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9+ hour, 39+ min ago   (326+ words) Chicago White Sox right-handed pitcher Drew Thorpe is scheduled to continue his Major League rehab assignment with the Winston-Salem Dash and start Friday night against the Greensboro Grasshoppers at Truist Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thorpe, 25, is working his…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago   (347+ words) RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina’s top officials are challenging the state’s largest electric utility to legally cement its promise to protect everyday consumers from the soaring energy demands of tech data centers. “Duke just promised the federal government that it won’t shift…...

10+ hour, 40+ min ago   (193+ words) Summer Storms and Drain Backups: What Winchester Homeowners Should Know Winchester, United States – July 24, 2026 / Powell’s Plumbing & Air / Founded in 1989, Powell’s Plumbing & Air has served Winchester and the surrounding areas of Virginia and West Virginia for over 35 years. The company holds…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (1686+ words) Listen to this story (24 minutes) Top Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly oppose Gov. Josh Stein’s proposal for partial consolidation of two cases pitting the governor against the legislature at the state’s highest court. Legislative leaders introduced an alternative…...

3+ hour, 50+ min ago   (442+ words) On Monday, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation intended to incentivize investments in the US aluminum industry. The proclamation directs the Secretary of the US Dept of Commerce to develop an incentive program for companies that invest in the construction,…...

12+ min ago   (796+ words) The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025, with five more months of 2026 still to come. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention logged 2,318 cases of measles as of Thursday, according to an…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (226+ words) A teenager has pleaded guilty to all 55 counts in a deadly shooting nearly two years ago at Apalachee High School in Georgia. Video above: Coach remembers Apalachee teachers killed in shooting Colt Gray, 16, entered the plea Friday without having reached…...

5+ hour, 45+ min ago   (542+ words) The State Board of Community Colleges has selected former Louisiana higher education leader Monty Sullivan to become the next president of the North Carolina Community College System, pending confirmation by the General Assembly. Sullivan spent 12 years leading the Louisiana Community…...

2+ hour ago   (308+ words) President Donald Trump said Thursday he is considering intensifying military operations in Iran, as U.S. airstrikes entered their 13th consecutive night amid rising tensions in the region. President Donald Trump told Axios on Thursday that he is considering escalating military operations in…...

6+ hour, 7+ min ago   (1142+ words) Listen to this story (15 minutes) The North Carolina State Board of Elections and top Republican legislative leaders are defending a federal trial judge’s ruling in a case involving same-day voter registration rules. The elections board and top GOP lawmakers filed…...