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Here’s how to help victims of Hurricane Helene
The death toll has risen to at least 175 across the Southeast since Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm last week, and hundreds are still missing amid the historic flooding. Power connections are being restored but about 1.3 million energy customers are still without power, from Florida to Virginia. Those…
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With Hurricane Helene disrupting travel, here’s what fliers need to know
As the Southeast U.S. recovers in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, consumers looking to change their air travel plans to or from affected areas without taking a financial hit may be out of luck, experts said. “The big-picture issue that happens in U.S. air travel: When there is a significant disruption, air passengers have very, very…
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Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods are mostly symbolic. Here’s why.
New U.S. tariffs on $18 billion in Chinese goods take effect Friday as trade tensions intensify between the world’s two largest economies. The tariffs affect 14 categories of Chinese goods including green technology such as electric vehicles, solar panels and EV batteries — sectors that Beijing has prioritized as it tries to dig out from…
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Pennsylvania ballots are almost ready. Here’s why they look different this year.
Voters in the key battleground of Pennsylvania may notice their ballots look different this year, as the state prepares to deploy a new design in the general election for the first time this year that aims to reduce the number of rejected votes. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt officially certified the state’s ballot for this…