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Governor Kathy Hochul today will declare a State of Emergency for several New York counties and urges New Yorkers to prepare for heavy rain and the potential for localized flooding, as parts of the state are forecast to be impacted by periods of heavy rain today into Friday. Beginning this afternoon, torrential rain is forecast to impact downstate New York, …

Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding Threaten Mid-Atlantic and Northeast  The New York Times Dangerous storms will bring a significant flood risk to the I-95 corridor at the worst possible time  CNN Inside look at what the MTA is doing to keep subways safe and dry during flash floods in NYC  ABC7 New York Northeast Faces Flood Threat Today As Sweltering Heat Gives Way …

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The “home of metal” is honoring one of its most cherished sons. Thousands of Black Sabbath fans will pay their respects Wednesday to frontman Ozzy Osbourne as his hearse makes its way through the streets of Birmingham, the English city where he grew up and where the band was formed in 1968. The hearse carrying Osbourne, …

IndyCar’s 8:30 a.m. practice session at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca was cancelled after a thick marine layer of fog blanketed the circuit. With the inability for emergency helicopters to land or leave the track that sits within a bowl atop a mountain range, IndyCar paused the start of the session and held teams on pit lane until approximately 9:45 a.m. …

Serious liver disease is becoming more common among Americans who drink heavily, according to a new study from Keck Medicine of USC. It’s not that more people are partying with alcohol. And it’s not that the drinkers are having more drinks. It’s that more of the people who drink regularly are becoming sick. Over the last two decades, the share …

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A small plane that crashed in 2023 while carrying moose meat for hunters in remote western Alaska, killing the husband of former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was overweight for takeoff and encountered drag from a set of antlers mounted outside, federal investigators said in a report released Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board, in its final …

CNN  —  Ozzy Osbourne, the hellraising frontman of Black Sabbath and reality TV star, died Tuesday, his family shared. He was 76. “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,” Osbourne’s family said in a statement to CNN. “He was with his family …

At Oshkosh, even the taxiway become a runway during the world’s largest gathering of aircraft. During the annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh event, aviation enthusiasts flock to Wisconsin in what becomes the world’s largest gathering of aircraft — and in an extraordinary feat of logistics, even the taxiways at Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) are converted into temporary runways. Each summer, for …

A 61-year-old man has died after he was sucked into a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine at a medical centre while he was wearing a heavy metal necklace. The man, who has not been identified, entered a room at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, on New York’s Long Island, without permission as the MRI machine was running, Nassau County Police …

Breakingviews – Railway mega-deal would require heavy engineering  Reuters Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern discuss merger to create transcontinental railroad, AP source says  AP News Exclusive | Railroad Operator Union Pacific Exploring Deal for Norfolk Southern – WSJ  The Wall Street Journal Potential Rail Merger Could Prompt Berkshire Hathaway to Bid for CSX  Barron’s Potential UP-NS tie-up would cause major shift in US intermodal market  Journal …