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October 18, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time. What’s now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form? Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social video app merged with
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The Miami Dolphins decided to add another super speedster at running back in the 2024 NFL Draft. This rusher is a product of North Carolina. He attended the University of Tennessee. Former Southern Durham standout Jaylen Wright was selected by Miami with the 20th pick in the fourth round. The Dolphins traded a future third
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A speedy wide receiver from West Charlotte High School is now a member of the Baltimore Ravens . Tez Walker was selected with the 13th pick in the fourth round. The former North Carolina Tar Heel will next run routes for Lamar Jackson. The 2019 high school graduate faced some adversity in college but now
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Ardrey Kell High School alum Cedric Gray’s NFL dreams have become a reality. The former University of North Carolina linebacker was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round with the 106th overall pick. Gray is the second Ardrey Kell graduate to be drafted in last five years. Julian Okwara was picked by the
READ MOREAs the adage goes, “sometimes it is better to be lucky than good.” On Friday night, Hough was both. In the return game of the “Battle of Huskies” series, Sarah Funderburk was credited with a second half tally that would be enough to secure a 1-0 win over Heritage. Strong play on the back line
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By JOSH DUBOW, AP Pro Football Writer The long wait for the first running back to be drafted finally came to an end. The Carolina Panthers traded up six spots to take Texas running back Jonathon Brooks with the 46th pick in the NFL draft Friday night, the second-latest selection for the first running back
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. In a statement Friday, Biden’s top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, saying only that the administration would take more
READ MOREEVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Officials are sounding alarms after a baby died and two others apparently also overdosed in the past week in separate instances in which fentanyl was left unsecured inside residences, authorities said. A 911 caller on Wednesday afternoon reported that a 13-month-old baby was not breathing in an apartment in Everett, the
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A proposed ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors also would bar state employees from promoting it — or even children’s social transitioning. Teachers and social workers who support LGBTQ+ rights worry that they could be disciplined or fired for helping kids who are exploring their gender identities. Democratic Gov.
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer The Carolina Panthers are picking up the fifth-year option for cornerback Jaycee Horn, the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Friday. The Panthers will exercise the $12.5 million option for Horn in 2025. Horn is set to make $3.53 million this season. Horn was the team’s 2021 first-round pick
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