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OUTLOOK
Very warm temperatures and isolated afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms are expected today. Showers and thunderstorms will become more numerous on Friday, and increased shower coverage will linger into Saturday as a strong cold front crosses our region from the west. Cooler temperatures and diminishing shower chances are expected for the rest of the weekend and into early next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Highs in the upper 70s. Light winds out of the south early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Chance of rain is 50%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Highs near 70. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms before 5am, then a chance of showers. Lows around 50. WInds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the southeast. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Chance of rain is 50%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the southeast. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Highs in the lower 70s. Light winds out of the south early in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Scattered to numerous thunderstorms may develop Friday afternoon into Friday evening as a cold front crosses the region. A few storms may become strong to severe, with large hail and damaging winds being the main threats.
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
Below is the High Resolution Rapid Refresh from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction for our area. It runs from 1am EDT today to 7pm EDT this evening.
Air quality is in the lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper range of yellow .
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (9.0 out of 12) today with Maple, Birch, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (3.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for May 5th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 90°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1950
Lowest Temperature 26°F in Highlands in 2011
Greatest Rainfall 3.96 inches in Highlands in 1933
Greatest Snowfall (No measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Record weather events for March in Macon County
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of April Data available from 1873 to 2018 Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 04-26-1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on 04-01-1987
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Highlands on 04-07-1895
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Thursday, May 5th
Macon County Commissioner Candidate Forum
6pm at the Macon County Public Library
Organized by The Southern Scoop
https://fb.me/e/3fSld3NJi
Macon Middle School Band Final Performance
7pm in the MMS Gymnasium
Friday, May 6th
Blood Drive (American Red Cross Bus)
10am to 3pm
Carolina Smokies Association of Realtors, Inc.
131 Heritage Hollow Drive in Franklin
Register by visiting www.redcrossblood.org using sponsor code
Carolinasmokies or call Darlene at 828-524-1179
Saturday, May 7th
FROG FAIR
10am to 4pm at FROG Quarters
573 E Main Street in Franklin
https://www.facebook.com/MaconMediaNews/posts/5065333323512764
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Local and State News
• Bridge to clean energy: Leaders mull WNC’s energy future [Smoky Mountain News]
• How to know your vote counted in NC [The Southern Scoop]
• Drake Software Appoints New President and CEO, Dom Morea [Macon Media]
• State Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Plan to Administer American Rescue Plan Act’s Funding for Stormwater Projects [Macon Media]
• Blue Ridge Parkway trails reopen following wildfire containment near Pisgah Inn [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Asheville urges NC Supreme Court to not hear appeal of Vance Monument case [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Economist warns against panic buying as prices climb this summer [WTVD-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Cawthorn responds to leaked video showing him simulating sex act [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Here are some important things to know about your tenant rights in North Carolina [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - April 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Interactive map: average date of last spring freeze across the United States [Climate.gov]
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Special Section: Russo-Ukrainian War Updates
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 04 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF]
How much would the proposed EU sanctions hurt Russia? | DW News
US Military Howitzers Arriving in Ukraine, Combat Footage (FNN Live) | Funker530
Q and A: Let’s Talk! | Operator Starsky
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (May 1st)
• Russia pounds Ukraine, targeting supply of Western arms [Al Jazeera]
• In the name of de-nazification: Why May 9th matters for Putin's war in Ukraine [France 24]
• Shocking video shows Ukrainian drone destroying 2 Russian patrol boats [Yahoo! News]
• Ukraine war: Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May [BBC News]
• Ukraine Retakes Villages Near Kharkiv, Easing Pressure on Battered City [Wall Street Journal]
• U.S. Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals, Officials Say [New York Times]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Zelensky, Biden share blame with Putin for Ukraine conflict – Lula [Russia Today]
• Russia destroys US radar station and three warehouses in Ukraine [Pravda ]
• US open to idea of tougher sanctions against Russia, will consult with G7 — Biden [TASS Russian News Agency]
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
‘The U.S. Is Very Strong Now:’ Janet Yellen on the Future of the U.S. Economy | WSJ
• Fed Approves Half-Point Interest Rate Rise, Ratcheting Up Its Inflation Fight [Wall Street Journal]
• Yahoo Finance 'A slap in the face': Some Americans are mad over potential student loan forgiveness[Yahoo! Finance]
• White House scrambles for ways to protect abortion [Washington Post]
• Dave Chappelle attacker got replica gun with knife blade past Hollywood Bowl security checks [Los Angeles Times]
• Donald Trump Jr. meets with Jan. 6 committee[ABC News]
Roe v Wade Opinion Leak (Read the Draft Opinion for Yourself)
Read the leaked your at Google Drive or below:
Eye on the Fourth Estate
[Definition]
• Media coverage and reaction to Politico’s Supreme Court scoop about Roe v. Wade [Poynter]
• Don’t call it crazy: How the media “wraparound” effect cements people’s beliefs [Nieman Lab]
• Geraldo and Gutfeld Throw Down on Abortion: ‘You Insulting Punk!’ [MEDIAITE]
Global National: May 4, 2022| Russia, Ukraine forces believed to be fighting in Mariupol steel plant
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - May 4th, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode May 4th, 2022
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 18, 2021]
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 8:38pm CEST, 4 May 2022, there have been 512,607,587 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,243,038 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 3 May 2022, a total of 11,560,378,840 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 8:38pm CEST, 4 May 2022, there have been 80,676,055 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 986,698 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 29 April 2022, a total of 567,051,147 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Infants prenatally exposed to SARS-CoV-2 show the absence of fidgety movements and are at higher risk for neurological disorders: A comparative study [Public Library of Science]
• Hypercoagulability, endotheliopathy, and inflammation approximating 1 year after recovery: Assessing the long-term outcomes in COVID-19 patients [Wiley Online Library]
• Carnival Cruise Ship passengers say COVID overwhelmed ship [AP News]
• Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths [NBC News]
• 5th Wave? New York COVID Hospitalizations Top 2,000, Nearly Tripling in a Month [WNBC-TV (New York City, NY)]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Anonymous Hackers Warn Supreme Court Against Overturning Roe vs. Wade: 'Expect Us' [International Business Times]
• Elon Musk suggests charging governments and corporations a ‘slight cost’ to use Twitter [The Verge]
• TurboTax owner Intuit to pay $141 million to customers ‘unfairly charged’ [CNBC]
• Norwegian company unveils a vessel concept with a thorium molten salt reactor [Interesting Engineering]
• Every ISP in the US has been ordered to block three pirate streaming services [ARS TECHNICA]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything from educational, entertainment, history, current events and technology
Crew-3 Mission - Undocking | SpaceX
SoundCloud Picks The Hits - DTNS 4268 | Daily Tech News Show
Our Cuban Car Moment | Coder Radio 464
Android 13 May See Big Back Button Changes
High Bay 2 Closer to Building Starships | SpaceX Boca Chica
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Disabled children "abandoned" in Ukrainian institutions | BBC News
Are Sweden and Finland under threat? | Inside Story
Huge Blast Lights Up Sky In Ukraine (May, 5th, 202) - Ukraine War | NEMICON NETWORK
"I saw the troops going in!": The turning tide of war in Ukraine | FRANCE 24 English
The Republic of Moldova and the war in Ukraine | DW Documentary
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On This Day
May 5 is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 240 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
1260 – Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
1494 – On his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica, landing at Discovery Bay and declares Jamaica the property of the Spanish crown.
1609 – Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
1640 – King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
1654 – Cromwell's Act of Grace, aimed at reconciliation with the Scots, proclaimed in Edinburgh.
1762 – Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
1789 – In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
1809 – Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
1821 – Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
1821 – The first edition of The Manchester Guardian, now The Guardian, is published.
1835 – The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
1862 – Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
1865 – American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
1866 – Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
1877 – American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
1886 – Workers marching for the Eight-hour day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin were shot at by Wisconsin National Guardsmen in what became known as the Bay View Massacre.
1891 – The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
1904 – Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
1905 – The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
1920 – Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
1930 – The 1930 Bago earthquake, the former of two major earthquakes in southern Burma kills as many as 7,000 in Yangon and Bago.[8]
1936 – Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
1940 – World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
1941 – Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.
1945 – World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
1945 – World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
1945 – World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, the only battle in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.
1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
1955 – The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
1961 – Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
1964 – The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
1972 – Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
1973 – Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:592⁄5, an as-yet unbeaten record.
1980 – Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
1981 – Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
1985 – Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he makes a speech.
1987 – Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
1991 – A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.
1994 – The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
1994 – American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism.
2006 – The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
2007 – Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing all 114 aboard, making it the deadliest aircraft disaster in Cameroon.
2010 – Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.
2012 Japan shuts down its nuclear reactors leaving the country without nuclear power for the first time since 1970
2014 China announces it will upgrade Ethiopia's infrastructure in an effort to improve a China-Africa strategic partnership
2019 Violent clashes between Israel and Gaza militants over three days have left 4 Israelis and 23 Palestinians dead
2019 At least 41 people die when a Russian Aeroflot plane catches fire after an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow
2019 Oil tanker explosion kills 55 in Niamey, Niger
2020 Global confirmed cases of COVID-19 reach 3.65 million, US cases pass 70,000 while the UK becomes the most affected in Europe with 29,427 known deaths
2020 São Luis, in Maranhão state becomes the first Brazilian city to enter lockdown because of COVID-19 as its health services struggle to cope
2021 Canada is the first country to authorize the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 12-15 year olds
2021 Evidence of Africa's earliest burial, a three-year-old boy, 78,000 years ago, in a cave in Kenya published
2021 Donald Trump's ban from Facebook upheld by the company's Oversight Board for a further six months
2021 US President Joe Biden announces the US will support temporarily lifting patent protection on COVID-19 vaccines with the WHO
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6pm at the Macon County Public Library
Organized by The Southern Scoop
https://fb.me/e/3fSld3NJi
Macon Middle School Band Final Performance
7pm in the MMS Gymnasium
Friday, May 6th
Blood Drive (American Red Cross Bus)
10am to 3pm
Carolina Smokies Association of Realtors, Inc.
131 Heritage Hollow Drive in Franklin
Register by visiting www.redcrossblood.org using sponsor code
Carolinasmokies or call Darlene at 828-524-1179
Saturday, May 7th
FROG FAIR
10am to 4pm at FROG Quarters
573 E Main Street in Franklin
https://www.facebook.com/MaconMediaNews/posts/5065333323512764
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Local and State News
• Bridge to clean energy: Leaders mull WNC’s energy future [Smoky Mountain News]
• How to know your vote counted in NC [The Southern Scoop]
• Drake Software Appoints New President and CEO, Dom Morea [Macon Media]
• State Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Plan to Administer American Rescue Plan Act’s Funding for Stormwater Projects [Macon Media]
• Blue Ridge Parkway trails reopen following wildfire containment near Pisgah Inn [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Asheville urges NC Supreme Court to not hear appeal of Vance Monument case [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Economist warns against panic buying as prices climb this summer [WTVD-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Cawthorn responds to leaked video showing him simulating sex act [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Here are some important things to know about your tenant rights in North Carolina [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - April 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Interactive map: average date of last spring freeze across the United States [Climate.gov]
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Special Section: Russo-Ukrainian War Updates
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 04 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF]
How much would the proposed EU sanctions hurt Russia? | DW News
US Military Howitzers Arriving in Ukraine, Combat Footage (FNN Live) | Funker530
Q and A: Let’s Talk! | Operator Starsky
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (May 1st)
1/ Analyzing Breakthrough Operations in the Donbas. Today I take a little closer look at the state of operations along the line of operations ranging from Izium to Popasna in east Ukraine to gain a better understanding of what it will take to achieve a decisive breakthrough. pic.twitter.com/JSZOdPpFWJ
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) May 4, 2022
• Russia pounds Ukraine, targeting supply of Western arms [Al Jazeera]
• In the name of de-nazification: Why May 9th matters for Putin's war in Ukraine [France 24]
• Shocking video shows Ukrainian drone destroying 2 Russian patrol boats [Yahoo! News]
• Ukraine war: Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May [BBC News]
• Ukraine Retakes Villages Near Kharkiv, Easing Pressure on Battered City [Wall Street Journal]
• U.S. Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals, Officials Say [New York Times]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Zelensky, Biden share blame with Putin for Ukraine conflict – Lula [Russia Today]
• Russia destroys US radar station and three warehouses in Ukraine [Pravda ]
• US open to idea of tougher sanctions against Russia, will consult with G7 — Biden [TASS Russian News Agency]
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
‘The U.S. Is Very Strong Now:’ Janet Yellen on the Future of the U.S. Economy | WSJ
• Fed Approves Half-Point Interest Rate Rise, Ratcheting Up Its Inflation Fight [Wall Street Journal]
• Yahoo Finance 'A slap in the face': Some Americans are mad over potential student loan forgiveness[Yahoo! Finance]
• White House scrambles for ways to protect abortion [Washington Post]
• Dave Chappelle attacker got replica gun with knife blade past Hollywood Bowl security checks [Los Angeles Times]
• Donald Trump Jr. meets with Jan. 6 committee[ABC News]
Roe v Wade Opinion Leak (Read the Draft Opinion for Yourself)
Read the leaked your at Google Drive or below:
Eye on the Fourth Estate
[Definition]
• Media coverage and reaction to Politico’s Supreme Court scoop about Roe v. Wade [Poynter]
• Don’t call it crazy: How the media “wraparound” effect cements people’s beliefs [Nieman Lab]
• Geraldo and Gutfeld Throw Down on Abortion: ‘You Insulting Punk!’ [MEDIAITE]
Global National: May 4, 2022| Russia, Ukraine forces believed to be fighting in Mariupol steel plant
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - May 4th, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode May 4th, 2022
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 18, 2021]
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 8:38pm CEST, 4 May 2022, there have been 512,607,587 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,243,038 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 3 May 2022, a total of 11,560,378,840 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 8:38pm CEST, 4 May 2022, there have been 80,676,055 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 986,698 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 29 April 2022, a total of 567,051,147 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Infants prenatally exposed to SARS-CoV-2 show the absence of fidgety movements and are at higher risk for neurological disorders: A comparative study [Public Library of Science]
• Hypercoagulability, endotheliopathy, and inflammation approximating 1 year after recovery: Assessing the long-term outcomes in COVID-19 patients [Wiley Online Library]
• Carnival Cruise Ship passengers say COVID overwhelmed ship [AP News]
• Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths [NBC News]
• 5th Wave? New York COVID Hospitalizations Top 2,000, Nearly Tripling in a Month [WNBC-TV (New York City, NY)]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Anonymous Hackers Warn Supreme Court Against Overturning Roe vs. Wade: 'Expect Us' [International Business Times]
• Elon Musk suggests charging governments and corporations a ‘slight cost’ to use Twitter [The Verge]
• TurboTax owner Intuit to pay $141 million to customers ‘unfairly charged’ [CNBC]
• Norwegian company unveils a vessel concept with a thorium molten salt reactor [Interesting Engineering]
• Every ISP in the US has been ordered to block three pirate streaming services [ARS TECHNICA]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything from educational, entertainment, history, current events and technology
Crew-3 Mission - Undocking | SpaceX
SoundCloud Picks The Hits - DTNS 4268 | Daily Tech News Show
Our Cuban Car Moment | Coder Radio 464
Android 13 May See Big Back Button Changes
High Bay 2 Closer to Building Starships | SpaceX Boca Chica
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Disabled children "abandoned" in Ukrainian institutions | BBC News
Are Sweden and Finland under threat? | Inside Story
Huge Blast Lights Up Sky In Ukraine (May, 5th, 202) - Ukraine War | NEMICON NETWORK
"I saw the troops going in!": The turning tide of war in Ukraine | FRANCE 24 English
The Republic of Moldova and the war in Ukraine | DW Documentary
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On This Day
May 5 is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 240 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
1260 – Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
1494 – On his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica, landing at Discovery Bay and declares Jamaica the property of the Spanish crown.
1609 – Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
1640 – King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
1654 – Cromwell's Act of Grace, aimed at reconciliation with the Scots, proclaimed in Edinburgh.
1762 – Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
1789 – In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
1809 – Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
1821 – Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
1821 – The first edition of The Manchester Guardian, now The Guardian, is published.
1835 – The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
1862 – Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
1865 – American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
1866 – Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
1877 – American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
1886 – Workers marching for the Eight-hour day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin were shot at by Wisconsin National Guardsmen in what became known as the Bay View Massacre.
1891 – The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
1904 – Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
1905 – The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
1920 – Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
1930 – The 1930 Bago earthquake, the former of two major earthquakes in southern Burma kills as many as 7,000 in Yangon and Bago.[8]
1936 – Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
1940 – World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
1941 – Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.
1945 – World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
1945 – World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
1945 – World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, the only battle in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.
1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
1955 – The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
1961 – Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
1964 – The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
1972 – Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
1973 – Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:592⁄5, an as-yet unbeaten record.
1980 – Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
1981 – Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
1985 – Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he makes a speech.
1987 – Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
1991 – A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.
1994 – The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
1994 – American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism.
2006 – The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
2007 – Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing all 114 aboard, making it the deadliest aircraft disaster in Cameroon.
2010 – Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.
2012 Japan shuts down its nuclear reactors leaving the country without nuclear power for the first time since 1970
2014 China announces it will upgrade Ethiopia's infrastructure in an effort to improve a China-Africa strategic partnership
2019 Violent clashes between Israel and Gaza militants over three days have left 4 Israelis and 23 Palestinians dead
2019 At least 41 people die when a Russian Aeroflot plane catches fire after an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow
2019 Oil tanker explosion kills 55 in Niamey, Niger
2020 Global confirmed cases of COVID-19 reach 3.65 million, US cases pass 70,000 while the UK becomes the most affected in Europe with 29,427 known deaths
2020 São Luis, in Maranhão state becomes the first Brazilian city to enter lockdown because of COVID-19 as its health services struggle to cope
2021 Canada is the first country to authorize the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 12-15 year olds
2021 Evidence of Africa's earliest burial, a three-year-old boy, 78,000 years ago, in a cave in Kenya published
2021 Donald Trump's ban from Facebook upheld by the company's Oversight Board for a further six months
2021 US President Joe Biden announces the US will support temporarily lifting patent protection on COVID-19 vaccines with the WHO
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Published at 2:00am on Thursday, May 05, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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