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April 2, 2025
CHEROKEE, N.C. — Load up the buses, Cherokee. Next stop, Winston-Salem. The Lady Braves earned their way back to the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A girls basketball final four with a 69-50 win over Albemarle in Friday’s fourth round. The closer-than-it-appears matchup against the third-seeded Bulldogs may serve the second-seeded Lady Braves well going
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL Greensboro, N.C. — The ACC women’s basketball tournament is going to have a heavy Triangle flavor. Third-seeded Duke’s defense bottled up No. 6 Louisville on Friday night, earning the Blue Devils a 61-48 quarterfinal victory at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro and a place in the tournament semifinals on Saturday. The
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Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from hantavirus infection, officials in New Mexico announced Friday. Hantavirus, found throughout the world, is spread by contact with rodents or their urine or feces. It does not spread between people. There is no specific treatment or cure, but early medical attention can increase the chance of survival. An
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KILGORIS, Kenya (AP) — “I am worth defending!” a group of girls chant as they each take up a fighting stance. They are about to practice combat techniques. And no, they are not part of a martial arts club. They are Maasai girls living at a boarding school in Transmara in western Kenya, which doubles
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We now know the regional final matchups for the 2024-25 N.C. High School Athletic Association basketball season. In Friday’s fourth round, 16 boys and girls teams punched their tickets to Winston-Salem, the location of championship week. Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum at Wake Forest University will serve as the host. Games begin on Monday, March
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL Greensboro, N.C. — North Carolina and NC State will meet for a second time this season after all. The rivals played just once in the regular season due to the ACC’s expansion to 18 teams. But the fifth-seeded Tar Heels and top-seeded Wolfpack have a second date now — in the
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Until recently, most Americans had never heard the term “seed oils,” even though they’ve likely cooked with and consumed them for decades. It’s the catchy description coined by internet influencers, wellness gurus and some politicians to refer to common cooking oils — think canola, soybean and corn oil — that have long been staples in
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President Donald Trump said Friday he’s committed to making the U.S. a world leader in cryptocurrencies as industry leaders heaped praise on him for reversing what they said had been unfair attacks on digital assets by the previous administration. “I thought it was very important that we stay in the front of this one,” Trump
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A historic measles outbreak in West Texas is just short of 200 cases, Texas state health officials said Friday, while the number of cases in neighboring New Mexico tripled to 30. Most of the cases across both states are in people younger than 18 and people who are unvaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Giving a new meaning to the phrase mad scientists, angry researchers, doctors, their patients and supporters ventured out of labs, hospitals and offices Friday to fight against what they call a blitz on life-saving science by the Trump administration. In the nation’s capital, a couple thousand gathered at the Stand Up for
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