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April 30, 2025
Matthew Jenkins is headed back to the sidelines as a head coach. The former leader of the Hough and Hopewell High School football programs has found a new leadership role with the West Cabarrus Wolverines. The news was first reported by Cameron Williams of The Charlotte Post. West Cabarrus later confirmed the news on its
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Arctic sea ice had its weakest winter buildup since record-keeping began 47 years ago, a symptom of climate change that will have repercussions globally, scientists said Thursday. The Arctic reaches its maximum sea ice in March each year and then starts a six-month melt season. The National Snow and Ice Data Center said the peak
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Nineteen sea turtles that were rehabilitated in Missouri after suffering the effects of cold water temperatures in New England were released Wednesday afternoon into the Atlantic Ocean off of Jacksonville, Florida. It was sunny and 72 degrees as the turtles made their way into the ocean off Little Talbot Island State Park near Jacksonville, rehab
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Major anti-abortion groups gathered in the nation’s capital on Thursday to begin a lobbying effort with Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood, with some calling on Elon Musk to make the organization one of his cost-cutting targets. The anti-abortion groups are taking aim at abortion
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Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School has found its man to replace former head coach Mark Holcomb. The Villains went with an out-of-state name to fill the void: Avery McMullin. He will also serve as the assistant athletic director at the high school. The spot needed to be filled after Holcomb accepted a job at the
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies, including ones that oversee billions of dollars in funds for addiction services and community health centers across the country. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized the department he oversees
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By RONALD BLUM, AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto, Blake Snell and Clay Holmes debut for new teams, Paul Skenes makes his first opening-day start at age 22 and Sandy Alcántara returns from Tommy John surgery. A week after the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgersswept an opening two-game series
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University of Melbourne hydrology professor Dongryeol Ryu and his collaborator Ki-Weon Seo were on a train to visit Ryu’s family when they found something startling. Stopped at a station for technical issues, Seo had pulled out his computer to pass the time with some work when a result popped up in their data that Ryu
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said this week it will retest 4,000 DNA samples and open an internal investigation after learning that it used potentially flawed test kits for eight months. Sheriff’s officials said Wednesday that a test kit manufacturer sent a letter in August warning the department to stop
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The fourth-annual HighSchoolOT girls indoor track & field all-state team features 13 athletes making at least a second appearance on the team, including the team’s first eight-time selection (Cummings’ D’Anna Cotton) and first seven-time selection and four-time first-teamer (Cardinal Gibbons’ Hannah Rae Shaffer). The all-state team is based on either N.C. High School Athletic Association
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