Gene therapy at Duke improves NC dad’s failing vision just in time for his baby’s birth
It progresses to where it’s pretty much blindness,” Tyler Wilfong said about his vision, adding that his peripheral and night vision were the first to start failing.
Reds fire manager David Bell after 6 seasons, name bench coach Freddie Benavides interim manager
The Cincinnati Reds fired manager David Bell on Sunday night after six seasons. The team announced the move hours after a 2-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, and named bench ...
UNC student dies during hike in South Africa, reports say
A UNC-Chapel Hill student studying abroad who vanished during a hike while in South Africa has been found dead, according to reports. Brook Cecilia Cheuvront, 20, ...
Rival protesters clash in Bolivia as ex-President Evo Morales leads a march to the capital
Bolivia’s pro-government supporters and security forces confronted protesters loyal to former president Evo Morales in a street melee Sunday, the second such violent ...
White Sox left to ponder the magnitude of their record-tying 120 losses
The Chicago White Sox had a 2-1 lead going into the bottom of the eighth inning on Sunday, and then history struck. That tenuous lead disappeared in the span of four San Diego ...
Panthers beat Raiders 36-22 for season’s first win
Andy Dalton gave the Panthers the quarterback play they’ve been sorely lacking, throwing for 319 yards and three touchdowns.
Fort Liberty main gate access limited after ‘traffic incident,’ military says
The main Fort Liberty gate, called the All-American Access Control Point, was the site of an incident “involving a non-Department of Defense individual,” the military said.
As UN meets, Haitians express hopelessness at finding an international solution to gang crisis
As world leaders meeting in the United Nations this week discuss the future of efforts to rein in the gangs strangling Haiti, Haitians are expressing hopelessness that ...
The Rams rally from a double-digit deficit to stun the 49ers 27-24 on a late field goal
Rookie Joshua Karty hit a 37-yard field goal with 2 seconds to play, and the Los Angeles Rams staged a spectacular late rally for a 27-24 victory over the San Francisco ...
Ohtani, Betts go back-to-back in ninth as Dodgers rally past Rockies 6-5
Shohei Ohtani hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning and Mookie Betts followed with a game-ending blast as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 6-5 victory over the ...
Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December
Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government ...
Several Mark Robinson campaign staffers quit as fallout over online posts continues
Several top staffers in North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s campaign for governor have quit their posts, marking more fallout from a CNN report outlining ...