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April 26, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is adding $1.4 billion to a fund it established three years ago for preserving or building more affordable housing in regions where the company has major corporate offices, CEO Andy Jassy announced Tuesday. The Seattle-based company said the new sum would go on top of the $2.2 billion it had
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DALLAS (AP) — Space tourists experience some of the same body changes as astronauts who spend months in orbit, according to new studies published Tuesday. Those shifts mostly returned to normal once the amateurs returned to Earth, researchers reported. Research on four space tourists is included in a series of studies on the health effects
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SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday said Washington will spell out in state law that hospitals must provide abortions if needed to stabilize patients, a step that comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this month on whether conservative states can bar abortions during some medical emergencies. There is no
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports Pinehurst, N.C. — Raleigh’s own Carter Jenkins grabbed one of the last spots in the U.S. Open. It’ll be the first time he’s ever played a major. That joy comes weeks after the death of his childhood friend and fellow pro golfer, Grayson Murray. It might not be Raleigh, but
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL Pinehurst, N.C. — Jon Rahm, the U.S. Open champion in 2021, withdrew from the 2024 event Tuesday afternoon, citing an on-going foot problem. “After consulting with numerous doctors and my team, I have decided it is best for my long term health, to withdraw from this weeks US Open Championship,” Rahm
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A panel of federal judges spent two hours on Tuesday wrestling with a series of legal issues raised in an attempt to overturn a fraud conviction that sent Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to prison after a meteoric rise to Silicon Valley stardom. The hearing held in the San Francisco appeals greed
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The N.C. State basketball coaching tree continues to grow in Wake County. On Tuesday afternoon, Broughton High School formally announced the hiring of Scott Wood as its head boys basketball coach. Wood takes over one of the state’s most decorated basketball programs after Clarence Coleman went 47-71 over the past five seasons. Wood finished his
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The Biden administration is pushing to prevent medical debt from being considered in most decisions made over whether someone qualifies to rent an apartment, buy a car or take on a mortgage. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday it is planning a rule that would remove medical bills from credit reports and prevent lenders
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL North Carolina and NC State are headed back to the College World Series, the eight-team event in Omaha, Neb., that will determine college baseball’s championship team. The ACC and SEC each have four teams in the field, turning the tournament into a showcase for college baseball in the Southeast. In addition
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By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer PINEHURST, N.C. — PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — This is not the same Pinehurst No. 2 that Tiger Woods saw 19 years ago when he walked away with a runner-up finish in the U.S. Open, his last time on the property. It’s not the same Tiger Woods, either. Woods has
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