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April 4, 2025
By Associated Press The Carolina Panthers are a big underdog to the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs entering Sunday’s home game. The upset-minded Panthers will need to rely heavily upon running backs Chuba Hubbard and rookie Jonathon Brooks, the team’s second-round draft pick from Texas who is expected to make his NFL
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MATTHEWS, N.C. — Such records are not kept, but it’s hard to imagine a championship comeback quite like the one Western Alamance pulled off on Saturday at the Mecklenburg County SportsPlex. Down three goals at halftime, the Warriors scored three in the second half to force overtime and then a fourth in the extra period
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MATTHEWS, N.C. — For a moment, the entire crowd at the Mecklenburg County SportsPlex held its breath to see where Zayd Dahir’s shot was going to land. The eruption of Wakefield’s crowd gave the answer away. It was the winning goal, coming with a little more than eight minutes left in Saturday’s N.C. High School
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MATTHEWS, N.C. — To win the boys soccer title, you’ve got to have a rock solid team. Enter the Granite Bears. You also need great individual performances. Enter Angel Ortiz-Osorno. Ortiz-Orsono’s hat trick led Mount Airy to the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A boys soccer championship, the program’s first title, with a 4-3 victory
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By KEN POWTAK, Associated Press North Carolina Tar Heels 21 Boston College Eagles 41 Final BOSTON — Boston College coach Bill O’Brien showed his team the final drive that led up to Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie’s Hail Mary pass 40 years ago, expressing the need for them to play a complete game. They didn’t
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed into law a bill banning adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning is legal. The Kremlin leader also approved legislation that outlaws the spread of material that encourages people not to have children. The bills, which were previously approved by both houses of Russia’s
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The team that President-elect Donald Trump has selected to lead federal health agencies in his second administration includes a retired congressman, a surgeon and a former talk-show host. All could play pivotal roles in fulfilling a political agenda that could change how the government goes about safeguarding Americans’ health — from health care and medicines
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HOUSTON (AP) — Kimberly Rubit had one priority in mind as Hurricane Beryl ripped through Houston this summer: her severely disabled daughter. The 63-year-old worked nonstop to prevent Mary, 42, from overheating without air conditioning, water or lights after Beryl knocked out power to their home for 10 days. At least three dozen other people
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Unlike scores of people who scrambled for the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy to lose weight in recent years, Danielle Griffin had no trouble getting them. The 38-year-old information technology worker from New Mexico had a prescription. Her pharmacy had the drugs in stock. And her health insurance covered all but $25 to $50 of
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ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish doctor at the center of an alleged fraud scheme that led to the deaths of 10 babies told an Istanbul court Saturday that he was a “trusted” physician. Dr. Firat Sari is one of 47 people on trial accused of transferring newborn babies to neonatal units of private hospitals, where
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