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January 17, 2025
By The Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Lydia Ko covered her face with her hands and cried tears of joy. An Olympic gold medal. Entry into the Hall of Fame. And now another major championship title — at the home of golf, no less. Summers don’t come much better
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Israel’s military on Sunday said polio vaccines for more than 1 million people had been delivered to Gaza, after the first confirmed case of the disease in the territory in a quarter-century. It was not immediately clear how, or how quickly, the more than 25,000 vials of vaccine would be distributed in Gaza, where ongoing
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Broughton opened the high school football season with a win over Cary in the nightcap game of the Wake County Schools Kickoff at WakeMed Soccer Park on Saturday night. It was the first game at Cary for new tight end Gus Ritchey, a 3-star NC State commit, but it was the Capitals who scored the
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CARY, N.C. — Garner looks ready to take the next step under Deron Donald. The Trojans defeated Holly Springs by a score of 48-31. Last year, Donald’s first leading the program, Garner shifted from a 1-9 team to a 6-5 playoff team. The Trojans used three rushing touchdowns from senior running back Devyn Grant and
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NEW YORK (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance says Donald Trump would not support a national abortion ban if elected president and would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk. “I can absolutely commit that,” Vance said when asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether he could commit to Trump not
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PATERZELL, Germany (AP) — How do you teach a bird how, and where, to fly? The distinctive Northern Bald Ibis, hunted essentially to extinction by the 17th century, was revived by breeding and rewilding efforts over the last two decades. But the birds — known for their distinctive black-and-iridescent green plumage, bald red head and
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Isabella Pires first noticed what she calls the “gradual apathy pandemic” in eighth grade. Only a handful of classmates registered for service projects she helped organize at her Massachusetts school. Even fewer actually showed up. When she got to high school last fall, Isabella found the problem was even worse: a lackluster Spirit Week and
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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — It was the summer of 1945 when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan, killing thousands of people as waves of destructive energy obliterated two cites. It was a decisive move that helped bring about the end of World War II, but survivors and the generations that followed were
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By MARK LONG, AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Out of his ride and far removed from the playoff picture, Harrison Burton changed his fortunes with a lap to remember Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway. Burton passed two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch on the final lap in
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GARNER, N.C. — The HighSchoolOT Volleyball Showcase, hosted by Garner High and presented by Advance Community Health and EPIC Physical Therapy, featured six games featuring seven ranked teams, five of them in the top 10. Below is a recap of the day’s games with video highlights and links to photo galleries from each. Want to
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