AP News, by David Fischer and Terry Spencer: Aiden Bowles was stubborn, so even as Florida officials told residents of the barrier island north of St. Petersburg that Hurricane Helene’s storm surge could be deadly, the retired restaurant owner stayed…

FOX News, by Thomas Catenacci: A group of 15 financial officers representing 13 states issued a warning to Bank of America over its alleged practices of “politicized de-banking” targeting conservatives. In a letter to Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan,…

The Jerusalem Post, by Seth J. Frantzman: Iran’s top advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said that ties between Russia and Iran are expanding. Advisor Ali Akbar Velayati’s comments come in the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s…

CBS News: A crisis unfolded in Asheville, North Carolina, as officials pledged to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken areas that had no power or cell service Monday, days after Hurricane Helene ripped across the U.S. Southeast….

Faithwire, by Tré Goins-Phillips: Democratic politician John Kerry described the First Amendment as a “major block” to the federal government stopping what it deems to be “disinformation” and suggested he hopes — should progressives retain control of the White House…

AP News, by Tom Krisher and Tassanee Vejpongsa: Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes…

USA Today, by Tom Vanden Brook, Cybele Mayes-Osterman, Kim Hjelmgaard, and Joey Garrison: Iran fired waves of missiles at Israel on Tuesday in what it called a revenge attack for Israel’s killing of several Hezbollah leaders including its top leader…

USA Today, by N’dea Yancey-Bragg, Will Hofmann, Jorge L. Ortiz, Susan Miller, Thao Nguyen: More than 2 million people remained without power late Sunday across the Southeast in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, including more than 430,000 in North Carolina,…

AP News, by Mark Thiessen: The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in the Aleutian chain of western Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and vessels approaching…

Express, by Steph Spyro: Vladimir Putin has warned that the West letting Kyiv use longer-range weapons to strike Russian targets would mean NATO would be “at war” with Russia. Sir Keir Starmer is travelling to Washington to meet US President…

The Christian Post, by Anugrah Kumar: Jefferson County Public Schools in Colorado allowed a “nonbinary” female to supervise boys’ showers and forced a female student to share a bed with a male, violating parental rights over children’s privacy and accommodation…

Faithwire, by Billy Hallowell: A persecution watchdog is warning about recent developments in Bangladesh that are reportedly already putting Christians and other minority religious adherents in grave danger. “About a month ago, after a few weeks of really bloody protests…