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FRANKFORT, Ky. 鈥?The death toll from Hurricane Helene inched up to 227 on Saturday as the grim task of recovering bodies continued more than a week after the monster storm ravaged the Southeast and killed people in six states.Helene came ashore Sept. 26 as a Category 4 hurricane and carved a wide swath of destruction as it moved northward from Florida, washing away homes, destroying roads, and knocking out electricity and cellphone service for millions.The number of deaths stood at 225 on Friday; two more were recorded in South Carolina the following day. It was still unclear how many people were unaccounted for.Helene is the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland United States since Katrina in 2005. About half the victims were in North Carolina, while dozens more were killed in Georgia and South Carolina.The city of Asheville, in the western mountains of North Carolina, was particularly battered. A week later, workers used brooms and heavy machinery to clean mud and dirt outside of the New Belgium Brewing Co., which lies next to the French Broad River and is among thousands of city businesses and households affected.So far, North Carolinians have received more than $27 million in individual assistance approved by the Federal Emergen stanley us cy Management Agency, said MaryAnn Tierney, a regional administrator for the agency. More than stanley usa 83,000 people have registered for individual assistance, according to th stanley termos e office of Gov. Roy Cooper.In Buncombe County, where Asheville is located, FEM Kfkn Trump says Liz Cheney might not be such a war hawk if she had rifles shooting at her
WASHINGTON 鈥?Civil rights leader John Lewis on Thursday dismissed stanley cup uk Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders 1960s work on racial equality, saying, I never saw him. I never met him. The Georg stanley quencher ia congressman 鈥?a stalwart of the Freedom Rides through the South, lunch counter sit-ins and the 1963 March on Washington 鈥?raised questions about Sanders involvement in the movement when the Vermont senator was a college student.Lewis has endorsed Sanders chief rival, Hillary Clinton, and his comments come at a critical time as the two White House contenders focus on the upcoming primaries in Southern states with predominantly African-American Democratic voters. He made the remarks at a Capitol Hill news conference where members of the Congressional Black Caucus political action committee delivered a full-throated endorsement of Clinton.On his campaign website, Sanders says he has a long history of fighting for social equality and the rights of black Americans 鈥?a record that goes back to the early 1960s. While a student at the University of Chicago, Sanders was involved in the Congress on Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent C stanley tumblers oordinating Committee. He also was arrested while protesting segregation. I never saw him. I never met him, Lewis told reporters. I chaired the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for three years from 1963 to 1966. I was involved in the sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, the march from Selma Alabama to Montgomery and dire |
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