Election officials in Georgia, North Carolina, Florida work to secure early voting amid Hurricane Helene fallout

CNN  —  Election officials in Georgia, North Carolina and Florida are working quickly to ensure voters can still securely cast early ballots, despite the devastating storm impacts of Hurricane Helene … Read More

Tyre Nichols death trial: Memphis police delivered a ‘beatdown’ that killed him, prosecutor says in trial closing

Memphis, Tennessee (AP) — Memphis police officers who beat Tyre Nichols to death wanted to punish him after he ran from a 2023 traffic stop and thought they could get away with … Read More

Special counsel Jack Smith provides fullest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump in new filing

CNN  —  Federal prosecutors laid out their most extensive case to date against former President Donald Trump for his effort to overturn the 2020 election in a sweeping legal brief … Read More

Shock of deadly floods is a reminder of Appalachia’s risk from violent storms in a warming climate

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Helene dumped trillions of gallons of water hundreds of miles inland, devastating communities nestled in mountains far from the threat of storm surge or sea … Read More

Tennessee investigating plastics factory after workers trapped by Hurricane Helene floods died or went missing

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the state’s criminal investigation agency, said Wednesday it is looking into allegations against an Erwin plastics factory where several workers died and some went missing … Read More