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Former tech exec admits to fraud involving a scheme to boost Getty Images shares, authorities say

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former technology executive has pleaded guilty to a single count of fraud involving a scheme to artificially inflate the share price of photo and video distributor Getty Images, federal officials said Friday. Robert Scott Murray, who was chief executive of the networking-equipment maker 3Com for several months in 2006, was

Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski honored with ‘Coach K Highway’ :: WRALSportsFan.com

By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports Durham, N.C. — There are a lot of signs in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Banners, decals, more banners, but it’s a new one that brought former Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski back on Friday afternoon. “Coach K Highway” will run down a stretch of NC 751 and Cameron Blvd. A chunk

FDA warns parents to avoid infant formula distributed by Texas company due to contamination

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials warned parents to avoid powdered infant formula sold by a Texas dairy producer, because a dangerous bacteria was found in one of the company’s products. The Food and Drug Administration issued the alert Friday on Crecelac Infant Powdered Goat Milk Infant Formula, after a sample collected from a Texas

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a closely watched challenge to the state’s restrictive abortion ban, ruling against a group of women who had serious pregnancy complications and became the first in the U.S. to testify in court about being denied abortions since Roe v. Wade was overturned. In a

Woman is back on dialysis after doctors remove transplanted pig kidney

WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman who received a pig kidney transplant is back on dialysis because surgeons had to remove the gradually failing organ after just 47 days. Lisa Pisano was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig, and NYU Langone Health announced that she is stable after an operation to

Trump Media shares swing wildly and then tumble a day after former president was convicted

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group closed lower Friday after swinging wildly over the course of the day following the conviction of former President Donald Trump in his hush money trial. After the U.S. stock markets closed Thursday, a New York jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally

Duke loses to UConn in opening game of Norman regionals :: WRALSportsFan.com

By WRAL and The Associated Press UConn 4, Duke 1 NORMAN, Okla. — Ryan Hyde broke a tie with a two-run single in the sixth inning to help UConn beat Duke 4-1 on Friday in each team’s opening game of the Division I baseball tournament. Freshman Tyler Minick hit a solo home run in the

Evansville sends East Carolina to elimination bracket in Greenville regional :: WRALSportsFan.com

By WRAL Staff Evansville knocked off nationally seeded East Carolina 4-1 in the first game of the Greenville regional Friday afternoon. East Carolina, which grabbed the No. 16 seed, now faces a long road to winning the regional. Wake Forest and VCU meet in Friday’s second game. East Carolina will face the loser in an

LSU survives Wofford’s upset bid in Chapel Hill regional :: WRALSportsFan.com

By WRAL Staff Chapel Hill, N.C. — LSU 4, Wofford 3 Steven Milam hit two solo home runs, including a game-deciding shot to right-center in the bottom of the ninth, and the defending champion LSU Tigers overcame a two-run deficit to beat Wofford 4-3 in their NCAA Division I baseball tournament opening game on Friday.

US Energy Secretary calls for more nuclear power while celebrating $35 billion Georgia reactors

WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday called for more nuclear reactors to be built in the United States and worldwide. But the CEO of the Georgia utility that just finished the first two scratch-built American reactors in a generation at a cost of nearly $35 billion says his company isn’t