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March 16, 2025
By STEVE REED, AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Justin Herbert averaged more than 40 pass attempts per game over his first four years in the league. He’s attempted just 46 total in his first two games under new coach Jim Harbaugh. And that’s just fine with the Los Angeles Chargers
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers. SpaceX’s capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida’s Dry Tortugas in the predawn darkness, carrying tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, two SpaceX
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — On his first day of school at Newcomer Academy, Maikel Tejeda was whisked to the school library. The 7th grader didn’t know why. He soon got the point: He was being given make-up vaccinations. Five of them. “I don’t have a problem with that,” said the 12-year-old, who moved from Cuba
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Being a venture capitalist carries a lot of prestige in Silicon Valley. Those who choose which startups to fund see themselves as fostering the next big waves of technology. So when some of the industry’s biggest names endorsed former President Donald Trump and the onetime VC he picked for a running
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By Shelby Swanson, Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Moore, Eli Pancol and Que’Sean Brown scored touchdowns while Duke’s defense racked up seven tackles for loss as the Blue Devils beat UConn, 26-21, on Saturday night. The win marked Duke’s third consecutive 3-0 start and sixth in the last 11 seasons. The Blue Devils
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PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — A new abortion clinic has brought the debate over reproductive rights to a small college town in the southeast corner of Kansas. It’s one of the few states left in the region still allowing abortions. A religious, Republican-leaning semi-rural location like Pittsburg, Kansas, would have been unlikely to host an abortion
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PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — The Rev. Anthony Navaratnam stood before his congregation and urged them to pray for the women from surrounding states who will flock to the new abortion clinic in town that opened in August. “God is giving us an opportunity to be missionaries in Pittsburg, Kansas,” he told those at Flag Church,
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By Bob Sutton, Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Omarion Hampton rushed for 210 yards and three touchdowns to lift North Carolina past stubborn North Carolina Central in a 45-10 victory Saturday night. The last of Hampton’s 25 carries was a 4-yard touchdown run as North Carolina (3-0) scored two TDs in less than
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KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. – Kings Mountain set the bar high with its Mountaineer Invitational field a year ago. The event featured two of the NCHSAA’s four eventual state champions. With the bar raised even higher, the defending 3A state champions played their best volleyball of the season to protect its home court and claim the
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By BOB SUTTON Associated Press Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 20 NC State Wolfpack 30 Final RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Backup quarterback CJ Bailey was at the controls for three second-half scoring drives, DK Kaufman returned an interception for a touchdown and NC State rallied from a double-digit deficit to defeat Louisiana Tech 30-20 on Saturday. Bailey,
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