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Alice Carrière has written a new memoir called <em>Everything/Nothing/Someone</em>.

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She was convinced she didn't exist. This is how she tethered herself to reality

As Alice Carrière entered her teen years, her brain started to splinter into a dissociative disorder. Year later, that extraordinary childhood is the basis for her new memoir.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Ailsa Chang,
  • Jonaki Mehta,
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Makatla Ritchter wades through flood waters after having to evacuate her home when the flood waters from Hurricane Idalia inundated it on August 30, 2023 in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

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  • Weather

Photos: See the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia

The hurricane was downgraded to a Category 3 before making landfall in Florida Wednesday. Storm surge had residents worried as they watch the waters rise.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • LA Johnson
A judge in Massachusetts declared defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick incompetent to face trail on sex abuse charges after a court-ordered examination found the former archbishop to have dementia.

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  • Religion

Former cardinal McCarrick found not competent to stand trial for sex abuse

Theodore McCarrick is the most prominent Catholic leader in the U.S. to face sex abuse charges.

August 30, 2023
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  • Jason DeRose

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  • Education

As more teens overdose on fentanyl, schools face a drug crisis unlike any other

Fentanyl-related teen overdose deaths nearly tripled from 2019 to 2021. As the school year gets under way, families in mourning urge education leaders to respond.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny and
  • Lee V. Gaines
A few tourists stand under a rainbow as the clouds clear at Haleakalā on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Though much of the island is untouched, tourism is down drastically.

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  • National

On Maui, a desperate plea to tourists: Please return

When the deadly wildfires ignited on Maui, tourists were turned away. Three weeks later, business owners are eager for them visit — responsibly.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
Migrants at the Clinton Hill Shelter seek relief from the overcrowded confinements of 47 Hall St. Residents working as delivery drivers wait for orders to come in on July 19 in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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  • National

There's a labor shortage in the U.S. Why is it so hard for migrants to legally work?

The wait time for an asylum-seeker in the U.S. to get a work permit is at least half a year. City governments across the country are pressing the federal government to change that.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Jasmine Garsd
Noah Lyles celebrates after anchoring the USA team to victory in the men's 4x100m relay final during the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on August 26.

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  • Sports

Noah Lyles questioned the NBA 'world champions' label. Everyone had thoughts

When track and field star Noah Lyles questioned why people refer to NBA title winners as "world champions," everyone from Drake to Kevin Durant rushed to have their say.

August 30, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio speaks at a rally in Delta Park on Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore.

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  • Law

Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentencing delayed in Jan. 6 case

Prosecutors are seeking 33 years for Tarrio. Also set to be sentenced later this week are Tarrio's codefendants: Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola.

August 30, 2023
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
In this handout provided by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, Rudy Giuliani, former personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump, poses for his booking photo on Aug. 23 in Atlanta.

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  • Law

It's time to rethink Rudy Giuliani and his claim to discover RICO

Giuliani has long claimed that he dreamed up the idea of using the federal RICO law to target mafia families when he was a federal prosecutor.

August 30, 2023
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
People walk on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in June.

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  • National

Can we make college campuses safer? Expert advice after recent shootings

The Jacksonville gunman drove to a university before opening fire at a nearby store. Days later, UNC Chapel Hill went on lockdown as a faculty member was shot. A campus security expert offers advice.

August 30, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
People are shown at the beach in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday as the city prepares for Hurricane Idalia.

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Idalia strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane as it nears Florida's Gulf Coast

Idalia intensified into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane Wednesday morning as it approached Florida's Big Bend region with 130 mph winds.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Russell Lewis and
  • Kevin Drew
An interaction made Lynn Fainsilber Katz feel like she could continue the life she wants to have.

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  • National

When life gets hard, you don't have to do it alone. Just ask Lynn

A stranger at the beach helped Lynn Fainsilber Katz, and left her feeling like she could continue the life she wants to have.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Laura Kwerel and
  • Ryan Katz
Students from the Yupiit School District learn how to prepare freshly caught salmon.

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  • Education

An Alaska district aligns its school year with traditional subsistence harvests

Three Alaska Native Villages have changed their school calendar so that students now can take part in things like the fall moose hunt and the spring migratory bird harvest.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Evan Erickson
Blue Flowers salesman Nick Davenport said his customers are "100 percent" stunned to see the intoxicating hemp products he sells.

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  • National

In red states where marijuana is illegal other hemp products flourish

A loophole in the farm bill allows for the sale of hemp products that include a form of THC. North Carolina is one state where stores selling intoxicating hemp products have popped up.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Steve Harrison
A snowy egret stands within the salt marsh at Station Creek Landing in St Helena, S.C., on July 10, 2023.

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  • Environment

The EPA removes federal protections for most of the country's wetlands

The amended EPA rule is to comply with a Supreme Court ruling this year that narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act and the agency's power to regulate waterways and wetlands.

August 29, 2023
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  • James Doubek
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