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FILE - Lech Walesa former President of Poland, speaks after being awarded withthe &ldquo;Golden Medal for services to reconciliation and understanding among peoples&rdquo; in Berlin, Monday Sept. 26, 2022.

Polish democracy leader Lech Walesa says a Trump victory would be a ‘misfortune’ for the world

FILE - Lech Walesa former President of Poland, speaks after being awarded withthe &ldquo;Golden Medal for services to reconciliation and understanding among peoples&rdquo; in Berlin, Monday Sept. 26, 2022.

October 14, 2024, 7:50am Nation & World

Polish democracy champion and former President Lech Walesa says a victory by Republican Donald Trump in this year’s U.S. presidential election would bring “misfortune” to the world. Read story

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump dances during a campaign rally at the Findlay Toyota Arena, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Prescott Valley, Ariz.

This could have been a year of a federal court reckoning for Trump. Judges had other ideas

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump dances during a campaign rally at the Findlay Toyota Arena, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Prescott Valley, Ariz.

October 14, 2024, 7:50am Nation & World

The indictment charging Donald Trump with hoarding classified documents leveled one jaw-dropping allegation after another, including that he showed off a secret Pentagon attack plan to guests at his golf club and suggested his lawyer mislead the FBI about the presence of the White House records. Read story

Man with loaded gun arrested at checkpoint near Donald Trump’s weekend rally in Southern California

October 14, 2024, 7:49am Nation & World

A Nevada man with a shotgun, loaded handgun, ammunition and several fake passports in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump’s rally Saturday night in the Southern California desert, authorities said. He was released the same day on $5,000 bail. Read story

Republican lawsuits target rules for overseas voters, but those ballots are already sent

October 14, 2024, 7:47am Nation & World

The latest method of voting to fall into the political crosshairs is the way overseas voters — including members of the military stationed abroad — cast their ballots. Read story

A man sits on a catamaran next to a damaged house in a flooded area in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.

Sri Lanka closes schools as floods hammer the capital

A man sits on a catamaran next to a damaged house in a flooded area in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.

October 14, 2024, 7:47am Nation & World

Sri Lanka closed schools in the capital, Colombo, and its suburbs on Monday as heavy rains triggered floods in many parts of the island nation. Read story

Hayden Wilson, left, Alexander Pellersels, second from left, Jonathan Bowen and Henry Kovacs, right, install a mobile power system at the Beans Creek Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Bakersville, N.C. on Oct. 9, 2024.

Volunteers bring solar power to Hurricane Helene’s disaster zone

Hayden Wilson, left, Alexander Pellersels, second from left, Jonathan Bowen and Henry Kovacs, right, install a mobile power system at the Beans Creek Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Bakersville, N.C. on Oct. 9, 2024.

October 14, 2024, 7:44am Nation & World

Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Helene downed power lines and washed out roads all over North Carolina’s mountains, the constant din of a gas-powered generator is getting to be too much for Bobby Renfro. Read story

FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures as he concludes speaking at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa.

Trump’s campaign crowdfunded millions online in an untraditional approach to emergency relief

FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures as he concludes speaking at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa.

October 14, 2024, 7:34am Business

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is using GoFundMe to rally its network of deep-pocketed backers and everyday donors around the survivors of his July assassination attempt and Hurricane Helene’s destruction, bucking more traditional avenues of emergency relief. Read story

Members of Cetiliztli Nauhcampa stand in a circle together before taking part in a Four Directions Ceremony at the first Annual Indigenous Peoples&#039; Day Ceremonial Celebration in Newton, Massachusetts on Oct. 11, 2021.

What to know about Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Members of Cetiliztli Nauhcampa stand in a circle together before taking part in a Four Directions Ceremony at the first Annual Indigenous Peoples&#039; Day Ceremonial Celebration in Newton, Massachusetts on Oct. 11, 2021.

October 14, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World

Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the second Monday of October, is observed every year on the same day as Columbus Day, which was first recognized as a national holiday in 1934 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Read story

Ali Shakoor, 52, (center), a Ph. D. candidate at WSU, used a backpack shocker to temporarily shock the fish to sleep before capture by, from left to right, Zoe Scarsella, 19, WSU Biological Science student, and Muritadah Oshinuga, 28, master student in Environmental Sciences, during a study looking for microplastics in the Great Lakes on Sept. 18, 2024, in Dexter, Michigan.

Stalking a pollutant: Researchers comb river for secrets of Great Lakes microplastics

Ali Shakoor, 52, (center), a Ph. D. candidate at WSU, used a backpack shocker to temporarily shock the fish to sleep before capture by, from left to right, Zoe Scarsella, 19, WSU Biological Science student, and Muritadah Oshinuga, 28, master student in Environmental Sciences, during a study looking for microplastics in the Great Lakes on Sept. 18, 2024, in Dexter, Michigan.

October 14, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World

Ali Shakoor took a break from his morning field work to lay two small bluegill in his palm, displaying the catch his colleagues had netted from a riffling nook of the Huron River. Read story

System operators in the command center of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas in Taylor.

Utilities’ extreme plan to stop wildfires: shut off the power

System operators in the command center of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas in Taylor.

October 14, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

A growing number of utilities are resorting to an extreme measure to prevent their equipment from sparking catastrophic wildfires: turning off the power. Read story