KENDRICK, Idaho — Tensions rose during a bipartisan forum this week after an audience question about discrimination reportedly led an Idaho state senator to angrily tell a Native American candidate […]
Well-known Asheville music tradition returns in a sign of hopefulness after Helene
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A well-known Asheville musical tradition returned Friday night, in a sign of hopefulness a week after Helene battered the mountain city. The Asheville Drum Circle had its […]
A Texas execution is renewing calls for clemency. It’s rarely granted
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas man set to die this month is at the center of another push for clemency in the U.S., this time backed by several GOP lawmakers […]
Inside the North Carolina mountain town that Hurricane Helene nearly wiped off the map
CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE, N.C. — The stone tower that gave this place its name was nearly a half billion years in the making — heated and thrust upward from deep […]
After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery
WASHINGTON — The facts emerging from Hurricane Helene’s destruction are heartrending: Businesses and homes destroyed, whole communities nearly wiped out, hundreds of lives lost, hundreds of people missing. Yet this […]
Michael Madigan once controlled much of Illinois politics. Now the ex-House speaker heads to trial
CHICAGO — Once lauded as thelongest-serving legislative leader in American history, Michael Madigan will enter a federal courtroom this week on charges he used his vast influence to run a […]
Apparent Israeli airstrike kills at least 18 people at a mosque in central Gaza
Apparent Israeli airstrike kills at least 18 people at a mosque in central Gaza Source link
In Philadelphia, Chinatown activists rally again to stop development. This time, it’s a 76ers arena
PHILADELPHIA — Vivian Chang works on a narrow Philadelphia street that would have been consumed by a Phillies stadium had Chinatown activists not rallied to defeat the plan in the […]
Takeaways from AP’s report on affordable housing disappearing across the U.S.
LOS ANGELES — While Americans continue to struggle under unrelentingly high rents, as many as 223,0000 affordable housing units across the U.S. could disappear in the next five years alone. […]
Mexican immigrant families plagued by grief, questions after plant workers swept away by Helene
ERWIN, Tenn. — With shaking hands, Daniel Delgado kissed a photo of his wife, Monica Hernandez, before lighting a candle in a supermarket parking lot. Family members hugged pictures printed […]