The Latest: Helene's death toll rises to nearly 100 as supplies rushed to isolated communities
A crisis unfolded in Asheville, North Carolina, as officials pledged to get more water, food and other supplies to ...
Are digital tools a way for companies to retain hourly workers?
WorkJam, an online platform that was founded in 2014, has tried to be at the forefront of this shift. It provides clients ...
Duty Calls: Rensselaer, Albany County veterans honored as heroes
The Rev. Francis A. Kelley Military Honor Society of the Capital District will honor and induct heroes from Rensselaer County ...
No arrests in South Africa mass shootings as death toll rises to 18
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — One more person has died from mass shootings at two houses on the same street in a South African village ...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 6-12
Actor Britt Ekland is 82. Singer-guitarist Thomas McClary (The Commodores) is 75. Singer Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon is 73 ...
Letters: Kudos to saviors, farmers, of American chestnut tree
Other writers look at nursing home failures, climate change, national politics, more support for E. Stewart Jones ...
Carnival: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot
For the current quarter ending in November, Carnival expects its per-share earnings to be 5 cents. The company expects full-year earnings to be $1.33 per share. Carnival shares have remained unchanged ...
Attorneys for NYC Mayor Eric Adams seek dismissal of bribery charge brought by 'zealous prosecutors'
NEW YORK (AP) — Attorneys for New York City Mayor Eric Adams urged a federal judge Monday to dismiss the bribery charge brought last week, accusing “zealous prosecutors” of leveling an ...
How the Taliban’s new ‘vice and virtue’ law erases women by justifying violence against them
Women, simultaneously, have no means of seeking justice. The Taliban have abolished the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. The commission investigated and reported about alleged ...
Trump and Harris have clashing records on clean energy, but the clean power shift is too broad for any president to control
(THE CONVERSATION) Although Vice President Kamala Harris touts clean energy and Donald Trump makes misleading assertions and false claims about it, neither candidate has set forth a comprehensive ...
Is it bad to listen to music all the time? Here’s how tunes can help or harm
Whether listening through speakers, headphones or earbuds, too high a volume can damage your hearing. It’s known as noise-induced hearing loss, and it happens more often than you might think – those ...
In storms like Hurricane Helene, flooded industrial sites and toxic chemical releases are a silent and growing threat
Florida officials reported that a retired nuclear power plant just south of Cedar Key experienced a storm surge of as much as 12 feet that inundated buildings and an industrial wastewater pond. Spent ...