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May 13, 2025
By Ashley Rowe, & Lora Lavigne, WRAL anchor/reporter The Olympic journey to Paris has a stop in the Triangle, where elite swimmers will spend the next week getting ready for the Olympic games. On Saturday morning, fans lined up around the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary to watch. Olympic swimmers train up close. Some had
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With its unprecedented tear through the ultrawarm waters of the southeast Caribbean, Beryl turned meteorologists’ worst fears of a souped-up hurricane season into grim reality. Now it’s Texas turn. Beryl hit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 hurricane on Friday, then weakened to a tropical storm. It’s expected to reach southern Texas by Sunday
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By Pat Welter It’s a small town, but a “big kountry.” “Farm raised lot of protein,” Christopher Arrington laughed. “Growing up as a kid this guy was always working out.” Arrington is one of the assistant coaches volunteering at Keeshawn Silver’s Big Kountry football camp. “Coming from Rocky Mount you don’t have the most,” Silver
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By Durham Bulls communications Durham, NC – Jacob Lopez struck out a career-high 11 batters while Rene Pinto had three hits and two RBI as the Durham Bulls beat the Norfolk Tides 5-2 before 8,121 fans at the DBAP on Friday night. Lopez started the game by recording the first six outs via strikeouts, finishing with
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Elon’s hot start to its in state class of 2025 recruiting class got even warmer with a commitment by Rolesville wide receiver Jaedon Alford on Friday. Alford was a First Team HighSchoolOT All-State selection in 2023. He chose Elon over a good number of FBS offers. Elon is a Division I FCS program. Over his
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Mount Tabor High School safety JaDon Blair announced his commitment to Notre Dame on Friday afternoon. The decision was announced at his high school in front of his teammates and other supporters. “I want to thank God for allowing me to be in this situation … I wouldn’t be in this situation if it wasn’t
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Corinth Holders High School has filled its head football coach role a month and a half before the 2024 season. The hiring will create an additional head coaching opening as well. The Pirates have picked Carl Smith Jr. to take over the program, according to the athletic department’s X account. Smith will meet with the
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Corinth Holders High School has filled its head football coach role a month and a half before the 2024 season. The hiring will create an additional head coaching opening as well. The Pirates have picked Carl Smith Jr. to take over the program, according to the athletic department’s X account. Smith will meet with the
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Everyone at Middle Creek knew Abbey Kennedy had a leg, it turns out her arm had some untapped potential. “I just like football, I don’t know how to explain it,” Kennedy said as she warmed up on the Middle Creek football field. Kennedy is a soccer star and captain for Middle Creek and lead the
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — After her son, the family’s shining light and only breadwinner, was arrested last year, Tambudzai Tembo went into meltdown. In Zimbabwe, where clinical mental health services are scarce, her chances of getting professional help were next to zero. She contemplated suicide. “I didn’t want to live anymore. People who saw me
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