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SportsWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — NC State men's soccer, the No. 11 seed, takes on third-seeded and 15th-ranked Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals on Sunday, Nov. 8, with a 2 p.m. kickoff at Spry Stadium in Winston-Salem. The Wolfpack reached the quarterfinals after a 2-1…
SportsRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State hosts Duke in Raleigh on Saturday, Nov. 7, in an in-state ACC rivalry game that gives the Wolfpack one more chance at a signature win in a season that has already cost its head coach his job. Duke arrives at…
From the HERE City State DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State flipped a second-half deficit into a 77-63 win over East Tennessee State on Friday night at the Lenovo Center, riding a double-digit surge and a double-double from Preston Edmead. Edmead poured in a game-high 20 points, dished a career-best 10…
From the HERE City State DeskCHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina blew past Wofford 109-70 on Friday night at the Smith Center, with Terrence Brown scoring 21 points and five Tar Heels finishing in double figures in head coach Michael Malone’s second win. Brown poured in 12 before halftime, finished…
Business
RALEIGH, N.C. — Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s office has now chased 51 driver complaints against gas stations through the N.C. Fuel Check program, pressing retailers to show whether temporary gas tax savings reached the pump. Forty-two contacts are inquiry letters asking stations for a quick explanation after motorists said prices…
From Merger Monday
A month ago the debate over the two leading AI labs was whether they were worth $1.5 trillion or $2 trillion. This week the debate moved lower. OpenAI closed $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, below the price it first sought and far short of the $30 billion it…
From Merger Monday
OpenAI closed on $11 billion of new funding, the first piece of a round that values the artificial-intelligence company at $1.25 trillion, according to people familiar with the matter, as investors grow more selective about the prices they will pay for AI developers. The initial close covers a little more than…
Crime
Raleigh, N.C. — An active-duty Army captain now faces a slate of felony counts tied to two 2019 sexual assault reports at North Carolina State University after Wake County prosecutors reopened the matter this week. Michael Kranzburg, 27, was charged Tuesday. The counts include kidnapping in the first degree, strangulation…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s top elections administrator told county officials Friday to stop guessing about unfinished races, a reminder aimed at the still-open state Senate contest that could decide who runs the chamber in 2027. State Board of Elections executive director Sam Hayes said election workers are hired to…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — Voters still do not know who will run the North Carolina state Senate. Control of the General Assembly’s upper chamber now turns on one unfinished race along the southern border, where Republican Sen. Danny Britt’s edge over Democrat Catina Hamm slipped to 245 votes Friday as provisional…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — Two tax amendments are now part of the North Carolina Constitution after Tuesday’s vote, and the General Assembly must still invent the property tax ceiling when the new session gears up the week of Nov. 16. Roughly three in five voters backed the levy limit that orders…
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