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Police Chief Filed Sexual Harassment Complaint Against St. Paul’s Mayor

The city has hired an outside lawyer to investigate after Chief Axel Henry accused Mayor Kaohly Her, in her first term in office, of behaving inappropriately toward police officers.

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Mayor Kaohly Her of St. Paul, Minn.
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Deadly Texas Floods Ebb, but Danger Remains: ‘You Could Hear the Water’

At least two people died as waters rose rapidly across the Texas Hill Country, the same area of the state that saw catastrophic flooding last year.

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Debris littered a bridge crossing the Guadalupe River in Center Point, Texas.
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Two Dead and Scores Rescued as Flooding Engulfs Central Texas

Flooding from relentless rain, which Gov. Greg Abbott said was likely to break records, left a trail of damage in many communities in the Hill Country region.

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Destroyed cars in Kerrville, Texas.
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Wildfires Close Popular National Forest Area in Minnesota

Several fires in northeastern Minnesota are causing dangerous conditions and smoke in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, which is used for camping and other outdoor recreation.

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When Vital Weather Data Is Needed, Muppets Take Flight

“For the most part, the aircraft have their own souls,” said a pilot of the meteorological research planes, which are known as Kermit, Miss Piggy and Gonzo.

© Zack Wittman for The New York Times

The cockpit of a NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft, featuring a toy Kermit Muppet dangling inside the cockpit, as it flew through Tropical Storm Helene above the Gulf of Mexico in September 2024.
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