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April 26, 2025
State high school associations may adopt rules permitting the use of backstroke ledges during swimming competitions starting in the 2025-26 school year. Rule 2-7-3 was approved by the NFHS Swimming and Diving Rules Committee during its annual meeting March 23-25 at The Alexander in downtown Indianapolis. All recommended changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS
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NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday as New Delhi looks to avoid American tariffs, negotiate a bilateral trade deal with Washington and strengthen ties with the Trump administration. Vance, who is on a largely personal four-day visit to India, met with Modi
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Google is confronting an existential threat as the U.S. government tries to break up the company as punishment for turning its revolutionary search engine into an illegal monopoly. The drama began to unfold Monday in a Washington courtroom as three weeks of hearings kicked off to determine how the company should be
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The HighSchoolOT statewide girls soccer rankings welcomed Holly Springs and Heritage to its top 10 this week as they, along with Wake Forest, created some separation in the 919 area code. Hickory Ridge’s win at Hickory (the two schools are about an hour and a half apart despite the similar names) put the Ragin’ Bulls
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Girls Lacrosse The top 10 teams in the HighSchoolOT girls lacrosse rankings are: Cardinal Gibbons, Providence Day, Chapel Hill, Marvin Ridge, Weddington, East Chapel Hill, Holly Springs, Topsail, Pinecrest, and Charlotte Country Day. Posted 2025-02-24T19:15:31+00:00 – Updated 2025-04-21T18:51:15+00:00 Source: highschoolot.com
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HighSchoolOT’s statewide boys lacrosse top 25 rankings had to change after Apex lost to Green Level and Charlotte Country Day fell to Cannon School. Apex dropped to eighth and Charlotte Country Day to ninth. Cannon School was the only new team in this week’s rankings, going to No. 17. The Cougars had been out of
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In just two months as the federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made sweeping changes to the Department of Health and Human Services — and its priorities. He’s dismissed 10,000 public health workers, met with state governors who want to restrict unhealthy foods in taxpayer-funded programs and delivered an inconsistent
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By Jimmy Golen, AP Sports Writer Boston — BOSTON (AP) — Sharon Lokedi broke the Boston Marathon course record, and fellow Kenyan John Korir joined his brother as a race champion on Monday as the city celebrated the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War. Lokedi outran two-time defending champion Hellen Obiri over
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL The spring football transfer portal window opened April 16 and players will be able to enter the portal until April 25. Here is a look at players coming and going from North Carolina, NC State and Duke. North Carolina The Tar Heels finished their first spring practice under new coach Bill
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By ANDREW DAMPF, AP Sports Writer ROME — ROME (AP) — Top-flight soccer matches in Italy and Argentina were postponed after the death of Pope Francis on Monday. The Buenos Aires club that the Argentine pontiff supported throughout his life was also mourning its most famous fan. The wider soccer and sports world paid homage
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