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January 24, 2025
A commanding 13-2 win by Lake Norman over Middle Creek triggered the two biggest changes in the HighSchoolOT statewide boys lacrosse rankings this week. That allowed Lake Norman to go from 10th to sixth, and Middle Creek fell nine spots from fifth to 14th. The only new team in the statewide top 25 was Charlotte
READ MORECardinal Gibbons’ commanding 13-4 win over Charlotte Latin made for a change near the top of the HighSchoolOT girls lacrosse rankings. Latin dropped out of the top 10, allowing Bishop McGuinness to reach its highest ranking of the season. Union Pines is making its first-ever appearance in the rankings, while West Forsyth is back in after
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s accelerated approval program is meant to give patients early access to promising drugs. But how often do these drugs actually improve or extend patients’ lives? In a new study, researchers found that most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval do not demonstrate such benefits within five years. “Five years after
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LIBBY, Mont. (AP) — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere yards from railroad tracks where trains kicked up clouds of dust as they hauled the contaminated material from a mountaintop mine through the northwestern Montana town of Libby. He liked to sneak into vermiculite-filled storage
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LONDON (AP) — Find a globe in your local library or classroom and try this: Close the eyes, spin it and drop a finger randomly on its curved, glossy surface. You’re likely to pinpoint a spot in the water, which covers 71% of the planet. Maybe you’ll alight on a place you’ve never heard of
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By AARON BEARD, AP Basketball Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. — GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — UConn has blown through the NCAA Tournament again to reach college basketball’s final night, this time with a chance to claim the first repeat championship in 17 years. The final test is facing a Purdue team that spent an entire season proving
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By DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer CLEVELAND — CLEVELAND (AP) — Dawn Staley knows Sunday’s national championship game is a big moment for women’s basketball. South Carolina is looking to finish a perfect season with the program’s third NCAA title. Standing in the way of Staley and the Gamecocks is a generational player in Caitlin
READ MOREWhen No. 9 T.C. Roberson baseball embarked on a week-long road trip that spanned over 13 hours and 800 miles, it hoped to return home bonded together more than ever as it begins a quest for a second straight state title. Wins and losses were not the lone goal, but the final 330 miles home
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WAXAHACHIE, Texas (AP) — The last time a total solar eclipse passed through this Texas town, horses and buggies filled the streets and cotton fetched 9 cents a pound. Nearly 150 years later, one thing hasn’t changed: the threat of clouds blocking the view. Overcast skies are forecast for Monday’s cosmic wonder across Texas, already
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The 2024 N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association football season will start a week ahead of the NCHSAA on Aug. 16, so there are only 18 Friday nights left until we reach the next season. Throughout the month of April, we’ll have some kind of football preview coverage released to HSOT Insiders each day. Today is
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