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January 9, 2025
By Shelby Swanson, Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Moore, Eli Pancol and Que’Sean Brown scored touchdowns while Duke’s defense racked up seven tackles for loss as the Blue Devils beat UConn, 26-21, on Saturday night. The win marked Duke’s third consecutive 3-0 start and sixth in the last 11 seasons. The Blue Devils
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PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — A new abortion clinic has brought the debate over reproductive rights to a small college town in the southeast corner of Kansas. It’s one of the few states left in the region still allowing abortions. A religious, Republican-leaning semi-rural location like Pittsburg, Kansas, would have been unlikely to host an abortion
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PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — The Rev. Anthony Navaratnam stood before his congregation and urged them to pray for the women from surrounding states who will flock to the new abortion clinic in town that opened in August. “God is giving us an opportunity to be missionaries in Pittsburg, Kansas,” he told those at Flag Church,
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By Bob Sutton, Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Omarion Hampton rushed for 210 yards and three touchdowns to lift North Carolina past stubborn North Carolina Central in a 45-10 victory Saturday night. The last of Hampton’s 25 carries was a 4-yard touchdown run as North Carolina (3-0) scored two TDs in less than
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KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. – Kings Mountain set the bar high with its Mountaineer Invitational field a year ago. The event featured two of the NCHSAA’s four eventual state champions. With the bar raised even higher, the defending 3A state champions played their best volleyball of the season to protect its home court and claim the
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By BOB SUTTON Associated Press Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 20 NC State Wolfpack 30 Final RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Backup quarterback CJ Bailey was at the controls for three second-half scoring drives, DK Kaufman returned an interception for a touchdown and NC State rallied from a double-digit deficit to defeat Louisiana Tech 30-20 on Saturday. Bailey,
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Millbrook scored two touchdowns in the last 1:38 of the second quarter to break a tie with Broughton, then rode that momentum to a convincing non-conference win on Saturday. After being tied 14-14 in the second quarter, Millbrook scored the final 31 points of the game to walk away with a 45-14 victory. On the
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It was a strange edition of the Function at the Junction rivalry as Tarboro and SouthWeste Edgecombe were forced to play one another on Saturday at noon. The always-anticipated was pushed to today in response to the rainy conditions experienced in Eastern North Carolina on Friday. While the kickoff time shifted, the result matched what
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NCAA FB Final Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 20 NC State Wolfpack 30 TV: ACC Network Final Appalachian State Mountaineers 21 East Carolina Pirates 19 TV: ESNU 05:353rd NC Central Eagles 10 UNC Tar Heels 17 TV: ACC 06:333rd UConn Huskies 21 Duke Blue Devils 17 TV: ACC NFL 9 / 15 1:00
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NEW YORK (AP) — Get ready for a partial lunar eclipse and supermoon, all rolled into one. The spectacle will be visible in clear skies across North America and South America Tuesday night and in Africa and Europe Wednesday morning. A partial lunar eclipse happens when the Earth passes between the sun and moon, casting
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