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Nearly nine months since Helene hit, another hurricane season has gotten underway. But in western North Carolina, many people are still struggling to recover from last year.
9 months after Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina food scarcity is still real
"People, many of them, are displaced because their home was either flooded, inundated or washed into the river completely. Maybe their employer was washed into the river or cannot sustain because they don't have enough business. They're underemployed or unemployed and just need one or two meals so they could pay their light bill. There's different angles to look at how feeding somebody could be helpful."
n.pr
June 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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The question now is whether President Donald Trump and Elon Musk find some way to step back from a battle that is tearing apart one of the most consequential relationships in modern American politics.
In Trump-Musk feud, a once-steady alliance turns into an online spectacle
The world’s most powerful man and its wealthiest began attacking each other in a spectacle that left Washington breathless.
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June 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information.
The White House is sued over lack of sign language interpreters at press briefings
The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information.
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May 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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😬"Europe’s last maker of key antibiotics ingredients shuts biggest domestic factory" 💊🏭 www.msn.com/en-gb/health...
May 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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May 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.
May 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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This is about all of us. Never forget that.
May 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Not me finding out the pope died from tumblr...
April 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Sadly, no matter how many aid workers, journalists, and children get killed, the world does nothing to stop this genocide

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Evidence of ‘execution-style’ killings of Palestinian aid workers by Israeli forces, doctor says
Forensic consultant says multiple bullets were used from short range in attack that has caused global outrage
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Steward Health Care was once the largest private hospital system in the U.S.

When the private equity-backed network filed for bankruptcy last year, it devastated providers and patients.
The impact of private equity's expansion into health care
Steward Health Care was once the largest private hospital system in the country. When the private equity-backed network filed for bankruptcy last year, it devastated providers and patients. In…
buff.ly
April 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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March 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Debris, like downed trees, from Hurricane Helene, which swept through Western North Carolina six months ago, is making it hard to fight growing wildfires in the area, according to several officials there.

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Fighting WNC wildfires a ‘nightmare' due to Helene damage to roads, down trees
The Black Cove and Fish Hook fires started because of downed power lines after strong winds last week. The cause of the Deep Woods fire is still under investigation in Polk County.
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March 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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me waiting for the “but her emails” crowd to find their tongues
March 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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From layoffs at the Department of Veterans Affairs to a Pentagon purge of archives that documented diversity in the military, veterans have been acutely affected by Trump’s actions.
Veterans becoming face of Trump's government cuts and Democrats' resistance
Former service members have been acutely affected by the Republican president's actions, including layoffs at the Department of Veterans Affairs and a Pentagon purge of archives that documented…
buff.ly
March 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Librarians in Cincinnati got a shock recently when an overdue book was returned 98 years late. "Wild West" by Bertrand W. Sinclair was due back on Nov. 23, 1926.

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This Cincinnati Library book was returned nearly a century after its due date
"Wild West" by Bertrand W. Sinclair was checked out in 1926.
www.wvxu.org
March 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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This will have devastating consequences. Nearly a million K-12 students in Minnesota rely on funding from the Department of Education.

Students in rural communities, low-income families, and those who need special education services will be hit the hardest.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Trump signs executive order to dismantle the Education Department
The complete elimination of the department would require the approval of Congress.
www.nbcnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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To all the parents who voted for MAGA, how will you explain to your kid that their IEP, special needs support, and programs are being cut—just so you could have cheaper eggs?
March 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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A federal judge has found that the Trump administration likely violated the Constitution when it effectively shuttered the U.S. Agency for International Development.
A federal judge says the USAID shutdown likely violated the Constitution
A federal judge has found that the Trump administration likely violated the Constitution when it effectively shuttered the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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March 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Breaking News: A federal judge just ruled that Elon Musk has violated the Constitution for dismantling USAID and ordered employees to have their access immediately restored.
Judge finds Elon Musk and DOGE's shutdown of USAID likely unconstitutional
U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled in favor of a group of more than two dozen unnamed former and current USAID employees and contractors.
www.cbsnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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GOP lawmaker Justin Eichorn (R-MN) has been arrested on felony charges for soliciting sex from a teenage girl.

He had previously spread claims that Democrats and LGBTQ people were trying to groom children.
GOP state Sen. Justin Eichorn arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with a 16-year old girl • Minnesota Reformer
Eichorn’s arrest complicates efforts by Senate Republicans to expel DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell from the upper chamber.
minnesotareformer.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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The Honduran musician, one of the most recognized proponents of a Caribbean culture dating to the 17th century, died Monday in an airplane crash.
Aurelio Martínez, ambassador of Garifuna music, has died
The Honduran musician, one of the most recognized proponents of a Caribbean culture dating to the 17th century, died Monday in an airplane crash.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM