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January 18, 2025
By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports Duke football head coach Manny Diaz said finding QB1 in fall camp was a challenge for the Blue Devils. Texas transfer Maalik Murphy and sophomore Grayson Loftis didn’t make it easy on the coaching staff. “This was a great competition. Grayson and Malik pushed each other really, really hard, and
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By STEVE REED, AP Sports Writer Carolina Panthers Buffalo Bills Saturday, August 24th 1:00 PM EDT CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Coach Dave Canales said Carolina Panthers fans can expect to see the starters Saturday when the team faces the Buffalo Bills in the final game of the preseason. “My hope is to get the starters out
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Midwife Jennie Joseph touched Husna Mixon’s pregnant belly, turned to the 7-year-old boy in the room with them and asked: “Want to help me check the baby?” With his small hand on hers, Joseph used a fetal monitor to find a heartbeat. “I hear it!” he said. A quick, steady thumping
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL Five years after its long-awaited launch, the ACC Network has delivered on its biggest promises: more revenue for the league’s schools, more exposure for the school’s athletics programs and more availability of those program’s games across the nation. But the network, which celebrates its fifth anniversary with special programming Thursday, and
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There are no shortage of rankings of the all-time best high school football rivalries in North Carolina. You’ll hear the same pairings over and over again, with good reason. High school football in this state has been in part defined by heated showdowns like Richmond-Scotland, Shelby-Crest, Tuscola-Pisgah, and A.L. Brown-Concord. I wanted to do a
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NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. government report expected to stir debate concluded that fluoride in drinking water at twice the recommended limit is linked with lower IQ in children. The report, based on an analysis of previously published research, marks the first time a federal agency has determined — “with moderate confidence” — that
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Masked police officers in Romania carried out fresh raids early Wednesday at the home of divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate, who is awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. Romania’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, said it was searching four homes in
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer Cary, N.C. — The North Carolina Courage acquired rookie defender Maycee Bell via trade from NJ/NY Gotham FC, the teams announced Wednesday. In exchange for Bell, Gotham FC receives $80,000 in allocation money and $10,000 in intra-league transfer funds. Bell, 23, signed a guaranteed contract through the 2026
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An attorney for a health clinic in a Montana town polluted with deadly asbestos asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reverse a lower court determination that it submitted hundreds of false claims on behalf of patients. That judgment came last year in a jury trial following a lawsuit against
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Federal officials affirmed this month that the pain people might feel when getting an IUD can be more than doctors’ promises of “just a pinch.” The local anesthetic lidocaine “might be useful for reducing patient pain” when inserting intrauterine devices, according to new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which also
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