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23+ min ago  (260+ words) WASHINGTON " Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family…...

2+ hour, 25+ min ago  (268+ words) WASHINGTON " Jamie Foxx is going to be a father again, according to multiple media reports. The actor, 58, and his girlfriend Alyce Huckstepp are expecting their first child together, People and USA Today reported Tuesday. Foxx has two daughters, Corrine Foxx,…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago  (536+ words) CALIFORNIA, USA " A lawsuit filed in California accused Chat GPT of having a hand in 19-year-old Sam Nelson's accidental overdose last year." The lawsuit accused Open AI's artificial intelligence chatbot of encouraging the teenager to take a combination of substances…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago  (309+ words) NEW YORK " Spotify is giving its users the ultimate nostalgia trip." The streaming platform launched "Spotify 20: Your Party of the Year(s)," a look at never-before-shared data about each user's complete listening history on the platform. It's part of a broader…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (170+ words) Water Stone, a Christian philanthropic foundation, is taking Salem Media Group private in a deal that will remove one of America's largest Christian and conservative broadcasters from public markets after more than five decades. Salem has traded on the OTCQX…...

9+ hour, 18+ min ago  (141+ words) Imperial Brands, parent company of Greensboro's ITG Brands LLC, achieved its revenue growth goal during the first half of fiscal 2026. Tying into the May 1 announcement of Atrium Health trying to acquire Wake Med, Sen. Jim Burgin, R-Harnett, filed'Senate Bill 978, titled…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago  (709+ words) On May 12, the Senate Judiciary Committee considered a Proposed Committee Substitute (PCS), to the NC Farmland and Military Protection Act(HB 133), a companion bill to SB 394, which was passed unanimously by the Senate last year. A PCS is an amendment…...

3+ hour, 34+ min ago  (349+ words) PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. " Law enforcement officials are sounding the alarm on a dangerous social media trend after a man kicked in the front door of a'Washington home early Saturday. The Pierce County Sheriff's Office said the incident happened at 3: 30 a. m. local…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago  (326+ words) RALEIGH, N. C. " North Carolina's top legislative leaders announced a budget framework on Tuesday that includes an average 8% teacher pay raise, significant salary increases for law enforcement and a phased reduction of the state income tax rate. House Speaker Destin Hall and…...

3+ hour, 22+ min ago  (111+ words) CMS has until Friday to submit its budget. Here's what leaders are looking for in the budget. 1 person hurt in I-77 crash near state line, two lanes closed CHARLOTTE, N. C. " A crash involving a tractor-trailer on I-77 North left one person hurt on…...