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14+ min ago  (342+ words) MEMPHIS, Tenn. " Memphis Grizzlies player Brandon Clarke has died at the age of 29, according to multiple reports." The team released the following statement. "We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Brandon Clarke. Brandon was an outstanding teammate and an…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago  (424+ words) WASHINGTON " You Tuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul is still healing from a broken jaw injury sustained during his last fight in December with heavyweight Anthony Joshua." Paul opened up about his injury and weighed in on his future in the boxing world…...

13+ min ago  (322+ words) MONROE, N. C. " Union County is sounding the alarm this National Foster Care Awareness Month: the need for foster families is outpacing the help available, and officials are calling on the community to step up. Ashley Lantz, director of the Union County…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (167+ words) This Idaho man has won the lottery 18 times over the past 29 years, but he says his good luck has nothing to do with money. Here's what he credits instead. Idaho man wins lottery 18 times, but that's not why he says…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago  (390+ words) CLEVELAND " Today's health'headlines touch on a long-overdue naming change for millions of women, a workplace safety crisis hiding in plain sight, persistent gaps in care that cut along racial lines, and a surprising side effect some GLP-1 users are reporting....

53+ min ago  (361+ words) New details'surrounding North Carolina's COVID-19'inmate release program under former Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper, who is now running for US Senate, are renewing questions about public safety and prompting'movement'from lawmakers in'the General Assembly.' Recent investigations published by Fox News and…...

43+ min ago  (539+ words) A new tool shows how interactive budgeting could improve transparency Fiscal Policy Analyst, John Locke Foundation Balancing a state budget is an exercise in tradeoffs. Every dollar allocated to one priority is a dollar unavailable for another. Yet those tradeoffs…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago  (673+ words) Former Pilot Mountain Town Manager Michael Boaz has been indicted on a Class F felony charge following an investigation by the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor into alleged misuse of taxpayer funds." At a Monday afternoon press conference…...

2+ hour, 33+ min ago  (175+ words) EL PASO, Texas " One "Ted Lasso" actor is making the jump from'playing on a fictional club to competing on an actual professional soccer pitch. Cristo Fern'ndez, who played the jovial Dani Rojas on "Ted Lasso," is officially a professional soccer…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago  (327+ words) CHARLOTTE, N. C. " The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education is expected to vote Tuesday on Superintendent Dr. Crystal Hill's revised budget proposal, weeks after rejecting her initial plan in April. Board members' key concerns have centered on mental health support, equity and…...