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April 2, 2025
By Pat Welter, WRAL Sports Okay let’s try this again. Week 1 the Panthers got absolutely obliterated by the New Orleans Saints. 47-10. Bryce Young was intercepted on his first pass, thus beginning a vexing season if I’m putting it lightly. Since then, Young has been benched and the Saints have been severely injured, but
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Classifications are changing in next year’s N.C. High School Athletic Association, going from four to eight, so in essence this was the last go-round of 4A volleyball as it’s been defined for decades — the class with the state’s largest schools. The 4A East went out with a bang. Cardinal Gibbons fended
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PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent proponent of debunked public health claims whom Donald Trump has promised to put in charge of health initiatives, said Saturday that Trump would push to remove fluoride from drinking water on his first day in office if elected president. Fluoride strengthens teeth and reduces cavities by
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GOMA, Congo (AP) — Some health officials say mpox cases in Congo appear to be “stabilizing” — a possible sign that the main epidemic for which the World Health Organization made a global emergency declaration in August might be on the decline. In recent weeks, Congo has reported about 200 to 300 lab-confirmed mpox cases
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two sister meteor showers are already flashing across night skies — and will peak a week apart. The Southern Taurids will reach their zenith early Tuesday morning and the Northern Taurids on Nov. 12. While the two showers only produce around five visible meteors per hour under ideal viewing conditions, they are
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NEW YORK (AP) — For some television viewers, size apparently does matter. Forget the 65-inch TVs that were considered bigger than average a decade ago. In time for the holidays, manufacturers and retailers are rolling out more XXL screens measuring more than 8 feet across. That’s wider than a standard three-seat sofa or a king-size
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JERUSALEM (AP) — They were built to be places of healing. But once again, three hospitals in northern Gaza are encircled by Israeli troops and under fire. Bombardment is pounding around them as Israel wages a new offensive against Hamas fighters that it says have regrouped nearby. As staff scramble to treat waves of wounded,
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Asheville senior Michael Haskin will go out with a state championship. After winning the 4A West regional championship last week, Haskin won the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A state title by less than 1.5 seconds on Saturday at the Ivey M. Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville. Haskin crossed the finish line with a time
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For the first time ever, an Asheville High School athlete has won a girls cross country state championship. Sofi Alexander finished the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A state championship race in 18:01.23 at the Ivey M. Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville on Saturday. Alexander nearly cracked the 18-minute mark and finished about 1.5 seconds
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N.C. Science & Math of Durham athletes took the top three spots in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A girls cross country state championship at the Ivey M. Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville on Saturday as the Unicorns won their fourth straight team title. Catherine Parker led the way for the NCSSM and the
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