Road closures caused by surging rivers and disrupted communications in the wake of Hurricane Helene on Saturday isolated western North Carolina in what officials are calling a "catastrophic natural disaster." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was "necessary" while U.S. President Joe Biden said it represented "a measure of justice" for Hezbollah's victims. Calling its provisions "highly prescriptive," Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a state measure requiring consumer health warning labels to be placed on gas stoves beginning next year. Authorities said 10 people died and 22 were wounded in a "double-tap" airstrike on a hospital in the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Saturday as President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Russia's "war" on medical facilities. With Helene dissipating on Friday, the National Hurricane Center is tracking two hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean that are not a threat to land: Isaac and Joyce. A potentially defective brake link caused John Deere on Thursday to recall almost 165,000 compact utility tractors sold in the United States and Canada. Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is set to hold a fundraising event in San Francisco on Saturday while Republican opponent Donald Trump will attend a college football game in Alabama, their campaigns say. A co-founder of former President Donald Trump's Truth Social messaging platform has dumped his shares following the expiration of a mandatory "lockup" period, a public filing shows. Three Iranian nationals and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members on Friday were indicted for allegedly hacking the electronic accounts of Trump campaign aides and others. Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank has joined the cast of the TV thriller, "Yellowjackets." "Hacks" Emmy winner Jean Smart is set to host the Season 50 premiere of "Saturday Night Live" on NBC this weekend. WW International has removed CEO Sima Sistani from the chief executive role effective immediately, the company previously known as Weight Watchers said in a statement. Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba was elected by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Friday as its leader and, de facto, the next prime minister. The key to achieving unification of the Korean Peninsula is human rights, policy experts and activists said Friday, as they criticized decades of failed government efforts centered on denuclearization of North Korea. A naturalized U.S. citizen lied to obtain employment with a contractor and gain access to sensitive information that he shared with the Iranian government, the Department of Justice said Friday. Kristian Nairn told UPI the heartbreaking "Game of Thrones" scene in which his beloved character Hodor dies while heroically saving the life of young Bran Stark was as traumatic to film as it was to watch. At least 17 are dead and a manhunt is underway in a small village in South Africa after a mass shooting Saturday. The horror-comedy "Chucky" has been canceled after three seasons. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the embattled Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina, was injured at a campaign event Friday night and hospitalized. Former co-stars from some of Maggie Smith's most famous projects are paying tribute to the Oscar-winning actress, who died Friday at the age of 89. Rapper Travis Scott's "Days Before Rodeo" is the No. 1 album in the United States this week. On Sept. 28, 1994, 852 people died after a ferry, the MS Estonia, traveling from Estonia to Sweden capsized and sank in stormy weather off the coast of Finland. Musician St. Vincent turns 42 and actor Mira Sorvino turns 57, among the famous birthdays for Sept. 28. |
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