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April 25, 2025
The World Health Organization and drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. are warning people to be wary of fake versions of popular weight-loss and diabetes medicines. WHO said Thursday that it has fielded several reports of fake semaglutide — the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Ozempic — in all geographic regions of the world
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BERLIN (AP) — An ongoing fight between residents and animal rights activists over whether to cull pigeons in a small German town has led to an uproar — even though a majority of the residents voted in favor of culling the birds in a referendum earlier this month. On Thursday, officials in the central German
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PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron joined several African leaders on Thursday to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa, after the coronavirus pandemic exposed gaping inequalities in access to them. The launch of the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator, which will provide financial incentives to vaccine
READ MOREAmazon is shifting from the plastic air pillows used for packaging in North America to recycled paper because it’s more environmentally sound, and it says paper just works better. The company said Thursday that it’s already replaced 95% of the plastic air pillows with paper filler in North America and is working toward complete removal
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The fourth-annual HighSchoolOT boys tennis all-state team features 20 athletes making an appearance on the team for at least the second time, led by our first four-time selections, seniors Shaurya Bharadwaj of Providence Day and Isaac Szilagyi of Cannon School. There is a first, second, and third team with 12 players each (or two times the size of
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s football program hosts a series of King of the Hill 7-on-7 events each June. This year, HighSchoolOT has been grabbing player interviews from these events in addition to the highlights and pictures that we produce. Here is a set of interviews with top players from the Wednesday,
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Providence Day junior Blane McElroy took home a second player of the year award on Thursday, adding the Gatorade N.C. Girls Soccer Player of the Year honor to her collection. She was also named N.C. Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Year earlier this month. The midfielder helped the Chargers finish the season 24-1-1 and
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The Associated Press (AP) — Ilya Sutskever, one of the founders of OpenAI who was involved in a failed effort to push out CEO Sam Altman, said he’s starting a safety-focused artificial intelligence company. Sutskever, a respected AI researcher who left the ChatGPT maker last month, said in a social media post Wednesday that he’s
READ MORETEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A company drilling for natural gas off the coast of northern Israel discovered a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Thursday. The discovery of the late Bronze Age ship so far out at
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TAMPICO, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto rumbled toward northeast Mexico early Thursday as the first named storm of the season, carrying heavy rains that left three people dead but also brought hope to a region suffering under a prolonged, severe drought. Mexican authorities downplayed the risk posed by Alberto and instead pinned their hopes
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