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April 3, 2025
Corvian Community came up short in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A boys basketball state championship game last season, but the Cardinals will get another shot this week. In the first game of the day at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem on Tuesday, Corvian defeated Queen’s Grant 75-44 in the 1A boys
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East Bladen will have a chance to win the school’s first girls basketball state championship later this week. The Eagles defeated Perquimans 77-63 in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A eastern regional championship game at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem on Tuesday. East Bladen built a double-digit lead in the first half,
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Southern Wake Academy will play for a N.C. High School Athletic Association boys basketball state cahmpionship for the first time in school history. The Lions defeated top-seeded Washington County 70-56 in the 1A eastern regional championship game at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem on Tuesday evening. It took a few minutes for the
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Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico are now up to more than 250 cases, and two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been considered
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is canceling studies about ways to improve vaccine trust and access, a move that comes in the midst of a large measles outbreak fueled by unvaccinated children. Researchers with grants from the National Institutes of Health to study why some people have questions or fears about vaccines and how
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By Pat Welter It was clear to anyone who saw Seth Trimble dunk in middle school that he was destined for great heights. At the University of North Carolina he just needed to wait for take off. “I’ve kind of been through it all these last three to four years and I’m very, very grateful
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Donald Trump’s support for Elon Musk’s car company could end up hurting it. Tesla investors cheered Tuesday as Trump came to the defense of Musk’s beleaguered and boycotted carmaker by lavishing the Tesla CEO with praise in a press conference as five Teslas lined up in the White House driveway. Trump called Musk a “patriot”
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the first all-steel cargo ships to traverse the lakes. Built to break speed records, the 300-foot (91-meter) freighter dubbed “the inland greyhound”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Metallica is bringing their powerhouse performance from Mexico City straight to viewers’ faces courtesy of Apple. The company said Tuesday that Metallica’s show will be delivered in an immersive concert experience on the Apple Vision Pro video headset on Friday. The concert experience will feature the band’s iconic hits including “Whiplash,”
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By Bob Holliday, WRAL Sports contributor North Carolina now looks like an NCAA Tournament team. But the Tar Heels do not at present have the credentials to get a tournament bid. Saturday night’s emotional 82-69 loss to Duke leaves UNC with just one Quad 1 win against 11 Quad 1 losses. No team has received
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