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Lake Norman Charter wins 3A girls swimming title; Orange’s Katie Belle Sikes sets new record

Lake Norman Charter made school history by claiming their first ever N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A girls swimming & diving state championship at Cary’s Triangle Aquatic Center. Lake Norman Charter dominated the championship with a score of 300, leaving second-place Orange far behind with 187 points. On Wednesday, Madilyn Varnum of Lake Norman Charter

Julius Peppers is the main attraction in a Pro Football Hall of Fame class that emphasizes defensive players.

Written by JOSH DUBOW, Professional Football Writer for the Associated Press. LAS VEGAS The Pro Football Hall of Fame has officially added a member from every NFL team to its roster, including Las Vegas’ own. On Thursday night at NFL Honors, it was announced that Julius Peppers and Andre Johnson were the first players drafted

Kitley and Amoore lead No. 16 Virginia Tech to a 72-61 victory over No. 3 NC State on the road, completing a sweep.

Rewritten: Written by AARON BEARD, AP Basketball Writer. The sixteenth-ranked Virginia Tech team did not experience any last-minute suspense as they defeated the third-ranked North Carolina State once more. On Thursday evening, Elizabeth Kitley scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, while the Hokies made 11 shots from beyond the arc to defeat the Wolfpack

A woman from New York has been given a probationary sentence and ordered to pay fines for participating in schemes to defraud COVID aid programs.

A woman from Brooklyn who admitted to committing fraud in relation to multiple schemes during the pandemic has been given a sentence of three years probation and ordered to pay $650,000 in penalties on Thursday. According to prosecutors, Chanette Lewis, who is 32 years old, utilized her position at a call center, which is part

Climate scientist Michael Mann has been awarded $1 million in a defamation lawsuit by a jury.

A court has granted $1 million to climate scientist Michael Mann in a lawsuit he filed against two conservative writers 12 years ago. They had likened his portrayal of global warming to that of a convicted sex offender. According to Mann, a climate science professor at the University of Pennsylvania, his graph first appeared in

A large number of African penguin babies are born at a science museum in San Francisco.

Ten baby African penguins have successfully hatched at a science museum in San Francisco within the past year, as part of a conservation initiative for the at-risk species. In November 2022, the penguins started to hatch, marking the end of a four-year span with no new chicks. This continued until January of this year, as

A proposed legislation in Nebraska aims to employ a computer expert to examine the state’s electronic and voting systems.

A legislator in Nebraska is proposing steps to safeguard the state from cyber threats by suggesting the hiring of a hacker. On Thursday, State Senator Loren Lippincott proposed a bill to the government committee of the Legislature. The bill aims to allocate $200,000 to the Nebraska State Patrol for the purpose of hiring an “ethical

The US cybersecurity agency is increasing collaboration with states due to numerous risks facing election systems.

The United States’ cybersecurity agency announced a new initiative on Thursday to enhance election security across the states. The program aims to strengthen local offices and reassure voters that this year’s presidential elections will be secure and accurate. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency officials will be presenting the program to the National Association

According to officials, a criminal is responsible for a cyberattack on a hospital in Chicago that lasted for several days.

The city of Chicago is dealing with a major cyberattack that has been ongoing for over a week at a prominent children’s hospital. This has resulted in doctors and nurses being unable to access electronic patient records and parents struggling to communicate with their children’s healthcare providers. On Thursday, representatives from Lurie Children’s Hospital stated

The use of artificially generated voices in automated phone calls can mislead voters, and the FCC has recently outlawed this practice.

The Federal Communications Commission has banned robocalls that use artificially generated voices, making it clear that using this technology to deceive individuals and manipulate voters will not be acceptable. The decision, which was reached unanimously, focuses on automated phone calls created using voice-cloning technology and falls under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. This law was