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April 26, 2025
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Hubble has run into more trouble. The space telescope slipped into a hibernating state more than a week ago when one of its three remaining gyroscopes — part of the pointing system — malfunctioned. The same device had been acting up for months and disrupting scientific operations. NASA said Tuesday
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer Another Michael Jordan trading card has broken a record. A signed one-of-one 2003-04 Upper Deck Jordan card sold Saturday for $2,928,000, according to Goldin Auctions. The figure sets a record for any Jordan trading card. Goldin’s website shows nine bids were submitted on Saturday for the Upper Deck
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HighSchoolOT is keeping track of the North Carolina high school football players in the class of 2026 that are ranked by a national recruiting service. Here are links to the rankings from the services we follow: When there’s a future update, we’ll slide the current table down so we can monitor the trends. Current Rankings
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A group of OpenAI’s current and former workers is calling on the ChatGPT-maker and other artificial intelligence companies to protect employees who flag safety risks about AI technology. An open letter published Tuesday asks tech companies to establish stronger whistleblower protections so researchers have the “right to warn” about AI dangers without fear of retaliation.
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer The San Francisco 49ers announced Tuesday they are signing running back Christian McCaffrey to a two-year extension. The extension keeps McCaffrey under contract through the 2027 season, according to a news release on the 49ers’ website. “Two years ago, we were ecstatic to welcome Christian McCaffrey to the
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In a move reflecting volatile and changing times in college athletics, North Carolina state legislators advanced a bill Tuesday that would require the state’s two largest public universities to play each other annually in football and basketball and play three other top public system schools regularly. Under the measure, which cleared
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By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio — DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Dozens of players gathered Tuesday for a solemn celebration of life for Grayson Murray, the PGA Tour winner who had turned the corner from struggles with alcoholism and depression only to take his life a day after withdrawing from a tournament. “All
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On Tuesday, Rivals released an updated Rivals250 football prospect rankings for the class of 2026. The last update was in March of this year. Five of the 11 players from North Carolina on the updated rankings were risers from the previous edition. West Forsyth High School’s 6-foot-3, 270-pound offensive lineman Pierre Dean, a.k.a. PJ, shot
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Releasing an audio recording of a special counsel’s interview with President Joe Biden could spur deepfakes and disinformation that trick Americans, the Justice Department said, conceding the U.S. government could not stop the misuse of artificial intelligence ahead of this year’s election. A senior Justice Department official raised the concerns in a
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The N.C. Baseball Coaches Association is recognizing the state’s top players from the 2024 baseball season. On Tuesday, the NCBCA released its all-state teams for individual N.C. High School Athletic Association classifications. The 1A, 2A, and 3A classifications have been released, however the 4A classifications has not. The all-state teams are voted on by the
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