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March 12, 2025
Watauga rising senior Kate Sears has made the HighSchoolOT all-state girls basketball team in all three of her seasons. Now, she knows where she’ll be going after her fourth high school season. Sears committed to Virginia Tech on Monday night. Sears made the all-state first team after averaging 23.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.2 assists, and
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By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Let’s get this part out of the way: Rafael Nadal did not announce his retirement after exiting the French Open in the first round. Nothing else, though, is entirely clear about what comes next for the owner of 22 Grand Slam titles. He turns
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TOKYO (AP) — As economies in Asia and the Pacific slow and grow older, countries need to do more to ensure that workers get the education, training and social safety nets needed to raise incomes and ensure social equity, a United Nations report said Tuesday. The report by the International Labor Organization said that growth
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda has rolled out a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign to help safeguard its population against the mosquito-borne disease that has long posed a threat. By the end of April, Ugandan authorities had vaccinated 12.2 million of the 14 million people targeted, said Dr. Michael Baganizi, an official in charge of
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A rocket launched by North Korea to deploy the country’s second spy satellite exploded shortly after liftoff Monday, state media reported, in a setback for leader Kim Jong Un’s hopes to operate multiple satellites to better monitor the U.S. and South Korea. Monday’s failed launch came hours after leaders of
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PHOENIX (AP) — Terrified of being assaulted in a shelter, Pearl Marion couch surfed with family members and friends during last year’s blistering summer so she didn’t have to sleep outdoors. This year, the 65-year-old woman plans to spend Phoenix’s dangerously hot summer nights in a former cafeteria at the city’s main library, sleeping in
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PHOENIX (AP) — Priscilla Orr, 75, was living in her old white Kia in a supermarket parking lot last summer after telling her family she lost her money and home to a romance scam. But the car broke down, and the air conditioner stopped working, leaving her vulnerable to the dangerous desert heat. Orr collapsed
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Throughout the spring and summer, we’ll be delivering football preview content to HSOT Insiders. Today is a look at the teams that won the most one-score games in the 2023 season. All football fans know that there is a large amount of variance over year-to-year. At the NFL level, researchers have found that teams who
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s federal archaeology agency on Monday accused the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating one of the country’s famous mummified 19th century bodies. The National Institute of Anthropology and History, INAH, said that during recent renovations at the museum where the mummified bodies are on permanent display, the arm of one
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On Monday, many in the Triangle took time to remember professional golfer and Raleigh native Grayson Murray. In the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge Sunday, players and caddies sported red and black ribbons, honoring his life and his Carolina Hurricanes fandom. On Saturday, the golf world learned that Murray took his own life
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