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Hurricane Helene is forecast to hit Florida's northwestern coast late Thursday, then bring heavy rain and wind inland over the coming days.

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  • Weather

Forecasters warn of 'unsurvivable' storm surge as Helene races toward Florida

Helene is poised to make landfall on Florida's Big Bend late Thursday. Forecasters warn that the unusually large storm will bring heavy rain and wind as far inland as the Appalachians and Atlanta.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Taliban fighters celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan on Aug. 14, 2024.

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  • Investigations

Three years after the U.S. withdrawal, former Afghan forces are hunted by the Taliban

The Taliban have been targeting thousands of Afghan National Army soldiers and police officers, accusing them of being American spies.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • Monika Evstatieva
Nathalie Emmanuel and Adam Driver star as Julia and Cesar in <em>Megalopolis</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

Whatever you’ve heard about 'Megalopolis,' see this gutsy Coppola film for yourself

Francis Ford Coppola's epic draws parallels between the U.S. and ancient Rome. Forty-some years in the making, it's got wild sex, startling violence, horse-drawn chariots and even nightclub unicorns.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • Justin Chang
The Libertarian Party's Chase Oliver, seen here in 2022, appears on presidential ballots in seven key states.

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  • Elections

Here's who's on ballots in the 7 states likely to decide the presidential election

With the presidential election considered a toss up, the votes that third-party and independent candidates receive in key states could decide the White House. Here's who's on those state ballots.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Swasey and
  • Ashley Lopez
 Turtles being released into the New Jersey woods.

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  • Animals

The slowest of trailblazers: Better DNA testing means trafficked turtles can go home

New technology is making it easier to find the origins of trafficked wildlife so they can be released back to the habitat they came from, instead of languishing for decades as sometimes happens.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
One of the women who's brought her baby to the malnutrition clinic in Farchana. They're sitting under mosquito nets.

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  • Global Health

Sudanese refugees fled to Chad with hope. What they found is a bitter irony

It is the world's largest displacement crisis: 13 million people have fled their homes in war-torn Sudan. In neighboring Chad, both refugees and locals cope with this extraordinary upheaval.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis,
  • Ari Shapiro,
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FILE - Hoda Kotb appears on NBC's "Today" show at Rockefeller Plaza on Thursday, May 19, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

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  • Arts & Life

Hoda Kotb announces she is leaving NBC's 'Today' show

Kotb has been at NBC for 26 years, including on the Dateline and Today programs. She said she decided to leave her role after she recently turned 60.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A file photo from June 8, 2018 shows a control room at RT's Moscow studios. The state media organization has been accused by the Justice Department of covertly paying pro-Trump influencers in the U.S.

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  • News

How Russia’s RT went from a cable news clone to covert operator

RT was long known to be a source of Russian propaganda. But a recent indictment of two employees for covertly funneling $10 million to pro-Trump influencers shines a light on its covert activities.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Iwao Hakamada, left, is helped by a supporter as he goes for a walk in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan on Wednesday.

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  • World

Japanese court acquits a man in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row

A court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder. He spent 48 years behind bars, making him the world's longest-serving death row inmate.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Female panda Jin Bao Bao, named Lumi in Finnish, plays in the snow on the opening day of the Snowpanda Resort in Ahtari Zoo, in Ahtari, Finland, Saturday Feb. 17, 2018.

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  • World

A zoo in Finland is returning pandas to China because they're too expensive to keep

The zoo has agreed with Chinese authorities to return two giant pandas to China more than eight years ahead of schedule because they have become too expensive to maintain amid declining visitors.

September 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The Security Council meets to discuss Lebanon on Wednesday at U.N. headquarters.

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  • World

U.S. and allies call for an immediate 21-day cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah

The U.S., France and other allies jointly called Wednesday for an immediate 21-day cease-fire to allow for negotiations in the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

September 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
New York City mayor Eric Adams speaks to members of the press at a news conference in New York, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.

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  • Politics

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted, sources say

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a grand jury on federal criminal charges. The indictment detailing the charges against Adams, a Democrat, was still sealed late Wednesday.

September 25, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Vice President Harris speaks at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh on Sept. 25 about manufacturing and her economic platform.

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  • Politics

Harris heads to Pittsburgh (again) to make a manufacturing pitch to voters

Vice President Harris is trying to win over undecided voters in key swing states like Pennsylvania. Former President Donald Trump also talked about manufacturing policy this week in Georgia.

September 25, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram and
  • Alejandra Marquez Janse
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he didn't like short term spending bills but vowed the House would work through full year funding measures after the election.

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  • Politics

Congress approves funding bill to avoid government shutdown

The House and Senate both overwhelmingly approved legislation funding federal agencies through December 20.

September 25, 2024
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh
California is banning single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers, after an earlier ban was blamed for making the waste problem worse. Here, a worker pulls a plastic bag from a conveyor belt as she sorts through materials at a recycling center in San Francisco.

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  • National

California’s first plastic bag ban made things worse. Now it’s trying again

California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In fact, California's original ban made things worse.

September 25, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
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