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Biden admin to provide $750 million to North Carolina-based Wolfspeed for advanced computer chips

Biden admin to provide $750 million to North Carolina-based Wolfspeed for advanced computer chips

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden-Harris administration announced plans Tuesday to provide up to $750 million in direct funding to Wolfspeed, with the money supporting its new silicon carbide factory in…

Biden is surveying Hurricane Milton damage in Florida. Harris is going to church in North Carolina

Biden is surveying Hurricane Milton damage in Florida. Harris is going to church in North Carolina

By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Sunday at the devastation inflicted on Florida’s Gulf Coast by Hurricane Milton as he presses Congress to approve…

Volunteers bring solar power to Hurricane Helene’s disaster zone

Volunteers bring solar power to Hurricane Helene’s disaster zone

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press BAKERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Helene downed power lines and washed out roads all over North Carolina’s mountains, the constant din of a gas-powered generator…

Legislative majorities giving one party all the power are in play in several states

Legislative majorities giving one party all the power are in play in several states

By JOHN HANNA and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — After introducing herself at their front doors, Vanessa Vaughn West began her pitch to voters with a question: What issues are important…

Determination to rebuild follows Florida’s hurricanes with acceptance that storms will come again

Determination to rebuild follows Florida’s hurricanes with acceptance that storms will come again

By RUSS BYNUM, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and TY O’NEIL Associated Press VENICE, Fla. (AP) — No sooner had residents of the Bahia Vista Gulf condominium complex dug out and from Hurricane Helene than they were faced…

Floridians cleaning up from Hurricane Milton are hampered by a widespread fuel shortage

Floridians cleaning up from Hurricane Milton are hampered by a widespread fuel shortage

By RUSS BYNUM, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and TY ONEIL Associated Press CORTEZ, Fla. (AP) — Floridians recovering from Hurricane Milton, many of whom were journeying home after fleeing hundreds of miles to escape the storm, spent much…