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April 25, 2025
MATTHEWS, N.C. — Call them favorites, call them Dark Horses, call them champions. On Friday night, Clinton took home the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A boys soccer championship by a 3-1 score over Southwestern Randolph. The Dark Horses won their title — the first boys soccer championship ever hosted by the Mecklenburg County Sportsplex
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CLEVELAND TOWNSHIP, N.C. — For the second straight week, Cleveland’s dynamic offense was held way below its scoring average. This time around, though, the defense was more than willing to pick up the slack. In the No. 1 Rams’ 21-3 win over No. 16 Ashley in the second round of the N.C. High School Athletic
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Is this the year that Hough’s vaunted football program breaks through? The Huskies dominated Independence in a 47-3 second round blowout. Despite Independence’s 21-seed and Hough’s 5-seed, it was as matchup of two 10-1 teams. Tonight’s game was the first time the programs faced off in 10 years and one day exactly. The contest never
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Travel can be stressful in the best of times. Now add in the high-level anxiety that seems to be baked into every holiday season and it’s clear that travelers could use some help calming frazzled nerves. Travel pros say there is plenty you can do ahead of time to make for a happier and less-stressful
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated Dr. Marty Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration, selecting a surgeon and author who gained national attention for opposing vaccine mandates and some other public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Makary, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, is the latest in a string
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A California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that include chicken feet, duck neck, beef shank and pork hock, federal health officials reported Friday. Yu Shang Food, Inc., of Spartanburg, South Carolina, has recalled more
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Fans without cable or streaming apps can watch the Carolina Hurricanes play for free during the week of Thanksgiving. The games – Tuesday, Nov. 25, and Friday, Nov. 29 – will be simulcast on broadcast television. “We are thrilled to partner with The Carolina Hurricanes and provide North Carolina with the opportunity to watch the
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s Yucatan peninsula. Using drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old network of earthen canals in what’s now Belize. The findings were published Friday in Science Advances. “The aerial imagery was crucial to
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday stepped into a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas, in a new test of federal regulatory power. The justices will review an appellate ruling that struck down as
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Health officials on Friday confirmed bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor. The child had mild symptoms, was treated with antiviral medication and is recovering, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in announcing the test results. State officials have said the child attends day care
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