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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Hot and humid conditions with numerous afternoon and evening thunderstorms will continue over the region through Saturday as a cold front approaches the region. The cold front will pass south of the forecast area Sunday, ushering in cooler air for Sunday and Monday. Temperatures rebound to near normal by mid-week as shower and thunderstorm chances increase ahead of another cold front.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Light winds out of the northwest. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 9am. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph after midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms. Highs near 80. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the north 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Sunday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 70. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday Night Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Light nwinds out of the north. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 8am. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 86. Light west northwest winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 70. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms. Highs near 80. Light winds out of the west. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 9am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening, and then again on Saturday. These storms would once again be capable of producing dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning, isolated strong-to-damaging winds, and heavy rainfall.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Jul 8 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
New Data Continues to Signal a Very Busy Season - July 7, 2022 | hurricanetrack
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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 upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range 2.4 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (1.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 8th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1977
Lowest Temperature 44°F in Highlands in 1913
Greatest Rainfall 4.50 inches in Highlands in 1916
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 July
Data available from 1873 to 2022
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on 07-29-1952
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Highlands on 07-27-1911
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on 07-29-1879
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
• Cooper OK's bills for loosened alcohol laws, free rape kits and added domestic abuse protections [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Monkeypox vaccine grew out of bioterrorism investment from company with NC ties [Raleigh, News and Observer]
• VIDEO: Plane dodges traffic, makes emergency landing on Swain County highway [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Jackson County becomes latest school in NC to increase cost of meals for students for upcoming year [The Southern Scoop]
• Coward steps down from AWAKE post [The Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
State Budget Details
• 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]
• Raises for state employees, preparations for recession, in proposed state budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
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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, July 07 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 7th]
🔴 LIVE - Funker530 in Poland | Combat Footage Live Review
• Putin to Ukraine: Russia has barely started its action [APo! News]
• Video Investigation: Russia Is Using a Secret Network to Steal Ukraine Grain [Wall Street Journal]
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: Why Russia wants to take last three major cities in Donbas region [DW News]
• Will Belarus join Moscow's Ukraine offensive? [France 24]
• West wants to defeat Russia on battlefield? ‘Let them try’: Putin [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine round-up: Putin dares West as Zelensky pays tribute to Johnson [BBC News]
• Video Investigation: Russia Is Using a Secret Network to Steal Ukraine Grain [Wall Street Journal]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Ukraine saddened by Boris Johnson’s downfall, Zelensky claims [Russia Today]
• Ukrainian forces ready to escape from Slavyansk and Kramatorsk towards Dnieper [Pravda ]
• Russia unneeded by West which encouraged separatism, terrorism — Putin [TASS Russian News Agency]
The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
• Britain’s Boris Johnson resigning as PM amid scandal [AP News]
In full: Boris Johnson resigns as prime minister | Sky News
• Uvalde officer saw gunman before he entered school and asked for permission to shoot him: Report [KABC-TV (Los Angeles, CA)]
• Georgia officials must testify in Trump investigation, judge rules [Axios]
• Georgia prosecutor calls explosion at 'America's Stonehenge' an act of domestic terrorism [NBC News]
Is the US economy heading down, and taking the world with it? | The Bottom Line
• Derek Chauvin sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for violating George Floyd's civil rights [CBS NewsE]
• Brittney Griner pleads guilty to Russian drugs charge [BBC News]
• Texas governor authorizes state forces to return migrants to border [PBS Newshour]
Washington Today (7-7-22): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns | C-SPAN
07/07/22: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre | The White House
Global National: July 7, 2022 | Boris Johnson bows to pressure, resigns as Britain's PM
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 7th, 2022
--> PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 7th, 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 5:03pm CEST, 7 July 2022, there have been 550,218,992 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,343,783 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 3 July 2022, a total of 12,037,259,035 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:03pm CEST, 7 July 2022, there have been 87,020,037 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,009,269 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 24 June 2022, a total of 585,796,438 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Army Cuts Off More Than 60K Unvaccinated Guard and Reserve Soldiers from Pay and Benefits [Military.com]
• Long COVID in K18-hACE2 mice causes persistent brain inflammation and cognitive impairment [Research Square (PDF)]
• Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children and Long COVID: The SARS-CoV-2 Viral Superantigen Hypothesis [Frontiers in Immunology]
• The Incidence of Myocarditis and Pericarditis in Post COVID-19 Unvaccinated Patients-A Large Population-Based Study [MDPI]
• BA.5, now dominant U.S. variant, may pose the biggest threat to immune protection yet [NBC News]
Q and A with A and V Livestream 7/6/22 8:00 PM
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signs bill that bans close recording of law enforcement [KSAZ-TV (Phoenix, AZ)]
• SpaceX's Starlink launches $5,000-per-month satellite internet for yachts [Business Insider]
• Twitter says it suspends 1m spam users a day as Elon Musk row deepens [UK Guardian]
• Automakers Are Starting to Drop AM Radio in New Cars. Here’s Why [The Drive]
• Former Theranos COO is guilty of federal fraud [CNN]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
Level1 News July 8 2022: Star Wars: The Rise of the Maintenance Budget
Chip Prices Fall Where They May - DTNS 4311 | Daily Tech News Show
What's Hidden Under the Ice of Greenland? | Real Life Lore
Launch of Starlink Group 4-21 | SpaceX
SpaceX Is Launching Starship To Orbit In July 2022! | The Space Race
Ship 24 Prepared for Static Fire Testing | SpaceX Boca Chica
Google Search Trends for July 2022 | Google for Creators
Linux Action News 248 | Jupiter Broadcasting
Google is 25 Years Young | TWIT-TV
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> The Kremlin's 'despicable' plan to squeeze Europe's energy supplies | Conflict Zone
G20 foreign ministers meeting in Bali set to focus on Ukraine war
FRANCE 24 reports: Ukrainian cities of Kamatorsk and Sloviansk under heavy fire | FRANCE 24 English
Russia's T-72 Tank Has a Crucial Vulnerability, Complicating Moscow’s Ukraine War | WSJ
Vladimir Putin announces Russian forces will pause some of their operations | ABC News
Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
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On This Day
July 8th is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 176 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)
939 - The Major Occultation, or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi
• [Wikipedia: Major Occultation]
• [VIDEO Lecture: The Major Occultation]
• [LINKTEXT]
1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
• [Siege of Jerusalem (First Crusade)]
• [First Crusade]
• [Siege of Jerusalem, 1099: What REALLY Happened...]
• [The First Crusade: Siege of Jerusalem 1099 AD]
1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta. (War of the Sicilian Vespers: Battle of Malta)
• [Battle of Malta]
• [War of the Sicilian Vespers]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Roger of Lauria]
1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Vasco da Gama]
1579 – Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
• [Wikipedia: Our Lady of Kazan]
1663 – Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.
1709 – Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Poltava]
• [Poltava – The Great Northern War – Sabaton History 057 [Official]]
• [Wikipedia: Great Northern War]
1716 – The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Dynekilen]
1730 – An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of Chile's coastline.
1758 – French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
1760 – British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
• [Battle of Restigouche]
• [THE HISTORY BUFF Battle of Restigouche]
1775 – The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
• [Wikipedia: Second Continental Congress]
• [Wikipedia: Olive Branch Petition]
• [Loyalist vs Partiot Olive Branch Petition]
• [Dramatization from HBO's John Adams Mioniseries]
• [History Brief: The Second Continental Congress and the Olive Branch Petition]
1776 – Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
• [United States Declaration of Independence]
• [Re-enactment of the First Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence, July 8, 2012] (Independence National Historical Park)
1808 – Promulgation of the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter Joseph Bonaparte intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
• [Bayonne Statute]
• [Wikipedia: Peninsular War]
• [Feature History - Peninsular War]
1822 – Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
1853 – The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
• [Perry Expedition]
1859 – King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
1864 – Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
• [Ikedaya incident]
• [Shinsengumi Ikedaya Incident - Sherlock Investigates Japan]
1874 – The Mounties begin their March West.
• [Wikipedia: March West]
• [North-West Mounted Police: The Great March - Documentary Feature]
• [Cypress Hills Massacre]
1876 – The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
• [Wikipedia: Hamburg massacre]
• [Today's Toast - July 8 - Hamburg Massacre Victims]
1879 – Sailing ship USS Jeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
• [Wikipedia: USS Jeannette (1878)]
• [Wikipedia: Jeannette expedition]
• [Jeanette: The Mother of Modern Arctic Exploration]
1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
1892 – St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
• [The St. John's Fire of 1892]
1898 – The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• [Wikipedia: Shootout on Juneau Wharf]
• [Soapy Smith: A Very Bad Man]
• [Soapy Smith: Gold Rush Goodfella]
• [Skagway Stories: Who was Frank H. Reid?]
1912 – Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
1932 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
1933 – The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.
1937 – Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
• [Treaty of Saadabad]
1947 – Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
• [Wikipedia: Roswell incident]
• [Roswell Incident: Department of Defense Interviews - Robert Shirkey / Walter Haut]
• [Unlocking & Debunking The Roswell UFO Mystery | Studio 10]
• [Roswell - Alien Wonderland]
• [Ask an Expert: The Roswell Incident]
• [Roswell, JFK: Why some people want to believe in conspiracy theories]
1948 – The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
1960 – Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Francis Gary Powers]
• [1960 U-2 incident]
• [Gary Powers' U-2 is Shot Down Over the Soviet Union - Animated]
1962 – Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
1966 – King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
1968 – The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
1970 – Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
• [Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975]
• [Nixon and the American Indian: The Movement to Self-Determination]
1972 – Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.
1979 - Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)
1980 – The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.
1980 – Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashes near Almaty International Airport in the then Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board.
1982 – A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months.
• [Wikipedia: Dujail Massacre]
• [Dujail Revisited]
• [Trial resumes, Saddam complaints, witnesses, Dujail video] (AP Video)
1988 – The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
1994 – Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
2003 – Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.
2011 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
• [Shuttle launch: Last launch of Atlantis on CNN]
• [PBS Livestream: Final Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis]
• [Wikipedia: STS-135]
2012 - Tens of thousands protest over election corruption in Mexico City after Enrique Peña Nieto's win in the country's presidential election.
• [Wikipedia: Protests]
• [University Students Protest and Kick Out Mexican Presidential Candidate from Campus]
2014 – Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.
2019 – US financier Jeffrey Epstein indicted on further charges of sex trafficking of minors
• [Wikipedia Bio: Jeffrey Epstein]
• [Secret indictment against Jeffrey Epstein unveiled]
• [Epstein indicted on sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy]
2020 – Australian city of Melbourne goes back into lockdown for six weeks after second outbreak of 700 active cases
2020 – Americans and Polynesians made contact around 1200 A.D. according to new genomic study in "Nature", people from eastern Polynesia had DNA from indigenous Colombia
• [Native South Americans were early inhabitants of Polynesia]
• [New Genetic Evidence Of Polynesian and American Contact]
• [Native South Americans reached Polynesia early] (PDF)
2020 – US government issues directive that more than 1 million international students will be stripped of their visas if their courses entirely online
2021 - Belarusian authorities block the website of Nasha Niva and detains two of the newspaper's journalists. The journalists' apartments are also searched by authorities. A spokesman for the website said that it is the latest crackdown on democracy activists and independent journalism in the country, conducted in the "worst way of the Soviet era".
• [Belarus government blocks media outlet, detains reporters | AP News]
• [In Belarus, 33 journalists remain imprisoned. This is who they are and why they were detained.]
• [RSF unveils portraits of journalists detained in Belarus]
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Published at 4:00am on Friday, July 08, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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