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    Nibi the beaver sees dam of unwavering support as rescuers try to stop her release into wild

    Massachusetts court to decide whether internet-famous, ‘diva’ beaver will stay with rescuers or be released into wild
  • Vice-President Kamala Harris walks with Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson as they survey the damage from Hurricane Helene in Augusta, Georgia, on Wednesday.

    Harris and Biden visit Hurricane Helene sites – as it happened

  • a man in a blue suit and red tie speaks into a microphone

    Special counsel reveals new details of Trump bid to overturn 2020 election

  • JD Vance smiles behind podium on stage

    JD Vance takes victory lap and mocks Tim Walz over debate gaffe

  • a women looking right, and a sign in the air

    Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir

  • U.S. President Joe Biden visits South Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene<br>U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to survey storm damage and meet with officials in the wake of Hurricane Helene, at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in Greer, South Carolina, U.S., October 2, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

    Biden visits North and South Carolina as Hurricane Helene death toll rises

  • Walz says Vance was ‘gaslighting’ public about Trump’s record in debate

  • At least three California students taken to hospital for heat-related injuries

  • Hurricane Helene leaves thousands without clean water in its wake

  • Republicans want to recapture the Senate. This Pennsylvania race could stop them

  • Mark Robinson skipped vote to declare Hurricane Helene a state of emergency

  • Republicans vexed as Senate challengers fall behind Trump in polls

  • Major storms contribute to thousands of deaths up to 15 years later, study finds

  • US farms are forcing workers to buy inedible, expensive meals: ‘It makes you feel enslaved’

Opinion

  • *** BESTPIX *** JD Vance And Tim Walz Face Off In Vice Presidential Debate In New York<br>*** BESTPIX *** NEW YORK - OCTOBER 01: Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) speak after a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on October 1, 2024 in New York City. This is expected to be the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 general election. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    JD Vance is trying hard not to be weird – and it’s making him seem more menacing still

    Emma Brockes
    • JD Vance speaking during the vice-presidential debate.

      JD Vance’s debate lines were so polished you could forget they made no sense

      Moira Donegan
    • Rescuers work at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Wednesday 2 October.

      This terrifying tit-for-tat between Israel, Iran and its proxies will only bring more death and disaster

      Lina Khatib
    • Benjamin Netanyahu, wearing a blue suit and tie, speaks at a podium as he holds two maps labeled 'The Curse' and 'The Blessing'

      America needs to start getting Israel and Ukraine to negotiate

      Christopher S Chivvis
    • Side-by-side images of Vance and Walz at the debate.

      Vance or Walz: who won the VP debate?

      Our panel responds

US sports

  • The Tigers' Andy Ibáñez produced a pinch-hit, two-out, three-run double in the top of the eighth inning in Detroit’s Game 2 win on Wednesday.

    MLB playoffs: Detroit Tigers complete shock sweep of Astros to reach ALDS

  • Max Verstappen leads Lewis Hamilton at the US Grand Prix at The Circuit of The Americas in 2022

    US GP ticket sales ‘took off’ after Max Verstappen stopped winning in F1

  • Newly appointed US men's national team coach Mauricio Pochettino speaks to the media at a press conference last month in New York.

    Zack Steffen back in USA national team in Mauricio Pochettino’s first roster

  • Sabrina Ionescu was at the top of her form on Tuesday night in Brooklyn

    WNBA playoffs: Reigning champs Las Vegas one game from elimination

US politics

  • A man wearing a black suit and red striped tie speaks at a microphone with his hands raised

    Mark Robinson skipped vote to declare Hurricane Helene a state of emergency

  • man points at camera

    Republicans vexed as Senate challengers fall behind Trump in polls

  • Vance and Walz, both wearing suits, stand at lecterns

    Post-debate polls show Vance narrowly edging Walz out as the debate winner

  • grey drop box in front of brick wall

    Mayor in Wisconsin removes ballot drop box as tensions rise over voting method

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US business

  • A ship's hull piled high with containers in the foreground, with the Manhattan skyline in the background

    Global supply chains are under pressure again. Will inflation start rising?

  • The Starling Bank banking app on a smart phone. The bank was fined for “shockingly lax” sanctions controls

    Starling Bank fined £29m for ‘shockingly lax’ sanctions breaches – as it happened

    • An oil refinery

      Private equity firms ploughing billions into fossil fuels, analysis reveals

    • Grounded 737 Max planes

      US officials say 40 airlines may be using Boeing 737s with suspect rudder parts

    • A worker on a vehicle assembly line

      Vauxhall owner warns on profits amid falling sales and tougher Chinese competition

Pictures & video

  • Drone footage shows destruction left by Hurricane Helene in Florida – video

  • Muscling in on the picture … World Body Building Guild (1972-1975)

    Bodybuilders, gravediggers and a pile-up of pugs! Group outings – in pictures

    Neal Slavin’s images of people grouped together – from fencers to Star Trek fans, models to Bible collectors – have been entrancing viewers for half a century
  • Kris Kristofferson in 2007

    Kris Kristofferson – a life in pictures

    The Texas-born country music star, who wrote songs including Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down and Me and Bobby McGee, has died aged 88. He also starred in 70 films over his career

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