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April 26, 2025
By Brian Murphy, WRAL News It’s been months – an entire hockey season, even – since the Carolina Hurricanes announced they’d agreed to a 20-year lease extension at PNC Arena, as part of a funding plan for renovations, and a development plan around the building. And it’s going to be another year before the $300-million
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LONDON (AP) — Prince William on Friday offered a positive assessment of his wife’s health, a hospital administrator said, in one of the royal’s few comments about Kate’s condition since she announced that she was undergoing treatment for cancer. William was on a solo tour of St. Mary’s Community Hospital on the Isles of Scilly,
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer Pinehurst, N.C. — The United States Golf Association held its grand opening Friday for its new headquarters in Pinehurst. The new building at 3 Carolina Vista Drive in Pinehurst includes the World Golf Hall of Fame. The facility also has several other attractions, including: The USGA Experience: An
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge on Friday extended a ban on X allowing videos of the stabbing of a Sydney bishop in his church last month after government lawyers condemned the social media company’s free speech argument for keeping the graphic images circulating. Australian Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett extended his order that
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Happy second round to all who celebrate! Making the playoffs is always a thrilling accomplishment, but nothing beats securing a victory to see another day. After three rain-filled days of first round action, only 128 NCHSAA softball teams remain. Here’s what stood out to us in round one, and what is on our radar going
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Few sports in the state are as unpredictable as baseball. To survive the opening round of the playoffs is one of NC’s biggest accomplishments. After three rain-filled days of first round action, only 128 NCHSAA teams remain. Here’s what stood out to us in round one, and what is on our radar going into round
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GENEVA (AP) — After the coronavirus pandemic triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions, leaders at the World Health Organization and worldwide vowed to do better in the future. Years later, countries are still struggling to come up with an agreed-upon plan for how the world might respond to the next global outbreak. A
READ MOREJacksonville and D.H. Conley knew that a goal was going to be hard to come by in Thursday’s battle for the outright Big East Conference championship. The Cardinals found it five minutes into the match, and hung on for the next 75, to defeat the Vikings 1-0. Conley entered the match having posted a clean
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By AARON BEARD, AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. — RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The New York Rangers erased an early deficit to take momentum, only to squander their own lead late with a huge postseason road victory only minutes away. It didn’t prevent them from staying unbeaten in the NHL playoffs with a second straight
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Generative artificial intelligence tools will soon be used by California’s government. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Thursday the state will partner with five companies to develop and test generative AI tools that could improve public service. California is among the first states to roll out guidelines on when and how
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