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Forecasters still predict highly active Atlantic hurricane season in mid-season update

MIAMI (AP) — Federal forecasters are still predicting a highly active Atlantic hurricane season thanks to near-record sea surface temperatures and the possibility of La Nina, officials said Thursday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s updated hurricane outlook said atmospheric and oceanic conditions have set the stage for an extremely active hurricane season that could

NC Softball Gatorade POTY Kina Davis changes commitment to UNC

Two months after the N.C. Baseball Gatorade Player of the Year switched his commitment to UNC, the N.C. Softball Gatorade Player of the Year has done the same with a different in-state school. South Brunswick’s Kina Davis, a rising senior and previously committed to Charlotte, announced the change on Instagram on Wednesday. Davis led South

Watch List: 150 names to know in NC volleyball for 2024

HighSchoolOT is previewing the upcoming volleyball season with its annual watch list. This year’s watch list features 25 names from each of North Carolina’s six area codes. To get ready for the season, also visit the links below from our ongoing volleyball coverage. Volleyball Recruiting Tracker Preseason Statewide Top 25 Rankings Preseason Area Code Top

July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief

Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced Thursday. But July 2024 ’s average heat just missed surpassing the July of a year ago, and scientists said the end of

After baby’s death, Kentucky parents sue infant formula maker at center of 2022 crisis

The parents of a Kentucky baby who died last fall after drinking bacteria-tainted infant formula are the latest to sue Abbott Nutrition, the manufacturer at the heart of a 2022 crisis that left millions of Americans scrambling to feed their children. Willow Jade Dellaquila, of Carrollton, Kentucky, was 13 days old when she died on

The Perseids are here. Here’s how to see the ‘fireballs’ of summer’s brightest meteor shower

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Perseids are back to dazzle the sky with bursts of light and color. The annual meteor shower, active since July, peaks before dawn Monday. It’s one of the brightest and most easily viewed showers of the year, producing “bright blue meteors — and lots of them,” said University of Warwick astronomer

EPA issues rare emergency ban on pesticide that damages fetuses

ST. LOUIS (AP) — For the first time in roughly 40 years, the Environmental Protection Agency used its emergency authority to halt the sale of a weed-killing pesticide that harms the development of unborn babies. Officials took the rare step because the pesticide DCPA, or Dacthal, could cause irreversible damage to fetuses, including impaired brain

UN health agency convening experts to determine if the mpox outbreak in Africa is a global emergency

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday he will convene an expert group to determine if the increasing spread of the mpox virus in Africa warrants being declared a global emergency. At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that given the increasing spread of mpox

A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young help US rout Nigeria 88-74 to reach Olympic women’s hoops semifinals :: WRALSportsFan.com

By DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer PARIS — PARIS (AP) — The U.S. made a change in its starting lineup, inserting Jackie Young for Diana Taurasi, to try to get off to a better start. It paid immediate dividends as the Americans started strong and beat Nigeria 88-74 on Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of

Rafael Nadal withdraws from the US Open, the 3rd Grand Slam tournament he’ll miss this year :: WRALSportsFan.com

By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer Rafael Nadal pulled out of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, making it the third Grand Slam tournament he’s missed this season and raising more questions about his future in tennis at age 38. Nadal wrote on social media that he will miss “those electric and special night sessions” in