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Calls grow for US to rely on rapid tests to fight pandemic

WASHINGTON – When a Halloween party sparked a COVID-19 outbreak at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, school officials conducted rapid screening on more than 1,000 students in a week, including many who didn’t have symptoms.

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AP Source: McKinsey to pay $573M for role in opioid crisis

The global business consulting firm McKinsey & Company has agreed to a $573 million settlement over its role in advising companies on how to “supercharge” opioid sales amid an overdose crisis, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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Gardner, East Carolina upset No. 5 Houston 82-73

GREENVILLE, N.C. – Jayden Gardner had 21 points and 15 rebounds to help East Carolina stun fifth-ranked Houston 82-73 on Wednesday night, securing the Pirates' first win against a ranked opponent in nearly two decades.

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Tourist dies during Florida snorkeling trip

KEY WEST, Fla. – A tourist from North Carolina died following a snorkeling trip off the Florida Keys, sheriff’s officials said.

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Louisville tops women’s Top 25, South Carolina up to No. 2

Louisville keeps winning and remained atop The Associated Press women's basketball poll.

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5-year-old dresses as Bernie Sanders inauguration meme for school party

Harrison Streetman, 5, dresses up as Bernie Sanders from Biden's inauguration (Credit: Amanda Streetman) WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Poet Oscar Wilde once said, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," - and that’s exactly what 5-year-old Harrison Streetman had in mind when he dressed as Bernie Sanders for a school party.Harrison dressed up as the senator for the 100th Day celebration at Pinebrook Elementary in North Carolina.

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Franks-to-Yeboah TD seals National's 27-24 Senior Bowl win

MOBILE, Ala. – Arkansas' Feleipe Franks threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Mississippi tight end Kenny Yeboah in the fourth quarter of the Senior Bowl to help seal the National team's 27- 24 victory over the American team Saturday.

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AP Analysis: Racial disparity seen in US vaccination drive

A racial gap has opened up in the nation's COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind whites in receiving shots, an Associated Press analysis shows.

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Racial disparity seen in US vaccination drives

A racial gap has opened up in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind whites in receiving shots, an Associated Press analysis shows.

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North Carolina man facing federal charges for 2 attempted kidnappings in Philadelphia

Jacob Alex Montague ( Philadelphia Police Department) PHILADELPHIA - Federal prosecutors have charged a North Carolina man for allegedly attempting to kidnap two women at knifepoint while homeless in Philadelphia late last year. Jacob Montague, 35, will appear in federal court on Friday for the first time since his arrest. He is facing a maximum sentence of life imprisonment for trying to kidnap two women on consecutive days in Center City, according to prosecutors.The alleged incidents happened blocks apart on Spruce Street in Center City on Nov.

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Necas lifts returning Hurricanes past Lightning 1-0 in OT

RALEIGH, N.C. – Martin Necas beat Andrei Vasilevskiy at 1:12 of overtime and Carolina beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 on Thursday night in the Hurricanes' return from a pause due to COVID-19 concerns.

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Virginia Tech women upset No. 2 NC State 83-71 in OT

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Kenny Brooks has won nearly 63% of his games since becoming the Virginia Tech women’s basketball coach in 2016.

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Michigan Sen. Peters to lead Dem efforts to expand majority

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, who won a tough reelection race in the fall, will lead Democrats' efforts in 2022 to expand their current razor-thin Senate majority.

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Brood X: Billions of cicadas set to emerge in eastern US after 17 years

CINCINNATI - Brood X, the largest and most widespread brood of cicadas in the U.S., is set to emerge from the ground this spring after 17 years. The periodical cicadas, which are different than the annual cicadas seen throughout the U.S.

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Love appointed captain again, this time for Presidents Cup

Davis Love III is going back to where he was born for a job he knows as well as anyone.

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No. 1 Louisville stays unbeaten, beats Wake Forest 65-63

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – WINSTON-Dana Evans hit a driving shot for the go-ahead three-point play with 8.0 seconds left to help top-ranked Louisville barely avoid a huge upset by holding off Wake Forest 65-63 on Sunday.Evans' driving shot against Gina Conti and free throw finally gave the Cardinals their winning margin. But Louisville had to survive a final shot from the Demon Deacons, with Ivana Raca missing a 3-pointer from the right at the horn that would've given Wake Forest its first-ever win against a No.

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Winning $1 billion Mega Millions ticket sold at Michigan grocery store

according to the Mega Millions site.Match 5 + Megaplier winning tickets were also sold in North Carolina and Virginia.AdvertisementThe $1 billion prize is the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.

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NASCAR to hold pre-race Daytona 500 concert with Luke Combs

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – NASCAR will attempt some normalcy at the season-opening Daytona 500 with a live pre-race concert — the first big performance at a track during the pandemic — featuring country music star Luke Combs.Combs, who performed virtually for NASCAR's season finale in November, has not done a live show since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March. NASCAR, which prides itself on its elaborate pre-race pomp and entertainment, has not had a major live performance since PitBull and Blake Shelton performed in the final race before sports were halted.“I can’t wait to feel that energy again.

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Trials of Covid-19 vaccines underway for kids, results expected by Summer

pandemic.Days before Christmas, he took a step that could help him and other youngsters return to school sooner. With his parents’ encouragement, the 15-year-old signed up for a trial of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine in adolescents.Also Read | What 2020 did to India’s inequality“I miss seeing all my friends, and being in person, talking to my teachers," Brown said by phone from Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Howard University, University of Delaware marching bands to perform at Biden-Harris inauguration

FILE - Howard University's marching band on the field during halftime of their 93rd annual Homecoming game against North Carolina. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)"It is our esteemed honor to be involved in the historic inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris," said Howard University President Wayne A.

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Louisville is No. 1 in women's AP Top 25 for 1st time

Louisville is No. 1 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll for the first time in school history.The Cardinals moved to the top spot on Monday, a day after previous No. 1 Stanford lost to Colorado.

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Donor backlash fuels GOP alarm about Senate fundraising

WASHINGTON – Republicans are worried that a corporate backlash stirred by the deadly Capitol insurrection could crimp a vital stream of campaign cash, complicating the party’s prospects of retaking the Senate in the next election. The GOP already faces a difficult Senate map in 2022, when 14 Democratic-held seats and 20 Republican ones will be on the ballot.

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Dorothy Schmidt Cole, oldest living Marine, dies at the age of 107

Sgt. Dot Cole (Photos: City of Kannapolis, left; US Marine Corps, right) KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - Dorothy Schmidt Cole, recognized last year as the oldest living U.S.

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Optimistic banks start moving 'bad' loans back to 'good'

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The pandemic and recession aren’t over by a long shot, but banks are feeling optimistic enough to start taking potentially “bad” loans off their books and move them back into the “good” pile.The financial performance of the big U.S. banks has improved from earlier in 2020, when the virus pandemic walloped the global economy.

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NC nurse who works in COVID-19 unit wins $1 million in state lottery

DURHAM, N.C. - Terri Watkins, a nurse who works with COVID-19 patients, had her prayers answered when she got a call from the North Carolina Education Lottery last week.She didn’t believe it at first, but Watkins won a $1 million prize in the Supreme Riches second-chance drawing last Wednesday. Out of 513,000 entries, she was chosen."I thought that it was a scam.

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‘Compelled by stories.’ A marketing expert’s tips for promoting COVID-19 vaccination

Warren CornwallScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.As an expert in marketing, Stacy Wood has studied how people respond to everything from online shopping to reality TV. Now, the professor at North Carolina State University’s business school has turned to COVID-19, co-authoring a paper on 6 January in The New England Journal of Medicine that uses marketing theory to explain how to persuade people to get vaccinated.Wood recently spoke to ScienceInsider about her work.

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Carson Palmer, Bob Stoops lead college Hall of Fame class

Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer and former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops are among the 13 former players and coaches who make up the latest College Football Hall of Fame class. The National Football Foundation announced the newly elected hall of famers Monday.

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LaMelo Ball becomes youngest NBA player with triple-double

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – LaMelo Ball became the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Atlanta Hawks 113-105 on Saturday night for their straight win.The 19-year-old Ball replaced Markelle Fultz as the youngest NBA player to record a triple-double by 177 days.Ball, the third overall pick in the NBA draft, was 9 of 13 from the field as the Hornets handed the struggling Hawks their fourth straight loss.

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Three studies highlight low COVID risk of in-person school

A trio of new studies demonstrate low risk of COVID-19 infection and spread in schools, including limited in-school COVID-19 transmission in North Carolina, few cases of the coronavirus-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in Swedish schools, and minimal spread of the virus from primary school students in Norway.

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Ball brothers Lonzo, LaMelo set to square off in NBA matchup

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – LaMelo Ball grew up playing 3-on-3 games against his older brother Lonzo on a concrete court in the backyard of their parents’ home in Chino Hills, California.“Nobody took it easy on me — fighting, scrapping, falling on concrete,” LaMelo said. “Parents would get scared when their kids went back there.

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NC governor taps National Guard for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday that he mobilized the National Guard to help distribute coronavirus vaccines as the state ranked among the worst in the country regarding how quickly residents were receiving the first dose of the inoculation.

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Saints rout Panthers 33-7 to earn No. 2 seed in NFC playoffs

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Drew Brees threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns, the Saints had five interceptions and New Orleans defeated the Carolina Panthers 33-7 on Sunday to wrap up the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs.The Saints will host the seventh-seeded Chicago Bears in the wild-card round next weekend.Ty Montgomery ran for 105 yards on 18 carries for the Saints (12-4), who became the first team to sweep the NFC South by going 6-0 since the division was formed in 2002.The Saints still managed to run for 156 yards despite playing without Alvin Kamara, who tied an NFL record with six TDs in a Week 16 win over the Vikings, and Latavius Murray.

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Texas A&M runs past North Carolina in Orange Bowl, 41-27

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Devon Achane had two late touchdown runs, including a 76-yarder with 3:44 left that put Texas A&M ahead to stay, and the fifth-ranked Aggies beat No. 14 North Carolina 41-27 in the Orange Bowl on Saturday night to cap a winless bowl season for the Atlantic Coast Conference.Kellen Mond passed for 232 yards and ran for a score for the Aggies (9-1), who were in the Orange Bowl for the first time since 1944.

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Texas A&M, North Carolina look forward, await Orange Bowl

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – If there’s one belief that Texas A&M and North Carolina share heading into the Orange Bowl, it’s that there’s no use in looking backward.For the Aggies, that means not lamenting missing the College Football Playoff.For the Tar Heels, that means not fixating on four top players skipping this game.A chance to end 2020 seasons and kickstart 2021 campaigns in major-bowl fashion awaits on Saturday night when Texas A&M (8-1, No. 5 AP and CFP) meets North Carolina (8-3, No.

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NC State seething in underdog role vs Kentucky in Gator Bowl

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It’s one of the oddest betting lines of the bowl season.No. 24 North Carolina State (8-3) is a 2 ½-point underdog against Kentucky (4-6) in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, a number the Wolfpack consider a slight heading into Saturday's game in Jacksonville.NC State has won four in a row, the longest streak in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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Covid-19 vaccine study on preventing transmission is stalled

Also Read | Investing during all-time highs can be good strategyBut last week, the researchers told about 20 universities that were considering participating in the study that it wouldn’t move forward yet, according to people involved in the effort.

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NFL player to be paid in bitcoin

Russell Okung #76 of the Carolina Panthers waits between drills during a training camp session at Bank of America Stadium on August 24, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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No. 18 Miami motivated to finish strong in Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – The 18th-ranked Miami Hurricanes hope to redeem themselves when they face Oklahoma State in the Cheez-It Bowl.A lopsided loss to end the regular season cost coach Manny Diaz's team a spot in a major bowl. Instead, the Hurricanes (8-2) will finish their best season in years on a smaller stage on Tuesday night.Rebounding to win a postseason game for the first time since 2016 will not be easy against an Oklahoma State offense that features one of the nation's best running games, especially considering Miami yielded 554 yards on the ground to North Carolina in a 62-26 setback on Dec.

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Miami vs. Oklahoma State: How to watch, stream, listen

ESPN.comWHAT’S AT STAKENo. 18 Miami is looking to rebound after getting routed 62-26 by North Carolina in its regular-season finale on Dec.

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Marc Basnight, longest serving NC Senate leader, dies at 73

RALEIGH, N.C. – Former state Sen. Marc Basnight, an Outer Banks Democrat who became one of North Carolina’s most powerful contemporary political leaders while serving a record 18 years as Senate leader, died Monday.

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Stanford passes first real test, remains atop women's Top 25

NEW YORK – Stanford faced its first real test of the season and passed to remain the top team in The Associated Press women's basketball poll.The Cardinal beat then-No. 10 UCLA 61-49 on Dec.

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Couple dies from COVID-19 holding hands after 61 years of marriage

Doris and Sherwood People (Credit: The Pope family) COATS, N.C. - Brian Pope, 57, said his parents were so inseparable it wasn’t surprising they died holding hands in the hospital after suffering from COVID-19."They never went to bed mad at each other," Brian told FOX Television Stations Tuesday. The couple was married for 61 years.Sherwood Pope, 82, and his wife, Doris, 78, died Dec.

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Dr. Miguel Cardona, Connecticut's schools chief, tapped as Biden's education secretary

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New COVID-19 relief bill would make for-profit illegal streaming a felony

A new draft of the COVID-19 relief bill contains a provision that would bring felony charges to companies that illegally stream copyrighted material, as The Hollywood Reporter points out. The text of the provision was spearheaded by Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina.

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YouTube sensation MrBeast's new virtual burger joint skyrockets to the number one app download

YouTube megastar MrBeast (AKA Jimmy Donaldson) has launched a virtual restaurant and - no surprise - it's an instant hit.The internet sensation, who boasts over 48 million subscribers on YouTube, recently partnered with Virtual Dining Concepts to bring his delivery-only burger joint to the masses.Shortly after it was launched, the MrBeast Burger app was the most downloaded on iTunes and Google Play and became one of the top five most popular Google searches.

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Panthers fire GM Marty Hurney after another losing season

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carolina Panthers fired general manager Marty Hurney on Monday after the team lost eight of its last nine games and failed to make the playoffs for a third straight season.Hurney’s contract was set to expire after the season.“I notified Marty that we would not be extending his contract beyond the 2020 season,” Panthers owner David Tepper said. “This was a difficult decision.

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Snubbed by committee, Texas A&M will face UNC in Orange Bowl

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Texas A&M was hoping for a berth in the College Football Playoff. An Orange Bowl spot against North Carolina will be its consolation prize.The Aggies, who were one spot away from a spot in the national semifinals and finished fifth in the final CFP rankings, are heading to the Orange Bowl for the first time in 77 years.

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Lawrence, No. 4 Clemson rout No. 2 Notre Dame for ACC title

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Trevor Lawrence had 412 yards of offense and three touchdowns, Travis Etienne ran for 124 yards and a score and No. 4 Clemson dominated No.

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