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January 18, 2025
Interim coach Damon Nahas had legendary shoes to fill, but the Tar Heels improved to 3-0 with their first home victory since Anson Dorrance — who won 22 national titles at UNC — retired before the season. Show Transcript BACK TO WHEN HE TRIED TO GET. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN U.S. HISTORY
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The annual N.C. Coaches Association Kick-Off Classic, hosted in Cary at WakeMed Soccer Park as well as Middle Creek Park, features some of the best boys soccer teams from across the state — and literally from the mountains to the coast. It’s not uncommon for a matchup to turn into a state title or regional
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Independence held off a furious comeback attempt by Myers Park to win the first game of the 2024 Keep Pounding High School Classic. The game was played on Thursday evening, a day before most of the high school football teams in North Carolina got their official start. The Patriots, No. 6 in the HSOT Statewide
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GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Thursday evening for the sixth time since December, spewing red lava through a new fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The eruption began shortly after 9 p.m. following a series of strong earthquakes and within the hour a 4-kilometer (2.4-mile) fissure cut through the Sundhnúkur crater.
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The Warriors from Weddington High School defeated the Chargers of Providence Day School by a score of 13-7 on Thursday night. It was the second of the two games played at the 2024 Keep Pounding High School Classic. It kicked off at 8:00 p.m. Weddington entered the showdown as the No. 3 team in the
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AMES, Iowa (AP) — At first glance, it looks like an unassuming farm. Cows are scattered across fenced-in fields. A milking barn sits in the distance with a tractor parked alongside. But the people who work there are not farmers, and other buildings look more like what you’d find at a modern university than in
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital Thursday placed the divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate under house arrest for 30 days, as prosecutors investigate a sprawling new case that involves allegations of human trafficking of minors and sex with a minor. The Bucharest Tribunal’s decision comes a day after prosecutors detained six people
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Google will soon give California millions of dollars to help pay for local journalism jobs in a first-in-the-nation deal, but journalists and other media industry experts are calling it a disappointing agreement that mostly benefits the tech giant. The agreement, which was hashed out behind closed doors and announced this week,
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PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — The Italian coast guard said Thursday the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered off the coast of Sicily from the wreckage of a superyacht whose builders had called unsinkable. One woman remains missing. She has not been identified, but Hannah Lynch, Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, is reportedly
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An unexpected highlight of the Democratic National Convention on Night Three was an outburst of pride from the son of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. “That’s my dad!” 17-year-old Gus Walz could be seen exclaiming Wednesday night. He stood, tears streaming down his face, and pointed to his father, the governor of
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