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March 14, 2025
The defending 4A state champions are headed back to the state semifinals after picking up a win in a game between two unbeaten teams. (2) Weddington won its 19th straight game with a 37-21 win over (3) East Forsyth in the fourth round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A state playoffs on Friday
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Spring Creek High School’s Heather Alexander plays… volleyball, softball, basketball, and tennis; competes in dance, is a volunteer and coach plus has a job. Is there anything she doesn’t do? “I don’t play golf?” Alexander laughed. She puts the Extra in Extra Effort, but it’s what’s in her heart that makes her stand out. “Just
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By Associated Press CARY — Emily Morris scored her fourth goal of the season in the 73rd minute and Wake Forest beat Stanford 1-0 on Friday night to advance to the program’s first College Cup championship match. Wake Forest (16-3-4), which will play for the title on Monday, was picked to finish ninth in the
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Planned Parenthood wanted to resume offering abortions in several Missouri clinics on Friday, immediately after a newly passed constitutional amendment rolling back the state’s near-total ban took effect, but they remain on hold as a complicated court battle drags on. The issue is that the amendment does not specifically override
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TikTok’s future in the U.S. appeared uncertain on Friday after a federal appeals court rejected a legal challenge to a law that requires the social media platform to cut ties with its China-based parent company or be banned by mid-January. A panel of three judges on The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
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A federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied
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The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows. Raw or unpasteurized milk from dairy farms and processors nationwide must be tested on request starting Dec. 16, the Agriculture Department said. Testing will begin in six states —
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL The ACC begins men’s basketball conference play this weekend with all 18 teams facing off against a league foe. It should be a bonanza of basketball for a conference that’s long prided itself on basketball excellence. Instead, three months before the NCAA Tournament starts, it feels like the league is already
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MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Iran is poised to “quite dramatically” increase its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium as it has started cascades of advanced centrifuges, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Friday. The comments from Rafael Mariano Grossi came just hours after Iran said it conducted a successful space launch with its
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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday it was deploying experts to investigate a mystery flu-like illness that has killed dozens of people in southwest Congo in recent weeks. “All efforts are underway to identify the cause of the illness, understand its modes of transmission and ensure an appropriate response as swiftly
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