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April 3, 2025
By WRAL Sports For the second time this season, the Carolina Hurricanes have a trade involving star winger Mikko Rantanen. This time instead of acquiring his services, they’re sending him away. In the shadows of the NHL trade deadline, the Canes sent Rantanen to the Dallas Stars in exchange for two first-round picks in 2026
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GENEVA (AP) — Trump administration freezes on U.S. foreign aid have led many United Nations organizations to cut staff, budgets and services in places as diverse as Afghanistan, Sudan, Ukraine and far beyond. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lamented the “severe cuts” and cited some fallout last week: Over 9 million people in Afghanistan will miss
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REIDSVILLE, N.C. – They’re back. The defending 2A state champions’ 58th consecutive victory punched their ticket back to the western regional final. Behind 30 points from star point guard Dionte Neal, Reidsville held off Salisbury 77-69 in a rematch of last year’s regional championship rematch. Johnniyus Sharpe set the tone with two three-point baskets to
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For the first time in school history, the Sanderson boys basketball will play in the N.C. High School Athletic Association semifinals. Sanderson has appeared in the fourth round before, but never won the game. That changed on Friday. Led by a 42-point performance from senior Nathan Fife, (3) Sanderson went on the road and beat
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst. Like research universities around the United States, the private school in North Carolina’s Research Triangle would see a massive loss from Trump administration cuts to grants from the National Institutes of
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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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