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How Charleston is faring after battering from Hurricane Dorian

The port city of Charleston is prone to flooding even in normal rain events, so local officials and residents prepared for the worst when awaiting Hurricane Dorian. In the end, the city saw less flooding and storm surge than they…

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Administration unveils plan to privatize Fannie, Freddie

By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

The administration's plan calls for returning Fannie and Freddie to private ownership and reducing risk to taxpayers.

What the East Coast of the U.S. can expect from Hurricane Dorian

After causing calamity in the northern islands of the Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian is just offshore from northern South Carolina and southern North Carolina Thursday. When will this storm conclude its path of destruction? The National Hurricane Center's Ed Rappaport joins…

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Behind Trump's 'unprecedented' reallocation of DOD money for border security

President Trump is diverting some money for Defense Department infrastructure to instead construct or repair additional barrier sections on the U.S.-Mexico border. The 127 projects losing funding include Hurricane Maria recovery efforts in Puerto Rico and education and health services…

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Squirrels, bees could get U.S. aid but not Yellowstone's bison

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press

Wildlife advocates have campaigned for decades to halt the routine slaughter of bison migrating out of Yellowstone to reach their winter grazing grounds in Montana.

Where Hurricane Dorian's storm surge could be the worst

By Gretchen Frazee

The National Hurricane Center is predicting up to eight feet of storm surge in the most at-risk regions.

CVS, Walgreens urge against openly carrying guns in stores

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

Drug chains CVS and Walgreens as well as grocery chain Wegmans Food Market have joined the chorus of retailers requesting that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in their stores even where state laws allow it.

Texas hoping to revive law on burial of fetal remains

By Kevin McGill, Associated Press

Texas attorneys asked a federal appeals court Thursday to revive the state's requirement that fetal remains from abortions and miscarriages at health care facilities be buried or cremated.

Groups sue Trump administration over immigrant medical care

By Associated Press

The Trump administration has ended a program that allows foreign nationals to work legally and receive health benefits for up to two years while they or their family members receive medical treatment.