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From the HERE City State DeskCHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina had the ball and a shot at a winning field goal in the final two minutes Saturday night at Kenan Stadium, but a fourth-down pass bounced into Louisville hands and the Cardinals escaped with a 16-14 win. The result…
From the HERE City State DeskCARY, N.C. — North Carolina women's soccer chases yet another league title Sunday at noon, as the second-ranked Tar Heels take on No. 10 Virginia in the ACC Tournament final at WakeMed Soccer Park. Carolina comes in at 16-2-0 and earned the No. 2 seed…
From the HERE City State DeskNEW ORLEANS — The Carolina Panthers head into a division game at Caesars Superdome on Sunday with a key receiver back and a losing streak to snap, facing a Saints team that enters with the same number of wins. Before the team left Charlotte, it…
From the HERE City State DeskMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Nate Sheppard put his name atop the Duke record book Saturday, but the Blue Devils could not keep pace with Miami's offense in a 36-25 loss at Hard Rock Stadium. Sheppard ran for 131 yards and two touchdowns, pushing his season…
From the HERE City State DeskCARY, N.C. — North Carolina men's soccer gets the toughest possible test with a championship on the line Sunday, when the No. 12 Tar Heels face top-ranked SMU in the ACC Tournament final at WakeMed Soccer Park's First Horizon Stadium. Kickoff is 4 p.m. Eastern.…
From HERE Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Mich. — Michigan's trip to the Pacific Northwest ended in a lopsided defeat Saturday, Nov. 14, as No. 16 Oregon beat the Wolverines 31-7 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene. Ducks quarterback Dylan Raiola threw for 341 yards and four touchdowns, and Michigan never…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — The top-ranked women's basketball team from Columbia, South Carolina, heads up Interstate 26 on Sunday for a matchup of two schools that share the same two-letter nickname. No. 1 South Carolina faces No. 3 Southern Cal in The Real SC event at…
Events
HATTERAS, N.C. — Sign-ups are open for the Hatteras Village Christmas Parade, which rolls through the village on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 2 p.m., and the Hatteras Village Civic Association is asking groups, businesses and residents to put in entries. The civic association runs the parade, a holiday staple that…
From the HERE City State Desk
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina hemp retailers have less than a month before a new federal definition of hemp takes hold, a change that will pull many of their best-selling products off the shelf on Dec. 11 unless Congress steps in. The new ceiling is 0.4 milligrams of total THC…
From Merger Monday
For most of the past two years, the question in big deals was whether the money would show up. It did. This week the question changed to who else gets a vote. Start with Covetrus and MWI. A buyout-backed distributor agreed in March to buy its largest rival for $3.5 billion.…
From Merger Monday
Banks running the initial public offering of Anthropic PBC are turning away orders from investors in mainland China and Hong Kong, people familiar with the deal said, as the artificial-intelligence company heads into the final days before pricing what could be the largest listing on record. Several underwriters have refused orders…
Politics
HATTERAS, N.C. — A vacant lot on the sound side of Hatteras Village is set to become public waterfront space after the state awarded Dare County $383,000 on Friday to buy the land. The money will go toward purchasing a 1.06-acre parcel along Slash Creek with about 331 feet of…
From the HERE City State Desk
RALEIGH, N.C. — The race for North Carolina's 10th Congressional District is headed for a recount after Democrat Ashley Bell formally asked state election officials to retabulate the ballots, citing a final canvass margin of 0.84% behind Republican U.S. Rep. Pat Harrigan. Bell sent her request to the State Board…
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