By JONATHAN MATTISE and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state authorities said Wednesday they are investigating the company behind a plastics factory where 11 workers were swept away by flooding from…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Hurricanes in the United States end up hundreds of times deadlier than the government calculates, contributing to more American deaths than car accidents or all the nation’s wars, a…

By ALI SWENSON, CHRISTINE FERNANDO and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina election officials say they will do everything in their power to ensure that voters in the crucial presidential swing…

By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press BOONE, N.C. (AP) — Freddie Pell helps lift a vintage wooden chair off the sidewalk and back inside his art gallery. It’s starting to rain in downtown Boone, and he…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Sherry Brown has gotten nearly the entire miserable Hurricane Helene experience at her home. She’s out of power and water. There is a tree on her roof and…

By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will tour damage caused by Hurricane Helene in Georgia and North Carolina as the deadly storm roils the political calendar just over…