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Remembering Deng Mayar – University of North Dakota Athletics

Remembering Deng Mayar – University of North Dakota Athletics

Story Links GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The University of North Dakota mourns the loss of former UND student-athlete Deng Mayar, who passed away on Saturday, August 16, 2025. He was 22.   Mayar was a member of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 UND men’s basketball teams and was preparing to play for the University of Nebraska at Omaha in …

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Hurricane Erin remains an extremely dangerous Category 4 cyclone north of Caribbean

Hurricane Erin remains an extremely dangerous Category 4 cyclone north of Caribbean

Hurricane Erin, the first major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, rapidly intensified into an extremely dangerous Category 5 cyclone as it stayed safely north of the Caribbean islands over the weekend. Shortly after Erin began rapid intensification into a major hurricane, Hurricane Hunters found that Erin had quickly strengthened.  The hurricane’s winds reached 160 mph, making it a Category 5 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson …

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The Corvette CX Concept Is the North Star for the Future of America’s Sports Car

The Corvette CX Concept Is the North Star for the Future of America’s Sports Car

Get The Drive’s daily newsletter The latest car news, reviews, and features. The year 2025 has indeed been a big one for the Corvette. On top of bringing us the fastest Vette—nay, the fastest American car ever around the Nürburgring—we’ve seen two otherworldly concepts symbolizing the future of the lineage. The first, out of GM’s new Royal Leamington Spa Advanced …

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Bill Belichick won’t headline North Carolina’s weekly coach’s radio show

Bill Belichick won’t headline North Carolina’s weekly coach’s radio show

Bill Belichick coaches in college football, but it appears he won’t be a regular in one college football tradition: The coach’s weekly radio show. North Carolina announced Thursday that Belichick will be on the first episode of the Tar Heels’ weekly radio show on Aug. 27 at Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery, but general manager Michael Lombardi will …

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North America tops global gaming spend with $325 per player in 2025

North America tops global gaming spend with 5 per player in 2025

Games are getting pricier, but that hasn’t stopped North American players from shelling out hundreds each year on their hobby. Over recent years, gaming habits have shifted as prices climbed. Many big releases now debut at $70, with Activision, Sony, and Nintendo holding firm on premium pricing. Microtransactions, DLC, battle passes, and cosmetics have become major revenue drivers. Circana reports …

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Nintendo Download: 14th August (North America)

Nintendo Download: 14th August (North America)

Switch eShop – New Releases 1989 After the War (Ratalaika Games, 15th Aug, $5.99) – An atomic war has reduced the world to a toxic heap of ruins and chaos. As an ex-agent named Sebastian Beck, you’ll face off against 7 dangerous criminals and traverse 7 levels filled with enemies and traps to overcome. The game also challenges you with …

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DeSantis announces plans for second immigration detention facility in north Florida

DeSantis announces plans for second immigration detention facility in north Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state’s holding center for immigrants at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” DeSantis announced Thursday that the new facility is to …

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