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April 2, 2025
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — This year’s finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame include trailblazers in esports, electronic pets and portable gaming, as well as the arcade favorite brought to life in a 1998 episode of “Seinfeld.” The Hall of Fame revealed the 12 finalists up for induction on Thursday and opened a
READ MORETIRANA, Albania (AP) — The Albanian Cabinet decided on Thursday to shut down TikTok for 12 months, blaming the popular video-sharing platform for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children. Education Minister Ogerta Manastirliu said officials are in contact with TikTok on installing filters like parental control, age verification and the inclusion of the Albanian
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The N.C. High School Athletic Association distributed a survey to all member schools this week asking for information about girls flag football. In December, the NCHSAA Board of Directors directed the NCHSAA staff to conduct a survey of the membership about the sport after it decided not to approve a proposal from Durham, Johnston, and
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For the first time, HighSchoolOT is releasing All-Region Football Teams. These will complement our All-State Football Team, which just reached its fifth edition. The All-Region teams, which are only for HSOT Insiders, use our existing area code region format. We divide our regional team rankings and watch lists by the state’s six area codes: the
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Our prediction for this League 1 match: Leyton Orient Northampton Leyton Orient play host to Northampton Town at their Brisbane Road on day 36 of the current League One campaign. Despite being on a four-game losing run in the English third tier, the O’s are still seen as hot favourites to win Saturday’s clash. Manager
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL Raleigh, N.C. — NC State won’t get the chance to recreate last year’s magical ACC Tournament run in 2025. On senior night, the Wolfpack did its part, defeating Pitt 71-63 in its home finale at Lenovo Center to keep its slim hopes alive of reaching next week’s ACC Tournament. But Notre
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By AARON BEARD, AP Sports Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Bill Belichick is back on the practice sidelines again, a familiar home for the man who won six Super Bowls as an NFL head coach. Only now the setting is a small college town. And instead of that familiar hoodie, he was instead decked in
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Before Reddit there was Digg, which popularized up- and down-votes on online posts. Now the founders of both platforms — social media veterans Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian — are relaunching the early Reddit rival with a focus on “humanity and connection” they hope will be boosted by the use of artificial intelligence. Rose founded
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A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from drastically cutting medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and cost jobs. The new National Institutes of Health policy would strip research groups of hundreds of millions of dollars to cover so-called indirect expenses of studying Alzheimer’s, cancer, heart disease and a
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning a reorganization that includes cutting over 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency that provides health care and other services for millions of veterans, according to an internal memo obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. The VA’s chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, told top-level officials at
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