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California extended a lifeline to some of its aging mobile home parks. What happened next? 06/25/2026 12:19pm • The roads used to flood at Shady Lane Estates whenever it rained. Water pooled on the mostly-dirt roads that ran through the mobile home park, combining with the waste of constantly backed-up septic tanks. Early on those wet mornings, parents would pack their kids into cars and ferry them through th Reflecting Pool liner was cut with a sharp knife or razor, top National Park Service official says 06/25/2026 12:14pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Reflecting Pool liner was cut with a sharp knife or razor, top National Park Service official says. Get a load of this: Humans and great apes share similar giggles 06/25/2026 12:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the evolutionary tree, a new study suggests. How do we know this? Researchers tickled 13 captive apes — including gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees and bonobos — and recorded the results. The new resea US economy expanded at solid 2.1% pace in January-March, government says, upgrading last estimate 06/25/2026 12:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a solid and unexpected 2.1% annual pace from January through March, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in its final estimate of first-quarter growth. The growth in gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — marke Average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.49% this week, Freddie Mac says, near where it's been the past six weeks 06/25/2026 12:00pm • MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — Average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.49% this week, Freddie Mac says, near where it's been the past six weeks. Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' is closing after nearly a year of holding thousands of immigrant detainees, governor says 06/25/2026 11:59am • MIAMI (AP) — Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' is closing after nearly a year of holding thousands of immigrant detainees, governor says. A giraffe named Gracie escaped in Texas. No one can seem to find her 06/25/2026 11:58am • A giraffe named Gracie is missing in Texas, and the search for her has become a tall order. Gracie, who is about 3 years old, has been missing for nearly two weeks after escaping her enclosure at Cedar Hollow Ranch in the Texas Hill Country, said Vic Jones, who owns the remote property about 100 mil Norman Rockwell people-watched in the West Wing lobby. Now those sketches are on public display 06/25/2026 11:56am • WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than 40 years, sketches by American illustrator Norman Rockwell of scenes from the White House visitor’s lobby graced the walls of the West Wing, where every president from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump had seen them. Now, they're going on public display for the first t Yemeni journalist killed in a car bombing after reportedly receiving warnings 06/25/2026 11:53am • CAIRO (AP) — A Yemeni journalist was killed in a car bombing in southeastern Yemen and investigators have been ordered to search for the culprits, the government said Thursday. Mohamed Eida, a correspondent for the Saudi-backed television networks Al-Arabiya and Al- Hadath, was killed late Wednes Wimbledon 2026: Here's how to watch, betting odds and more you should know 06/25/2026 11:45am • LONDON (AP) — Wimbledon, the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament, starts Monday on the manicured lawns of the All England Club. Here’s what you need to know about this year’s competition. How to watch Wimbledon on TV — In the U.S.: ESPN, The Tennis Channel — In Britain: BBC, TNT Sports and ‘A ray of hope’: A Franklin County dairy facility to reopen this fall amid a spate of shutdowns 06/25/2026 11:44am • A longtime plant manager is buying a recently shuttered Franklin County dairy facility and reopening it this fall, a rare bright spot for a Vermont dairy industry battered by a string of recent production shutdowns. John Ovitt said he plans to take ownership of the Franklin Foods plant Sept. 1 and w Zelenskyy says Russia is shifting air defenses to Moscow and other key sites after drone strikes 06/25/2026 11:44am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia is moving a significant part of its air defenses to protect a handful of prime targets, including Moscow, as Ukraine’s long-range drones hammered sites deep inside the country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. In new overnight strikes, Zelenskyy said Thur Sports Betting Line 06/25/2026 11:41am • MLB Thursday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at TAMPA BAY Israeli troops fatally shoot a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank 06/25/2026 11:38am • SARTA, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man inside his home in the occupied West Bank, a relative said Thursday. The Israeli military confirmed the shooting and said the man had thrown objects at the soldiers. Mustafa Al-Khatib, 32, was found dead in his bedroom in th How a Gen Z entrepreneur is bucking lazy stereotypes 06/25/2026 11:35am • Many new college graduates are struggling to find jobs in the current economic climate and the emergence of artificial intelligence in the workplace. But one Gen Z graduate instead created his own job and it will be very difficult for a computer to compete with him. Andreas Karagounis not