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GENERAL OUTLOOK
An unsettled pattern returns to our area today, with multiple days of showers and thunderstorms possible through the coming week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A chance of rain before 1pm, then showers likely between 1pm and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers be. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfalll amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Rain before 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfalll amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers before 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Breezy. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Rain before 2pm, then showers likely between 2pm and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 11pm. Patchy fog before midnight, then patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfalll amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers between 10am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Nantahala Area
Today
A chance of rain before noon, then showers likely between noon and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers be. Patchy fog after 9pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the souitheast 3 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfalll amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers between 11am and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 20%.
Wednesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather The Sun Works Up Some Big Flares and Fast Wind | Space Weather News: 31 March 2023
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
A map of the forecast smoke fields for Macon County is posted above.
PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range ( out of 12) today with Maple, Oak, and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (6.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for April 4th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 90°F in Highlands in 1946
Lowest Temperature 16°F in Highlands in 1936
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1979
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 0.8 inches in Highlands in 1901
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of April Data available from 1872
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 (also a state record)
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987
Record Weather Events for April 3rd in North Carolina
rdrd Highest Temperature 94°F in Lumberton, Robeson County in 1946
Lowest Temperature 6°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2021
Greatest Rainfall 2.72 inches in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1901
Greatest Snowfall 16.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2005
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of April Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 102°F in Carthage, Moore County on 04-29-1981
Lowest Temperature 1°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-08-2007
Greatest Rainfall 7.30 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 04-16-2011
Greatest Snowfall 19.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-11-2003
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
SUNDAY, APRIL 30th
Youth Mental Health-Help Rally From 2pm to 4pm at the Town Gazebo LINK: https://fb.me/e/RrdJAWHS
Come join us on our first Youth Mental Health and Bullying Rally to raise more awareness about this urgent need for us children. This inaugural event is the first youth led event for Youth Mental Health as far a we know in Franklin NC.
Our event will close with our March from Macon County Court House to Franklin Town Hall.
Local speakers include NC State Senator Kevin Corbin, Franklin Chief of Police Holland, and others
Youth provider organizations will be on site to share resources and education
For more information send email to whyuskids0@gmail.com
SATURDAY, MAY 6th
Friends of the Greenway Spring Arts and Crafts Event (FROG FAIR) From 10am to 4pm
Friends of the Greenway announce their Spring arts and crafts event. FROG FAIR will be held May 6, 2023 from 10-4 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge in Franklin. Vendor spaces are available (only registration fee goes to FROG)--check our website (littletennessee.org) for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Volunteers needed too. Make sure to mark your calendar--arts and crafts, food, and music will make it a special day. For more information, email frog28734@gmail.com.
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• Fallen Powerline Sparks 50-plus acre "Piney Grove Fire" off Sanderstown Road on Saturday
The initial dispatch to this fire was at 4.58pm that called Franklin VFD to the scene and the NC Forest Service was called two minutes later. Several fire departmentswere eventually called upon to assist with apparautus and manpower, including West Swain VFD from Swain County and Savannah VFD from Jackson County, alonmg with personnel and equipment from the NC Forest Service and US FOrest Service. A dozer from the US Forest was instrumental in putting a line around the fire to stop it from spreading to nearby homes. Local VFDs assisted with putting in handlines and providing structure protection at several nearby residences.
It is expected that today will include extending fire lines, mop up and removing trees and vegetation near the fiore lines that could foster rekindles and the spreading of the fire past the fire lines. Below is the Facebook thread that covered the event from inception to 8.40pm. Some Readers also posted photos of the fire as seen from their homes. [Link to Facebook Post]
• Easter break is (or will be) in effect for students in Macon County this coming week.
• Rep. Edwards hires recent college graduate as district representative [BPR]
• Biltmore employee killed after tree falls during strong winds [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Leverage and 7 other things Republicans want from NC's annual spending plan [xxx]
• EPA has done enough to satisfy NC environmental groups’ PFAS petition, judge rules [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Fallen trees and high winds force road closures in Great Smoky Mountains National Park [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• How they voted: North Carolina congressional votes for the week ending March 30 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2023 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
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Special Section: Former President Donald Trump Indicted for Fraud
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(This is a special section to allow readers to read/view news coverage of indictment of the former President from sources not necessarily in their particular echo chamber)
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National and World News Roundup
Video Filmed Before, During, and After an EF3 Tornado in Little Rock
New video - Inside the EF3 tornado next to the fire station at Breckenridge and N. Shackleford in west Little Rock. Mike Bennett and his friend were outside and ran for safety. pic.twitter.com/marQHhrwYg
— Todd Yakoubian (@KATVToddYak) April 2, 2023
Trump prepares to travel to NYC for arraignment with plans to return to Florida on Tuesday | NBC News
• Saudi-Led Oil Producers to Lower Output Further [Wall Street Journal]
• Oil prices surge after surprise move to cut output [BBC News]
• McDonald’s reportedly temporarily shuts its U.S. offices and prepares layoff notices [CNBC]
• It keeps getting worse: Florida property insurance rates set to jump up to 60% [WFTV- (Orlando, FL)]
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Trapped in paradise: how we got the homeless situation (part 1) | Kirsten Dirksen
Washington Today (3-31-23): Mike Pence and Bill Barr criticize grand jury's indictment of Donald Trump | C-SPAN RADIO
Global National: April 1, 2023 | Deadly US tornadoes leave trail of destruction across midwest
Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 01
PBS NewsHour full episode, (April 01, 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:
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 9:19am CEST, 29 March 2023, there have been 102,697,566 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,117,054 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 10 March 2023, a total of 664,718,300 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 9:19am CEST, 29 March 2023, there have been 761,402,282 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,887,000 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 28 March 2023, a total of 13,331,975,343 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Millions will start losing Medicaid coverage as Covid safety net is dismantled [ CNBC ]
• The COVID-19 Pandemic Understanding COVID-Vaccine Skeptics [ Emergency Medicine News ]
• Emergence and antibody evasion of BQ, BA.2.75 and SARS-CoV-2 recombinant sub-lineages in the face of maturing antibody breadth at the population level [ The Lancet: eBioMedcine ]
TWiV 996: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• TWiV 995: Viral origin stories [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 996: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Google Drive does a surprise rollout of file limits, locking out some users [ARS TECHNICA]
• Musk Appears To Revoke N.Y. Times’ Blue Checkmark For Refusing To Buy Paid Twitter Subscription [Forbes]
• Moths are more efficient pollinators than bees, shows new research [UNiversity of Sussex]
• Impact of vitamin D3 supplementation on COVID-19 vaccine response and immunoglobulin G antibodies in deficient women: A randomized controlled trial [Science Direct]
• ‘I’ve never seen anything like this:’ One of China’s most popular apps has the ability to spy on its users, say experts [SCNN]
• For the first time, renewable energy generation beat out coal in the US [Popular Science]
• Z-Library returns, aims to avoid seizures by giving each user a secret URL [ARS TECHNICA]
Evergreen Links
• Red Dead Online player bids farewell to Google Stadia save by releasing horse they named after their departed daughter [Games Radar]
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 69 - Twilight of the Æsir
Hardcore History: AddendumEP24 Manifesting the Muse with Rick | Dan Carlin
• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
How Do We Know What We Know? Philosophy of Science | Fraser Cain
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
It's a Trap! - LINUX Unplugged 504 | Jupiter Broadcasting
The Level1 Show March 31 2023: The Cake Is A Messily-Constructed Lie | Level1 Techs
E3?, No, E0 - DTNS 4489 | Daily Tech News
A Brief History of Semiconductor Packaging | Asianometry
The Overwhelming Defeat Of The Ottoman Empire At Zenta - More Than Just Enemies | Timeline
Fusion Reactor To Melt Through Europa's Ice [NIAC 2023] | Fraser Cain
Understanding Combined Arms Warfare | Army University Press
Searching for Alien Fossils on Earth | John Michael Godier
Antikythera Mechanism V2: A Modernized Reproduction | Spencer Connor
SpaceX Begins Configuring Starship For Orbital Test Flight 1! - Starbase Weekly Update #56 | LabPadre
Somehow, Black Hole Jet Flipped 90 Degrees, Now Points at Earth | Anton Petrov
Superconductor Smackdown: Breakthrough or ‘Probable Fraud’? | Dr Brian Keating
30 Windows Commands you CAN’T live without | Network Chuck
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 02 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for April 2nd]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 404 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 403: Moscow-linked Kyiv monastery Metropolitan charged with inciting religious hatred, denying Russian aggression [Euromaiden Press]
• Influential Russian Military Blogger Is Killed in St. Petersburg Bombing [New York Times]
• Evan Gershkovich’s Arrest Marks a New Era of Hostage Diplomacy [ WSJ (video and audio)] [ WSJ (article archive)]
• Russia to put nukes in Belarus near NATO borders, envoy says [Al Jazeera]
• Russian aggression kills 262 Ukrainian athletes [TVP World]
• Ukrainian court places Orthodox cleric under house arrest [DW News]
• Ukrainian official offers plan for a Crimea without Russia [AP News]
• A Leaked IT contractor files detail Kremlin's stockpile of cyber-weapons [The Register]
• ‘Vulkan files’ leak reveals Putin’s global and domestic cyberwarfare tactics [The Guardian]
The Ukraine Air War - The Russian campaign and does Ukraine need Western jets? | Perun
Putin Needs Bakhmut and Avdiivka - Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Kings and Generals
Pro-Putin Russian propagandist blown up in cafe blast after being handed gift ‘hiding TNT bomb’ | The Sun
Russia: One person killed and 16 injured in a cafe attack | Al Jazeera
Ukraine War: Bellingcat's Christo Grozev looks at who could've killed Russian blogger | Sky News
Russia preparing the Deployment of Nuclear Weapons in Belarus - Alan Flowers | TVP World
🔴 (NSFW) - The Most Complete Ukraine Battle on Video | Funker530 LIVE Recap [LINK TO YOUTUBE]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
Douglas Macgregor: No More Defense Lines to Stop The Russians | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Wagner chief declares Bakhmut ‘formally captured’ [Russia Today]
• Blast that killed Russian war blogger: What we know so far [Russia Today]
• Ukrainian soldiers not fleeing Bakhmut - PMC Wagner founder [Pravda]
• Russia’s flag hoisted over Artyomovsk, city technically captured — Wagner PMC founder [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 272 days remain until the end of the year.
In common years, it is the first day of the second quarter of the year. The exact moment the second quarter begins occurs at 6 a.m. on this day. In countries that use summer time the actual exact time of the start of the second quarter in a common year is at 7:00 a.m. for locations in the northern hemisphere, or 5:00 a.m. for locations in the southern hemisphere.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
419 - Etalius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
801 – King Louis the Pious captures Barcelona from the Moors after a siege of several months.
1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
1077 – The first Parliament of Friuli is created.
1312 - 2nd council of Vienna, Knights Templars suppressed
1367 - Battle of Navarrete [Nájera], La Rioja, Castile: alliance of King Peter of Castile and the English defeats Count Henry of Castile
1559 РThe Peace of Cateau-Cambr̩sis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
1645 - English Long Parliament passes the Self-Denying Ordinance, limiting regional armies, significant step toward New Model Army
1657 - English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell refuses crown
1721 - Robert Walpole becomes Britain's 1st Lord of the Treasury
1764 - Austrian Archduke Jozef crowned himself Holy Roman Emperor Josef II
1783 - Sweden and US sign a treaty of Amity and Commerce
1834 - The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.
1856 - Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes badly damaged by gunpowder explosion, kills 4,000 on island of Rhodes
1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
1865 – American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
1882 – American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
1885 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
1888 – The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
1895 – The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
1917 - Vladimir Lenin arrives in Petrograd from Switzerland
1922 – Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1933 – First flight over Mount Everest, by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
1936 – Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
1942 – World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
1946 – Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
1948 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
1948 – In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju uprising.
1955 – The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
1956 – Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. He was assassinated the next day.
1969 – Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
1973 – Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
1974 – The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
1975 – Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
1980 – US Congress restores a federal trust relationship with the 501 members of the Shvwits, Kanosh, Koosharem, and the Indian Peaks and Cedar City bands of the Paiute people of Utah.
1981 – The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
1989 – The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield.
1996 – Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
1997 – The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
2000 – United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
2004 – Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
2007 – Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
2008 – ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
2008 – Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
2009 – Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
2010 – Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
2013 – More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2016 – The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.
2017 – A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
2018 – YouTube headquarters shooting.
2020 - US aircraft carrier captain Brett Crozier cheered off his ship after being fired for a letter demanding more help for his sailors infected with COVID-19
2020 - London's Nightingale hospital opened by Prince Charles (remotely) after nine days with 4,000 beds to treat COVID-19 patients at the ExCeL Centre
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, April 03, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla'-->
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Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla'-->
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