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April 3, 2025
By Brian Murphy, WRAL North Carolina’s season will continue in the NCAA Tournament. Barely. The Tar Heels (22-13) earned the final at-large spot in the 68-team field when it was announced Sunday evening. North Carolina was in jeopardy of missing the tournament for the second time in three seasons. UNC plays San Diego State from
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer Raleigh, N.C. — Some of the best college basketball teams in the country are visiting Raleigh this week for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Two No. 1 seeds in the tournament – Duke in the East region and Florida in the West region – are set to play at
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer Duke is the No. 1 seed in the East region and will play its first-round game at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh. The Blue Devils will play Friday against the winner of the play-in game between 16 seeds American and Mount St. Mary’s. If Duke wins its first-round
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Before we begin, a disclaimer: Your bracket will probably be a mess by Saturday. Or by Friday. And let’s be honest, some of us will out of the running by Thursday night. Welcome back to the world’s largest lottery, the NCAA Tournament and all of its various bracket pools
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By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Auburn is the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, with Duke, Houston and Florida joining the Tigers on the No. 1 line in the March Madness brackets released Sunday. The NCAA selection committee favored the regular-season champs of the record-setting Southeastern Conference despite three losses in their last
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts. The four newcomers — representing the U.S., Japan and Russia — will spend some time learning the station’s ins and outs from Butch
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The next time you’re due for a medical exam you may get a call from someone like Ana: a friendly voice that can help you prepare for your appointment and answer any pressing questions you might have. With her calm, warm demeanor, Ana has been trained to put patients at ease — like many nurses
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As an infant, Connor Phillips was born three months premature with cerebral palsy. The science that saved his life was the inspiration that led to his role studying brain processes as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health. He had hopes of continuing his work at NIH through a partnership with Brown University,
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For parents of kids with disabilities, advocating for their child can be complicated, time-consuming — and expensive. Changes at the Education Department are likely to make the process even more difficult, advocates for kids with disabilities say. When a parent believes their child is not receiving proper services or school accommodations for
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Under warm strobe lights and pulsing house beats, a recent festival in Mexico City offered more than music, food and booze. Amidst the usual festival fare, a booth provided free, anonymous drug testing. The initiative, known as “Checa tu Sustancia” (Check Your Substance), is one of several recent efforts by Mexican
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