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January 12, 2025
Tropical Storm Warnings have been issued for parts of North Carolina near Charlotte and through the mountains, and the inclement weather on Thursday and Friday is expected to spread much further east. Hurricane Helene will make landfall in Florida and move north through Georgia and into the Carolinas. While it will not be a hurricane
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In front of a packed crowd, clad in orange, No. 4 Green Level rattled off its 12th consecutive victory. The Gators made quick work of No. 10 Millbrook, sweeping the Wildcats in straight sets. In the process, over $17,000 was raised by those in attendance to benefit the program’s second annual Leukemia awareness night. Before
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A high-ranking executive at OpenAI who served a few days as its interim CEO during a period of turmoil last year said she’s leaving the artificial intelligence company. Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer, said in a written statement Wednesday that, after much reflection, she has “made the difficult decision to leave OpenAI.” “I’m stepping
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is moving toward backing plans to remove some of its protections for wolves on the continent as their population grows, in the latest political clash between farmers and environmentalists. Ambassadors of the 27 EU nations reached a qualified majority Wednesday to seek to loosen protection rules now enshrined in
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A 10th person has died in the listeria outbreak that shuttered a Boar’s Head deli meat plant, federal health officials said Wednesday. At least 59 people in 19 states have been sickened by the bacteria first detected in liverwurst made at the Jarratt, Virginia, plant. Illnesses were reported between late May and late August, the
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MENLO PARK, California (AP) — Meta unveiled updates to the company’s virtual reality headset and Ray Ban smart glasses on Wednesday as it tries to demonstrate its artificial intelligence prowess and the next generation of computing platforms beyond smartphones and computers. CEO Mark Zuckerberg also showed off Orion, a prototype he called “the most advanced
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By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James and his son, Bronny, are already scrimmaging with the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers during voluntary offseason workouts. JJ Redick and his coaching staff are planning and discussing the moment early in the new season when a
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NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate fluoride in drinking water because high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual development of children. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen cautioned that it’s not certain that the amount of fluoride typically added to water is causing
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Here are my predicted winners of each game of week six of the 2024 North Carolina high school football season. Feedback is welcome at my X account: @JoelBryantHSOT. I’d be happy to explain any of these picks there! I’ll keep a tally of my correct and incorrect picks for next week’s version of this article,
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The aurora borealis is continuing to dazzle viewers across the northern United States and Canada. It’s been a good year for seeing auroras — the colorful sky displays also known as northern lights — even in lower latitudes. That’s because of increased electromagnetic activity as the sun is believed to be approaching the height of
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