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November 15, 2024
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — With vigils outside clinics, marches drawing thousands and groups of men kneeling to pray in public squares, religious and neo-conservative groups have been ramping up pressure to ban abortions in staunchly Catholic Croatia. The fierce debate has fueled divisions in the European Union nation of about 3.9 million people where abortion
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Somebody was going to bounce back in a big way on Tuesday night. Looking to rebound from their first losses of the year, Topsail and Hoggard softball went punch for punch through the first three innings. But with the score tied 3-3 in the fourth, Rylee Reuter blasted a home run to spark a four-run
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Having already scored her 39th and 40th goals of the year, Taylor Waters sent a long free kick towards the box, hoping for a shot at No. 41 and a game-winner to keep alive the Warriors’ unbeaten streak to start the season. It wasn’t a goal for Waters, but it turned into a game-winner nonetheless.
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BOSTON (AP) — Two former officials of a veterans home in Massachusetts where at least 76 people died in one of the nation’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks in a long-term care facility settled their criminal case Tuesday without having to go to jail. Bennett Walsh, the former superintendent of the Veterans’ Home in Holyoke, and Dr.
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By JOSH DUBOW, AP Pro Football Writer NFL owners were busy this week, approving a series of rule changes that address player safety, overhaul the kickoff and expand the use of instant replay. While the changes were all overwhelmingly approved they don’t come without some level of controversy, with many players opposing the ban on
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A number of teams in last week’s HSOT Statewide Top 25 rankings for baseball, so there are eight new teams in this week’s edition. The new entrants are: Leesville Road, Currituck County, Wakefield, Marvin Ridge, R-S Central, East Forsyth, South Central, and North Lenoir. Rankings reminders: Rankings are updated weekly and released on Monday All
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fly me to the moon. Or, at least, to Maine. Maine’s largest airport is now home to the second largest piece of the moon on Earth, according to moon rock enthusiasts who installed the extraterrestrial chunk. The moon piece is a little bigger than a rugby ball and is on loan
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A large suburban Philadelphia county has joined dozens of other local governments around the country in suing the oil industry, asserting that major oil producers systematically deceived the public about their role in accelerating global warming. Bucks County’s lawsuit against a half dozen oil companies blames the oil industry for more frequent and intense storms
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NEW YORK (AP) — A top U.S. prosecutor announced criminal charges Tuesday against a once-ascending company in the cryptocurrency world and two of its founders in a bid to send a message to other players in the industry to follow U.S. laws. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said conspiracy charges against KuCoin and two executives should
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer North Carolina Tar Heels guard RJ Davis is among four players who are finalists for the 2024 Naismith Men’s College Basketball Player of the Year award. Davis is joined by Purdue center Zach Edey, Tennessee fifth-year guard Dalton Knecht and Houston senior guard Jamal Shead. The winner will
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