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April 25, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of the most important cases of the social media age, free speech and national security collide at the Supreme Court on Friday in arguments over the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular digital platform that roughly half the people in the United States use for entertainment and information. TikTok says
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Southern California is experiencing its most devastating winter fires in more than four decades. Fires don’t usually blaze at this time of year, but specific ingredients have come together to defy the calendar in a fast and deadly manner. Start with supersized Santa Ana winds whipping flames and embers at 100 mph — much faster
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By the Associated Press Ben Middlebrooks made the go-ahead free throw with 11 seconds left to cap N.C. State’s rally from a late seven-point deficit and the Wolfpack defeated Notre Dame 66-65 on Wednesday night. Marcus Hill’s layup with 1:07 remaining tied the score and Middlebrooks made 1 of 2 free throws nearly a minute
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BANGKOK (AP) — Nearly all of the world’s 35,000 online pharmacies are being run illegally and consumers who use them risk getting ineffective or dangerous drugs, according to the U.S. Trade Representative’s annual report on “ notorious markets.” The report also singled out 19 countries over concerns about counterfeit or pirated products. The report also
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LONDON (AP) — The new year is always a good time to make a fresh start — including with your email inbox. To kick off 2025 with a clean slate, why not clear out all those unnecessary and unwanted messages? If you’re anything like me, you’ll have piles of messages that have been accumulating in
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By Steeve Reed, AP Sports CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have begun to make changes to their defensive staff after giving up the most points in NFL history this season. The team has fired secondary coach Bert Watts, outside linebackers coach Tem Lukabu and quality control coach Bobby Maffei, according to a person
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DURHAM, N.C. – Southern School of Energy and Sustainability ran away with a 79-28 win over J.F. Webb to continue its dominance within state lines. The No. 7 ranked Spartans triggered a running clock moments into the third and picked up double-digit scoring nights from three different players to improve to 10-2 overall and 3-0
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A longtime football coach in Western North Carolina and a fixture in the coaching association circles has called it a career. Alexander Central High School leader Butch Carter is retiring, the school announced on Wednesday. He spent the previous nine seasons leading the Taylorsville school, coaching them to an overall record of 57-41. The Cougars
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people were dying from COVID-19 every day. Americans were still being ordered to stay-at-home or mask in public. Millions of people were eager to line up for jabs of the newly-released COVID-19 vaccines. That’s the scene the nation’s top health official, Xavier Becerra, wants Americans to remember as he readies
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By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NHL postponed the Los Angeles Kings’ home game against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday with several massive wildfires burning across the greater Los Angeles area. The Kings and Flames were scheduled to play Wednesday night at the Kings’ downtown arena. The
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