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3A State Championship Preview: Elite defenses of West Charlotte, Seventy-First take center stage

Two of the best defenses in North Carolina are set to square off in the 2024 N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A football state championship game. Both teams have forced six shutouts — and they’ve allowed the least points-per-game of any of the eight state championship finalists. This preview is packed with aspects of this

Fentanyl fuels record homeless deaths in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Fentanyl fueled a record number of homeless deaths last year in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, according to an annual county report released Friday that officials described as showing the peak of the fentanyl crisis in the area. The report found that 456 homeless people died in the county in

All Netflix wants for Christmas is no streaming problems for its first NFL games :: WRALSportsFan.com

By JOE REEDY, AP Sports Writer Netflix is planning to provide plenty of gifts for viewers of its two Christmas Day games, including Mariah Carey kicking it all off with a taped performance of “All I Want for Christmas is You.” Yet, Netflix executive Brandon Riegg realizes it all amounts to a lump of coal

For some FSA dollars, it’s use it or lose it at year’s end

A big shopping deadline is drawing near for some people, and it has nothing to do with the holidays. Millions of people use flexible spending accounts to help pay for health care, and some may lose money left in those accounts if they don’t spend it by year’s end. There are many ways to spend

Roster Notes: Seventy-First Falcons, 2024 3A East champion

By Players to focus on are in bold. 2. Christian Jackson; Sr. DB, WR, ATH; 5’11” 185 Expected starter at free safety 2024 stats: 128 total tackles, 9 TFL, 3 PBU, 2 FF, 1 FR, 1 blocked punt 3. Jayson Franklin; Jr. RB, LB; 5’11” 205 Expected starter at running back and at linebacker Power

Rwanda and WHO declare end of Marburg outbreak after no new cases reported

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The World Health Organization and the Rwandan government on Friday declared the outbreak in Rwanda of the Ebola-like Marburg fever over after no new cases were registered in recent weeks. The country first declared the outbreak on Sept. 27 and reported a total of 15 deaths and 66 cases, with the

‘Front-row seats to something amazing’: In 2024, the sports world, again, had unforgettable moments :: WRALSportsFan.com

By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer Patrick Mahomes threw a walk-off pass to win the Super Bowl. Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off grand slam to win a World Series game. Stephen Curry said “nuit, nuit” to win an Olympic basketball title in Paris, Noah Lyles won 100-meter gold by about the smallest margin possible, and

Scholz dismisses Musk’s assertion that only a far-right party can ‘save’ Germany

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday dismissed an assertion by Elon Musk that only a far-right party can “save Germany,” but said that freedom of opinion “also goes for multibillionaires.” Germany is expected to vote in an early election on Feb. 23 after Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed last month in a dispute

Giant sloths and mastodons coexisted with humans for millennia in Americas, new discoveries suggest

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) — and when startled, they brandished immense claws. For a long time, scientists believed the first humans to arrive in the Americas soon killed off these giant ground sloths through hunting,

No. 21 Farmville Central holds off No. 18 West Bladen to avenge lone loss

FARMVILLE, N.C. – Woven into Farmville Central’s DNA is the ability to meet the moment. Nine days after a 66-62 loss at West Bladen, revenge was on its mind. The Jaguars knew it, the Knights knew it, and so did the near-capacity crowd that poured in to watch what would be a 66-58 victory. Farmville