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May 8, 2025
By Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Drake Batherson scored the tying and go-ahead goals in the third period and the Ottawa Senators tuned up for the playoffs with a 7-5 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night in the regular-season finale for both teams. Brady Tkachuk returned to Ottawa’s lineup after missing eight
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By Pat Welter Quarterback has been the biggest question facing Bill Belichick’s first season at North Carolina. Thursday we got one step closer to an answer. A day after Ryan Browne entered the transfer portal, South Alabama QB Gio Lopez announced on social media he had committed to the Tar Heels. Excited and grateful, go Heels!🐏
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to boost the profits fueling an internet empire currently worth $1.8 trillion. The ruling issued Thursday by U.S. District Judge
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NEW YORK (AP) — A draft budget proposal circulating among federal officials would dramatically deepen cuts at the nation’s top health agency, eliminating some public health programs entirely and serving as a roadmap for more mass firings. The document suggests a cut in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ discretionary spending by as
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Jordan High School has hired Trevei Foreman as its next athletic director. Foreman is replacing Joseph Sharrow, who was hired to jumpstart the new Felton Grove High School athletic department in Wake County. It’s a return to Durham for Foreman, who worked at Hillside as a physical education and health teacher from 2020-2022. Foreman has
READ MORESAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix fared better than analysts anticipated during the first three months of the year, signaling the world’s largest video streaming service is still thriving as President Donald Trump’s policies cast a pall on the economy. The numbers released Thursday indicated Netflix is still building on the momentum that enabled it to
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The NHL released the first-round schedule for Carolina’s best-of-seven playoff series with New Jersey. Game 1: New Jersey at Carolina, Sunday, April 20 (3 p.m.) TV: FanDuel Sports, ESPN Tickets: Ticketmaster link Game 2: New Jersey at Carolina, Tuesday, April 22 (6 p.m.) TV: FanDuel Sports, ESPN Tickets: Ticketmaster link Game 3: Carolina at New
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LONDON (AP) — Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life on a distant planet outside our solar system, though they caution more work is needed to confirm their findings. The research, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge, detected evidence of compounds in the exoplanet’s atmosphere that on Earth are only produced by
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By The Associated Press Lee Corso’s nearly four-decade run on ESPN’s “College GameDay” is coming to an end. Corso, the longtime ESPN broadcaster and folksy former coach widely known for his endearing expressions and elaborate headgear picks, is set to retire after a career with the show that began in 1987, ESPN announced Thursday. His
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By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams will make their selections in the upcoming NFL draft from the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Air Operations base in Van Nuys to honor the first responders who stopped the deadly wildfires that ravaged Southern California earlier this year.
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