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From the HERE City State DeskST. LOUIS, Mo. — The defending Stanley Cup champions get one more chance to finish their annual State Fair road swing on a winning note. The Carolina Hurricanes face the Blues on Saturday at Enterprise Center, with the puck dropping at 7 p.m. Eastern. Carolina…
From the HERE City State DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — Justin Gainey gets his first home game as NC State's head coach Saturday, when the Wolfpack close their preseason against Division II Lenoir-Rhyne at the Lenovo Center. Tipoff is at noon. Admission and parking are both free, but there is no stream…
From the HERE City State DeskCHAPEL HILL, N.C. — After three straight league games away from home, North Carolina finally plays an ACC opponent at Kenan Stadium. The Tar Heels host Syracuse at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, with the game on ACC Network. UNC arrives at 4-2 and 2-1 in the…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE, Wis. — The Milwaukee Brewers had to win the opener of the World Series twice on Friday night, holding off the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 at American Family Field after a replay review erased what everyone in the ballpark thought was the final out.…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE, Wis. — It took Jacob Misiorowski exactly one throw to put his name in the World Series record book. The Brewers right-hander began Friday night’s opener against Tampa Bay with a four-seam fastball clocked at 103.5 mph by Statcast, the hardest pitch thrown in…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — The NFL has docked Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams $11,941 for the cleats he wore in Atlanta, ruling that the shoes broke league uniform and equipment rules because they carried a logo the league has not approved. The league notified Williams by letter…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — Dalton Knecht has a new NBA home. The New York Knicks finalized a two-way contract with the 25-year-old forward on Friday and put Kevin McCullar Jr. on waivers to clear the spot. Knecht became available when the Los Angeles Lakers let him…
From the HERE City National DeskTALLADEGA, Ala. — Sammy Smith picked the last trip through the tri-oval to make his move Friday, slipping past Ty Majeski in a two-lap overtime dash to win the Craftsman Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, his first victory in the series. Smith drove the…
From the HERE City National DeskMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Honor Huff, the sharpshooting guard who spent last season at West Virginia, intends to put his name in the NCAA transfer portal while he presses a court case to win one more year of college basketball. His representatives announced the plan Friday.…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Dawn Staley landed another of the top prospects in the 2027 class on Friday when Jordyn Palmer, a five-star wing from Westtown School in suburban Philadelphia, announced she will play for South Carolina. Palmer is rated among the top 10 players in…
From the HERE City National DeskWASHINGTON — Britt McHenry, the former sports television reporter who joined the State Department as a press adviser this fall, is out of the job after a confrontation in the stands at a Washington Wizards game went viral. McHenry resigned Friday, two days after the…
From the HERE City National DeskSAINT-DENIS, France — The NFL’s first regular-season game in France is still set for Sunday at Stade de France, even as protests over living costs and schools roil Paris and a windstorm scrambles the week’s fan events. The Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints meet…
Education
RALEIGH, N.C. — Wake Tech is getting new money to train more dental hygienists and assistants. The Raleigh community college is among the first groups to receive funding from the Delta Dental foundation of North Carolina, which announced a $1 million statewide commitment Thursday at Raleigh's Alice Aycock Poe Center…
Education
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's top public school officials are asking voters to turn down two constitutional amendments on this fall's ballot, arguing the tax limits would tie the hands of lawmakers and county leaders who pay for schools. State Superintendent Mo Green, State Board of Education chair Eric Davis…
Events
RALEIGH, N.C. — Friday night closes a chapter for live music in downtown Raleigh. Red Hat Amphitheater stages its last concert at its original location on Oct. 23, with a sold-out Steve Lacy show set for 8 p.m. at 500 S. McDowell St. The amphitheater opened in 2010 and has…
Events
RALEIGH, N.C. — Visitors to the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh can now watch scientists dig into a fossil that may turn out to be a dinosaur no one has named yet. The 75-million-year-old skeleton was hauled into the museum's SECU DinoLab on Wednesday. Getting it inside was…
Business
RALEIGH, N.C. — Filling up in North Carolina keeps getting cheaper. AAA's daily survey put the statewide average for regular unleaded at about $3.51 a gallon Saturday, down 2 cents from Friday and roughly 13 cents from a week ago. The bigger swing is over the past month. A month…
Business
HICKORY, N.C. — A fiber-optic components maker that has grown up in Catawba County is betting nearly $150 million on its hometown. US Conec will hire 224 more workers and spend $149.7 million on a new production facility in Hickory, state officials said Thursday. The company builds the tiny, high-density…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — Former Gov. Roy Cooper used a Thursday night campaign stop to press his message on everyday costs and to warn supporters not to coast through the final stretch of North Carolina's U.S. Senate race. Cooper, the Democratic nominee for the open seat, spoke to roughly 150 people…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — Police departments, local governments and nonprofits hoping to tap North Carolina's largest pot of public safety grants can get a walk-through of the process next week. On Tuesday, Oct. 27, the state's Governor's Crime Commission is running its annual all-day session for grant seekers, a Webex event…
From the HERE City National Desk
LOS ANGELES — California has until noon Saturday to answer the federal government in a fast-moving fight over whether about 20,000 mail ballots should be pulled aside before the Nov. 3 midterm election, after the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order late Friday. The Justice Department went…
From the HERE City National Desk
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple first folding iPhone had barely reached customers before some owners began posting photos of inner screens that had split along the hinge, an early worry for a phone that sells for about $2,000. The iPhone Duo went on sale Friday, Oct. 23, reaching buyers in China…
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