ATLANTA — Hundreds of thousands of Georgians remain without power Monday after Helene barreled through the state, causing catastrophic damage and at least 17 deaths.

More than 370,000 people still have no power across the state after Helene entered South Georgia as a Category 2 hurricane around 1 a.m. Friday. Homes were destroyed, and ...Read more

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Monday to extend for another year the mandate of the armed security mission helping Haiti fight armed gangs.

The 15-0 vote guarantees the presence of the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support mission in Haiti until October 2, 2025. But it doesn’t address a fundamental problem of the ...Read more

The late-season peak of hurricane season is in full swing, and the oceans are getting crowded with storms, including a potential development in the Caribbean that Florida should keep an eye on.

The National Hurricane Center is watching several systems that are projected to stay far away from land, and two disturbances that could develop into ...Read more

A long stretch of Swannanoa is no more.

Businesses and homes along the Swannanoa River were destroyed by Helene, which hit Florida as a Category 4 hurricane before it dumped historic rain totals in western North Carolina as a tropical storm. At least 30 people have died in Buncombe County alone, Sheriff Quentin Miller announced in an afternoon ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When does that food actually expire? We’ll soon know.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the weekend signed Assembly Bill 660 into law, which standardizes food package labeling.

It will have to read either “best if used by” to denote peak product freshness or “use by” to denote when a food product is no longer ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams filed a motion to dismiss the bribery count in his federal corruption indictment Monday, calling the feds’ allegations “extraordinarily vague” and saying they lacked proof he broke the law.

The mayor’s attorney, Alex Spiro, said the bribery allegations against him lack evidence of Adams agreeing to perform...Read more

The Line fire in San Bernardino County, after burning nearly a month, has surged once again, causing new evacuations Sunday.

Residents in Seven Oaks and the Barton Flats area, including all campgrounds and cabins, were ordered to evacuate due to the immediate threat of the fire.

"Emergency personnel are actively working in the area," the San ...Read more

Israel bombed the center of Beirut for the first time in almost a year of hostilities with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, stepping up air assaults following the killing of the Iran-backed group’s chief last week.

The strike on a building in the heart of the Lebanese capital early Monday killed three senior members of a Palestinian group called the ...Read more

Two miles below the ocean surface off Monterey, California, warm water percolates from the seafloor at the base of an underwater mountain. It’s a magical place, especially if you’re an octopus.

In 2018, one of us, Amanda Kahn, was aboard the research vessel E/V Nautilus when scientists discovered the “Octopus Garden.” ...Read more

Israel bombed the center of Beirut for the first time in almost a year of hostilities with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, stepping up air assaults following the killing of the Iran-backed group’s chief last week.

The strike on a building in the heart of the Lebanese capital early Monday killed three senior members of a Palestinian group called the ...Read more

Japan’s new leader, Shigeru Ishiba, said he would call a national election on Oct. 27, assuming he is confirmed as Japan’s new prime minister on Tuesday, taking advantage of a positive public reaction to his victory in last week’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership election.

“It is important that the new government be judged by...Read more

Last call in California is 2 a.m., but Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on Sunday that extends public drinking time for a select few: VIP suite holders at Inglewood's new Intuit Dome arena.

The law allows alcohol to be served until 4 a.m. to dues-paying members of private suites inside the $2-billion, 17,700-seat new home of the Los ...Read more

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

I like to listen to music all the time. Are there any negative aspects to this? – Hussein, age 17, Iraq

Music surrounds us. It can be a companion throughout the day – ...Read more

When Joe Biden was the Democrats’ candidate for president in 2020 and again in 2024, he staked his candidacy on being the person who would save democracy from the threat Donald Trump posed.

But Kamala Harris has shifted away from that message and toward the idea of protecting and advancing freedom. Freedom has become the theme of ...Read more

Since returning to power three years ago, the Taliban have been enforcing oppressive laws that violate people’s freedoms and human rights, especially those of women and girls.

But a newly passed “vice and virtue” law goes further. It is among the most repressive and discriminatory measures ever enacted by the Islamist ...Read more

Hundreds of industrial facilities with toxic pollutants were in Hurricane Helene’s path as the powerful storm flooded communities across the Southeast in late September 2024.

Near the coast and into Georgia, Helene swept over paper mills, fertilizer factories and oil and gas storage facilities. Paper mills are among the most ...Read more

Although Vice President Kamala Harris touts clean energy and Donald Trump makes misleading assertions and false claims about it, neither candidate has set forth a comprehensive energy plan. Even if they do, a gridlocked Congress would be unlikely to pass it.

Instead, the next president’s greatest influence on clean energy will come ...Read more