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Today...Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. North northwest wind around 5 mph. Mostly clear at night, with a low around 30. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Tuesday...Sunny, with a high near 53. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Mostly clear at night, with a low around 30. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday...Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday Night A chance of sprinkles at night before 1 am, then a chance of showers after 1 am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is ...

Suggestions for the hearing-impaired

Dear Annie: As a hearing-impaired person, I have some suggestions for other people who have hearing troubles, and I wanted to share them with your readers. The first thing I would suggest -- if they haven’t done so already -- is that they should see an ear, nose and throat physician, as well as a licensed audiologist. If you have Wi-Fi at home, you may be able to get a free landline caption phone through a licensed audiologist. I have one. You read what the other party is saying. The phone would have the same phone number as any other landline phones in your home. The phone itself is ...

Neighbors band together

Today’s Sound Off is a happy idea that benefits residents on a suburban street: Dear Heloise: I live on a cul-de-sac, and as it turns out, everyone on my street is over the age of 56. We look out for one another and provide help to each other whenever it’s needed or asked for. Every Fourth of July, we have a street party with just the residents of our street. We all bring food, drinks and usually barbecue something on a grill. It’s a lot of fun. It’s also the time we all share information that helps other people on our street, such as the name or number of a good plumber who ...

Diplomats flee Sudan fighting as citizens struggle to escape

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others from Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday. While world powers like the U.S. and Britain airlifted their diplomats from the capital of Khartoum, Sudanese desperately sought to flee the chaos. Many risked dangerous roads to cross the northern border into Egypt. “My family -- my mother, my siblings and my nephews -- are on the road from Sudan to Cairo through Aswan,” prominent Sudanese filmmaker Amjad ...

Special forces swiftly evacuate US embassy staff from Sudan

WASHINGTON — U.S. special operations forces carried out a precarious evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Sudan on Sunday, sweeping in and out of the capital with helicopters on the ground for less than an hour. No shots were fired and no major casualties were reported. With the final embassy employee out of Khartoum, the United States shuttered its diplomatic mission indefinitely. Remaining behind in the East African nation are thousands of private American citizens. U.S. officials said it would be too dangerous to carry out a broader evacuation operation. Battles between two rival ...

Carol Burnett marks a big birthday with NBC special

For anyone who’s ever thought Carol Burnett’s birthday should be a national event, now it is. One way in which the much-beloved comedy icon will spend her special day Wednesday, April 26, is “Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love,” NBC’s new all-star celebration of her. The show will be filled with tributes from many of her friends and peers, including Dame Julie Andrews and former “Carol Burnett Show” cohorts Vicki Lawrence and costumer Bob Mackie ... as well as Cher, Lily Tomlin, Ellen DeGeneres, Steve Carell, Amy Poehler, Aileen Quinn (“Annie”) and Bill Hader ...