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Assange says 'pleaded guilty to journalism' to gain freedom 01 Oct 2024 - 11:49 am
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, next to his wife Stella Assange, speaks during a parliamentary hearing at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Frederick Florin / AFP)
US East Coast dockworkers strike halts half ocean shipping 01 Oct 2024 - 10:54 am
Cranes used for shipping containers rise from the Port of Newark on September 30, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
100 deaths put Hurricane Helene at US election center stage 30 Sep 2024 - 10:18 pm
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks to the press in the aftermath of powerful storm Helene at Chez What furniture store in Valdosta, Georgia, September 30, 2024. (Photo by Chandan Khanna / AFP)
Mexico president gives 1,438th - and last - edition of 'AMLO Show' 30 Sep 2024 - 09:23 pm
Outgoing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador offers breakfast to journalists in attendance after delivering his last daily conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on September 30, 2024.  (Photo by Alfredo Estrella / AFP)
Hunger in Haiti reaches famine levels as gangs squeeze life out of the capital and beyond 30 Sep 2024 - 08:44 pm
People walk with their hands over their faces to protect themselves from the stench of decomposing bodies as they pass the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 4, 2024. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy / AFP)
Seven killed in Ecuador's latest massacre 30 Sep 2024 - 08:02 pm
View of the site were seven people were killed the day before in Samborondon, Ecuador, on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Gerardo MENOSCAL / AFP)
NY Times endorses Harris as 'only patriotic choice' for president 30 Sep 2024 - 06:48 pm
Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris (L), poses for photos with supporters after speaking during a campaign rally at the Expo at World Market Center on September 29, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
US stocks mostly down ahead of Powell speech 30 Sep 2024 - 06:14 pm
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Over 90,000 Georgia residents sheltering a day after chemical plant fire sends chlorine into the air 30 Sep 2024 - 02:44 pm
Peninsula
California wildfire flareup prompts evacuation in San Bernardino County 30 Sep 2024 - 10:19 am
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Some Republicans distance themselves from Trump's attack on Harris' mental fitness 30 Sep 2024 - 12:00 am
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, Pennsylvania, September 29, 2024. (Photo by Dustin Franz / AFP)
University imposes a one-year suspension on law professor over comments on race 29 Sep 2024 - 08:41 pm
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A sought-after Florida beach town digs out after Hurricane Helene 29 Sep 2024 - 06:15 pm
Hurricane Helene left this store in shambles in the Pass-a-Grille area of St. Pete Beach, Fla., on Saturday. Ted Richardson for The Washington Post
Trump launches into 'dark speech' on illegal immigration 29 Sep 2024 - 11:57 am
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to attendees during a campaign rally at the Prairie Du Chien Area Arts Center on September 28, 2024 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. (Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Several killed in plane crash in Dare County, North Carolina 29 Sep 2024 - 10:35 am
Peninsula
Millions still without power from Helene as flooding continues 28 Sep 2024 - 06:28 pm
A man and his kids take a break from working on a washed out road to their home in Watauga County, North Carolina on September 27, 2024. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
SpaceX set to launch mission to return stranded astronauts 28 Sep 2024 - 06:07 pm
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (L) and Suni Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, wave as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch , on June 5, 2024. Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP.
Storm Helene kills 44, threatens more 'catastrophic' flooding 28 Sep 2024 - 12:27 pm
An athletic field is flooded after heavy rain and filling with debris on September 27, 2024 in Boone, North Carolina. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images/AFP