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Yesterday — 14 October 2025Main stream

Alfa-Betty Olsen, Behind-the-Scenes ‘Comic Conspirator,’ Dies at 88

14 October 2025 at 05:55
After quietly helping Mel Brooks set the irreverent tone on “Get Smart” and “The Producers,” she had a long collaboration as a writer with the actor and humorist Marshall Efron.

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The comic writer Alfa-Betty Olsen with the actor and humorist Marshall Efron in 1977. She first worked with him on “The Great American Dream Machine” on PBS.

California Forecast: Early-Season Storm Brings a Deluge of Rain

15 October 2025 at 00:25
The rare October storm could cause mudslides and debris flow, forecasters said. Some residents in Los Angeles County have been told to evacuate.

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Cars pass through a flooded stretch of Interstate 880 in Oakland, Calif., on Monday.
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A Tennessee Sheriff Becomes the Face of Grief After Plant Explosion

13 October 2025 at 11:50
The blast that killed 16 people has left area residents reeling, including Sheriff Chris Davis of Humphreys County, who has fought back tears in his public briefings.

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Chris Davis, the sheriff of Humphreys County, Tenn., knows some of the families who lost loved ones in the explosion.

The Destructive Legacy of California’s Zombie Fires

Blazes that firefighters thought had died but then later came roaring back to life have become increasingly common, heightening scrutiny of how first-responders put out wildfires.

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Firefighters sorting through ash and debris to look for hot spots left by the Palisades fire in Malibu, Calif., in January.

In L.A., a Former Ally of Mayor Bass Will Run Against Her

14 October 2025 at 00:12
The former supporter, Austin Beutner, who once ran the city’s public schools, announced he will challenge Ms. Bass’s re-election bid in next year’s mayoral race.

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“L.A. is adrift,” Austin Beutner said in an interview.

16 People Killed in Blast at Tennessee Explosives Plant, Officials Confirm

Local authorities said on Saturday that they had shifted their focus to searching for remains. The cause of the explosion was unclear.

© Austin Anthony for The New York Times

Chris Davis, the sheriff of Humphreys County, Tenn., said that many people in the small community had connections to the plant.

Close-Knit Rural Communities Reel After Tennessee Plant Explosion

The plant owned by Accurate Energetic Systems has long been an economic bedrock in rural Hickman and Humphreys Counties. Now it’s a source of widespread grief.

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Near Accurate Energetic Systems on Friday in McEwen, Tenn.

Tess Johnston, Diplomat Who Helped Preserve ‘Old Shanghai,’ Dies at 93

25 September 2025 at 00:57
She worked in American consulates around the world but found a home in China’s “Paris of the East,” where she documented a vanishing colonial architecture.
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