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Under the cover of night on Sept. 27, high winds and hard rain stirred Jerry and Marcia Savage from slumber inside their one-story Beech Island home. It also rattled their 22-year-old grandson in the living room where he had been keeping watch on the inland South Carolina home where the couple had lived since 1975.

LONG BEACH, Wash. (AP) — Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets with feather tufts, life-size plastic turkey decoys made for hunters, colorful squirt guns. And Crocs — so many mismatched Crocs. If you find a single

Special counsel Jack Smith has outlined new details of former President Donald Trump and his allies’ sweeping and “increasingly desperate” efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, in a blockbuster court filing Wednesday aimed at defending Smith’s prosecution of Trump following the Supreme Court’s July immunity ruling. Trump intentionally lied to the public, state election

(Reuters) – Russia will run a nationwide test of its emergency public warning systems on Wednesday, letting sirens wail and interrupting television and radio broadcasts in a twice-yearly initiative amid the war in Ukraine. At around 10.30 a.m. in most of Russia’s 11 time zones, sirens will sound for a minute, with loudspeakers broadcasting an

Sciutto shared footage from Israel, where reported Iranian missiles flew overhead as he reported on ongoing conflict in the region. CNN reporter Jim Sciutto has shared terrifying footage from Tel Aviv, Israel, where the on-air personality took cover Tuesday from Iranian missiles that rained down on the city close to his post atop a tall

Part of the border between Italy and Switzerland is set to be redrawn as the glaciers that mark the boundary melt, in yet another sign of how much humans are changing the world by burning planet-heating fossil fuels.. The two countries have agreed to change the border under the iconic Matterhorn Peak, one of the

A fortnight ago, there would have been no questioning the devotion felt by Lebanese Shia Muslims for Iran. As for their brethren across the Middle East, Iran has long been their political and spiritual lodestar. “What the Vatican is for you Christians, Iran is for us Shia – only more so,” one is often told

BANGKOK (AP) — Indonesian shrimp farmer Yulius Cahyonugroho operated more than two dozen ponds only a few years ago, employing seven people and making more than enough to support his family. Since then, the 39-year-old says the prices he gets from purchasers have fallen by half and he’s had to scale back to four workers

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Prairie du Chien Area Arts Center in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, on Sept. 28, 2024. Credit – Kamil Krazaczynski—AP As the border continues to play an important policy role in the upcoming 2024 presidential election, former President and current Republican nominee Donald Trump criticized the government’s

Former President Donald Trump expressed his frustration over a fly that approached his lecturn in a bizarre moment during a rally speech. Trump was on stage at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, making a point about a hat, when he appeared to get distracted by the creature. “Oh there’s a fly,” the former president said. “I

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Floodwaters pushed by the remnants of Hurricane Helene left North Carolina’s largest mountain city largely cut off Saturday by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service, part of a swath of destruction across southern Appalachia that left an unknown number dead and countless worried relatives unable to reach

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was treated for second-degree burns at Northern Regional Hospital “following an incident at a campaign event” in Mount Airy on Friday night, according to Mike Lonergan, communications director for Robinson’s gubernatorial campaign. Lonergan added in a statement that Robinson “is in good spirits, appreciates the outpouring of well wishes,

The mothers of teenagers detained in Venezuela’s post-election protests continue to fight for their children’s release. Shouting, “Our children are terrorists; they are innocent,” a group of mothers of 8 teenagers held in a detention center in Caracas demanded freedom for their sons, who have been jailed for nearly two months. (AP video by Juan

Half of young people don’t think they will ever get on the property ladder – because it’s so far out of their reach. Which may be why 91 per cent of the 1,000 18 – 30-year-olds polled said home ownership is no longer the top priority. Nearly half (45 per cent) have put their dream

World leaders taking the stage at this week’s U.N. General Assembly are warning about sea level rise and the impacts of climate change in the most dire and personal terms. In a special high-level summit, small island nations pleaded for their survival. Read original article here.

An Olympian was arrested after a debacle at a Walmart self-checkout station. On 28 March, former Olympic athlete Meaggan Pettipiece’s life was turned upside down after scanning her ham and asparagus at a Walmart self-checkout machine in Indiana. After security saw she failed to scan the items – worth $67 – they called the police,