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October 18, 2024
Pedestrians who are not white ended up in the emergency room for traffic-related injuries at higher rates than white people, according to a new federal report published Thursday. There were more than 137,000 emergency room visits involving a pedestrian injury between January 2021 and December 2023. Asian pedestrians went to the ER 2.23 times more
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Antwon Stevenson has made a difficult decision to leave his new post at Northeast Guilford High School to instead become the head coach at Ragsdale High School. Stevenson, who is from High Point and still lives in the area, will have a significantly shorter drive between home and work at Ragsdale, he confirmed to HighSchoolOT.
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer Tiger Woods has accepted a special exemption into the 124th U.S. Open Championship, the United States Golf Association announced Thursday. Woods, 48, is due to make his 23rd start at the U.S. Open, which runs from June 13-16 at Pinehurst No. 2. He is due to make his
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported Thursday. Scientists observed Rakus pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant used by people throughout Southeast
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A new definition and subsequent warning for faking being fouled — or flopping — has been added to the NFHS Basketball Rules Book for the 2024-25 season. This revision to high school basketball rules was one of 12 changes approved by the NFHS Basketball Rules Committee at its April 9-11 meeting in Indianapolis. All recommended changes
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On Thursday morning, North Mecklenburg’s athletic department announced that it has promoted Daryl Vereen to its head football coach position. Vereen is taking over for Damon McKee, who the school parted ways with in early April. Vereen is a North Meck alum and has been on the staff as an assistant for the past few
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ROME (AP) — A European court on Thursday upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California, ruling that Italy was justified in trying to reclaim an important part of its cultural heritage and rejecting the museum’s appeal. The European Court of Human Rights, or ECHR, determined
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LONDON (AP) — Toothbrushes used to be simple, powered only by your hand so they never broke down. Nowadays, rechargeable electric toothbrushes are increasingly popular because they make brushing easier and more effective, but they are a headache when they stop working properly. Inside an electric toothbrush’s waterproof housing is a battery that powers a
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STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — A convicted sex offender is asking the Norwegian Supreme Court to declare that social media access is a human right. The case before the court Thursday involves a man who molested a minor and used the Snapchat messaging app to connect with young boys. The unidentified offender was sentenced last year
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Microsoft is investing $2.2 billion over the next four years in Malaysia’s new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure as well as partnering with the government to establish a national AI center, its CEO Satya Nadella said Thursday. It marks Microsoft’s single largest investment in Malaysia, as the tech giant seeks
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