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At 110 years old, an Alabama woman credits one thing for her long life: faith

6:00am October 04, 2024

Lillie Cunningham recently celebrated her 110th birthday. She has lived through two pandemics and two world wars and is looking forward to voting in November's presidential election.

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North Carolina communities hit hard by Helene need food, water and medicines

5:09am October 04, 2024

by Nathan Rott

Crews in western North Carolina are using helicopters and ATVs to get food to people who were cut off by flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Helene.

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A dad and his 2 teenage sons loved heavy metal so much they started a band: Narbona

5:07am October 04, 2024

by Halle Hewitt

In 2015 Stewart Billie moved his family from the city back to tribal land in the Navajo Nation. Billie’s sons found the lack of noise unnerving until their dad replaced the quiet with heavy metal.

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Garth Brooks is accused of rape and sexual assault in a lawsuit

5:06am October 04, 2024

The unnamed woman claims Brooks sexually assaulted her several times while she worked for him as a makeup artist. Brooks says the woman is exploiting him for money.

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The October surprise: Harris is navigating a pair of them

5:00am October 04, 2024

Devastation left by Hurricane Helene. Escalated tensions in the Middle East. The Harris campaign is navigating a pair of October surprises as Election Day draws closer.

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Why did Tim Walz call himself a 'knucklehead' this week? Find out in the quiz

5:00am October 04, 2024

They debated, they wrote memoirs, they got inaugurated, they turned 100. What else did political people do? Plus: wildlife's gonna wildlife

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Memphis jury convicts ex-officers on some charges in beating death of Tyre Nichols

4:21am October 04, 2024

by Steve Inskeep

Jurors at the federal civil rights trial of three former Memphis police officers convicted them on some charges but not the most serious in the death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols.

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Wave of campaign ads by the NAACP will try to persuade young Black men to vote

4:03am October 04, 2024

by Sandhya Dirks

The NAACP this week launched a sweeping ad campaign to mobilize Black voters in swing states. One ad addresses young Black men -- a key demographic for the Harris campaign.

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Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria

3:49am October 04, 2024

The latest strikes came after Israel warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon that are outside a United Nations-declared buffer zone.

At least 78 people dead after boat capsizes in eastern Congo, official says

2:03am October 04, 2024

The governor of the South Kivu province said the death toll was provisional and the number of fatalities could rise further. He said there were 278 people on board, according to local authorities.