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TULSA, Okla. — A naked suspect in a Tulsa apartment clubhouse burglary broke from their custody, jumped into a pond and drowned early Thursday, police said.In a social media posting, Tulsa police said officers answering a 4:30 a.m. burglar alarm at the Shoreline Apartments clubhouse found its front door shattered and a naked man inside with his wet clothing strewn around the room.Officers handcuffed the man, who initially was cooperative but suddenly broke from them, kicked open a back door, scaled a patio railing and jumped into a pond. Officers jumped in after him, but the man failed to resurface.A dive…

Whether Houston wins or loses the World Series, sources say Dusty Baker wants to return to the Astros. So no riding off into the sunset following a potential first managerial World Series title. The team also wants him back. (Baker himself isn’t talking about his future now.) A lot of folks in baseball would love to see Dusty win. Then again, baseball lifer Rob Thomson has many fans, too. The pick here: Phillies in 7. Dusty Baker celebrates after the Astros advanced to the World Series. USA TODAY Sports The Rangers are going to “pony up” for Jacob deGrom for…

Elon Musk has closed his $44bn deal to take Twitter private, according to three people familiar with the matter, bringing an end to one of the most high-profile and dramatic buyout sagas in recent memory. Twitter’s chief executive, Parag Agrawal, and chief financial officer Ned Segal are no longer with the company, two of the people said, as the world’s richest man now takes the reins. Musk also fired Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s head of legal, policy and safety, as well as general counsel Sean Edgett, one person said.Shares of the company will be suspended from trading on the New York…

NEW YORK — Lucianne Goldberg, a literary agent and key figure in the 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, has died at the age of 87.Goldberg’s son, political commentator and author Jonah Goldberg, posted Thursday on Twitter that his mother died Wednesday at her home. He did not give a cause of death.Lucianne Goldberg, a longtime conservative activist whose agency specialized in right-wing books, gained national prominence for advising her friend Linda Tripp to secretly tape Tripp’s conversations with Lewinsky, a former White House intern who had been involved in a sexual relationship with Clinton.Tripp’s 20…

The UK is set for heavy rain on Friday, with a Met Office yellow warning in place, while there will also be gales where gusts reach 60mph before temperatures rise on Saturday to the low 20Cs Brits are set for heavy rain and gales on Friday with yellow weather warnings in place before temperatures rise to a balmy 21C over the weekend. Following on from a record breaking summer with extreme temperatures, the UK has been experiencing unseasonably warm weather so far in autumn with the mercury rising into the 20Cs. And it is set to remain warm over the…

For the first time in 20 years, Tom Brady is in the middle of a three-game losing streak.Brady threw for 325 yards in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 27-22 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night, but threw just one touchdown after not throwing any last week against the Carolina Panthers.Brady completed just 59.1% (26-for-44) of his passes in the loss. The 45-year-old retired briefly last January – that lasted just 40 days, as he claimed he had “unfinished business” to take care of.But while Brady is going through rough times in his marriage, the Bucs are now 3-5 after…

A man fatally shot his former partner Thursday while she was on the phone with a 911 operator, telling authorities the couple’s marriage had recently ended, police in Texas said.Witnesses told police in the city of Lewisville, north of Dallas, that the man took his own life shortly after he fatally shot the woman, the police department said in a statement.Neither was identified.Lewisville police investigate what they described as a domestic violence murder-suicide that took place before dawn Thursday.KXASThe woman dialed 911 around 5:30 a.m. and could be heard arguing with a man in the parking lot of their apartment…

Antony Blinken to discuss Haiti crisis and other international issues with Canadian leaders, US State Department says.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head to Canada this week in his first official visit to the country as the neighbours look to strengthen cooperation on regional and international issues, including the crisis in Haiti. The Canadian and United States governments said on Wednesday that Blinken will meet with his counterpart, Melanie Joly, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the trip to Ottawa and Montreal on Thursday and Friday. “This visit will strengthen our vital partnership with Canada to address shared goals,…

Back and better than ever! Six years after the release of her last album, Anti, Rihanna’s musical comeback is here.  The Fenty Beauty owner’s new single, “Lift Me Up,” dropped on Friday, October 28. The track, which was inspired by late Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman’s life and legacy, will be featured in the upcoming sequel, Wakanda Forever.  The string-heavy ballad features Rihanna, 34, crooning the lyrics “Lift me up/Hold me down/Keep me close/Safe and sound” in the chorus. The “Monster” songstress goes on to sing about drowning in an endless sea and finding comfort in the arms of a loved one. The Barbados native cowrote…

North Korea has said that recent missile launches were in protest against the joint exercises, which it says are provocative and a rehearsal for an invasion. South Korea and the US say the exercises are defensive and needed to counter the North’s threats. The US and its allies believe North Korea could be about to resume nuclear bomb testing for the first time since 2017. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has said the North has completed all necessary technical preparations for an underground detonation at its Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, which has been officially shuttered since 2018. North Korea conducted…