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FEMA is simplifying the aid application process for disaster victims

8:26am February 09, 2024

by Justin Hicks

FEMA plans to roll out an improved application process for disaster victims in March. Many hope it will simplify a complex system that's preventing some from getting help.

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Move over Cupid, Valentine's Day is busy one for private investigators

8:26am February 09, 2024

Valentine's Day isn't just a big day for flower sellers, it is also a busy time for private investigators.

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A North Carolina man hit the jackpot — again.

7:48am February 09, 2024

Christopher Mills won $200,000 this week in the North Carolina Education Lottery. A little more than two years ago, he won $100,000. Mills says he "can't believe lightning struck twice."

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Nadine Chapman (left) and Rachel Perić are residents of the Rollingwood subdivision who are working together to publicize and memorialize the Rollingwood Burial Ground for Enslaved People in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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Their journey to unearth a cemetery for enslaved people led to communitywide interest

6:00am February 09, 2024

by Marisa Peñaloza

Urban development has erased many Black cemeteries around the U.S., but now a movement to find and memorialize them is underway.

Donald Trump wins Nevada's contests to be the Republican nominee for president

5:22am February 09, 2024

Nevada voters are finally done with both of their presidential primaries and a Republican presidential caucus. Now it's on to the next big race on the calendar: South Carolina.

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Americans with loved ones in Israel and Gaza feel the mental effects of the war

5:22am February 09, 2024

by Lesley McClurg

For Americans with loved ones in Israel and Gaza, it's especially distressing to watch from afar as the war between Israel and Hamas moves into its fifth month.

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Residents in a Calif. neighborhood hit hard by weather events consider moving

5:22am February 09, 2024

by Caleigh Wells

Climate change is making severe weather more common — like the heavy rain that caused major flooding and mudslides this week in LA. Residents in one community talk about whether it's time to leave.

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The first lesbian couple married in Missouri talk about their love story

5:22am February 09, 2024

In this week's StoryCorps, a former couple talks about their flower business and their love affair.

Participants in the "Take Our Border Back" convoy arrive at a ranch near Quemado, Texas on Feb. 2.

The border crisis is helping to mainstream a dangerous conspiracy theory

5:01am February 09, 2024

by Odette Yousef

The recent truck convoy that directed national attention to a surge of migrants at the Southern border featured dangerous, dehumanizing rhetoric that once was limited to extremists.

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Famous women made some surprise appearances this week. Were you paying attention?

5:00am February 09, 2024

by Holly J. Morris

With a Grammys comeback performance, an unannounced 'SNL' visit, and an Olympic un-retirement, women were center stage this week. Sorry, Swifties, this time we're not talking about Taylor.