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January 11, 2025
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Workers seeking to ban smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos on Friday asked an appeals court to consider their request, saying a lower court judge who dismissed their lawsuit did so in error. The workers, calling themselves Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects, filed an appeal of a Superior Court judge’s dismissal
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A federal judge on Friday gave the U.S. Justice Department until the end of the year to outline how Google should be punished for illegally monopolizing the internet search market and then prepare to present its case for imposing the penalties next spring. The loose-ended timeline sketched out by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta came
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By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer Carolina Panthers New Orleans Saints FOX | Sunday, September 8th 1:00 PM EDT CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Just 2.7 seconds. First-year Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales has been harping on Bryce Young all offseason to get the ball out of his hands — or break the pocket and
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By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer Carolina Panthers New Orleans Saints FOX | Sunday, September 8th 1:00 PM EDT NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A glitzy, renovated Superdome will host two new-look offenses in Week 1 of an NFL season that also will end in New Orleans. While the Saints and rebuilding Carolina Panthers are long
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has sued the Biden administration to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek abortion where it is legal. The lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services seeks to overturn a regulation
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL Charlotte 49ers 20 North Carolina Tar Heels 38 Final North Carolina quarterback Max Johnson, who suffered a season-ending broken leg in the season opener against Minnesota, plans to return for the 2025 season, he told ESPN in his first public comments since the injury. He was injured in the third quarter
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials are turning to the 3D-printing industry to help stop the proliferation of tiny pieces of plastic transforming weapons into illegal homemade machine guns on streets across America. The rising threat of what are known as machine gun conversion devices requires “immediate and sustained attention,” U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization launched on Friday a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox, three weeks after WHO declared outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. The estimated budget for the six-month plan is almost $600 million, with 55%
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A head football coach has resigned just before week three of the 2024 high school football season. East Burke High School head coach Derrick Minor stepped down on Thursday. East Burke’s principal Anna Moose confirmed the news in a press release. Minor texted a statement to the Morganton Herald which cited health issues for the
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s strong foraging culture could help determine how much radioactive fallout remains in the Scandinavian country 38 years after the Chernobyl nuclear explosion. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority has asked mushroom-pickers to send samples of this season’s harvest for testing. The goal of the measurement project is to map the levels
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