Mirrors can tell someone a lot. When now-N.C. State offensive lineman Yousef Mugharbil looked at his body in 2021, he saw injuries and brokenness. He was more than banged up. A few weeks into his freshman year at Florida, Mugharbil collided with a semi-truck while on a motorized scooter and …
North Carolina’s Advisory Council on Cannabis faces a December 31st deadline to issue final recommendations for a comprehensive cannabis policy to Gov. Josh Stein.
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It’s been 22 years since Connor Barth split the uprights at Kenan Stadium for UNC football’s lone victory against a top-five team.
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Both major party candidates for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District debuted new ads in the Asheville media market this week.
Police say the 31-year-old man may have used the SnapChat social media forum to reach his minor victims, according to a news release from the High Point Police Department.
Blanche Taylor Moore was sent to death row in 1990 after being convicted by a Forsyth County jury for killing her boyfriend, Raymond Reid, by feeding him arsenic.
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N.C. Rep. Mike Schietzelt, R-Wake, posted on his Facebook page that "the purpose of the WakeMed/Atrium merger was to raise reimbursement rates. That's going to raise your insurance premiums."
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CHICAGO — When it finally came time to open the gates to the new Ryan Field on Friday afternoon, Pat Ryan Sr. and his family stood on the grounds outside the concourse and cut a long purple ribbon. Over the last five years, the Ryans largely funded and led construction of Northwestern’s $875 million stadium. When Ryan, the 89-year-old billionaire businessman, considered what it all meant on ...
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SALZBURG, Austria — Many fans of "The Sound of Music" will be delighted to hear they can visit a new museum in Salzburg that is entirely dedicated to the classic film shot in and around the Alpine city. The story of a rebellious young nun who becomes governess to seven children, her eventual marriage with their father and their escape from the Nazis has won fans worldwide. Every year, hundreds ...
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