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January 23, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City aesthetician was charged Wednesday with injecting customers with counterfeit Botox at his medical spa after some of them complained that it made them sick. The charges against Joey Grant Luther were announced by federal authorities, who said some clients faced life-threatening injuries after receiving injections between 2021
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By Shaw University The Shaw men’s basketball team got a 30-point showing from the bench on the way to a 70-68 win against the Winston-Salem Rams at home Wednesday. The Bears (10-9, 5-2) had two players score in double figures, led by Darius Abraham, who had 17 points. Trent McIntyre tacked on 13 points, eight rebounds
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Elon Musk is clashing with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project touted by President Donald Trump, the latest in a feud between the two tech billionaires that started on OpenAI’s board and is now testing Musk’s influence with the new president. Trump on Tuesday had talked up a joint venture
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A historic coach from Watauga High School has passed away. Jack Groce, an N.C. High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame member, died at the age of 95 on Friday. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2001. The Wilkes County native attneded Wilkes Central High School, where he was a three-sport athlete.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is distancing himself from his anti-vaccine work as he seeks to become the leader of the nation’s top health agency under President Donald Trump, according to government ethics documents released Wednesday. Kennedy has pulled in roughly $10 million in income from his work over the past year, which
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports The UNC football team is adding 21 new players, the team officially announced on Wednesday afternoon. It’s the first group of additions to the team since new coach Bill Belichick took over in December. “We’re excited to welcome 21 new players to UNC-Chapel Hill,” Belichick said in a statement. “Their
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The South Korean government will reduce subsidies for biomass energy after rising domestic and international criticism of its link to deforestation. Environmental activists generally applauded the reforms but criticized loopholes and slow timelines for phasing out the subsidies. “While not without caveats, (the) decision by the South Korean government demonstrates that
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The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month. In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dorothy Fink told agency staff leaders Tuesday that an “immediate pause” had
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By STEVE MEGARGEE, AP Sports Writer Ohio State’s run to its first national championship in a decade enabled the Buckeyes to dominate the Associated Press’ all-College Football Playoff team. The AP changed the way it put together its postseason all-star teams this season as college football introduced an expanded 12-team playoff that had some schools
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An N.C. High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame member has passed away. Carroll Wright Jr. died at the age of 88 in Haywood County on Friday. He was head football coach for 31 years, 25 of which were spent at schools in Western North Carolina. Wright was originally from Swain County and went to
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