Cam Newton at Hollywood Unlocked's Fourth Annual Impact Awards. Photo: Robin L Marshall/Getty Images
📺 ESPN signed a contract with former NFL MVP and Panthers legend Cam Newton. He'll make his debut on "First Take" today during a live show at Tennessee State University. (ESPN)
🚁 The North Carolina National Guard said it is investigating after supplies were blown away by a Black Hawk helicopter's rotor wash at a distribution center. (WBTV)
⚕️ Hurricane Helene swamped a Baxter International plant in North Carolina that supplies more than 60% of the nation's IV solution. Now, hospitals across the country are using workarounds to conserve IV fluids in the face of a nationwide shortage. (Axios)
📑 U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop is suing the campaign of his opponent in the attorney general's race, U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson, for defamation. The suit states that a polling firm asked people if they would be more or less likely to vote for Bishop if they "knew that, as a lawyer, he represented people who stole money from the elderly?" (🔐 Observer)
🗺 Geologists have mapped more than 500 Appalachian landslides caused by the remnants of Hurricane Helene. (WPLN)
