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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

Doctor deems Harris in ‘excellent health.’ Her team aims to contrast with Trump’s scant medical info

October 13, 2024, 2:55pm Nation & World

Vice President Kamala Harris is in “excellent health” and “possesses the physical and mental resiliency” required to serve as president, her doctor said in a letter released Saturday that summarizes her medical history and status. Read story

Charlotte County workers clear feet of sand from a road on southern Manasota Key, in Englewood, Fla., following the passage of Hurricane Milton, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024.

Determination to rebuild follows Florida’s hurricanes with acceptance that storms will come again

Charlotte County workers clear feet of sand from a road on southern Manasota Key, in Englewood, Fla., following the passage of Hurricane Milton, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024.

October 13, 2024, 2:37pm Nation & World

No sooner had residents of the Bahia Vista Gulf condominium complex dug out and from Hurricane Helene than they were faced with the same daunting cleanup from new damage inflicted by Hurricane Milton. Read story

Pentagon: U.S. will send air defense battery, troops to Israel to bolster defenses

October 13, 2024, 2:36pm Nation & World

The United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel, along with the troops needed to operate it, the Pentagon said Sunday, even as Iran warned Washington to keep American military forces out of Israel. Read story

Man with loaded gun arrested at checkpoint near Trump rally in Southern California

October 13, 2024, 2:27pm Nation & World

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

Documents show OpenAI’s long journey from nonprofit to $157B valued company

October 13, 2024, 2:05pm Business

In 2016, a scientific research organization incorporated in Delaware and based in Mountain View, Calif., applied to be recognized as a tax-exempt charitable organization by the Internal Revenue Service. That application, which nonprofits are required to disclose and which OpenAI provided to The Associated Press, offers a look back at… Read story