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April 3, 2025
ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland (AP) — The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern Baptist delegates expressed alarm Wednesday over the way in vitro fertilization is routinely being practiced, approving a resolution lamenting that the creation of surplus frozen embryos often results in “destruction of embryonic human life.” They urged members to carefully weigh the ethical implications of the technology while also expressing sympathy with
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NEW YORK (AP) — Social media platform X is now hiding your likes. In an update posted on the platform formerly known as Twitter earlier this week, X’s engineering team said it would be “making Likes private for everyone to better protect your privacy.” That means that users will still be able to see their
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On Wednesday, golfers will hit the course for the last day of practices ahead of the U.S. Open. This year’s tournament is gearing up to be one of the hottest on record. We will begin to see temperatures rise Wednesday. Friday could bring record-breaking heat for the U.S. Open – with temperatures in the upper
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators on Wednesday blasted top health and law enforcement officials for not doing more to combat the rise of illegal electronic cigarettes in the U.S., a multibillion-dollar business that has flourished amid haphazard enforcement. Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee expressed frustration and exasperation while questioning officials from the Food
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If you’ve been sick with COVID-19, you may have some protection against certain versions of the common cold. A new study suggests previous COVID-19 infections lower the risk of getting colds caused by milder coronavirus cousins, which could provide a key to broader COVID-19 vaccines. “We think there’s going to be a future outbreak of
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Traces of highly potent opioids known as nitazenes have for the first time been found to be consumed by people who use drugs in Africa, according to a report released Wednesday by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, a nonprofit organization. Nitazenes, powerful synthetic opioids, have long been in use
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For the first time, Providence Day is the No. 1 team in the final HighSchoolOT statewide top 25 girls soccer rankings, taking the top spot in the final top 25 after winning the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 4A championship and ending the year with an 24-1-1 record. The Chargers are in front of three
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Brycen Mabe, 17, a football player at Pinecrest High School, was killed Thursday in a crash, according to multiple sources. He was a passenger in the car. According to the Southern Pines Police Department, the two-car crash occurred around 10 p.m. at the intersection of Fairway Drive and Central Dive in Southern Pines. Mabe, a
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HighSchoolOT is aiming to interview as many head football coaches as possible ahead of the 2024 season. The following is a collection of all of the video interviews that have been completed so far. Every coach from the N.C. High School Athletic Association and N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association is invited on. Head coaches can
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