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March 12, 2025
Ardrey Kell, Hoggard, and South Mecklenburg are no strangers to the HighSchoolOT statewide 25 girls soccer rankings — but they are new to it this week. The top six remained the same from a week ago, then there were major changes after that. Jacksonville lost to Hoggard, moving the Cardinals down from seventh to 21st
READ MOREThe HighSchoolOT girls lacrosse rankings are staying steady as the playoffs near. The top 11 remains unchanged from a week ago, but Myers Park fell from 12th to 16th this week and Laney dropped from 15th to 18th. Union Pines skipped from 18th to 15th. Union Pines’ rival, Pinecrest, was the lone newcomer to this
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget about red hot. A new color-coded heat warning system relies on magenta to alert Americans to the most dangerous conditions they may see this summer. The National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday — Earth Day — presented a new online heat risk system that
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D.H. Conley claimed the first of two can’t miss showdowns with J.H. Rose to move into the Top-10 of this week’s HighSchoolOT statewide baseball rankings. Reagan and Wesleyan Christian enter back into the Top-25 after nice bounce-back performances from spring break tournament losses. In the area code rankings, eight new teams join the fold including
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A tipline set up 26 years ago to combat online child exploitation has not lived up to its potential and needs technological and other improvements to help law enforcement go after abusers and rescue victims, a new report from the Stanford Internet Observatory has found. The fixes to what the researchers describe as an “enormously
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The medical records of women will be shielded from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek an abortion where it is legal, under a new rule that the Biden administration finalized Monday. The regulation, which is intended to protect women who live in states where abortion is illegal from prosecution,
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By WRAL The transfer portal window for college basketball is open for most players. Some men’s basketball players have made their intentions known. Here’s a look at which players are on the move from (and who is coming to) North Carolina, NC State and Duke. Duke Duke has had seven players enter the transfer portal
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LONDON (AP) — The European Union on Monday demanded TikTok provide more information about a new app that pays users to watch videos and warned that it could order the video sharing platform to suspend addictive features that pose a risk to kids. The 27-nation EU’s executive Commission said it was opening formal proceedings to
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Sunny Choi has a name that fits her disposition, she has a bright personality with a shiny smile to match. So you might be surprised to find out she is one of the fiercest breakers out there, as the sport debuts at the Olympics this summer. Show Transcript I dance with a really big smile
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BEIJING (AP) — The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for months. The Chinese government froze meaningful domestic and international efforts to trace
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