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January 21, 2025
A number of teams in last week’s HSOT Statewide Top 25 rankings for baseball, so there are eight new teams in this week’s edition. The new entrants are: Leesville Road, Currituck County, Wakefield, Marvin Ridge, R-S Central, East Forsyth, South Central, and North Lenoir. Rankings reminders: Rankings are updated weekly and released on Monday All
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fly me to the moon. Or, at least, to Maine. Maine’s largest airport is now home to the second largest piece of the moon on Earth, according to moon rock enthusiasts who installed the extraterrestrial chunk. The moon piece is a little bigger than a rugby ball and is on loan
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A large suburban Philadelphia county has joined dozens of other local governments around the country in suing the oil industry, asserting that major oil producers systematically deceived the public about their role in accelerating global warming. Bucks County’s lawsuit against a half dozen oil companies blames the oil industry for more frequent and intense storms
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NEW YORK (AP) — A top U.S. prosecutor announced criminal charges Tuesday against a once-ascending company in the cryptocurrency world and two of its founders in a bid to send a message to other players in the industry to follow U.S. laws. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said conspiracy charges against KuCoin and two executives should
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer North Carolina Tar Heels guard RJ Davis is among four players who are finalists for the 2024 Naismith Men’s College Basketball Player of the Year award. Davis is joined by Purdue center Zach Edey, Tennessee fifth-year guard Dalton Knecht and Houston senior guard Jamal Shead. The winner will
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VEENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A 420-meter (quarter-mile) white steel tube running alongside a railway line in the windswept northern Netherlands could usher in a new era in the transportation of people and freight. The tube is the heart of the new European Hyperloop Center that opens Tuesday and will be a proving ground in coming
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Three home runs, and a five-run fourth helped No. 15 Marvin Ridge quickly dispatch of Cuthbertson via run rule. Ella Tracy went 2-for-4 with a pair of two-run home runs to pace the Mavericks in a 10-0 win in five innings. In the circle, Anna Phifer went the distance with five punch outs. Two batters
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The minister of security of New Zealand announced on Tuesday that a state-controlled operation, believed to be carried out by hackers connected to the Chinese government, targeted the country’s Parliament in 2021. New Zealand has made a claim, one day following the announcement by American and British authorities of criminal charges and sanctions against seven
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will be highlighting their healthcare plan on Tuesday in North Carolina, a crucial state that Democrats are aiming to win after losing to Donald Trump in the last two presidential races. After fourteen years since President Barack Obama enacted the Affordable Care Act, the current White House
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Weddington girls lacrosse has rolled through the first two weeks of its season. The Warriors have a handful of signature conference wins already under its name, and a big first half run on Monday evening pushed their record in conference play to 3-0 thanks to a 20-5 home win over Cuthbertson. Elektra Koulouris helped fuel
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