Deadly Hurricane Helene left huge areas of Southeastern states devastated with communities cut off and scores of people unaccounted for. NBC News’ Jay Gray reports from Boone, North Carolina, where the catastrophe has left residents stunned.

Iran has relied on proxies as its first line of defense for decades. Israel’s delivery of crippling blows to Hezbollah raises questions about Tehran’s ability to protect them.

Hamas leader in Lebanon killed; Israel strikes central Beirut for first time in 18 years

In hard-hit eastern Tennessee, flooding swallowed up entire neighborhoods. Tonight dozens of people unaccounted for and their loved ones are desperate for any news. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson reports.

 Officials are calling the flooding in North Carolina an “unprecedented” disaster – with flooding wiping out parts of the popular tourist town of Asheville, where residents are struggling to get fuel, food and clean water. NBC News’ George Solis reports.

Asheville resident Alyssa Wilson expressed frustration over the lack of quick response after Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina. The devastating storm made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane and traveled through Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee.

Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of Virgin Group, has turned his money and focus toward a very personal new project: DyslexicU, the first free online university for dyslexic thinkers.

Travelers have been crowding into airports in record numbers this year — including on four legs and leashes.

At an all-hands meeting Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denied that there are plans for him to receive a “giant equity stake” in the company, calling that information “just not true,” according to a person who was in attendance.

Tiger Woods’ new logo for his Sun Day Red golf apparel line is facing a trademark dispute.