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3+ hour, 6+ min ago   (923+ words) International timekeepers set to vote Thursday on the measure When the sun hits its highest point over the meridian line that travels north and south from the 351-year-old Royal Observatory Greenwich in London, it’s noon Greenwich Mean Time, a tangible…...

2+ hour, 53+ min ago   (264+ words) The U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday that it's imposing $1.2 billion in fines on Bank of America for allegedly violating anti-money laundering and sanctions laws. The fines on America's second-biggest bank amount to the third-largest in the department's history. "When a bank…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (116+ words) Winston-Salem State University officials acknowledged an issue with field markings during the football team’s most recent home game and said changes are being made ahead of the next game at Bowman Gray Stadium. Eric Burns, WSSU’s director of athletics, said…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (153+ words) The Town of Yadkinville has scheduled a temporary water outage Thursday night into Friday morning for system maintenance and infrastructure upgrades. Water service will be interrupted from 11 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, until 5 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16. The outage will affect all Yadkinville water customers…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (465+ words) Grocery store chain Kroger said it will lay off 3,000 corporate employees over the next three years as it ramps up its use of artificial intelligence to streamline operations. “Technology is reshaping what’s possible,” CEO Greg Foran wrote in a memo…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (248+ words) Nine rides, including two roller coasters at Carowinds, were closed across the U.S. after a man died at Six Flags Over Georgia. According to NBC News, the Carowinds roller coasters Thunder Striker and Fury 325 were shut down by Six Flags Entertainment…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (261+ words) OpenAI discovered a "sophisticated recording device" in one of its offices planted by an employee who has been arrested, the company said Tuesday. The employee, who has since been dismissed by the company, is a Saudi national and has been…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (195+ words) We are grateful for the several inches of tropical rainfall from last weekend, but we need a lot more to end the drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor is a collaborative product produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (191+ words) A SpaceX rocket launched early Tuesday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. It created a glow visible in the skies of the Triad and the Carolinas as it carried supplies to the International Space Station. The rocket…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago   (116+ words) A federal judge issued an emergency order Tuesday stopping the Trump administration from cutting down more trees at the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C. A federal judge issued an emergency order Tuesday stopping the Trump administration from cutting down…...