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When a Lowe's store cat disappeared, staff pulled out all the stops to find her 12/05/2025 08:05pm • ▶ Watch Video: Lowe's employees go above and beyond to find beloved cat that disappeared onto freight truck Richmond, Virginia — At a Lowe's in Richmond, Virginia, store manager Mike Sida has always had a favorite employee: Francine the cat. "Sh 911 calls from Texas floods reveal chaotic and desperate pleas for rescues 12/05/2025 07:51pm • KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — In an instant, frantic voices overwhelmed the two county emergency dispatchers on duty in the Texas Hill Country as catastrophic flooding inundated cabins and youth camps along the Guadalupe River. A firefighter clinging to a tree who watched his wife be swept away. A famil High school student, 18, charged with arson in fire that burned New York City subway passenger 12/05/2025 07:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City high school senior was jailed Friday on a federal arson charge after authorities say he set a fire that severely burned a sleeping subway passenger. Hiram Carrero, 18, was not required to enter a plea during his arraignment in Manhattan federal court. The fire early Another must-watch moment for Michael Jordan as NBA great testifies at NASCAR trial 12/05/2025 07:46pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan has had a lifetime of big moments. His latest came on the witness stand in a federal courthouse. The retired NBA great testified Friday against NASCAR in an antitrust case he is pursuing against the stock car series on behalf of his race team, 23XI, along with Shops empty in a Hispanic neighborhood as immigration crackdown comes to Louisiana 12/05/2025 07:40pm • KENNER, La. (AP) — The doors of Carmela Diaz's taco joint are locked, the tables are devoid of customers and no one is working in the kitchen. It's one of many once-thriving Hispanic businesses, from Nicaraguan eateries to Honduran restaurants, emptied out in recent weeks in neighborhoods with lot Harvard professor leaves US after arrest with pellet gun near synagogue, said he was hunting rats 12/05/2025 05:38pm • BOSTON (AP) — A Harvard visiting law professor from Brazil who told police he was shooting at rats when he fired a pellet gun near a synagogue during Yom Kippur has left the United States after his visa was revoked, federal officials and his lawyer confirmed on Thursday. After Immigration and Cust Michael Jordan testifies in NASCAR antitrust trial, says he had no choice but to sue 'the entity' 12/05/2025 05:31pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Retired NBA great Michael Jordan took the stand at the landmark NASCAR antitrust case Friday and testified that he has been a fan of the stock car series since he was a child but felt he had little choice but to sue to force changes in a business model he sees shortchanging Freezing fog, rain may coat DC region in ice following season's first snowfall 12/05/2025 04:52pm • There's a chance for more wintry weather Friday night, this time in the form of freezing fog and rain, following snowfall that blanketed the D.C. region earlier in the day. Much of the D.C. region was coated in about 1 to 3 inches of snowfall Friday morning, marking the first time the area has se FACT FOCUS: Trump said weaker gas mileage rules will mean cheaper cars. Experts say don't bet on it 12/05/2025 12:41pm • DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump this week announced plans to weaken rules for how far automakers' new vehicles need to travel on a gallon of gasoline, set under former President Joe Biden. The Trump administration said the rules, known formally as Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, sta A county jail in Arkansas produces hundreds of ICE arrests under a program surging across the US 12/05/2025 09:57am • ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — She was already separated from her husband, the family breadwinner and father of her two youngest children, and had lost the home they shared in Arkansas. Then Cristina Osornio was ensnared by the nation’s rapidly expanding immigration enforcement crackdown just months after No helicopter. IOC president Kirsty Coventry to rely on ground transport for Milan Cortina Games 12/05/2025 09:47am • ROME (AP) — For her first Olympics as IOC president, Kirsty Coventry could probably order up a helicopter if she so desired to get from one far-flung venue to another at the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games. After all, with sports clusters dotted across northern Italy covering an area of more t Why Somali migrants may still aim for US despite travel restrictions 12/05/2025 05:45am • MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali migrant Mohamed Abdi Awale endured horrors on an ill-fated journey across Africa to seek a better life in the West — but he's determined to try again one day, even aiming for the U.S. despite increasing restrictions. Awale is one of 165 Somali migrants recently r Today in History: December 5, Nelson Mandela dies at 95 12/05/2025 04:10am • Today is Friday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2025. There are 26 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 5, 2013, Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first Black president, died at age 95. Also on this date: In 1848, in an address to Congress, President Jame Audi S6 Sportback e-tron dials up the electricity 12/05/2025 03:59am • Audi’s excellent electric A6 did not disappoint when we drove it a few weeks ago, but the automaker is nonetheless upping the ante with an even faster S version. The S6 Sportback e-tron offers still more performance (top speed: 149 mph), making it a thrilling ride for those who crave extra speed. F1's thrilling 3-way title fight echoes a history of dramatic championship deciders 12/05/2025 03:54am • A thrilling Formula 1 season ends on Sunday in Abu Dhabi with precisely the kind of showdown race fans want to see: three drivers in title contention and the championship leader under mounting pressure. Over the years, F1 title deciders have seen deliberate crashes, unexpected heartbreak and perhaps