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North Carolina asks for $13.5B in federal funds to aid Hurricane Helene recovery

North Carolina asks for $13.5B in federal funds to aid Hurricane Helene recovery

FLAT ROCK, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Monday requested $13.5 billion more from Congress in recovery aid for Hurricane Helene almost a year after the historic storm, saying addit...

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The Boys & Girls Clubs of America are still benefiting from Nate Bargatze’s controversial Emmys bit

The Boys & Girls Clubs of America are still benefiting from Nate Bargatze’s controversial Emmys bit

The Boys & Girls Clubs of America may end up being the biggest winner of Sunday night’s Emmy Awards. The afterschool youth programming nonprofit is now seeing a donation surge after a controve...

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Abortion advocates raise alarm about social platforms removing posts in apparent overreach

Abortion advocates raise alarm about social platforms removing posts in apparent overreach

Clinics, advocacy groups and individuals who share abortion-related content online say they are seeing informational posts being taken down even if the posts don’t clearly violate the platforms’ p...

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Fishermen could once again be prohibited from catching New England shrimp

Fishermen could once again be prohibited from catching New England shrimp

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — There’s an effort underway to bring New England shrimp back to seafood customers — but fishermen have found few of the crustaceans, and the fishing industry that harvests th...

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Some Honolulu police still working overtime hours that increase their pay by $100,000 a year

Some Honolulu police still working overtime hours that increase their pay by $100,000 a year

Three years after a city audit revealed rampant overtime at the Honolulu Police Department allowed some officers to increase their pay by more than $100,000, the number of officers filing more tha...

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New York’s LIRR, the largest US commuter rail system, averts workers strike

New York’s LIRR, the largest US commuter rail system, averts workers strike

NEW YORK (AP) — A potential strike has been averted that could have shut down the nation’s largest commuter rail system this week. Unionized workers for the Long Island Railroad announced they vot...

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