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April 4, 2025
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Officials are sounding alarms after a baby died and two others apparently also overdosed in the past week in separate instances in which fentanyl was left unsecured inside residences, authorities said. A 911 caller on Wednesday afternoon reported that a 13-month-old baby was not breathing in an apartment in Everett, the
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A proposed ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors also would bar state employees from promoting it — or even children’s social transitioning. Teachers and social workers who support LGBTQ+ rights worry that they could be disciplined or fired for helping kids who are exploring their gender identities. Democratic Gov.
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer The Carolina Panthers are picking up the fifth-year option for cornerback Jaycee Horn, the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Friday. The Panthers will exercise the $12.5 million option for Horn in 2025. Horn is set to make $3.53 million this season. Horn was the team’s 2021 first-round pick
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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian hacker activist group claims to have infiltrated the network of the country’s main KGB security agency and accessed personnel files of over 8,600 employees of the organization, which still goes under its Soviet name. The authorities have not commented on the claim, but the website of the Belarusian KGB
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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season appears to be over. It was long, but it wasn’t unusually severe. Last week, for the third straight week, medical visits for flu-like illnesses dipped below the threshold for what’s counted as an active flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Other indicators,
READ MOREPhiladelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a condition that can strike out of the blue and cause muscles on one side of a person’s face to become weak or paralyzed, distorting expression. Here’s what to know about the mostly temporary condition: Bell’s palsy occurs when something inflames or injures
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By ARNIE STAPLETON, AP Pro Football Writer The unprecedented run on quarterbacks, wide receivers and pass protectors in the NFL draft ‘s opening round pushed plenty of studly defenders down the board and allowed some of the top teams to select players who normally wouldn’t fall to them. It also shoved plenty of first-round worthy
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By Clark Gerber, WRAL Sports Contributor The Panthers just couldn’t wait any longer. With time winding down on night one of the NFL Draft, Carolina snuck back into the first round, making a trade with the Buffalo Bills and drafting South Carolina wide receiver Xavier Legette at No. 32 overall. Legette has been telling anyone
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Just before midnight, the Carolina Panthers gave us a big surprise to end the first round of the NFL Draft. They traded up and added their newest player with the 32nd and final pick of the night. Show Transcript OR A REASON BEHIND THE SHOOTING. >> JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT, THE CAROLINA PANTHERS GAVE US A
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By Pat Welter Carolina Hurricanes 3 New York Islanders 2 Final Elmont, N.Y. — With no Brett Pesce the Hurricanes defenseman stepped up with two goals in a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders to take a 3-0 series lead. Carolina struck five minutes into the first period when defenseman Brent Burns cashed a
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