Your City, Your News
May 2, 2025
After days of intense flooding in Florida, that state and many others are bracing for an intense heat wave, while the Pacific Northwest will experience unseasonably cold weather and there is a potential for late-season snow in the Rocky Mountains early next week. The chaotic weather map includes the possibility of severe thunderstorms developing in
READ MORE
Millbrook High School’s standout linebacker Quinton Cypher received a verbal scholarship offer from East Carolina University’s football program on Saturday. The offer happened as Millbrook participated in the 2024 Beast of the East 7-on-7 tournament at ECU. It is the fifth offer for the rising sophomore. He shared the news on his X account. The
READ MORE
By PAUL NEWBERRY, AP National Writer Katie Ledecky got off to a rousing start Saturday at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. Competing in the home stadium of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts, Ledecky blew away the field in the preliminaries of the 400-meter freestyle, touching the wall with a time of 3 minutes, 59.99 seconds. Ledecky
READ MORE
Things are about to heat up in much of the U.S. with dangerously hot temperatures in the Midwest and Northeast next week, prompting health officials to urge people to make plans now to stay safe. The heat wave follows an earlier-than-usual one in the Southwest last week, which saw triple-digit temperatures in cities like Phoenix,
READ MORE
Even though the median U.S. CEO pay package last year was nearly 200 times more than a worker in the middle of their company pay scales, Elon Musk’s record-setting Tesla compensation dwarfs them by comparison. Tesla shareholders on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of restoring Musk’s 10-year pay plan, valued by the company in April
READ MORE
One in four older adults in the U.S. will fall each year, putting them at risk of injury, broken bones and even death. Falls are a growing public health concern as the country’s population sees record numbers of people turn 65 — now and in the future. But common as falls may be, they are
READ MORE
The mailings promised “Life Without Pain!” via stem cell injections or IVs administered in a patient’s own home. The allure was obvious: more than 20% of U.S. adults endure chronic pain. The flyers invited Iowans to free dinners across the state. Afterward, sales people traveled to potential customers’ homes for high-pressure pitches disguised as pre-screenings,
READ MORE
By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer PINEHURST, N.C. — PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau was in contention again in a major, this time using his putter more than his power Friday to get through a roller-coaster day at Pinehurst No. 2. DeChambeau finished tied for second place with Patrick Cantlay at 4-under par. Ludvig
READ MORE
By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer Tiger Woods will not make the cut at the 2024 U.S. Open. The 48-year-old golfer shot 7-over par after Friday. Woods played Thursday and Friday at Pinehurst for the first time since the 2005 U.S. Open. On Friday, Woods finished his second round with a bar on the
READ MORE
By WRAL Staff and The Associated Press No. 4 North Carolina has known drama this postseason. The Tar Heels’ College World Series opener in Omaha was no different. Star center fielder Vance Honeycutt’s single brought home Jackson Van De Brake from third with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and North Carolina pulled
READ MORE