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CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox left fielder Eloy Jiménez — working his way back from a right hamstring tendon tear — is experiencing “normal leg soreness,” general manager Rick Hahn said Thursday.

The shares of the semiconductor company Qorvo (QRVO) have experienced significant price volatility amid the broader technology sector sell-off this year. However, given the company’s new product launches and the industry’s solid prospects, is QRVO a buy now? Read on to find out.

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed a package of gun violence prevention measures on a mostly party-line vote Wednesday evening, even as the bill faces little hope of clearing the evenly divided Senate.

DURHAM, N.C. — With college players now allowed to earn money on marketing deals thanks to changes in NCAA rules regarding name, image and likeness, Duke dipped into basketball’s business world to fill a newly created position.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was criticized Tuesday for telling an audience at a Charlotte church last month that Christians are “called to be led by men,” and not women.

Market sentiment was mostly unchanged on Monday, as investors await the May inflation report. Given the market uncertainties, we think investing in high-yielding dividend stocks that are part of the Dow Jones index—commonly known as the Dogs of the Dow—might the ideal strategy now. And our top choices among these…

One of the fastest-growing, and perhaps most promising, real estate investment trusts (REITs) right now is VICI Properties Inc. (NYSE: VICI), which is being added to the S&P 500 index this week.

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Allison Emrey played Pine Needles “a million times growing up,” she said earlier this week, including once during a junior golf tournament she remembers as much for the weather as anything that happened on the course.

DURHAM, N.C. — No longer coaching but still involved in the college sports landscape as a Duke ambassador, Mike Krzyzewski’s assessment of college athletics is that the current model is at a breaking point.

She’s the first Aussie to lead this championship through 54 holes since Karrie Webb in 2001 – at Pine Needles.

Webb won her second consecutive U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles in 2001.