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Month: October 2024

How hurricane season is affecting the way Americans follow the Trump-Harris race

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — With the election less than a month away, the public’s attention has shifted to the candidates’ responses to hurricane season, according to The Breakthrough, a CNN polling project that tracks what average Americans are actually hearing, reading and seeing about the presidential nominees throughout the campaign. Former President Donald Trump’s

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As Hurricane Milton threatens the US, Helene could cost property owners more than $47 billion

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Even as Florida braces for another major hurricane, new estimates reveal Hurricane Helene caused up to $47.5 billion in losses for property owners. Helene, a deadly Category 4 hurricane that made landfall on September 26, caused “widespread and devastating” flooding across Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and

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Harris says Trump’s putting politics over people with his hurricane response: ‘He really lacks empathy on a very basic level’

By Ebony Davis, Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday said she thinks former President Donald Trump has no empathy for others as he continues to spread misinformation about the federal response in the wake of Hurricane Helene. “It’s profound, and it is the height of irresponsibility and frankly callousness.

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The race for California State Senate District 19: Lisa Middleton vs. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh

California’s State Senate District 19 is a newly redrawn district. It includes western Coachella Valley cities like Palm Springs, Palm Desert, La Quinta, and Desert Hot Springs – though does not include east valley cities like Indio and Coachella. The district also includes Inland Empire cities like Beaumont, Banning, and Redlands, as well as cities

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Iowa finds several dozen instances of noncitizens voting in a past election

Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s top election official says several dozen people who identified themselves as noncitizens voted in a past election or registered to vote despite being ineligible. The announcement comes with just two weeks until 2024 ballots will be tallied. A spokesperson says elections officials compared the state’s registered voters

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Historic Biltmore Estate suffers ‘extensive’ damage in some places after Helene thrashes North Carolina

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The 8,000-acre Biltmore Estate, Asheville’s biggest attraction that welcomes 1.4 million visitors a year, received significant damage in some buildings after Helene ripped through Western North Carolina, the Biltmore said. “We are still assessing impacts to the estate from Tropical Storm Helene and that will take some time,” the Biltmore said

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Pro-Palestinian protester charged with assault after occupying building at University of Minnesota

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Local prosecutors have charged one pro-Palestinian protester with assault while not filing charges against 10 other people who barricaded themselves inside an administrative building at the University of Minnesota. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says on Wednesday that a 23-year-old woman has been charged with fourth-degree assault and was released

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‘Here we go again’: Hurricane Milton strengthens to Category 3 and aims at Helene-weary Florida

By Dalia Faheid, Allison Chinchar and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Milton has strengthened to Category 3 and continues to intensify two days before it’s due to strike Florida’s Gulf Coast, where communities now are rushing cleanup from catastrophic Hurricane Helene. Ahead of what could be the state’s largest storm exodus in seven years,

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