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April 2, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. pregnancy-related deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new government data suggests. About 680 women died last year during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to provisional CDC data. That’s down from 817 deaths in 2022 and 1,205 in 2021, when it was the highest level in more than 50
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Two years after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion signaled that the nation’s abortion landscape was about to shift dramatically, the issue is still consuming the nation’s courts, legislatures and political campaigns — and changing the course of lives. On Wednesday, a ban on abortion after the first six weeks of pregnancy,
READ MOREOnly two high school baseball teams in the state of North Carolina can still claim to be undefeated. One calls Snow Hill home. Four big innings at the plate is all that No. 5 Greene Central needed to make quick work of Croatan, 10-0. The victory wrapped up regular season play for the Rams with
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has circulated a U.N. resolution calling on all countries to take urgent action to prevent putting weapons in outer space “for all time” a week after it vetoed a U.S.-Japan resolution to stop an arms race in space. The Russian draft resolution, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, goes further
READ MOREGREENVILLE, N.C. — There was a winner and a loser between J.H. Rose and Manteo, but chances are both sides benefited from a late-season nonconference test with the girls soccer playoffs less than two weeks away. For Rose, it has a confidence-building victory after knocking off No. 2 Manteo by a 3-2 score on Wednesday.
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The Durham Bulls hit four home runs in the second game of Wednesday’s doubleheader to secure a split against Gwinnett at Coolray Field. After dropping the opener 5-0, the Bulls (11-18) powered their way against Gwinnett (13-15) starter Ray Kerr. Junior Caminero hit a two-run shot in the first, then Gionti Turner and Jonny DeLuca
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL Carolina Hurricanes general manager Don Wadell said Wednesday that he expects a contract extension with head coach Rod Brind’Amour to be finalized soon. The 53-year-old Brind’Amour, who won the Stanley Cup as a Carolina player in 2006, has led the Hurricanes to the playoffs and advanced at least one round in
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions Wednesday, sending the bill to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is expected to sign it. Two Republicans joined with Democrats in the Senate on the 16-14 vote in favor of repealing a Civil War-era ban on abortions that
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Do social media users have the right to control what they see — or don’t see — on their feeds? A lawsuit filed against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is arguing that a federal law often used to shield internet companies from liability also allows people to use external tools to take control of their
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The first calls that Dr. Barb Petersen received in early March were from dairy owners worried about crows, pigeons and other birds dying on their Texas farms. Then came word that barn cats — half of them on one farm — had died suddenly. Within days, the Amarillo veterinarian was hearing about sick cows with
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