While Rory McIlroy’s Masters triumph earned him a long-awaited career grand slam, a home Open Championship win at Royal Portrush could be even more emotion for the North Irishman.

A tropical storm may form this week, bringing risks of flash flooding and strong thunderstorms from Florida to Louisiana.

This week, we examine some of the key labor and employment implications of the recently signed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).

Repairs on the road to the 14,266-foot summit of Mount Blue Sky are proceeding on schedule, according to the company that is doing the work, and North America’s highest paved highway is expected to reopen next spring on or around Memorial Day, its traditional seasonal reopening.

In one of the worst kept secrets since Woody Allen played Michael’s Pub, Imax 70MM showtime tickets to Christopher Nolan’s The Oydssey are expected to go on sale Thursday, July 17 — a whole year before the Universal movie opens.

See the top-selling releases among hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus trade and mass market paperbacks for the sales week that ended July 13.

The arrests this week occurred June 13 through July 13. Those charged were from 16 to 73 years old. Two people were arrested for drunk driving after crashing Drunk driver crashes into pole in Manlius, flees the scene, police say, Man who crashed into two cars in Clay is charged with DWI, deputies say.

Big bank earnings, June CPI inflation data, and U.S. retail sales, along with updates from TSMC, Netflix and Johnson & Johnson.

Tony Award winner Laura Benanti and her mother, Linda, are offering a humorous show about mother-daughter relationships at 54 Below this week.

Deftones haven’t been away for as long as Clipse, but their return is nonetheless very welcomed. After some rumors, the band announced private music, their first album since 2020’s Ohms, and shared the punishing lead single “ My Mind Is A Mountain .”

Tuesday tops out around 93 in Knoxville, but in the shade the humidity makes it feel like it’s closer to 100 degrees. We have a mostly sunny day, with stray rain and storms. Spotty rain and storms are possible this evening in the higher elevations to northeast Tennessee.

A disturbance called Invest 93L by the National Hurricane Center could turn into a tropical depression or the next named storm of hurricane season.