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RALEIGH, N.C. — President Joe Biden flew over storm-ravaged parts of western North Carolina on Wednesday, and Vice President Kamala Harris ventured farther south to Georgia to speak with emergency responders and devastated families in some of the areas hit hardest by Hurricane Helene, trying to stress to recovering communities that the federal government would Continue reading

TEL AVIV — Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in Lebanon on Wednesday in the first fatalities of Israel’s ground campaign against Hezbollah, a signal of the potentially bloody toll such an offensive could take as the military widens its battle with the militant group. If the pace of Israeli casualties continues in Lebanon, experts say, Continue reading

Prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered closing arguments on Wednesday in the case of the three former Memphis police officers who were charged in the January 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols. The jury pool in the federal trial is made up of seven men and seven women, including white, Black and Asian jurors. Federal prosecutor Continue reading

Simeon Burke was supported in court by his parents, Martina and Sean, and siblings, Ammi and Isaac, pictured at an earlier hearing at Cloverhill Court. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin A judge has told remand prisoner Simeon Burke that he is in custody voluntarily but could be released with “one flick of a pen” and Continue reading

Read the latest on the port strikes: How port strikes could affect retail prices and shortages in the U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) — Some manufacturers and retailers are urging President Joe Biden to invoke a 1947 law as a way to suspend a strike by 45,000 dockworkers that has shut down 36 U.S. ports from Maine Continue reading

Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quan died last month in Georgia from an accidental drug overdose, authorities said. The artist, who burst onto the hip-hop scene more than a decade ago, was killed by the “combined toxic effects of fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine and promethazine,” the Fulton County medical examiner said in a statement Wednesday. On Sept. Continue reading

But under the facial fuzz, it’s still the same Grylls Irish viewers will recognise from Running Wild with Bear Grylls, Bear Grylls Survival Story and other dollops of small-screen derring-do. He remains, in other words, the light entertainment equivalent of Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, bounding into the danger zones relying on nothing beyond a Continue reading

Vice-presidential debates rarely matter much in presidential campaigns, and Tuesday’s clash between Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance may matter less than ever — not because of what was said or not said, but because events have suddenly interceded in ways that could affect the election in its closing weeks much more than what Continue reading

In the vice-presidential debate Tuesday night, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) proved he could match his running mate on the falsehood meter, though with a bit more verve and polish. Tim Walz (D) misled on occasion, such as claiming Republicans supported a “registry for pregnancies.” Here is a roundup of 21 claims that caught our attention, Continue reading

Vice-presidential debates rarely matter much in presidential campaigns, and Tuesday’s clash between Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance may matter less than ever — not because of what was said or not said, but because events have suddenly interceded in ways that could affect the election in its closing weeks much more than what Continue reading