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The American Red Cross had hundreds of disaster workers helping to provide assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
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Ripple effects from the storm have reached Michigan. UAW officials said that too many workers were affected in North Carolina and could not come to work. This led to a parts shortage. Because of that, the GM assembly plant in Flint sent workers home Thursday and temporarily closed.
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URBANDALE, Iowa When Ann Hays husband Joe wrote a letter to Pope John Paul II inviting him to visit Iowa, no one dreamed it would be read, much less that the invitation would be accepted. But the Vatican accepted the invitation and added Central Iowa to the popes previously Planned United States tour. Oh []
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Indigenous leaders say two staff at a Saskatchewan courthouse were told to go home and take off the orange shirts they wore for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
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First Nations leaders in Saskatchewan are calling for change and more education after they say two First Nations women who work at the Meadow Lake provincial court house were “shamed” and sent home Monday for wearing orange shirts for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
![‘Piece by piece’: Sanibel organization helping Helene victims rebuild homes [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mp_318709_0_90.jpg)
Because of Helene, some people on Sanibel have to rebuild again. A non-profit is helping those people by giving away free furniture to victims in need.
Helenes death toll is over 200 and continues to climb as searchers to try and locate the missing.
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A local community organizer is fundraising to help Arkansas DACA recipients stay in the US.
![Lindenhurst Fire Department steps up disaster relief efforts on Long Island in wake of Hurricane Helene [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mp_318608_0_15391023100324wabcdisasterreliefimgjpg.jpg)
The Lindenhurst Fire Department has gotten to work, gathering up supplies to send to storm-ravaged areas in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
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More than 225,000 people in Augusta lost power and utilities, while some are still without it due to the hurricane
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Corey Binderim is accused of killing Susan Mauldin and disposing of her body 6 months after starting work to remodel her bathroom in Fleming Island.
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Worcester Police said they were called to Heroult Road Wednesday afternoon around 2:20 PM and found a man shot with serious wounds. He did not survive. When a state trooper approached another man “acting suspiciously,” police said that man took a gun out, fired a round, and ran from police.