How a man used Hurricane Helene rubble to build a new home after the storm’s wrath damaged the southeastern U.S.

[ad_1] Last September, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, becoming the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005. As heavy rains swept through the Appalachian Mountains, homes near Asheville, North Carolina, and beyond were demolished.  “Seeing it on the news is one thing, but standing there amongst it is hard to…

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Tropical Storm Fernand forms in the Atlantic

[ad_1] Tropical Storm Fernand has formed in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Bermuda, forecasters said Saturday.  Fernand is the sixth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, and it comes on the heels of Hurricane Erin, which formed in a similar area on Aug. 15.  According to the the Miami-based National Hurricane Center, it…

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Why more seniors are turning to cannabis use

[ad_1] When Don Searles went to a recent party, he didn’t want to show up empty-handed. So he made peanut brittle using an old family recipe — with a modern-day twist. “We added the marijuana,” he said. The party was hosted by 74-year-old Gayle Crawley at the Trilogy retirement community an hour east of San…

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Fox News host Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying mentally ill homeless people should be executed

[ad_1] Fox News Channel host Brian Kilmeade apologized on Sunday for advocating for the execution of mentally ill homeless people in a discussion on the network last week, saying his remark was “extremely callous.” Kilmeade’s initial comment came on a “Fox & Friends” episode Wednesday and began getting widespread circulation online over the weekend. Kilmeade, a…

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