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May 14, 2025
Effective with the 2025 season, races in high school track and field will be recalled in the first 50 meters when a competitor falls due to contact with another competitor. This change, which was one of eight revisions recommended by the NFHS Track and Field and Cross Country Rules Committee at its June 10-12 meeting
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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is trying to chart the course for a new mass settlement of thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids after the U.S. Supreme Court last month rejected its previous deal, which was years in the making. State, local and tribal governments and individual victims want a sense of justice —
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High Point Christian Academy rising senior Gavin Harris will attend and play football at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Bowling Green is a Division I FBS program that plays in the MAC Conference’s East Division. Harris is a 6-foot-1, 175-pound defensive back/athlete. He carries a 4.0 GPA. He announced his decision on his X
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A wide receiver from Wake County will play at Furman University next year. Middle Creek High School rising senior Braylon Stewart announced his commitment to the Paladins on Sunday. Furman has a Division I FCS program that competes in the Southern Conference. Over his recruitment, Stewart received offers from Fort Valley State, New Hampshire, Furman,
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Virginia Tech added a commitment from southeastern North Carolina on June 30. Edge rusher Sherrod Henderson of Heide Trask High School announced his pledge to the Hokies on his X account. Henderson is considered a 3-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals. He is ranked as high as the No. 13 class of 2025 prospect in
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman who received a pig kidney transplant — along with an implanted device to keep her heart beating – has died, her surgeon announced Tuesday. Lisa Pisano was near death from kidney and heart failure when surgeons at NYU Langone Health performed the dramatic pair of surgeries in April. The New
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An HSOT All-State honorable mention quarterback will play college football in Tennessee. Cleveland High School rising senior passer Jackson Byrd announced his commitment to East Tennessee State on his X account on July 3. He is planning to graduate after the fall semester and get started at the Division I FCS program in the winter.
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HighSchoolOT is aiming to interview as many head football coaches as possible ahead of the 2024 season. The following is a collection of all of the video interviews that have been completed so far. Every coach from the N.C. High School Athletic Association and N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association is invited on. Head coaches can
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice box are extremely rare, and normally aren’t an option for people with active cancer. Marty Kedian is only the third person in the
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BEIJING (AP) — A driverless ride-hailing car in China hit a pedestrian, and people on social media are taking the carmaker’s side, because the person was reportedly crossing against the light. The operator of the vehicle, Chinese tech giant Baidu, said in a statement to Chinese media that the car began moving when the light
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