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April 2, 2025
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less than 24 hours after the botched landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines. Launched last week, the lander named Athena
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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis hit the three-week mark Friday in his hospitalization for double pneumonia, in stable condition, receiving therapy but not necessarily improving, after giving the world a tangible indication of just how frail and sick he is. The 88-year-old Francis spent 20 minutes in the Gemelli hospital chapel, praying and doing some
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NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered because it carries features from both humans and Neanderthals. The child’s remains were discovered 27 years ago in a rock shelter called Lagar Velho in central Portugal. The nearly complete skeleton was stained
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in December 2023 on a secret mission. Launched by SpaceX, the X-37B vehicle carried no people, just military experiments. Its
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The N.C. High School Athletic Association has released the final conferences for the first realignment into eight classifications. Here are our early name ideas for the newly created leagues. Our one rule was to not include the number of teams in the conference name. We’re expecting more frequent changes to the conferences now we’re up
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LONDON (AP) — Friday marks three weeks since Pope Francis was hospitalized for bronchitis, which then led to double pneumonia. He was also treated for a complex lung infection and has suffered several respiratory crises requiring further treatment, including machines to help him breathe. Doctors not involved in the pope’s care say the road ahead
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL Sports 2Duke Blue Devils North Carolina Tar Heels ESPN | Saturday, March 8th 6:30 PM EST The North Carolina men’s basketball team, winners of six straight games, have found contentment, confidence and success on the court in recent weeks. What the Tar Heels need most of all, now, is a resumé-boosting
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The Brittany Showcase, hosted at Wilson’s Gillette Soccer Complex, annually features some of the best girls soccer teams from across the state. It’s named after Brittany Willis, who played soccer at Hunt and was the victim of random violence and murdered shortly after her graduation in 2004. Each year, teams are told the story of
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Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down and broke apart. This time, wreckage from the latest explosion was seen streaming from the skies over
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WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s butterflies are disappearing because of insecticides, climate change and habitat loss, with the number of the winged beauties down 22% since 2000, a new study finds. The first countrywide systematic analysis of butterfly abundance found that the number of butterflies in the Lower 48 states has been falling on average 1.3%
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