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A storm brewing off the southeastern U.S. coast is likely to strengthen over the next day or two as it hits North Carolina, forecasters said, posing flooding and other threats.

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  • Weather

Tropical storm warning puts mid-Atlantic coast under threat of winds and flooding

A disturbance is likely to strengthen into a tropical storm when it's expected to hit North Carolina late Friday, forecasters said, posing flooding and other threats as far north as New Jersey.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
Adam Kaye and his mother, Marti Kaye, spend every Sunday together. Adam normally plays some of her favorite songs on his guitar, with Marti whistling or humming along. But he recently had shoulder surgery and won't be able to strum a guitar for a while.

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  • Health

Still there: Alzheimer's has ravaged his mother's memory, but music brings her back

After 18 years of living with Alzheimer's disease, Marti Kaye spends most of her time in a wheelchair, expressionless. That changes the minute her son Adam Kaye starts playing his guitar.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
The practice known as tail docking artificially shortens a horse's tail. Budweiser says it has stopped the practice on its signature Clydesdales, seen here in 2012.

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  • Animals

Anheuser-Busch says it will no longer amputate the tails of Budweiser's Clydesdales

The beermaker says it will end the practice known as tail docking after it came under pressure by animal rights group PETA.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
This image provided by Kraft Heinz shows a 24-pack of American cheese slices.

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  • Business

Kraft is recalling some American cheese slices over potential choking hazard

The company said one of its wrapping machines developed a temporary issue that makes it possible for a thin strip of film to remain on the slice even after it's been removed from the wrapper.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Anti-abortion demonstrators gather outside Planned Parenthood's Water Street Health Center in Milwaukee on Monday, Sept. 2023. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin began offering abortions at the clinic that day after not doing so for more than a year.<em> </em>

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  • Health

Abortions resume in Wisconsin after 15 months of legal uncertainty

After Roe v. Wade was overturned, a law still on the books from 1849 left the legality of abortions in dispute in the state. This week, Planned Parenthood resumes services.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Lehr and
  • Margaret Faust
Books sit on shelves in an elementary school library in suburban Atlanta on Aug. 18.

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  • National

There have been attempts to censor more than 1,900 library book titles so far in 2023

Most of the scrutinized books were written by or contained subject matter about people of color or members of the LGBTQ+ community, according to research by the American Library Association.

September 21, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
A PEN America report found that the number of books permanently removed from U.S. school libraries and classrooms has quadrupled — to 1,263 books in the last school year from 333 the year before.

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  • National

School book bans show no signs of slowing, new PEN America report finds

The number of bans and restrictions in the U.S. rose 33% in the last school year, according the the report. Florida had more bans than any other state.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Tovia Smith

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  • Education

Are you saving enough for college? Here's what to know

As the cost of college continues to rise, families have new questions about how to save up. For answers, we turned to Ron Lieber, author of The Price You Pay For College.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Cory Turner
Marilyn Miranda, 12, of Washington raises her hand up during a protest for an extension of the Temporary Protected Status in September 2022 in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

U.S. will expand Temporary Protected Status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans

Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. as of July 31 can sign up for Temporary Protected Status. Homeland Security officials estimate that roughly 472,000 more people will now be eligible for work permits.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Heather Harper says her unsung hero taught her the importance of acknowledging someone else's pain.

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  • National

In a time of profound grief, a woman at church acknowledged this mother's pain

Heather Harper was overwhelmed with grief after the loss of her pregnancy. Then a woman at church said something that made her feel less alone.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Laura Kwerel and
  • Brigid McCarthy
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., leaves the Senate chamber in May.

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  • Politics

This Republican senator wants an expanded child tax credit — with work requirements

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says the U.S. has lost focus over the last 20 to 30 years and economic policies need to be geared towards creating stable work for families.

September 20, 2023
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By:
  • Juana Summers,
  • Noah Caldwell,
  • and 1 more
In this file image, then-President Donald Trump and then-former Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speak during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland.

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  • Elections

Tired of the Republican primary, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump shifts focus to Biden

Former President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on President Biden in another sign his campaign is looking past the Republican primaries — and focusing more on the general election ahead.

September 20, 2023
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
Attorney General Merrick Garland appears before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

AG Garland defends DOJ's Hunter Biden investigation at House Judiciary hearing

Republicans spent the nearly six-hour-long hearing interrogating Attorney General Merrick Garland over the agency's investigations into Hunter Biden and former President Donald Trump.

September 20, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Smoky haze from wildfires in Canada obscures New York City's Empire State Building this year. The air in the U.S. has improved over the past 50 years, but smoke pollution from growing wildfires erodes much of that progress.

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  • Climate

How wildfire smoke is erasing years of progress toward cleaning up America's air

A new study finds that smoke from massive wildfires has eroded about a quarter of the air quality gains from the last few decades.

September 20, 2023
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By:
  • Alejandra Borunda
The roundhouse under construction at <a href="https://www.southernsierramiwuknation.org/wahhoga">Wahhoga Village</a> in Yosemite National Park.

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  • Arts & Life

A Northern California tribe works to protect traditions in a warming world

The Oak Fire last year threatened the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation's way of life. Now the tribe is restoring ancient heritage sites and cultural practices in collaboration with local agencies.

September 20, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman
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