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SportsBLACKSBURG, Va. — The NC State women from Raleigh, N.C., are heading home with another conference trophy after winning the ACC Cross Country Championship on Friday, Oct. 30, at the Buford Meredith Cross Country Course. It is the ninth league crown for the Wolfpack women…
SportsRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State will play a football game in Raleigh this weekend without Dave Doeren running the show, something that has not happened since 2013. The Wolfpack host Cal on Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium under interim coach Todd Goebbel, while a familiar name…
SportsRALEIGH, N.C. — Pyotr Kochetkov is still perfect in Raleigh. The Carolina Hurricanes goalie turned aside 24 shots Thursday night at Lenovo Center and Carolina survived a late push from the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 3-2 win. The victory moved Kochetkov to 9-0-0, the…
From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson men's basketball starts the games that count on Monday, Nov. 2, when Stetson visits Littlejohn Coliseum for a 7 p.m. tip. Brad Brownell's Tigers head into the opener unbeaten in the preseason. They edged Georgia 82-80 on Oct. 23 and then…
From the HERE City National DeskVATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV welcomed the men's and women's basketball teams from Villanova and Notre Dame to a private audience Saturday, one day before the two Catholic schools open the college basketball season in Rome. Roughly 7,000 people filled the Paul VI audience…
From the HERE City National DeskOKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Oklahoma City Thunder will be without big man Chet Holmgren into the holidays after the team announced Friday that he has a small tear in the patellar tendon of his right knee. Holmgren first felt discomfort in the knee on…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays turned down 2027 mutual options Friday on right-hander Nick Martinez and center fielder Cedric Mullins, a widely expected move that sends both players into free agency. Martinez had a $20 million mutual option for next season. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — LeBron James took over the last two minutes Friday night, and the Philadelphia 76ers held off the defending champion New York Knicks 98-93 to start Emirates NBA Cup group play at 1-0. Philadelphia had built a double-digit cushion in the fourth quarter…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — The Miami Marlins exercised Sandy Alcantara's $21 million club option for 2027 on Friday, keeping their ace off the open market on a busy day of contract decisions across Major League Baseball. Declining the option would have cost Miami a $2 million buyout.…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Golden State dug out of a 25-point hole Friday night and pulled away to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 112-95 at Chase Center in the opening game of Emirates NBA Cup group play for both teams. Luka Doncic started like he…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has drawn a second NFL fine for wearing cleats from Caddix, a small Baltimore company that is not one of the league's approved shoe partners, and the company says it will cover the cost. The newest penalty, $23,882, came…
From the HERE City National DeskBROOKLYN, N.Y. — A third quarter that turned into a rout carried the Detroit Pistons to a 110-94 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night at Barclays Center, opening Emirates NBA Cup group play for both teams. Brooklyn led 28-21 after one quarter and…
Business
RALEIGH, N.C. — Small business owners in Raleigh got a look at how artificial intelligence is reshaping their work on Thursday, Oct. 29, when the U.S. Chamber of Commerce brought a small business AI forum to the city as part of a national bus tour. The forum was held at…
From the HERE City National Desk
HOUSTON, Texas — The two biggest U.S. oil companies said Friday that their refineries, not their oil fields, did much of the heavy lifting in a quarter of soaring profits, as diesel prices stayed high and overseas buyers leaned on Gulf Coast fuel. Exxon Mobil posted a third-quarter profit of…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — A legal fight over two North Carolina constitutional amendments that voters approved eight years ago returned to court this week, just days before voters decide on new amendments touching the same subjects. A three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals heard close to an hour of…
Politics
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One of the three constitutional questions on every North Carolina ballot this fall asks voters whether local property tax increases should be limited, but a yes vote would not by itself set a limit or shrink anyone's tax bill. On the ballot, the measure is described as…
Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina voters who want to skip Election Day lines have until 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, to cast a ballot at an early voting site, and they may use whichever early site is most convenient within their home county. Early voting carries one perk Election Day…
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