Many loathe public speakerphone calls, so why do people do it?
Few things are as universally reviled as a loud phone conversation infringing on your personal space. (Mosquitoes and taxes, aside.) Doing it on loudspeaker is even more incendiary.
For small cities across Alabama with Haitian populations, Springfield is a cautionary tale
The transition from the bustling Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to a small Alabama city on the southernmost tip of the Appalachian mountain range was challenging for Sarah Jacques.
FEMA has faced criticism and praise during Helene. Here’s what it does — and doesn’t do
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is tasked with helping states and communities hit by disasters like Hurricane Helene.
Biden talks election, economy and Middle East in surprise news briefing
After 1,080 days as president, Joe Biden on Friday decided to pop in and take questions in the White House briefing room for ...
Satellite shows before-and-after flooding in North Carolina after Helene
Planet Labs captured and compared satellite images that show the storm’s devastating impact on one of the hardest hit cities.
Biden pledged to campaign hard for Harris. So far, he’s been mostly a no-show
On the last day of August, President Joe Biden was asked about his fall campaign plans. He promised a Labor Day appearance in Pittsburgh and said he would be “on the road from ...
Bands drop out of Orlando music festival after Kyle Rittenhouse booked as guest
Shell Shock organizers describe the festival as a concert charity event that seeks to raise funds for a charity that “supports first responders struggling with injuries to include Post ...
After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery
The facts emerging from Hurricane Helene’s destruction are heartrending: Businesses and homes destroyed, whole communities nearly wiped out, hundreds of lives lost, ...
Endangered child alert issued for 2-month-old out of Murfreesboro: TBI
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an endangered child alert for an infant who is believed to be with his teen mother and aunt.
October concerts you don’t want to miss in Music City
“Beautiful Things” singer Benson Boone is set to to rock the stage at Ascend Amphitheater on Thursday, Oct. 17. In February, Boone’s hit “Beautiful Things” was the biggest song in the world, reaching ...
Inside a North Carolina mountain town that Hurricane Helene nearly wiped off the map
The stone tower that gave this place its name was nearly a half billion years in the making — heated and thrust upward from deep in the Earth, then carved and ...
The Supreme Court opens its new term with election disputes in the air but not yet on the docket
Transgender rights, the regulation of “ghost guns” and the death penalty highlight the Supreme Court’s election-season term that begins Monday, with the prospect of the ...