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April 26, 2025
Here are my predicted winners of each game of the fourth round of the 2024 NCHSAA football playoffs. Below, I’ve also ranked all 32 teams in terms of how confident I am that they will win. Feedback is welcome at my X account: @JoelBryantHSOT. I’d be happy to explain any of these picks there! I’ll
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to make a $1 million personal donation to President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives who are working to improve their relationships with the incoming administration. A spokesperson for OpenAI confirmed the move on Friday. The announcement comes one
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — From answering questions from Cabinet ministers, academics and students on climate change, substance abuse and the law to children’s inquiries about her “birth” and links to God and being described as a talkative feminist, Sophia, the world-famous robot won hearts at an innovation fair in Zimbabwe this week. Boasting the ability
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You never forget your first time seeing a giant salamander, according to Andy Hill. He was a teenager, standing thigh-high in the Watauga River outside Boone, North Carolina, casting a line on an early fall day when he saw his first eastern hellbender. The salamander stretched 2 feet long and was camouflaged among rocks beneath
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has updated a decades-old science and technology agreement with China to reflect their growing rivalry for technological dominance. The new agreement, signed Friday in Beijing after many months of negotiations, has a narrower scope and additional safeguards to minimize the risk to national security. The State Department said the agreement
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There are big differences between college football and the NFL, which new North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick acknowledged during his introductory press conference on Thursday, and one of the biggest differences is recruiting. College coaches now have to recruit on two fronts — high school and the transfer portal. Belichick said there are similarities
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By Ryan Bisesi, WRAL multiplatform producer Chapel Hill, N.C. — As any good North Carolinian knows, the state motto is Esse quam videri, which is Latin for “to be rather than to seem.” Like a lot of observers at the time, I felt the inclusion of Bill Belichick in the North Carolina coaching search and
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East Forsyth High School quarterback Bryce Baker will make his college decision public on Saturday, according to his Instagram Story. Baker posted on Instagram that he will announce his commitment on Saturday, but it’s not clear if there is a specific time for the announcement. In 2023, Baker committed to North Carolina. However, after Mack
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By Chad Graff / The Athletic, New York Times Bill Belichick sat on the 295-foot yacht belonging to Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, hoping (and quite sure) that this was the man who was going to give him another shot. Belichick had split from Robert Kraft and the New England Patriots four days earlier, but
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PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Superheroes like Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Super Mario, Superwoman, Captain America, Bumble Bees and the Flash became a powerful symbol of renewal to children on Friday who are battling grave cancer illnesses in Kosovo. As the year draws to a close, many families eagerly anticipate the joy and togetherness of New Year’s
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