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March 10, 2025
By STEPHEN WHYNO, AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored the 884th goal of his NHL career late in the Washington Capitals’ 3-1 loss to the red-hot Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, moving 10 away from tying Wayne Gretzky’s record. Ovechkin beat fellow Russian Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning
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By The Associated Press ATLANTA — ATLANTA (AP) — Baye Ndongo scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed 17 rebounds, Duncan Powell added 23 points and 10 rebounds and Georgia Tech beat N.C. State 87-62 on Saturday. Lance Terry added 15 points, Jaeden Mustaf came off the bench for 13 points and Naithan George had
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A 4-year-old child became the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda, the World Health Organization said Saturday, in a setback for health officials who had hoped for a quick end to the outbreak that began at the end of January. The child had been hospitalized at the main referral
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, announced Saturday that he has retired, leaving an agency being upended by budget cuts and layoffs. Collins — a guitar-playing researcher and evangelical Christian known for finding common ground between religion and science — gave no
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By eventually won 51-47. Top Seeds Survive 4A East 17-seed Heritage took No. 1 overall seed New Hanover to overtime. The Wildcats pulled out a 62-52 in the extra period, but there were multiple moments of concern for Hanover during regulation. Heritage’s defensive apparatus was one of the most equipped to affect the Wildcats of the
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SEATTLE (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to pull federal funding from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth will remain blocked on a long-term basis under a federal judge’s ruling in Seattle late Friday. U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King previously granted a two-week restraining order after the Democratic attorneys general of Washington,
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By The Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Ven-Allen Lubin scored 19 points, Jae’Lyn Withers had 11 points and 10 rebounds and North Carolina beat Miami 92-73 on Saturday for its fifth straight victory, the Tar Heels’ longest win streak this season. Lubin was 9-of-10 from the floor and Withers collected his third double-double this
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Another significant step in the realignment process will happen on Monday. The N.C. High School Athletic Association Board of Directors will meet on Monday to work on the upcoming realignment. The meeting will include the board hearing additional appeals from schools. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and is expected to last
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The N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association releases all-state teams for each sport in each classification. Below are its winter all-state teams for boys basketball, girls basketball, wrestling, boys swimming, and girls swimming. Each of the four classes has its own all-state basketball team for boys and girls. Swimming and wrestling all-state honors go to individual
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal weather and oceans agency touches people’s daily lives in unnoticed ways, so massive firings there will likely cause needless deaths and a big hit to America’s economy, according to the people who ran it. The first round of firings started Thursday at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a government
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