Lower-priced new cars are gaining popularity, and not just for cash-poor buyers

https://www.wsls.com/news/2024/10/21/lower-priced-new-cars-are-gaining-popularity-and-not-just-for-cash-poor-buyers/

Emory and Henry welcomes 26 UNC-Asheville student athletes, 2 coaches

https://www.timesnews.net/helene/e-h-welcomes-unc-asheville-student-athletes/article_f166c190-8fed-11ef-ab55-53d678499593.html

Port authority tells company with Pittsylvania location: Give us back $500K

https://cardinalnews.org/2024/10/22/port-authority-tells-company-with-pittsylvania-location-give-us-back-500k/

The Border Crisis Won’t Be Solved, No Matter Who Wins the Election

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/border-crisis-texas-solutions/

Lawsuit Argues Warrantless Use of Flock Surveillance Cameras Is Unconstitutional

https://www.404media.co/lawsuit-argues-warrantless-use-of-flock-surveillance-cameras-is-unconstitutional/

Drug-Sniffing Police Dogs Are Intercepting Abortion Pills in the Mail

https://theintercept.com/2024/10/16/abortion-pills-mail-usps/

DHS Warns Law Enforcement Election Deniers May Attempt to Bomb Drop Boxes

https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-election-denial-violent-attacks/

Coming to a solar farm near you: cows?

https://cardinalnews.org/2024/10/16/coming-to-a-solar-farm-near-you-cows/

Trump’s Tax Scam: Why Nothing Trickled Down The Trump tax cuts…

https://robertreich.org/post/764332332739182592

‘Sleeper agent’ bots on X fuel US election misinformation, study says

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sleeper-agent-bots-x-fuel-224335529.html?guccounter=2&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJgvLkvGq7Dq4r-ClXOkwRjedc1cyAlqAtoTWMxMJ7gGWDb4j1_l8XRnQx_g6w6jB6gDb0xWC7Vlfpsu6_rm7xRwOUkOroPLQ8wrMwwJvW5_a99yMf0xa3V7EIPv6oroKkyQmbLjLVyPeasfNCgul6MU-DMCdrFAMH7vNHixbpJZ

Elon Musk’s ‘Free’ Starlink for Hurricane Helene Victims Will Cost at Least $400

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-free-starlink-for-hurricane-helene-victims-will-cost-at-least-400-2000509345

Trapped after Helene, Asheville radio hosts stayed on air round-the-clock to help community

https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2024/10/07/wnc-listeners-call-into-local-radio-station-seeking-solace-connection/75543836007/?taid=6703b1257aa3400001ed49d1

Colonies of big-city rat experts work to outsmart rodent community

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/10/06/outsmarting-new-york-rats/75374395007/

Full List of Republicans Who Voted Against FEMA Funding Before Helene Hit.

The list includes Morgan Griffith who’s the representative of Virginia’s 9th district (Southwest Virginia).

https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-voted-against-fema-funding-1963980

Hurricane-Struck North Carolina Prisoners Were Locked in Cells With Their Own Feces for Nearly a Week

https://theintercept.com/2024/10/04/hurricane-helene-north-carolina-mountain-view-prison/