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A much-loved mixed-breed cat believed to be the world’s oldest living cat has died aged 33. Rosie, a fluffy tortoiseshell cat, passed away this week in the hallway of her home in Norwich, Norfolk, surrounded by her proud owner Lila Brissett, 73. Born in 1991, she was the unofficial holder of the title of “world’s oldest cat”, but the current holder is Flossie, a 28-year-old cat from Kent, born in 1995. Rosie turned 33 on June 1st of this year, which would be 152 years old in human years when she passed away. A much-loved mixed-breed cat believed to be…

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the Congressional Black Caucus’ Phoenix Awards Dinner on Saturday, conveying the message that lawmakers are in a “battle for the soul of the nation.”Biden highlighted the Congressional Black Caucus’ (CBC) ties with black voters.”In 2020, I ran for president to save the soul of America and bring class and dignity back to the office of the presidency,” he said. “I ran to rebuild the backbone of America: the middle class. And I ran to unite our country and remind ourselves that there is nothing we can’t accomplish when we come…

Being in the SEC is very different than competing in the SEC, and it won’t take long for the conference’s newest members, Oklahoma and Texas, to figure that out.The increased self-esteem and revenue that comes with SEC membership is substantial, but arranging the SEC schedule for most sports is difficult at best.Oklahoma’s first SEC football game will be next Saturday against Tennessee in Norman, and it should be a challenging and historic matchup.But there are challenges on both sides. The Vols have struggled on the road in SEC games recently, and a trip to Norman, Oklahoma, rarely goes well for…

IIf any town symbolizes the vicissitudes of blue-collar life in America, Springfield, Ohio, might be as good a choice as any. Located in the heart of the Midwest, Springfield’s prosperity was built on manufacturing and publishing. But its decline began early: The enormous Crowell-Collier publishing plant closed on Christmas Eve, 1956. Thirty years later, in 1983, Newsweek magazine dedicated an entire issue to Springfield. Entitled “The American Dream,” it concluded plaintively that “these are no good times for dreaming.”The next few years saw the city become even more unlivable, as manufacturers left and wages plummeted. A 2016 Pew Research Center…

CNN — Backstage, Vice President Kamala Harris pulled Rep. Jahana Hayes aside to draw local media attention to the congresswoman and give her a photo opportunity, but first she needed to address why she was stopping in Connecticut in the final month of the 2022 midterm election campaign: Rep. Hayes hadn’t raised enough money. Harris told Hayes to “figure it out for yourself,” and that if Hayes didn’t figure it out for herself, the DNC wouldn’t endorse her. Long before she became the Democratic presidential nominee, Harris had quietly begun cultivating a network of the next generation of politicians –…

The Florida police officer who arrested NFL player Tyreek Hill had been suspended six times and received multiple reprimands before his encounter with the Miami Dolphins wide receiver, according to the officer’s agency records.Danny Torres, the Miami-Dade Police Department officer who forcibly arrested and handcuffed Hill last Sunday, has a tainted disciplinary record that includes 50 suspensions between 2014 and 2019, according to employee records reviewed by NBC.He received two five-day suspensions, one in February 2014 and one in February 2016, and two more five-day suspensions in September 2016. Torres was also suspended for 20 days in October 2018 and…

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Noah Lane (23) wraps up a Pipestone ball carrier up high while Chase Gumbel helps with a tackle down low in BEA’s first game of the season. The Bucks fell to 0-2 after losing to Triton last week. The Blue Earth Area Buccaneers knew it would be a tough game when they traveled to the Dodge Center to take on the Triton Cobras on Sept. 6, and they were right. The Cobras defeated the Buccaneers, 60-14. The Tritons are the defending Section 2AA champions and are currently ranked No. 13 in Class AA in the latest…

VISNOVA, Czech Republic — Floods in eastern Romania killed at least four people and damaged thousands of homes on Saturday, authorities said, as days of torrential rains caused rising river levels and put authorities in much of Central and Eastern Europe on high alert.Tens of thousands of homes were left without power in Romania and the Czech Republic, and more rain is expected in the coming days, along with heavy rainfall in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, southern Germany and parts of Austria.Residents of several towns along the Czech-Polish border were evacuated after river levels exceeded warning levels, while preventive flood control…

East Palestine’s Owen Juryavčić charges into the Corto Tallis in Lisbon on Friday. (Photo by Ron Firth) LISBON – Coming into this season, East Palestine’s soccer team had won three games in three years. The setbacks and setbacks the Bulldog seniors have experienced are starting to pay off. Bulldog senior quarterback Owen Yuryavsik ran for 279 yards and five touchdowns and threw for 176 yards in a 42-27 win at Lisbon on Friday. “Honestly, the beatings we suffered were horrible at the time, but looking back now, I’m really grateful because they helped me grow both…