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Debris is strewn on the lake in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, in Lake Lure, N.C. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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Inside the North Carolina mountain town that Hurricane Helene nearly wiped off the map
By ALLEN G. BREED - Associate Press
Sat,10/05/24-8:03AM , 62 Reads
CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE, N.C. (AP) — The stone tower that gave this place its name was nearly a half billion years in the making — heated and thrust upward from deep in the Earth, then carved and eroded by wind and water.
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A student checks a classmate's test during an American government class at the University of South Carolina Beaufort in Bluffton, S.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

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Could YOU pass a citizenship test?
By ALLEN G. BREED - Associated Press
Sun,09/15/24-11:54PM , 86 Reads
Immigrants seeking to become United States citizens have to show a working knowledge of the nation’s history and how the federal government functions. And they don’t get multiple choices.

Could YOU pass even a dumbed-down citizenship test? Let’s find out!
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A family of red wolves, from right, 3-month-old pups, Sentinel and Sabine; their mother, Brave, 7, and their father, Diego, 8, lie in their enclosure at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, R.I., Friday, July 7, 2023. Thanks to a network of breeding facilities like this one, there is little danger of the species going extinct. But the goal has always been a viable wild population. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Takeaways from AP’s reporting on efforts to restore endangered red wolves to the wild
By ALLEN G. BREED - AP National Writer
Mon,09/04/23-12:51AM , 121 Reads
ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. (AP) — The red wolf’s journey from extinction in the wild to conservation poster child and back to the brink has been swift and stunning.
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A red wolf crosses a road on the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, Thursday, March 23, 2023, near Manns Harbor, N.C. Over the course of 25 years, the red wolf went from being declared extinct in the wild to becoming hailed as an Endangered Species Act success story. But the only wolf species unique to the United States is once again at the brink. The last wild populations of Canis rufus are clinging to life on two federal refuges in eastern North Carolina. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Endangered red wolves need space to stay wild. But there’s another predator in the way — humans
By ALLEN G. BREED - AP National Writer
Mon,09/04/23-12:13AM , 124 Reads
ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. (AP) — Jeff Akin had to bite his tongue.
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