A photo essay of Asheville, North Carolina, and its people, in the grip of record-breaking flooding and widespread destruction.
Images of Asheville after Helene is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthr…
Does Hezbollah represent Lebanon? And what impact will the death of longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah have?
Israeli strikes have wiped out much of the leadership of a group that has huge influence – if not popularity – within Lebanon.
Second tornado confirmed; 118,000 Va. customers still without power Sunday as storm cleanup continues

Much of western Virginia remains under a slight risk of flash flooding Sunday and Monday.
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Onondaga County legislators agree district maps need redoing. Few expect to agree on the product.

Maps for Onondaga County Legislature districts will have to be redrawn, according to the settlement of a lawsuit between county Republicans and Democrats.
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Brown bananas, crowded ports, empty shelves: What to expect if there’s a big dockworkers strike in the US
The International Longshoremen’s Association’s 6-year contract with the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports will expire on Sept. 30 at midnight unless there’s an agreement before that deadline.
What White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf can learn from the last team to lose 120 games
Joan Whitney Payson, the first female owner to buy a baseball team, won over the press in the Mets’ disastrous 1962 season by treating them as partners, not adversaries.
Closing struggling schools helped student achievement in Denver, study finds
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.The architects of Denver Public Schools’ former reform efforts are lauding a new study that validates a strategy that largely has been abandoned bot…
Legionnaires’ Disease Reported at Manhattan Federal Building

This article is a collaboration with Healthbeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering public health published by Civic News Company and KFF Health News. A public agency with offices at 26 Federal Plaza notified the General Services Administration of a case of Legionnaires’ disease among one of its employees recently, THE CITY and Healthbeat have learned. The […]
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ACLU asks U.S. Supreme Court to take up challenge to Pennsylvania’s mail ballot dating rule
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Pennsylvania’s free newsletter here.The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania is asking the U.S. Supreme Cour…
Chicago Public Schools on track to see slight enrollment increase in the 2024-25 school year
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.Chicago Public Schools is on track to see a rise in its official student enrollment this year, according to preliminary data revealed Thursday.More than 324…