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Saturday, October 25, 2025
South Macon Elementary
855 Addington Bridge Road
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Cooler temperatures develop tonight behind a reinforcing cold front. Clouds and temperatures both increase on Saturday before a stronger cold front arrives Sunday, producing some rain and possibly some thunder. Dry and cool conditions return next week, and linger through the end of the period.
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GENERAL FORECAST
(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)
..TODAY....Patchy fog this morning. Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
...TONIGHT....Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
...SATURDAY....Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
...SATURDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
...SUNDAY....Showers likely. Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
...S.SUNDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper 30s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
• Macon County Board of Commissioners: October 2025 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• NC Court of Appeals rules General Assembly cannot take majority control of executive boards [NC Newsline]
• Details revealed on plane crash that killed songwriter Brett James and family [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC lawmakers unveil proposed congressional map in effort to maintain GOP control [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC Republicans draw Don Davis out of his district in attempt to take 11th seat [Raleigh News and Observer]
• What's the Old Farmer's Almanac 2025 Thanksgiving weather prediction for North Carolina? [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
What does the China spy row involve? | Sky News
What Jared Kushner’s Middle East diplomacy means for Gaza | The Take | Al Jazeera
• Trump confirms he authorised CIA action inside Venezuela [BBC News]
• EU to unveil drone defense plan to counter Russian threat [DW News]
• Top French court upholds ban threatening Marine Le Pen’s 2027 candidacy [France 24]
Russo-UKraine War
Majority of NATO countries commit to purchasing U.S. weapons for Ukraine | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1330: Russia’s Central Asian energy empire continues its collapse [Euromaidan Press]
• US war secretary threatens Russia [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Trump says Modi promised to stop buying oil from Russia [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 15, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
President Trump Hosts a Ballroom Dinner | The White House
Trump calls for prosecution of rivals, flanked by DOJ and FBI chiefs | NBC News
• Pentagon Journalists Exit Workspace as New Rules Begin [NewsMax]
• Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules [WTOP-FM (Washington, DC)]
• Faulty engineering led to implosion of Titan submersible headed to Titanic wreckage, NTSB finds [WRC-TV (Washington, DC)]
• Meta Removes Facebook Group That Shared Information on ICE Agents [New York Times]
• Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs [Gizmodo]
• ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat [Politico]
• Who are the Young Republicans in explosive group chat? [The Hill]
• Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules [AP News]
• 'Slap in the face': Dems hammered for declaring state of emergency over ICE enforcement [Fox News]
• Major Media Outlets Rebuff New Pentagon Press Policy [Wall Street Journal]
Fed Chair Powell delivers remarks at the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) | Yahoo Finance
• Trump tariffs live updates: Trump confirms US-China trade war as Bessent leaves door open to tariff pause extention [Yahoo Finance]
• Tariffs are pushing prices higher and consumers are feeling the hit, Fed’s Beige Book shows [CNBC]
xxx | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (10-15-25): Judge blocks gov't shutdown RIFs; OMB Dir says at least 10K to be fired | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 14, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Oct. 15, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Science and Technology News
Why Our Immune System Doesn't Just Kill Us - 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine | Anton Petrov
• A vaccine central in A(H5) influenza antigenic space confers broad immunity [Nature]
• NordVPN Makes Linux App GUI Open Source, Reverses Meshnet Shutdown Decision [FOSS NEWS]
• SpaceX launches 21 communications satellites for the US military [Space.com]
• Where Are the Aliens? New Study Suggests They’re Stuck Like Us [Gizmodo]
• US demand grows for Chinese cars despite privacy and security fears [Ars Technica]
• North Korean Hackers Target Crypto Devs Through Open-Source Software Hub [Decrypt]
• Bitcoin Coinbase Premium keeps BTC above $110K: Will this level hold? [Coin Telegraph]
NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) and ASN (Aviation Safety Network) Accident Investigation Pages
• Cirrus SR22T Crash [09/18/2025 - Franklin, NC]
• Midair Collision PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 Airplane and Sikorsky H-60 Military Helicopter [1/29/2025 - Arlington, VA]
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Published at 6.00am on Thurssday, October 16, 2025
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