Authorities in Buncombe County reported the horrifying toll in an emergency meeting announcing emergency medical shelters and ongoing rescue efforts in areas almost overwhelmed by stormwater.

They also announced a special website to appeal for help finding those unaccounted for — with “more than 1,000 reports so far,” one local official told the live-streamed meeting.

“We’re doing the best we can,” Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller said of conditions making it almost impossible to reach the stranded due to collapsed roads, failing infrastructure and widespread flooding.

Many of the unaccounted for are hoped to just be those without electricity and efforts to let loved ones know they are safe, officials said. However, the county, home to Asheville, already has 30 of the Tar Heel State’s 36 confirmed deaths — a terrible toll expected to soon rise, Gov. Roy Cooper conceded. […]

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Authorities in Buncombe County reported the horrifying toll in an emergency meeting announcing emergency medical shelters and ongoing rescue efforts in areas almost overwhelmed by stormwater.

They also announced a special website to appeal for help finding those unaccounted for — with “more than 1,000 reports so far,” one local official told the live-streamed meeting.

“We’re doing the best we can,” Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller said of conditions making it almost impossible to reach the stranded due to collapsed roads, failing infrastructure and widespread flooding.

Many of the unaccounted for are hoped to just be those without electricity and efforts to let loved ones know they are safe, officials said. However, the county, home to Asheville, already has 30 of the Tar Heel State’s 36 confirmed deaths — a terrible toll expected to soon rise, Gov. Roy Cooper conceded. […]

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“The attempt to end my husband’s life was a horrible, distressing experience,” Donald Trump’s wife said in a 30-second clip posted on her social media accounts.

“Now, the silence around it feels heavy.”

“I can’t help but wonder: Why didn’t law enforcement officials arrest the shooter before the speech?” the 54-year-old Melania continued. “There is definitely more to this story and we need to uncover the truth.”

The video, which was posted ahead of the 45th president’s debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, ended with a push for Trump fans to pre-order her memoir, “Melania,” due out Oct. 8. […]

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Building America’s Future, a conservative nonprofit, tweeted the one-minute ad Wednesday with the caption “Joe Biden’s open border — a nightmare for American women. #SayHerName.”

“It just keeps happening. Laken Riley wasn’t the first, and in Joe Biden’s America, sadly she won’t be the last,” says the ad’s female narrator. The spot features foreboding music and bold red letters as it flashes headlines across the screen. […]

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It’s also good to be the president, as Joe Biden is proving with his disappearing act.

With his job and legacy on the line, Biden seized the moment to take a week off to prepare for his debate with Donald Trump.

He’s fled the White House for the rustic retreat of Camp David, where scores of aides have built a mock TV studio so he can feel at home on CNN’s Atlanta stage Thursday night. […]

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The dangerously low flight of Southwest Airlines flight 4069 from Las Vegas was recorded by transponders, and caught to notice of air traffic controllers.

Shortly after midnight, the Boeing 737-800 passed by Yukon High School after it was cleared to land at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, the Oklahoman reported . A Southwest plane got a little too close for comfort for some in Oklahoma on Wednesday. “Southwest 4069, low altitude alert,” an air traffic controller warned. “You good out there?”

The commercial jet eventually landed safely after it regained altitude and circled around the airport, the newspaper reported. Car accident in Brooklyn The young girl collapsed while Gov. Landry was signing a controversial bill mandating the Ten Commandments be put […]

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Romney, 77, had initially planned to give the presumptive Republican nominee’s DC meeting with the Utahan’s Senate colleagues a miss — but changed his plans after his flight was canceled.

“I didn’t go there to support former President Trump. I went there to listen to what he was planning on doing if he became president,” Romney told CNN Tuesday.

“With President Trump, it’s a matter of personal character. I draw a line and say when someone has been actually found to have been sexually assaulting, that’s something I just won’t cross over in the person I would want to have as president of the United States.” Mitt Romney stressed that he isn’t warming up to Donald Trump. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images This photo provided by […]

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These volunteers will have three missions: Watch people vote, watch people count votes, and sue anybody who gets in the way.

“I believe if we have a free, fair and transparent election that there’s no question we’ll all be going to bed early on November 5,” she said.

“And we’ll go to bed knowing Donald Trump is our next president.”Lara Trump’s vision is to have people “in the room” whenever votes are […]

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Biden’s lawyer Abbe Lowell filed the stipulation for dismissal Thursday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The attorney asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit against Giuliani and Robert Costello “without prejudice, with each party bearing its own attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses.” Hunter Biden is dropping his lawsuit accusing Rudy Giuliani and the former New York City mayor’s ex-lawyer of manipulating data found on his infamous laptop. Attorneys for all three parties have agreed to the stipulation, court documents show.

The lawsuit claimed that Giuliani, 80, and Costello violated the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act when they allegedly hacked and manipulated data on the abandoned laptop in a “total annihilation” of the disgraced first son’s “digital privacy.” MSNBC […]

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The analysis by Alina Chan, a Harvard and MIT molecular biologist, was published as a guest essay in the New York Times, a publication which was for a long time skeptical and dismissive of the lab leak theory.

It comes as Dr. Anthony Fauci faces a grilling before a House panel on Monday over his backing for the research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. […]

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