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January 22, 2025
By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer Reworded: Chapel Hill in North Carolina. ESPN’s pregame show for college basketball, “College GameDay,” will be broadcasted live from Chapell Hill. The pregame show for college basketball, which will last for an hour, will begin at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, February 3rd at the Dean Smith Center.
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During a recent private meeting with senators, IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel was asked by the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee to provide his evaluation of a concerning report. The report, based on information from a whistleblower, claimed that 95% of current business claims for a tax break related to COVID-19 were fraudulent. The lawmaker
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As the Summer Olympic Games in Paris draw closer, athletes from the Triangle area are working diligently to prepare themselves for the opportunity to compete for the gold medal. Claire Curzan, a 19-year-old from Cary, is an Olympic silver medalist who gained recognition at Cardinal Gibbons High School as the most accomplished female swimmer in
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ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s first-ever use of nitrogen gas for an execution could gain traction among other states and change how the death penalty is carried out in the United States, much like lethal injection did more than 40 years ago, according to experts on capital punishment. The execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, a
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The rumors about vote fraud started swirling as the ballots in Taiwan’s closely watched presidential election were tallied on Jan. 13. There were baseless claims that people had fabricated votes and that officials had miscounted and skewed the results. A video that has been widely circulated shows a woman incorrectly recording votes
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Elisa Reyes has come to Plaza del Sol Family Health Center for doctor’s appointments for more than a decade. Though she moved away a while ago, the 33-year-old keeps returning, even if it means a two-hour roundtrip bus ride. This is due to the fact that her two kids go to the same doctor as
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A man from Washington state has admitted to making more than 20 false emergency calls, also known as “swatting,” in various locations in the United States and Canada. These calls included false reports of bombings, shootings, and other dangerous situations, resulting in unnecessary emergency responses. The man pleaded guilty to four charges on Thursday. Ashton
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Freshman defensive back Marquis Bryant from Rolesville High School has received an offer from Indiana University. He announced this news on his X account on Friday evening. Bryant received an offer from Troy University on Tuesday, marking his first offer overall. The potential student from the graduating class of 2027 is recorded as being six
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NEW YORK (AP) — Pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift are circulating online, making the singer the most famous victim of a scourge that tech platforms and anti-abuse groups have struggled to fix. Harmful and offensive fabricated photos of Swift have been spreading widely on the social media platform X this week. The devoted followers
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On Friday, there was a disruption with Microsoft Teams which prevented some users from accessing the platform. This resulted in various problems for a large number of users, according to Microsoft. The problem started at approximately 11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and quickly expanded, according to the monitoring tool DownDetector. People reported being unable to
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