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October 19, 2024
By Jeff Hogan, WRAL anchor Carter Jenkins and Michael McGowan will be playing for the first time in this year’s U.S. Open. Michael McGowan grew up just a few miles from this resort in Pinehurst. “Obviously, this will be one of the biggest – or biggest events – I’m gonna ever play in at this
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DETROIT (AP) — If Tesla shareholders approve an all-stock compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that was thrown out this year by a Delaware judge, it would almost guarantee he would remain at the company he grew to be the world leader in electric vehicles, shifting to AI and robotics including autonomous vehicles, which Musk
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DALLAS (AP) — As a Delta Air Lines jet began roaring down a runway, an air traffic controller at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport suddenly blurted out an expletive, then ordered the pilots to stop their takeoff roll. The controller saw an American Airlines plane mistakenly crossing the same runway, into the path
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LONDON (AP) — For summer trips overseas, a smartphone is essential for most people. How else will you check Google Maps to find your Airbnb, post an Instagram video from the Eiffel Tower, or WhatsApp friends and family back home? Of course, if you’re using apps that gobble up data while traveling in a foreign
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Student-athletes at public high schools in North Carolina will not be able to profit from their name, image, and likeness after the State Board of Education adopted a new amateurism policy, which includes a ban on NIL activities. The policy was adopted on June 6 during a vote that included a number of unrelated action
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer The 2024 U.S. Open is set for June 13-16. Pinehurst No. 2 will host the 124th U.S. Open. It marks the third time the course in Pinehurst, North Carolina, has hosted the tournament. Here’s a guide to everything fans need to know about the 2024 U.S. Open. What
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ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland (AP) — The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern Baptist delegates expressed alarm Wednesday over the way in vitro fertilization is routinely being practiced, approving a resolution lamenting that the creation of surplus frozen embryos often results in “destruction of embryonic human life.” They urged members to carefully weigh the ethical implications of the technology while also expressing sympathy with
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NEW YORK (AP) — Social media platform X is now hiding your likes. In an update posted on the platform formerly known as Twitter earlier this week, X’s engineering team said it would be “making Likes private for everyone to better protect your privacy.” That means that users will still be able to see their
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On Wednesday, golfers will hit the course for the last day of practices ahead of the U.S. Open. This year’s tournament is gearing up to be one of the hottest on record. We will begin to see temperatures rise Wednesday. Friday could bring record-breaking heat for the U.S. Open – with temperatures in the upper
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