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From the HERE City State DeskBOONE, N.C. — A sellout crowd will pack Kidd Brewer Stadium on Thursday night as App State tries to knock off one of the few undefeated teams left in major college football. James Madison (7-0, 4-0) and the Mountaineers, 4-2 overall and 1-1 in league…
From the HERE City State DeskSTANFORD, Calif. — NC State makes a cross-country trip this week, hoping a late Friday night game against Stanford gets its season pointed back in the right direction. The Wolfpack (3-3) and the Cardinal (3-4) kick off at 10:30 p.m. Eastern time, and NC State…
From the HERE City State DeskCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Duke heads north Friday night needing a win to stop a slide, and it will have to do it in a stadium where the Blue Devils have not won in more than a decade. Duke (4-2, 1-2 ACC) plays Virginia (4-3, 2-2)…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The NFL said Tuesday it has no issue with how the Philadelphia Eagles cared for quarterback Jalen Hurts before and after his blood clot diagnosis, and the team will face no discipline. Hours later, the NFL Players Association said it knew of…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The New York Knicks raised their first championship banner since 1973 on Tuesday night, then watched a retooled Philadelphia 76ers team leave Madison Square Garden with a 106-100 win in the season opener for both clubs. Tyrese Maxey paced Philadelphia with a…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State is preparing to play the rest of the season without starting quarterback Julian Sayin, who is out indefinitely after hurting his throwing arm in Saturday’s win over Indiana. Coach Ryan Day said Tuesday the program will not set a timeline…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE — Brandon Woodruff took a real step toward a World Series comeback on Tuesday, throwing 23 pitches of live batting practice at American Family Field to several of the Brewers regular hitters. His fastball sat at 90 to 92 mph in his first session…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The NFL is tightening security for Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints game outside Paris, league officials said Tuesday, after rioting swept French cities over the weekend. Peter O’Reilly, the league executive who oversees international events, said at the fall owners…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado College senior Charlie Flint has been chosen as the top women’s runner in the SCAC for the past week, the third time she has earned the conference honor this fall. The award follows her victory Saturday at the Augustana Interregional…
From the HERE City National DeskWILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Top-ranked Emory closed with the best team round of the final day to win the women’s NCAA Division III Fall Preview on Tuesday, finishing 36 holes on the River Course at Kingsmill Resort at 18-over-par 594. The Eagles began the day in…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Kate Chambon’s first college meet earned her a conference award, as the Colorado College freshman was chosen as the top women’s swimmer in the SCAC for the past week. Chambon, who is from Grenoble, France, took the 100-yard backstroke in 59.52…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN ANTONIO — Oklahoma City opened its season Tuesday night by beating the team that ended its last one. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points and the Thunder led nearly wire to wire in a 116-104 win over the San Antonio Spurs at Frost Bank Center,…
Education
RALEIGH, N.C. — Raleigh has landed near the top of a new national ranking of college towns, placing fourth out of 415 U.S. cities in a WalletHub study of the best places to be a student in 2027. Only three cities finished ahead of the capital city. Austin, Texas, took…
Education
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina teachers may one day earn a full, statewide license without passing the licensing exam that now stands as the final hurdle. At its first in-person session on Oct. 20, held at the Department of Public Instruction, a State Board of Education task force on educator…
Education
BOONE, N.C. — Thousands more middle and high school students in the North Carolina mountains will get help planning for college and careers after Appalachian State University landed a new federal grant worth $35 million. The seven-year award from the U.S. Department of Education goes to the university's Office of…
Business
RALEIGH, N.C. — Construction is officially underway on Chapanoke, a 200-apartment affordable housing community in south Raleigh, after city, county and college leaders gathered Wednesday to break ground on land that once belonged to the public. The complex will rise at 326 Chapanoke Road, beside the Wake Technical Community College…
Business
RALEIGH, N.C. — Stores that sell vapes in North Carolina now face more inspectors and stiffer consequences if their shelves hold products the state has not cleared. Senate Bill 257, passed this year, widened enforcement of the state's vape directory law to state and local law enforcement officers. It also…
Business
SPRUCE PINE, N.C. — A quartz processing plant pitched by the Trump administration as a boost for American chipmaking may be headed to North Carolina, but the company named as its builder is not ready to say so. Speaking on stage at a Republican campaign rally headlined by President Donald…
Politics
GREENVILLE, N.C. — President Donald Trump used a North Carolina rally Tuesday to tie compensation for Camp Lejeune's toxic water victims to the outcome of the Nov. 3 election. Speaking in Greenville, Trump said that if Republicans keep the House and Senate he would direct the Justice Department to quickly…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Josh Stein is taking his fight over control of North Carolina's elections boards to the state's highest court. Lawyers for the Democratic governor filed a petition Wednesday asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to hear Stein v. Hall and throw out a Court of Appeals decision…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — A slightly larger slice of North Carolina's mail-in ballots is being set aside this fall, and state election officials are urging voters to check theirs now while there is still time to fix a problem. Preliminary figures from the State Board of Elections put the spoiled ballot…
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