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1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Jonathan Franklin

Mexican spider monkeys, victims of the illegal wildlife trade, have found a home at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. (Bloomberg) -- Mark Davis loves to pretend he is a criminal. During a 30-year career working undercover for the FBI as a special agent, Davis posed as a cocaine smuggler, negotiated million-dollar deals with money launderers and showed up at a criminal rendezvous with $200,000 in cash. Davis retired from the FBI in 2016 to work another beat.

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Jonathan Franklin

Jolted awake at 4.30am, Pedro “Peter” Niada was certain a meteorite had fallen near his seaside home, lifting it from its foundations and sending it flying through the air. He took two steps down the stairs, felt water splash his feet and realised the house was sinking. Nothing made sense. Why was the house tilting? Why could he hear what sounded like a waterfall outside?

Sep 28, 2024 | mprnews.org | Rebecca Rosman |Emma Bowman |Rachel Treisman |Jonathan Franklin |Bill Chappell

Rescue teams across the southeastern U.S. and southern Appalachia scrambled to respond to the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene, as more than 3 million homes and businesses were without any power Saturday amid a continued threat of floods. Moody's Analytics said Friday it expects $15 billion to $26 billion in property damage from the hurricane, which by late Friday had been downgraded to a tropical storm.

Sep 27, 2024 | opb.org | Emma Bowman |Rachel Treisman |Jonathan Franklin |Bill Chappell

Follow NPR's live updates for the latest on Helene and the fallout of the storm. Helene weakened to a post-tropical cyclone on Friday evening but continued to unleash “catastrophic” flooding in the southeastern U.S. and southern Appalachians, forecasters said. Life-threatening flooding and landslides in parts of southern Appalachia were expected to continue into the evening, the National Hurricane Center said. Gusty winds were still lashing parts of Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Kentucky.

Sep 26, 2024 | mprnews.org | Jonathan Franklin |Rachel Treisman |Willem Marx

Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. Hurricane Helene weakened to a tropical storm early Friday as it sweeps across Georgia, having made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a major Category 4 Hurricane. The National Hurricane Center reports Helene now has sustained wind speeds of 70 mph. Along with powerful winds, authorities have warned of a dangerous storm surge that threatens coastal regions.