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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A weak surface front will slowly dissipate across the Carolinas today. High pressure off the Southeast coast will take over on Thursday and Friday, with a southerly flow of moisture fueling daily shower and thunderstorm chances into the weekend. Another weak front will approach from the north during the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 3pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Friday
A chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds.
Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 40%.
Friday
A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
A chance of showers before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 30%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 40%.
Friday
A chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday Night
A chance of showers before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A slight chance of showers between 8am and 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Widely scattered thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening..
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed Jun 29 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
East of the Windward Islands:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Two, located over the eastern Caribbean Sea to the north of Venezuela.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.
1. Northern Gulf of Mexico:
An area of low pressure centered over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. This system is forecast to move slowly westward or west- southwestward and approach the coast of Texas during the next day or two. Slow development of the low is possible, and it could become a short-lived tropical depression near the coast before it moves inland tonight or Thursday. Regardless of development, heavy rain will be possible along portions of the Texas coast later this week. For more information about the potential for heavy rain, please see products issued by your National Weather Service office.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent.
2. Central Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is producing disorganized showers and a few thunderstorms. This system is forecast to interact with another tropical wave over the next couple of days, and some gradual development is possible later this week. The overall system is forecast to be near the Windward islands by the weekend while it moves west-northwestward at about 15 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
No smoke fields will be crossing Macon County today, no map was produced.
Air quality is in theupper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range 1.4 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for June 29th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F in Highlands in 1936
Lowest Temperature 44°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1968
Greatest Rainfall 7.40 inches in Highlands in 1915
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of June
Data available from 1873 to 2018
Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
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
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Local and State News
• Science experiment explodes, leaving 12-year-old, his mother with 3rd-degree burns [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Raises for state employees, preparations for recession, in proposed state budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC Budget Table of Contents [Google Drive (PDF)]
• NC House Bill 103: 2022 Appropriations Act [Google Drive (PDF)]
• Joint Conference Committee Report on the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2022 [Google Drive (PDF)]
• House Bill 103 Information and Voting History [NC General Assembly Website]
COVID-19 Fireside Chat and Tele-town Hall | NCDHHS
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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, June 28 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 28th]
*Reportedly* one of the first victims of US-supplied Ukrainian M142 HIMARS MRLs, a Russian base in Donbas after being struck by HIMARS’s guided rockets.#Russia #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/3v8A7SsfVk
— BlueSauron👁️ (@Blue_Sauron) June 25, 2022
Funker530 is headed to Ukraine | Combat Footage Live Review
• NATO to unveil new strategy in response to 'direct threat' from Russia [DW News]
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (Day 98-107)
1/ Ukrainian TVD, Day 108-123. Mid-June has seen the Russian Armed Forces maintain their operational momentum and make important gains in the Donbas while the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to press their counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast. #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar pic.twitter.com/5MnyYOaUbz
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) June 28, 2022
• Ukraine war: Kremenchuk shopping centre attack claims fact-checked [BBC News]
• Dozens missing after Russian missile strike on mall kills 18 [Reuters]
• Turkey ready to back Sweden, Finland NATO bids [DW News]
• Bulgaria announces mass expulsion of 70 Russian diplomatic staff [Al Jazeera]
• The government of Lithuania confirmed it had been hit by an intense cyberattack [Security Affairs]
• U.S. Bans Russian Gold Imports, Blacklists State-Owned Rostec [Wall Street Journal]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• UN Security Council debates Ukraine crisis [Russia Today]
• USA unveils plan for post-Putin Russia to collapse into smaller states [Pravda ]
• Russia’s operation in Ukraine to last until its goals are achieved — Russian diplomat [TASS Russian News Agency]
The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer
Chechen troops liberate Donbass civilians in Severodonetsk | Itapirkanmaa2
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
• Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years over sex trafficking [BBC News]
• Trump lunged at Secret Service agent in rage when told he couldn’t go to Capitol on Jan. 6, aide testifies [CNBC]
January 6th Committee Sixth Public Hearing | C-SPAN
• How the Jan. 6 panel’s star witness drew a roadmap for Trump’s culpability [Politico]
• Trump was alerted that Cabinet considered using 25th Amendment, aide testifies [Yahoo! News]
Washington Today (6-28-22): Fmr WH aide says Trump on Jan 6 threats: "they are not here to hurt me" | C-SPAN
• CDC activates Emergency Operations Center for monkeypox [CNN]
• WHO declines to label monkeypox a global emergency [Science.org]
• Texas official: Death count in San Antonio migrant tragedy climbs to 50 [ABC News]
• Supreme Court halts redraw of Louisiana congressional map [Wall Street Journal]
Global National: June 28, 2022 | Inside the Ukrainian mall decimated by Russian missiles
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 28th, 2022
--> PBS NewsHour Full Episode June 28th, 2022
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
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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:
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 6:30pm CEST, 28 June 2022, there have been 542,188,789 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,329,275 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 27 June 2022, a total of 11,981,689,168 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:30pm CEST, 28 June 2022, there have been 85,997,455 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,006,143 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 24 June 2022, a total of 585,796,438 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Top NY Doctor: New COVID Wave Is Starting, With the ‘Worst Version' of Omicron [WNBC-TV (New York City, New York)]
COVID-19 Fireside Chat & Tele-town Hall | NCDHHS
• What Omicron’s BA.4 and BA.5 variants mean for the pandemic [Nature]
• FDA panel recommends changing Covid shots to fight omicron this fall [CNBC]
• Innovative lung-imaging technique shows cause of long-COVID symptoms[Western University News]
• All-Cause Maternal Mortality in the US Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic [JAMA Network]
• A global lipid map reveals host dependency factors conserved across SARS-CoV-2 variants [Nature]
• TWiV 912: COVID-19 clinical update #120 with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 913: Twinkle twinkle little SARS [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Science alone can’t stop the next pandemic. Ignoring politics has terrible consequences [Grid]
• The government of Lithuania confirmed it had been hit by an intense cyberattack [Security Affairs]
• Rocket Lab Launches NASA’s CAPSTONE Mission to the Moon [Universe Today]
• Venus Aerospace unveils its new dart-like Mach 9 hypersonic plane design [Space.com]
• A wide range of routers are under attack by new, unusually sophisticated malware [ARS TECHNICA]
• Is Verticalization the Future of Search? [Call Me Fred]
• Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1906 [TWIT-TV]
• FCC commissioner calls for Apple & Google to ban TikTok [Apple Insider]
• AMD targeted by RansomHouse, cybercrims claim to have '450Gb' in stolen data [The Register]
• 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
Level1 News June 28 2022: Hot Tub Crime Machine
How To Avoid Data Collection - DTNS 4305 | Daily Tech News Show
Tycho Brahe was toto bonkers | ParallaxNick
Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts and Loneliness | Lex Fridman Podcast #298
Git Happens | LINUX Unplugged 464
🔴 Why Megalodon topped every food chain | [OFFICE HOURS] Podcast 094
Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1906
The Last Human – A Glimpse Into The Far Future | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Russian Pilots are Flying into the Ground in Ukraine (and Other Reports from the War in Ukraine) | Ward Carroll
People run and take cover as debris rains down on park as strikes hit Kremenchuk shopping mall
Will the G7 be able to bankrupt Russia? | DW News
Ukraine War Report | The Situation Room | Evening Report (June, 28th, 2022)
NATO chief Stoltenberg says Russia ‘using energy as a weapon’ ahead of alliance summit | France 24
Dozens missing, death toll climbs after Ukraine shopping centre attack | Al Jazeera
Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
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On This Day
June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 185 days remain until the end of the year.
In common years it is always in ISO week 26.
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)
226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.
512 A solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.
1072 - Former Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes blinded by rivals and exiled
1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war.
1444 – Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
1457 - The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire
1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
1613 – The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground during a performance of "Henry VIII".
• [The Globe theatre fire of 1613: when Shakespeare’s playhouse burned down]
• [Wikipedia: Globe Theater/a>]
• [HistoryPod Video]
1644 – Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
1659 – At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
1786 – Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
1807 – Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
1850 – Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
1864 – At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
1874 – Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
1880 – France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
1881 – In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
1888 – George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
1889 – Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
1915 – The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
1916 – British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
1922 – France grants 1 km2 at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
1927 – The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii. 1931 - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno (We do not need fascism and Mussolini)
• [Wikipedia: Non abbiamo bisogno]
• [Vatican Website: English Translation]
• [Book Talk: The Pope and Mussolini]
1945 – The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.
1950 – Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
1956 – The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
• [Highway Hearing 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act] (Propaganda Film by Dow Chemical)
• [National Interstate Defense and Highways Act of 1956] (another film praising the Act)
• [How The Interstate Connected And Divided America - The Lightbulb Moment]
• [Divided Highways - PBS - 1997]
• [Wikipedia: ederal Aid Highway Act of 1956]
• [Wikipedia: Interstate Highway System]
1972 – The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
• [Wikipedia: Furman v. Georgia - Wikipedia]
• [JUSTIA: Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972)]
• [Furman v. Georgia Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained ]
1974 – Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.
1974 – Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
1975 – Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
1976 – The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
1976 – The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
1987 – Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.
1995 – Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
1995 – The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
2002 – Naval clashes (Second Battle of Yeongpyeong) between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
• [AP Video]
• [Wikipedia: Northern Limit Line]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Yeongpyeong (2002)]
• [15th anniversary ceremony of Second Battle of Yeonpyeong]
• [Northern Limit Line] (Korean w English subtitle dramatization)
• [VIKI: Northern Limit Line] (dramatization of events on Korean Movie Site 99 cents to watch)
2002 - US Vice President Dick Cheney, serves as Acting President for two and a half hours, while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy procedure.
2006 – Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
• [Wikipedia: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld]
• [Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006)]
• [Hamdan v. Rumsfeld Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained]
2007 – Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
• [Steve Jobs debuts the iPhone]
• [Steve Jobs iPhone 2007 Presentation (HD)]
• [iPhone New York Launch]
• [The Struggle of the Original iPhone - The Untold Story]
2012 – A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
• [Wikipedia: June 2012 North American derecho]
• [NWS Charleston WV: Derecho Event of June 29th, 2012]
• [WRC-TV Coverage ] (Part 6 of 16--videos will play in order)
• [Derecho Storm in Charleston, WV on June 29th, 2012]
• [June 2012 North American Derecho - GoPro chest-mount PoV]
2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
• [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]
• [Profile: Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)]
• [The Evolution of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant]
• [Vice News: Bulldozing the Border Between Iraq and Syria: The Islamic State]
2020 - US Supreme Court rules 5-4 that abortion restrictions in Louisiana unconstitutional, striking down a 2014 state law
2020 - Golden State Killer and former police officer Joseph DeAngelo Jr pleads guilty to 12 murders and dozens of rapes
• [‘Golden State Killer’ Joseph DeAngelo to Hear Victim Impact Statements]
• [Golden State killer faces victim impact statements in court]
• [Unmasking the Golden State Killer: dark investigation into Joseph DeAngelo | 60 Minutes Australia]
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Published at 5:15am on Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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