UTC Community: The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Flood Watch until Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM. Rain showers and thunderstorms capable of producing heavy rain could lead to instances of localized flash flooding today. The Department of Public Safety is actively monitoring conditions with City of …
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday removed the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported. Trump, in …
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By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press An off-duty New York City police officer and an executive at an investment firm were among the four people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office tower. This undated image provided by the New York Police Department shows Officer Didarul Islam, who was shot …
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A cat named Leonardo da Pinchy doesn’t want your affection. He wants to steal your underwear
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Most cat owners dread their pets bringing home mice or birds. But for the owners of one felonious feline in Auckland, New Zealand, there’s a worse shame — being the unwitting accomplice to an unstoppable one-cat crimewave. His prolific laundry-pinching …
Read More »Hulk Hogan, icon in professional wrestling, dies at age 71
By CURT ANDERSON and ED WHITE Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Hulk Hogan, a mustachioed, headscarf-wearing icon in professional wrestling who turned the sport into a massive business and cultural touchstone, died Thursday at 71, Florida police said. Hogan was pronounced dead at a hospital after authorities in Clearwater …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne, who led Black Sabbath and became the godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76. FILE – Ozzy Osbourne performs …
Read More »Malcolm-Jamal Warner, ‘Cosby Show’ actor, dies at 54 in Costa Rica drowning
By JAVIER CORDOBA and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who as teenage son Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show” was central to a cultural phenomenon that helped define the 1980s, died at 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, authorities there said …
Read More »More than 160 people are still missing after deadly Texas floods, governor says
By NADIA LATHAN and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press HUNT, Texas (AP) — More than 160 people are still believed to be missing in Texas days after flash floods killed over 100 people during the July Fourth weekend, the state’s governor said Tuesday. The huge jump in the number unaccounted for …
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