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May 9, 2025
Gatorade has announced that Isaiah Evans, a senior at North Mecklenburg and a recruit for Duke, has been chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in North Carolina. Evans received the Gatorade North Carolina Player of the Year in boys basketball on Thursday, marking the first time a player from North Mecklenburg has
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The owner of a Swedish land successfully retained possession of a 14-kilogram meteorite after an appeals court ruled that these types of rocks are classified as “immovable property” and therefore belong to the land on which they were discovered. According to the decision of the Svea Court of Appeals, the land where the meteorite fell
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According to news source, The Associated Press. PARIS The American women’s soccer team will play against Germany and Australia at the Paris Olympics as new coach Emma Hayes aims to begin her tenure with a solid performance. The ceremony for the draws of the men’s and women’s soccer tournaments took place in Saint-Denis on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — With abortion rights poised to be one of the major issues in the 2024 election, a new poll shows that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are highly supportive of legal abortion, even in situations where the pregnant person wants an abortion for any reason. According to
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Twenty athletes are included in the third edition of the HighSchoolOT girls indoor track & field all-state team. Many of these athletes have been chosen for the team for the second or third time, with one standout being Aria Wegh, a senior from Marvin Ridge High School, who has earned a spot on the team
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For the third consecutive year, a new boys cross country team has claimed the top spot in the final HighSchoolOT rankings for boys cross country. The winner of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A title this year is Mount Tabor. The final rankings are determined by compiling data from the N.C. High School Athletic
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The HighSchoolOT boys indoor track and field all-state team for the third year showcases 11 athletes who have been selected for their second or third time. The most experienced athlete is East Burke senior Kenneth Byrd, who has been chosen six times in the past three years. The state team selection is determined by the
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JAMESTOWN, St. Helena (AP) — St. Helena, a small, craggy island in the South Atlantic Ocean, hasn’t seen many tourists in the past for good reason: It’s one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. Prior to 2017, it required five nights of travel by boat to reach the British overseas territory. This
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Noriko Kuwabara and her husband were eager to test out a crispy shrimp spring roll recipe that they had come across on social media. To gather the necessary ingredients, they made a trip to the frozen food section at Costco. However, when they spotted a bag of farm-raised shrimp labeled as “Product of India,” Noriko
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There was no drop in performance for the third-ranked West Wilkes softball team as they moved up from the 2A division to take on the sixth-ranked Lake Norman team. The Blackhawks secured a big 6-0 non-conference victory on the road with a powerful five-run second inning. Lily Proffit, who is dedicated to playing for Appalachian
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