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‘We need help’: Town waits on post-Helene aid as 70+ projects remain unaddressed

By Ed DiOrio Click here for updates on this story     HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — As the timeline for Hurricane Helene relief funding from the state and federal government remains unknown, multiple areas across Western North Carolina continue playing the waiting game. Detours, limited utilities and downed trees remain in many towns, including Laurel

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Sunderland overturned a 1-0 deficit to defeat Sheffield United 2-1.

Sunderland secures promotion to Premier League after winning ‘most valuable match’ in soccer with injury-time winner

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Sunderland secured promotion to the Premier League on Saturday after defeating Sheffield United 2-1 with an extraordinary injury-time winner in the “most valuable match” in soccer, as the Championship play-off final is known. For much of the game, Sunderland was trailing 1-0 after Sheffield United took the lead early

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Universidades cancelan graduaciones por afinidad debido a políticas antidiversidad, pero los alumnos preservan tradiciones

Por Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Elyse Martin-Smith empezó a reunirse con sus compañeros de la Universidad de Harvard el verano pasado para planificar la graduación anual de estudiantes negros organizada por un grupo del campus que ella dirige. La ceremonia iba a ser una celebración de la cultura negra, con músicos, recitales de poesía, mensajes

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X temporarily down for thousands of users

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, was briefly inaccessible for thousands of US users early Saturday, according to Downdetector.com, which tracks internet disruptions. The site appears to have resolved the outage, as DownDetector reports are down to 690 as of 11:30 a.m. ET. Users in the United

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¿Qué tienen de especial los gatos naranjas? Los científicos descubrieron que son ‘freaks’ de la naturaleza

Por Amanda Schupak, CNN Un nuevo estudio podría haber descubierto qué es lo especial de los gatos naranjas, aunque quizá no sea lo que se cree. Los gatos pelirrojos son conocidos entre los dueños de gatos por ser particularmente amigables y enérgicos. Sin embargo, para los genetistas, la singularidad de estos gatos domésticos reside en

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The double-sided antler comb is in surprisingly good condition

Anglo-Saxons buried a mysterious vessel over a millennium ago. Archaeologists discovered its contents

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have uncovered a key component of a mysterious artifact at Sutton Hoo, a National Trust site in Suffolk, England, famous for the seventh century Anglo-Saxon “ghost ship” burial discovered in a mound between 1938 and 1939. The fragments of the sixth century Byzantine bucket have fascinated researchers since

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Jeanine Pirro steps into spotlight with response to murders of Israeli embassy staffers

By Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Barely a week into her tenure as Washington, DC’s top federal prosecutor, Jeanine Pirro faced an urgent test – overseeing the investigation into the murders of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the city’s Jewish museum. Pirro’s response to the young couples’ murder

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Colleges are canceling affinity graduations due to anti-DEI policies. Here is how students are preserving the traditions

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Elyse Martin-Smith began meeting with her classmates at Harvard University last summer to plan the annual Black student graduation hosted by a campus group she leads. The ceremony was set to be a celebration of Black culture, featuring musicians, poetry readings, messages about the historic struggle for racial

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