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SportsRALEIGH, N.C. — Todd Goebbel stepped to the microphone Monday evening in Raleigh as NC State's interim head football coach, the first member of the program to speak publicly since the school fired Dave Doeren over the weekend. NC State announced Doeren's dismissal Saturday, less…
From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson still has to earn bowl eligibility, but the early postseason forecasts released this week have the Tigers spending December somewhere far from the Upstate. Two national projections place Clemson in the brand-new San Juan Bowl in Puerto Rico, an ACC vs.…
From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Sunday he will keep Chad Morris as offensive coordinator at least through the end of the season, even as the Tigers offense keeps sputtering. The decision followed a 20-16 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday night at…
From the HERE City State DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State plays its first game without Dave Doeren in more than a decade on Saturday, when the Wolfpack host California at noon at Carter-Finley Stadium for homecoming. Todd Goebbel, who has coached the running backs and run the special teams, now…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers turned Tropicana Field into a road party Monday night, hammering the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 to grab a 3-0 grip on the World Series and put the franchise one victory from its first championship. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Dallas Cowboys finally found the running game they had been missing all season, and it carried them to a 38-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. Javonte Williams did the heavy lifting. He carried 25 times for 155 yards and…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO — Defense has defined these WNBA Finals, and it pushed the Golden State Valkyries to the brink of their first championship Monday night. Golden State held the Atlanta Dream to 55 points at Chase Center and won Game 5, 64-55, for a 3-2…
From the HERE City National DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis got good news and bad news Monday about Nemanja Popovic, the veteran Serbian big man expected to anchor its frontcourt this winter. The university said the NCAA has cleared the 24-year-old for two seasons of college eligibility, one more than many…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — Cooper Flagg made the play that saved the night for Dallas, then finished it off himself. The second-year star blocked a late Miami 3-point try and scored the clinching layup as the Mavericks won 113-109 on Monday at Kaseya Center. With 31 seconds…
From the HERE City National DeskLONDON — Harry Kane ended a quarter-century wait for English soccer on Monday night, taking home the Ballon d'Or at the London Palladium after a season in which goals seemed to follow him everywhere. The 33-year-old England captain and Bayern Munich striker found the net…
From the HERE City National DeskINGLEWOOD, Calif. — After seven years of helping shape the Super Bowl halftime show from behind the scenes, Jay-Z is taking the stage himself. League officials, together with Apple Music and Roc Nation, revealed Monday night that the rapper and entrepreneur will headline the Super…
Business
RALEIGH, N.C. — The outdoor stage that has hosted summer concerts in downtown Raleigh for years is done on Cabarrus Street. Red Hat Amphitheater has closed for good, and the city says contractors will start moving in for demolition in about two weeks to clear the way for a bigger…
Politics
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The company behind North Carolina’s digital court records system would pay up to $1.5 million to people who were wrongly arrested or kept in jail too long because of software problems, under a proposed class-action settlement filed Monday in federal court. Plaintiffs asked a federal court in…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — The last two questions on every North Carolina ballot this fall ask voters to write tax limits into the state constitution, one aimed at the state income tax and one at local property taxes. Neither would shrink anyone tax bill right away. Both would instead restrict what…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — Campaigns in North Carolina can run political ads built with artificial intelligence without telling voters, because the state has no law requiring that kind of label, even as AI-made spots show up in a closely watched mountain congressional race. Thirty-one states have now passed laws governing deepfakes…
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