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April 3, 2025
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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By Brian Murphy, WRAL Raleigh, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes got the breaks they needed Thursday night to get past the Boston Bruins — including the game-winning goal by Seth Jarvis with 18.6 seconds left that came off a failed clearance due to a broken stick. Now the team just wants to get past Friday’s
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By WRAL and The Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Lexi Donarski scored 20 points and 14th-ranked North Carolina beat Boston College 78-71 on Thursday to advance to the ACC Tournament quarterfinals for the third time in four years. North Carolina (26-6), the No. 5 seed, will play No. 4 seed and 22nd-ranked Florida State
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday establishing a government reserve of bitcoin, a key marker in the cryptocurrency’s journey towards possible mainstream acceptance. Under Trump’s new order, the U.S. government will retain the estimated 200,000 bitcoin it’s already seized in criminal and civil proceedings, according to Trump’s “crypto czar” David Sacks. “The U.S.
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports Say hello to the Beasley family. Five kids, six grandkids. When they all get together, things get loud. “Chaotic, it’s fun, it’s never boring,” said father Anthony Beasley. Some of the loudest sounds come from the garage. There’s a net set up against a wall with a few too many
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly ran into trouble and may have fallen over. Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the moon’s south pole —
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