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Inside a helicopter bringing lifesaving relief to N.C.’s storm-ravaged counties

Gerrit De Vynck
Oct 04, 2024 9:07 am - ABOVE ASHE COUNTY, N.C. — Five days after Helene decimated this region, a lone man remained stranded and needed help. He was waving his arms next to a big X made from deb...
Employers added 254,000 jobs in September, reflecting strong gains as election nears

Lauren Kaori Gurley
Oct 04, 2024 7:48 am - Employers added 254,000 jobs in September, reflecting a stronger than expected labor market. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1%, according to jobs data released Fr...
Filing in Trump case details remarkable schism with Pence over rejecting 2020 election loss

By LISA MASCARO
Oct 04, 2024 7:44 am - Days before rioters roamed the halls of the U.S. Capitol threatening to “hang Mike Pence,” Donald Trump told his vice president that people are going to “hate your guts” and “think you're stupid” if he failed to stop the 2020 election certification.
Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria

By BASSEM MROUE
Oct 04, 2024 6:59 am - Israel carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight, hitting suburbs of Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing Israeli bombardment.
Harris and Trump battle for labor support as dockworkers suspend strike

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Oct 04, 2024 6:56 am - Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the union stronghold of Flint, Michigan, on Friday as she battles with Donald Trump for working-class voters who could tip the scales in this year's election.
Helene’s death toll reaches 200 as crews try to reach the most remote areas hit by the storm

By JEFF AMY, ERIK VERDUZCO and BRITTANY PETERSON
Oct 03, 2024 12:56 pm - Hurricane Helene's death toll reached 200 on Thursday and could rise higher still, as searchers made their way toward the hardest to reach places in the mountains of western North Carolina, where the storm washed out roads and knocked out electricity, water and cellular service.
Nearly all homes in counties hardest hit by Helene lack national flood insurance

Kevin Crowe, Shannon Osaka, Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Oct 03, 2024 12:37 pm - In Buncombe County, North Carolina, where an entire town disappeared beneath floodwaters, less than 1 percent of households had flood insurance. In Unicoi County, Tenness...
Liz Cheney will campaign with Harris in Wisconsin while Trump holds a rally in Michigan

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Oct 03, 2024 8:21 am - Liz Cheney, one of Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican antagonists, will join Democrat Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Wisconsin on Thursday aimed at reaching out to moderate voters and rattling the former president.
5 takeaways from the big new filing on Trump’s 2020 election plot

Aaron Blake
Oct 03, 2024 8:19 am - We now have the most extensive new detail in years about former President Donald Trump’s plot to overturn the 2020 election, in the form of a much-anticipated filing from...
More Americans file for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain historically low

By MATT OTT
Oct 03, 2024 8:03 am - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week but remains at healthy levels.

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