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March 17, 2025
By Pat Welter I know it’s almost Christmas, but Saturday felt like March. North Carolina..UCLA…Madison Square Garden. I’m being hyperbolic, but it was a blue bloods battle with the season and maybe even Hubert Davis’s job at stake. Carolina won 76-74. RJ Davis’ free throws gave them the lead with :13 left and Elliot Cadeau’s
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TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister said Sunday the ban on TikTok his government announced a day earlier was “not a rushed reaction to a single incident.” Prime Minister Edi Rama said Saturday the government will shut down TikTok for one year, accusing the popular video service of inciting violence and bullying, especially among
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Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk’s X, which they view as increasingly leaning too far to the right given its owner’s support of President-elect Donald Trump, or wanting an alternative to Meta’s Threads and its algorithms. The platform grew out of
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NEW YORK (AP) — A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. Since then, it has flown straight through the sun’s corona: the outer atmosphere visible during a total solar eclipse. The
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Monroe’s last three seasons have ended with single-digit losses in the postseason, but the heartbreak melted away with the final seconds on Saturday. The Redhawks polished off an undefeated year with a 35-25 victory over Northeastern in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A football championship at UNC’s Kenan Stadium. “We
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The N.C. High School Athletic Association’s 2A state championship game between 2A West champion Monroe and 2A East champion Northeastern kicked off at 6:36 p.m. It is being played at UNC’s Kenan Stadium. This is a live blog that will have regular updates over the course of the night. Make sure to regularly refresh the
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The N.C. High School Athletic Association’s 2A state championship game between 2A West champion Monroe and 2A East champion Northeastern kicked off at 6:36 p.m. It is being played at UNC’s Kenan Stadium. This is a live blog that will have regular updates over the course of the night. Make sure to regularly refresh the
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Tarboro is back. Then again, did they ever truly leave? The Vikings ended a two-year title drought, an eternity by their standards and captured their ninth N.C. High School Athletic Association football championship title, defeating Corvian Community, 45-24. Saturday’s contest at Carter-Finley Stadium was the eighth consecutive title game appearance for Tarboro.
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By Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times Rickey Henderson, the thrilling and charismatic Hall of Fame outfielder who, with his signature crouched stance, blazing speed and unlikely home run power, was widely regarded as the greatest leadoff hitter in Major League Baseball history, died Friday. He was 65. His death was announced by his family.
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By Larry Fleisher, Associated Press RJ Davis made the tying and go-ahead free throws with 13 seconds left, and North Carolina erased a 16-point deficit for a 76-74 victory over No. 18 UCLA on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden. Davis scored 17 points and gave the Tar Heels (7-5) their
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