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March 10, 2025
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least six infants have died from hypothermia in the last two weeks in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of people are living in tent camps and war-damaged buildings during a fragile ceasefire, Palestinian medics said Tuesday. The coastal territory experiences cold, wet winters, with temperatures dropping
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The N.C. High School Athletic Association boys basketball playoffs begin Tuesday. In this boys basketball playoff preview, we handed out bracket superlatives, gave four favorites and one dark horse for each region, and even made championship predictions. We also listed the top 10 players in each bracket half. Many of these players are candidates for
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat from the asteroid 2024 YR4, NASA and the European Space Agency said Tuesday. At one point, the odds of a strike in 2032 were
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By Bob Holliday, WRAL Sports contributor Illinois was ranked #18 in the NET with six Quad 1 wins, a credential none of Duke’s ACC opponents can match. Yet the Blue Devils overwhelmed the Illini by 43 points, that program’s worst loss ever. Everyone talks about this being a down year for the ACC but Duke
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The N.C. High School Athletic Association girls basketball playoffs begin Tuesday. In this girls basketball playoff preview, we handed out bracket superlatives, gave four favorites and one dark horse for each region, and even made championship predictions. We also listed the top 10 players in each bracket half. Many of these players are candidates for
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Raleigh, N.C. — WRAL-TV will air two Carolina Hurricanes games in the final stretch of the regular season. The FanDuel Sports Network broadcasts will feature Canes games against the Boston Bruins (March 6) and Washington Capitals (April 2) at Lenovo Center. The games will be simulcast on WRAL at 7 p.m. as the team continues
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A new report released Tuesday by an anti-transnational crime group has identified the core chemical components of kush, a synthetic drug that has swept through Sierra Leone and the region in the past few years. The report by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime conducted the first known testing of
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL North Carolina basketball has hired its first general manager, choosing an alum with extensive experience in the business of basketball. North Carolina alum Jim Tanner, a longtime sports agent who founded his own agency and has represented more than 70 NBA players including numerous former UNC basketball players, will take on
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The price of bitcoin fell below $90,000 and other cryptocurrencies saw large drops Tuesday morning, erasing some of the gains digital assets have made since President Donald Trump took office on a pro-crypto agenda. Bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, was trading at about $89,000 as the U.S. stock market opened. That’s down from about
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LONDON (AP) — A new album called “Is This What We Want?” features a stellar list of more than 1,000 musicians — and the sound of silence. With contributions from British artists including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens and Damon Albarn, the album was released Tuesday to protest proposed British changes to artificial intelligence
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