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SportsCARY, N.C. — A spot in the ACC men's soccer championship game will be settled between two old rivals on Thursday, with kickoff set for 5:30 p.m. at WakeMed Soccer Park as the 12th-ranked Tar Heels take on the Wolfpack. The ACC Network will carry…
SportsRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State never let Presbyterian get comfortable Tuesday night, building a 27-point halftime lead and cruising to a 94-60 victory in front of the home crowd at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh to improve to 3-0. Ven-Allen Lubin led the Wolfpack with…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy was voted National League Manager of the Year on Tuesday for the third season in a row, making him the first manager in big-league history to win the Baseball Writers' Association of America award three straight times. Murphy,…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — Georgia climbed to the top of the College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night, replacing Miami at No. 1 in the selection committee's second list of the 2026 season. The 8-1 Bulldogs are followed by unbeaten Utah at No. 2, two-loss Alabama at…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — Will Venable of the Chicago White Sox is the 2026 American League Manager of the Year, the Baseball Writers' Association of America announced Tuesday night, capping a season in which a club that had lost 100 or more games three years running climbed…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Boston turned the first meeting between Jayson Tatum and former teammate Jaylen Brown into a lopsided night, beating the Philadelphia 76ers 123-101 on Tuesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Paul George, who went to Boston in the offseason deal that sent Brown to…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday named Pedro Guerrero a hitting coach on their major league staff, filling the lone opening on manager Dave Roberts' coaching group for 2027. Guerrero, 37, comes over from Miami, where he led the Marlins' hitting group…
From the HERE City National DeskHENDERSON, Nev. — Kirk Cousins is headed back to Minnesota. The Las Vegas Raiders announced Tuesday that they have shipped the 38-year-old quarterback to the Vikings, getting a 2027 third-round draft choice back. The Raiders said the deal will not be final until Cousins passes…
From the HERE City National DeskWINNIPEG, Manitoba — Dawson Mercer scored twice in his first meeting with his former club, including the go-ahead power-play goal late in the third period, as the Winnipeg Jets beat the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Tuesday night at Canada Life Centre. The night was…
From the HERE City National DeskBROOKLYN, N.Y. — A new league for the country's best under-18 boys basketball players, with LeBron James and Kevin Durant among its founding backers, was unveiled Tuesday and plans to start playing in April 2027. The Futures Basketball League will split 120 prospects, members of…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The NFL trade deadline closed at 4 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday after a busy final day in which several contenders added pieces for the second half of the season. Kansas City pried receiver Josh Downs loose from Indianapolis, getting a 2027 seventh-rounder…
Education
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's private school voucher program, which grew sharply after lawmakers opened it to families of every income, is likely to face its toughest review in years once Democrats take over the state House in January. Speaker-elect Robert Reives, a Chatham County Democrat, told reporters Tuesday that…
Education
RALEIGH, N.C. — A state panel that studies how to prevent child deaths wants the General Assembly to pay for more school nurses, counselors, social workers and psychologists next year, and it sees North Carolina's settlement with Meta as one way to cover the bill. The Child Fatality Task Force…
Education
RALEIGH, N.C. — Companies that sell reading products to schools, the state lottery and a Medicaid health plan are among the first backers of North Carolina's bid to get public school students reading 10 million books next year. The Department of Public Instruction unveiled its founding sponsors on Tuesday. State…
Events
The City of Raleigh, N.C., has received an event permit application that hints at a music festival in 2027, though nothing has been announced. A city spokesperson said people connected to Live Nation and the Dreamville Foundation turned in the paperwork in October. On the form, the event goes by…
Business
RALEIGH, N.C. — The first of two federal crackdowns on hemp products takes effect Thursday, and North Carolina retailers say the second one, due next month, is the one that could close their doors. Starting Nov. 12, stores can no longer sell hemp-derived products made with cannabinoids that a cannabis…
Business
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The 2025 state law that scrapped North Carolina's 2030 carbon-cutting deadline has also lifted Duke Energy's profits this year, the company's own financial filings show, though the utility says the bump is temporary. Senate Bill 266, which Duke calls the North Carolina Power Bill Reduction Act, removed…
Business
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Homes that burn oil for heat are heading into winter facing some of the highest fuel bills North Carolina has seen. Federal energy data put the statewide residential average at $5.87 a gallon last week, compared with $3.27 a gallon at the same point a year ago.…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is one of the leaders of a bipartisan group of 49 attorneys general pressing federal regulators to close gaps that let robocallers onto the phone network. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, the coalition asks the agency to tighten…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — Jason Saine, the former top budget writer in the North Carolina House who now works as a lobbyist, says he expects to be indicted Thursday by a Wake County grand jury in the long-running case over a 2024 trip lawmakers took to Kentucky distilleries. In a statement…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — The outgoing North Carolina General Assembly is due back for a post-election session starting Monday, and Republican leaders have yet to say what they plan to take up, when votes will happen or how long they will stay. The current legislature keeps its makeup until Dec. 31…
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