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March 9, 2025
Heritage saw its once 17-point lead widdled down to a single possession in the fourth quarter, but the Huskies were able to hold off Chapel Hill in the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A boys basketball playoffs on Tuesday night. The 17-seed Huskies started their road playoff game red hot, but
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By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Basketball Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. — CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Kon Knueppel scored 20 points, Cooper Flagg and Isaiah Evans each added 16 and No. 2 Duke rolled past Miami 97-60 on Tuesday night. Flagg, the likely No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, added six assists and five rebounds
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Three tropical cyclones are spinning in the South Pacific, an occurrence that scientists say is unusual. Tropical cyclones Rae, Seru and Alfred are all churning as the region is in the peak of a season that starts in November and ends in April. The storms are called cyclones when they happen in the Southwest Pacific
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By JOHN MARSHALL and DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writers PHOENIX — PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi is retiring after 20 seasons, ending one of the greatest careers in women’s basketball history. The WNBA’s career scoring leader and a three-time league champion, Taurasi announced her retirement on Tuesday in an interview with Time magazine. The Phoenix
READ MOREBOSTON (AP) — Sensitive financial and health data belonging to millions of veterans and stored on a benefits website is at risk of being stolen or otherwise compromised, according to a federal employee tasked with cybersecurity who was recently fired as part of massive government-wide cuts. The warning comes from Jonathan Kamens, who led cybersecurity
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Apple shareholders rebuffed an attempt to pressure the technology trendsetter into joining President Donald Trump’s push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce. The proposal drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Research — a self-described conservative think tank — urged Apple to follow a litany of high-profile companies that have retreated
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HighSchoolOT produces separate baseball rankings for the 252, 336, 704, 828, 910, and 919 area codes. Our 252 area code consists of these counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Vance, Warren, Washington, and Wilson. Our 336
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HighSchoolOT produces separate girls soccer rankings for the 252, 336, 704, 828, 910, and 919 area codes. Our 252 area code consists of these counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Vance, Warren, Washington, and Wilson. Our
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL North Carolina men’s basketball coach Hubert Davis agreed to a two-year contract extension after the 2024 season, tying him to the Tar Heels through the rest of the decade and giving him a significant bump in base pay. The agreement was reached in July, but the deal was signed in December,
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WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.” “We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations,” the 21 staffers
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