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Beach strand in OBX closed amid fears of further home collapses during Hurricane Erin

Hurricane Erin is predicted to cause coastal flooding and ocean overwash starting as early as Tuesday and lasting until Thursday. As a result, the ...

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Charlotte Prep opens doors to new campus after devastating fire

Students at Charlotte Preparatory School will begin the new school year this week in a brand-new $13 million facility, two years after a fire ...

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Life-threatening rip currents, 15-20 foot waves possible as Hurricane Erin passes offshore of Carteret County

As Hurricane Erin makes her way across the Atlantic, Carteret County officials are keeping a close eye on the storm. Although the center of ...

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Mormon women can wear new sacred undergarments. Some wonder: Why now?

Utah’s PROVO Devout members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wear holy religious garments underneath their clothes, even on hot summer ...

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Hurricane Erin: Storm surge watch is issued for North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Updated @ 3:19 PM EDT on August 19, 2025 Hurricane Erin is spinning toward the Bahamas and the United States, and communities along North ...

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‘SNL’ castmember Bowen Yang shares a piece of ‘cultural contraband’ from his youth

For Bowen Yang, becoming a writer on SNL in 2018 and a cast member the following year was the realization of a prophecy: Yang ...

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Rep. Don Davis, an N.C. Democrat, embraces Andrew Yang’s centrist Forward Party

In the most competitive congressional district in North Carolina, U.S. Representative Don Davis, NC-01, is vying for reelection. The Democrat’s affiliation with the Forward ...

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Jimmy Lai: Closing arguments in Hong Kong tycoon national security trial begin

Hong Kong After many postponements last week, Hong Kong prosecutors have started closing arguments in the national security trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy ...

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Israel’s ex-military intelligence chief said 50,000 Gaza deaths were ‘necessary’

TEL AVIV, Israel — Leaked audio recordings that were aired on Friday show comments made by Israel’s former military intelligence chief regarding the cost ...

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What we lose in the gamification of music

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