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Carolina Panthers players are making the NFL Top 100
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (81+ words) WRAL This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window. Carolina Panthers players are making the NFL Top 100 Dennis Cox & Chris Lea discuss Carolina Panthers players being named to…...
Kroger buying regional grocer Giant Eagle in a deal valued at $1. 65 billion
15+ hour, 22+ min ago (308+ words) Kroger said Wednesday it plans to buy regional grocer and pharmacy retailer Giant Eagle in a deal valued at $1. 65 billion. Giant Eagle, which is privately held, has 197 supermarkets and 11 standalone pharmacies across northern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and…...
Challengers score victories in lawsuit against Arkansas' restrictions on citizen ballot initiatives
12+ hour, 7+ min ago (428+ words) A federal judge in Arkansas has thrown out a handful of state laws that put extra restrictions on citizen efforts to gather signatures for ballot initiatives, agreeing with challengers that they violated the constitutional free speech rights of voters. The…...
New Jersey is set to charge companies with workers on Medicaid. Other states may follow
3+ hour, 32+ min ago (755+ words) New Jersey is launching a new fee on companies whose workers have Medicaid health coverage instead of being covered by their employers. Other states are considering it, too. Democratic lawmakers and governors see it as a way to help pay…...
A grim job outlook meets a scrappy workforce as administrative assistants harness AI
14+ min ago (674+ words) With their numbers already in decline, secretaries and administrative assistants face another growing threat: artificial intelligence tools like Chat GPT and Claude that can accomplish aspects of their workload with a tap. Employment projection data offers a grim outlook for…...
Couple caned for kissing on Tik Tok in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province: : WRAL. com
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (404+ words) Aceh's Sharia court ordered the two people to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissing without being married. At least a hundred people witnessed the caning, carried out by a group of people wearing robes and hoods…...
11-year-old boy driving pickup truck crashes into group of Thai monks, killing 8
37+ min ago (156+ words) A total of 35 monks from Mukdahan province, about 600 kilometers northeast of the capital Bangkok, were on the pilgrimage. Five monks were killed at the site, while three others died at a hospital, according to Mukdahan Governor Worrayan Boonnarat. Fourteen others…...
Photos show aftermath of large-scale Russian attack overnight in Kyiv
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Pilot who hit Beijing's tallest building wrote about 'ending his life,' Chinese authorities say
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (207+ words) WRAL Pilot who hit Beijing's tallest building wrote about 'ending his life,' Chinese authorities say The pilot, a 66-year-old man, died and 13 other people were injured. None of the injuries are life-threatening and one of the injured has been discharged,…...
UK government to apologize for the state's role in decades of forced adoptions
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (415+ words) Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in the final weeks of his premiership, will make a statement in the House of Commons acknowledging the state's role in forced adoptions and apologizing to survivors. Britain is one of several countries reckoning with the…...