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Climate change destroyed an Alaska village. Its residents are starting over in a new town 09/28/2024 07:48pm • MERTARVIK, Alaska (AP) ��� Growing up along the banks of the Ninglick River in western Alaska, Ashley Tom would look out of her window after strong storms from the Bering Sea hit her village and notice something unsettling: the riverbank was creeping ever closer. It was in that home, in the village Tropical Weather Latest: Millions still without power from Helene as flooding continues 09/28/2024 07:26pm • The remnants of Hurricane Helene dissipated Saturday but millions remain without power across the Southeast and officials warned that record-breaking river flooding is ongoing in parts of southern Appalachia. The storm has been blamed for at least 56 deaths across five states, including 23 people in A decade later, Hong Kong���s massive democracy protests remain an enduring memory 09/28/2024 05:07am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Scores of red Chinese flags now flap near the Hong Kong government headquarters in preparation for China���s national day as police patrolled the area thousands of demonstrators occupied a decade ago to protest Beijing���s restrictions on candidates running for the city���s top jo In global game of influence, China turns to a cheap and effective tool: fake news 09/28/2024 12:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� When veteran U.S. diplomat Kurt Campbell traveled to the Solomon Islands to counter Beijing's influence in the South Pacific country, he quickly saw just how far China would go to spread its message. The Biden administration���s Asia czar woke up one morning in 2022 to a long art Rescue missions after Helene's flooding include dozens stranded on Tennessee hospital roof 09/27/2024 11:02pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� As floodwaters from Hurricane Helene quickly surrounded a small Tennessee hospital near a riverbank, workers first tried to get patients out by ambulance. Then, the road washed out. They tried to move people to the center of the low-slung building, but they were met by wate Tropical Weather Latest: Helene weakens into a post-tropical cyclone as rescue efforts persist 09/27/2024 08:44pm • Hurricane Helene weakened into a post-tropical cyclone on Friday after making landfall overnight in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm. The storm has been blamed for at least 44 deaths, including 19 people in South Carolina, as it plowed its way north through several southeastern states. Aut The Latest: Harris heads to US-Mexico border and Trump meets with Zelenskyy 09/27/2024 08:26pm • Vice President Kamala Harris was making her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump met in New York with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Harris was scheduled to appear in Douglas, Arizona, as Trump At the UN, young people push to make sure the generational shift is faster �����and more substantial 09/27/2024 07:58pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� They were sharing the world stage to discuss a plan to give young people more input in decisions that shape lives. And 26-year-old Daphne Frias, talking to the head of the United Nations, had thoughts. ���Truly, it���s time for the people who do so much of the talking to do Iranian operatives charged in the US with hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign 09/27/2024 05:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Three Iranian operatives have been charged with hacking Donald Trump���s presidential campaign as part of what the Justice Department says was a sweeping effort to undermine the former president and erode confidence in the U.S. electoral system. The action, coupled with sanctions Meta hit with $102 million privacy fine from European Union over 2019 password security lapse 09/27/2024 08:22am • LONDON (AP) ��� Meta was punished Friday with a fine worth more than $100 million from the social media giant's European Union privacy regulator over a security lapse involving passwords for Facebook users. The Irish Data Protection Commission said it slapped the U.S. tech company with the 91 milli Trump favors huge new tariffs. What are they, and how do they work? 09/27/2024 06:12am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Donald Trump has identified what he sees as an all-purpose fix for what ails America: Slap huge new tariffs on foreign goods entering the United States. The former president and current Republican nominee asserts that tariffs ��� basically import taxes ��� will create more factor Argentina's poverty rate spikes in first 6 months of President Milei's shock therapy 09/26/2024 09:46pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ��� Argentina's poverty rate jumped from almost 42% to 53% during the first six months of Javier Milei' s presidency, the statistics agency reported Thursday, a steep rise reflecting the pain of the country's most intense austerity program in recent memory. The governme Ex-'Apprentice' candidates dump nearly entire stake in owner of Trump's Truth Social platform 09/26/2024 08:12pm • A Florida firm owned by former contestants on ���The Apprentice��� has disposed of nearly all its 5.5% stake in Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns former president Donald Trump's Truth Social platform. United Atlantic Ventures LLC, which owned around 7.53 million shares of common stock i How to Avoid Medicare Fraud 09/26/2024 08:00pm • Last year, Jean Bound received a package with COVID tests that she hadn't ordered. She called the company whose name was on the packing list to say she hadn't ordered them. In response, she was told not to worry, because Medicare had been billed and would be taking care of the cost. She immediately How Medicare Beneficiaries Can Save Money on Prescription Drugs 09/26/2024 08:00pm • The high cost of prescription drugs is a major issue for many people, especially older adults. "The cost of prescription drugs is one of the top concerns of Medicare beneficiaries, many of whom live on a fixed income," says Whitney Stidom, vice president of sales and operations with eHealth, Inc., a