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Montana man gets 6 months in prison for cloning giant sheep and breeding it

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — An 81-year-old Montana man was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Central Asia and the U.S. to create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunting in Texas and Minnesota. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris said he struggled

Many Verizon customers across the US hit by service outage

NEW YORK (AP) — Some Verizon customers across the U.S. were hit by a service outage Monday. The issue appeared to knock out cellphone service for tens of thousands of Verizon users. Data from outage tracker DownDetector shows that reports topped 100,000 shortly after 11 a.m. ET — and while that number dropped significantly, nearly

NCHSAA says it’s too soon to make a decision on how to finish fall sports, board will meet this week

The future of fall sports at high schools in North Carolina is uncertain following the devastating flooding in the western part of the state caused by Hurricane Helene. Many schools in the west have sustained damage, and the infrastructure in their communities has been destroyed. This means travel is difficult, if not impossible, electricity and

Criminals set up fake online pharmacies to sell deadly counterfeit pills, prosecutors say

A network of illegal drug sellers based in the U.S., the Dominican Republic and India packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised as common prescription drugs and sold millions of them through fake online drugstores, federal prosecutors said Monday. At least nine people died of narcotics poisoning between August 2023 and June 2024 after

A concert and 30 new homes mark Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday and long legacy of giving

A benefit concert and the construction of 30 new homes are among the many events marking President Jimmy Carter ‘s 100th birthday on Oct. 1. Considering the former president’s long legacy as a philanthropist, it’s no surprise that he wants any gift-giving to go to other people. The star-studded concert at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre earlier

Hunger in Haiti reaches famine levels as gangs squeeze life out of the capital and beyond

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Nearly 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the country’s population of more than 11 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse as gang violence smothers life in the capital of Port-au-Prince and beyond, according to a new report released Monday. The number of Haitians facing crisis,

North Carolina High School Football Rankings: The Top 25 teams in the state right now

HighSchoolOT has released its updated North Carolina high school football rankings following the action of week six. HSOT has two sets of rankings: a statewide Top 25 and top 15s for each of North Carolina’s six area codes. The area code rankings have already been released and can be found at the links below: More

Stevens: Could Hurricane Helene cause the fall sports season to be extended?

Unfortunately, North Carolina is no stranger to catastrophic flooding caused by hurricanes. In 2016, Hurricane Matthew caused widespread river flooding in eastern North Carolina. Two years later, in 2018, Hurricane Florence devastated the southeast part of the state with days of rain followed by river flooding. Both storms caused tremendous damage in communities and schools

How high schools are helping those affected by flooding in western NC

Many high schools in North Carolina are putting together efforts to help the victims of flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. Some schools are planning supply drives, others are raising money for organizations who are directly involved in relief efforts. HighSchoolOT is collecting a list of events where you can help make

Judge in Alaska sets aside critical habitat designation for threatened bearded, ringed seals

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A judge in Alaska has set aside a federal agency’s action designating an area the size of Texas as critical habitat for two species of threatened Arctic Alaska seals. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason last week found the National Marine Fisheries Service did not explain why the entire 174-million-acre (70-million-hectare)