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April 25, 2025
By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — With the future of the Atlantic Coast Conference in question, commissioner Jim Phillips expressed optimism Wednesday that the league can still be salvaged. The path forward is unclear, but not without hope. “You have to stay optimistic, and you work through these things,” Phillips
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GENEVA (AP) — U.S. officials raised concerns about China’s “misuse of AI” while Beijing’s representatives rebuked Washington over “restrictions and pressure” on artificial intelligence, the governments said separately Wednesday, a day after a meeting in Geneva on the technology. Summaries of the closed-door talks between high-level envoys, which covered AI’s risks and ways to manage
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NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted Wednesday. Agency officials noted the data is provisional and could change after more analysis, but that they still expect a drop when the final counts are in. It would be only the
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DALLAS (AP) — Scientists once thought of dinosaurs as sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Then research suggested that some could control their body temperature, but when and how that shift came about remained a mystery. Now, a new study estimates that the first warm-blooded dinosaurs may have roamed the Earth about 180 million years ago, about halfway
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By The Associated Press NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Rodgers will be facing a familiar opponent, albeit in a different uniform and in a new location. Rodgers and the New York Jets will kick off this year’s slate of games in London, when they are the visiting team against the Minnesota Vikings
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GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization on Wednesday authorized a second dengue vaccine, a move that could provide protection for millions worldwide against the mosquito-borne disease that has already sparked numerous outbreaks across the Americas this year. In a statement on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said it approved the dengue vaccine made by
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it, writing in a new report released Wednesday that the U.S. needs to “harness the opportunities and address
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For the first time in school history, Green Level’s boys lacrosse team will have a shot at winning a state championship. The Gators defeated reigning N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A state champion Cardinal GIbbons in the eastern regional championship game on Tuesday night, pulling away in the second half for a 16-9 victory. Cardinal
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KERNERSVILLE, N.C. — A few years ago, Lake Norman Charter won its first boys lacrosse playoff game. They haven’t lost in the postseason since. The Knights are poised for a three-peat in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A/2A/3A championships after a 16-8 victory at Bishop McGuinness in the West regional final on Tuesday. You
READ MOREEverything that Lake Norman boys lacrosse program has built itself into is who it needed to be on Tuesday night. The heartbreaking late-round playoff battles over the past few years, owning one of the state’s most difficult non-conference schedules, and escaping fellow powerhouse programs when it mattered the most all paid off. The Wildcats are
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