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May 9, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was on the verge of backing a 16-week federal abortion ban earlier this year when aides staged an intervention. According to Time magazine’s cover story on his selection as its 2024 Person of the Year, Trump’s aides first raised concerns in mid-March that the abortion cutoff being pushed by
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During his introductory press conference at UNC, new football coach Bill Belichick explains his approach to high school recruiting, answers questions about whether or not he will be doing in-home visits with prospects, and explains why he thinks the Tar Heels can recruit at a national level — not just in North Carolina. Web Editor
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NEW YORK (AP) — Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday. Researchers analyzed ancient genes to pinpoint the time period, which is slightly more recent than previous estimates for the mating. Modern humans emerged in Africa hundreds of thousands of years ago and eventually
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Ahead of this week’s N.C. High School Athletic Association football regional championships, here is a look at the top remaining individual offensive players in terms of efficiency. These numbers go beyond the basic totals and averages found on MaxPreps. Of course, our calculations are dependent on the accuracy of the stats that teams post to
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In 2025, the Washington High School Pam Pack will have a new head football coach. The new coach will be the third to coach the program in four seasons. Matt Taylor confirmed with HighSchoolOT last night that he resigned from the role two weeks ago. Taylor, who was previously the offensive coordinator at D.H. Conley,
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The global chemical weapons watchdog opened an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the situation in Syria over concerns about the country’s stockpile of toxic chemicals in the wake of the overthrow of President Bashar Assad. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on Monday told Syria that it
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Some early breast cancer patients can safely avoid specific surgeries, according to two studies exploring ways to lessen treatment burdens. One new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, examines whether removing lymph nodes is always necessary in early breast cancer. Another in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests a new
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Colder weather began to return Thursday after a storm that swept up the East Coast delivered a blow to New England, packing powerful gusts that knocked out power along with a deluge of rain and warming temperatures that washed away snow and dampened ski resorts. An atmospheric river transported moisture northward
READ MOREWe’re onto Chapel Hill. In a program-defining move, North Carolina hired former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick as its football coach. The school made an official announcement Wednesday night. The school said Belichick has agreed to a five-year deal. The UNC Board of Trustees is expected to meet Thursday morning to approve the contract,
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Fewer grandparents were living with and taking care of grandchildren, there was a decline in young children going to preschool and more people stayed put in their homes in the first part of the 2020s compared with the last part of the 2010s, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released Thursday, reflecting some of the
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