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March 12, 2025
MIAMI (AP) — The social media company founded by former President Donald Trump applied for a business visa program that he sought to restrict during his administration and which many of his allies want him to curtail in a potential second term. Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, filed an application
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LONG AN, Vietnam (AP) — There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: It isn’t entirely flooded. That and the giant drone, its wingspan similar to that of an eagle, chuffing high above
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MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — California will open its first new state park in a decade this summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom and state officials announced Monday, as the state sets targets for cutting planet-warming emissions on natural lands. The 1,600-acre (648-hectare) Dos Rios tract in the state’s crop-rich Central Valley is set to open June 12
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By DAVE CAMPBELL and JOSH DUBOW, AP Pro Football Writers The Minnesota Vikings need a quarterback in this draft. That much is easy to see. The hard part is picking the right one — and determining what it’s worth to them to get him. With this top-flight class — featuring Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake
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DALLAS (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday. Seattle Children’s Hospital filed the lawsuit against Paxton’s office in December in response to the Republican appearing to
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer Duke legend and 15-year NBA veteran JJ Redick will interview for the Charlotte Hornets head coaching position, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Since his final NBA season playing for the Dallas Mavericks in 2021, Redick has served as an analyst and basketball commentator for ESPN. He also
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TRIANGLE, Virginia (AP) — President Joe Biden marked Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities — while criticizing Republicans who want to gut his policies to address climate change. Seeking reelection in November, Biden said, “Despite the overwhelming devastation in red
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday said the first rule to set minimum staffing levels at federally funded nursing homes and require that a certain portion of the taxpayer dollars they receive go toward wages for care workers is a long-overdue “milestone” that recognizes their value to society. Harris announced the rules
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Rolesville High School center Gavin Marks reported an offer from NC Central University’s football program on April 2. It was the fifth offer for Marks and the first from an in-state program. He has since picked up two more out-of-state offers to raise his total to seven. A rising senior and the member of the
READ MOREThere are two new teams in this week’s relatively steady HighSchoolOT statewide boys lacrosse rankings. The top 10 was unchanged from a week ago, while Marvin Ridge moved up from 18th to 12th and Holly Springs fell from 11th to 14th and Topsail (after an upset loss to unranked Laney) fell from 13th to 22nd.
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