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SportsRALEIGH, N.C. — No. 25 NC State is back on its home floor in Raleigh on Wednesday, when the Wolfpack women host Campbell at 6 p.m. just two days after opening the season. NC State rolled past Wofford 80-50 on Monday. Zoe Brooks led the…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Tipoff Club released its preseason Naismith Trophy watch list for men's college basketball on Monday, Nov. 2, naming 50 players who will be tracked for national player of the year honors this winter. Iowa State senior guard Tamin Lipsey is…
From the HERE City National DeskDALLAS, Texas — The Sacramento Kings are winless no more. The last NBA team without a victory this season knocked off the Dallas Mavericks 115-100 on Monday night at American Airlines Center. Rookie Darius Acuff Jr., the seventh overall pick out of Arkansas, led Sacramento…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — Milwaukee will be well represented when baseball hands out its biggest individual honors next week. The Baseball Writers' Association of America revealed its top three vote-getters for each major award on Monday, and the Brewers placed four people among the finalists.…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES, Calif. — Three sons of former NBA All-Stars put their stamp on the USC season opener Monday night, as the No. 21 Trojans ran away from Milwaukee 95-63 at the Galen Center. Freshman forward Adonis Ratliff scored a game-high 25 points in his…
From the HERE City National DeskINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Indiana took the floor Monday night with exactly one substitute, and the Atlanta Hawks still had to sweat out a 108-104 win at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Eleven Pacers were unavailable because of injuries, illness or rest, a group that accounts for roughly 93…
From the HERE City National DeskNORMAN, Okla. — East Texas A&M opened its season with one of the biggest surprises of the first night of college basketball, beating Oklahoma 68-64 on Monday at Lloyd Noble Center. The loss ended a 30-game home winning streak for the Sooners, who were heavy…
From the HERE City National DeskSEATTLE, Wash. — Chicago let a double-digit lead shrink to three early in the fourth quarter Monday night, then answered with two touchdown drives to beat the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks 34-17 at Lumen Field. The win was the third straight for the…
From the HERE City National DeskSANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain — CD Tenerife forward Jesus de Miguel has died, the Spanish club announced Tuesday, a day after he was badly hurt in a collision during a match against FC Andorra. In an official statement, Tenerife said De Miguel died at…
From the HERE City National DeskNATCHITOCHES, La. — Chloe Donnell had never scored more than four points in a college game. On Monday night she entered as a reserve for Northwestern State and matched the NCAA women's record for 3-pointers in a single game. The sophomore guard made 14 of…
From the HERE City National DeskINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The men's college basketball season opened this week with a long list of players suiting up only because judges in several states have put the NCAA's new eligibility model on hold for them. The rule, adopted by the NCAA this summer, gives…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — Eight players headed for free agency were handed one-year qualifying offers worth $23.15 million for 2027 before Monday's deadline, Major League Baseball said, and the open market began right after. The group: outfielder Randy Arozarena of the Mariners, second baseman Brandon…
Crime
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Raleigh Police Department says a planned stickup on Foxhound Road near Buffaloe Road ended with one 18-year-old dead Monday night. Wake County prosecutors are charging the dead teen's brother and a second young man, and they are not charging the person the group tried to rob.…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell cruised to a second term Tuesday, every City Council incumbent on the ballot kept a seat, and engineer and entrepreneur Sana Siddiqui won the one council seat that was guaranteed to change hands. Cowell, a Democrat who previously served as state treasurer and…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — Raleigh voters gave a clear yes on Tuesday to two city bond questions worth a combined $203 million, one for housing and one for transportation. With results in from all 111 city precincts, the housing bond won close to 65% of the vote and the transportation bond…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — A planned data center expansion in west Raleigh will be reviewed under the city's old rules because the application landed four days before the City Council froze approvals for large data centers. American Tower, a Massachusetts cell tower company, wants to add about 10,000 square feet to…
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