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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A weak low pressure system will lift northward out of the Deep South into the Carolinas throughout today bringing showers and thunderstorms to the region. Dry conditions return briefly on Saturday before a cold front tracks across the region on Sunday bringing another round of showers and thunderstorms. Dry high pressure returns for much of next week. For those interested, a website called "Apollo in Real Time" is running a real-time presentation of Apollo 13 featuring radio transmissions, photos and videos as they were recorded/transmitted. You can listen in by clicking the blue "NOW" button at [xxx]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 3am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the southwest.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Sunday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Patchy fog beffore noon. Highs near 60. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 3am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows around 52. Winds out of the west around 5 mph.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Highs near 65. Chance of rain is 80%.
Sunday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 3am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the west.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Sunday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mower 40s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 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
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 2am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph.
Sunday
A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Highs near 70. Chance of rain is 80%.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Scattered thunderstorms are likely on Friday as a moist airmass lifts over the area. Some of these storms could become strong to severe and produce damaging straight line winds, cloud to ground lightning, and large hail. Possible heavy downpours from these storms could lead to localized flooding.
Strong to severe storms are possible Sunday afternoon and evening as a cold front tracks across the forecast area. The main potential impacts are cloud to ground lighting, damaging wind gusts, and large hail.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather Real-World Impacts from the G4 Storm and Big Flares for Easter | Solar Storm Forecast 09 April 2023
Back to Top Hurricane Season 2023: What to Watch For As We Keep Tabs on El Nino | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.8 out of 12) today with Oak, Sweetgum, and Poplar being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for April 14th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 84°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1972
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Highlands in 1920 (also a strate record for this date)
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1980
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands in 1913 (also a strate record for this date)
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 14th in North Carolina
rdrd Highest Temperature 98°F in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1922
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Highlands, Macon County in 1920
Greatest Rainfall 4.56 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1980
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands, Macon County in 1913
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
• Erlanger expands Andrews clinic hours as local doctor faces criminal charges [BPR]
• State lawmakers propose more rules, oversight for HOAs [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Cotham came back in 2023 to a different Democratic caucus. How it led to her leaving [Raleigh News and Observer]
• EMS worker's death by suicide puts focus on mental health awareness for first responders [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• ‘For the people, by the people’: Cherokee to vote on proposed constitution [Smoky Mountain News]
Macon Media is still experiencing transportation issues and was unable to get to the courthouse to cover this months meeting. Here is the county-sponsored video of the meeting: Macon County Commissioners Meeting 3-14-23
• HB259 NC House Bill Budget Substitute [PDF Download (640 pages)]
Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2023 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
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National and World News Roundup
• Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, 21, arrested in US intel leaks [New York Post]
• Predictions about the decline of Christianity in America may be premature [CNN]
• New ethics report on Thomas says justice failed to disclose property sale to GOP megadonor [Courthouse News Service]
• The lessons from America’s astonishing economic record [The Economist]
• Russia might discuss swap for jailed U.S. reporter, a diplomat for that country says [MSN]
• Justice Department to take abortion pill fight to Supreme Court: Garland [ABC News]
• Food security drives China to cut soymeal use in animal feed [Reuters]
• Missing soldier formation flyover honors 101st soldiers killed in training exercise [WTVF-TV (Nashville, TN)]
• North Korea tests a powerful new kind of missile [NPR]
• Ron DeSantis quietly signs Florida's 6-week abortion ban into law [NBC News]
Washington Today (4-13-23): Air National Guardsman in Mass. arrested in Pentagon leak investigation | C-SPAN RADIO
Global National: April 13, 2023 | Who is the US military member arrested over Pentagon leaks?
Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 13
PBS NewsHour full episode, (April 13, 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 10:11am CEST, 12 April 2023, there have been 102,873,924 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,118,800 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 7 April 2023, a total of 666,541,020 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 10:11am CEST, 12 April 2023, there have been 762,791,152 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,897,025 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 11 April 2023, a total of 13,340,275,493 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Study notes high rate of COVID-infected healthcare workers still caring for patients [ CIDRAP ]
• High risk of autoimmune diseases after COVID-19 [ Neature Reviews: Rheumatology ]
• The Potential and Challenges of Mucosal COVID-19 Vaccines [ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ]
• Three Years Later, Covid-19 Is Still a Health Threat. Journalism Needs to Reflect That [ Niemann Reports ]
• Column: Anti-vaxxers loved to cite this study of COVID vaccine deaths. Now it’s being retracted [ Los Angeles Times ]
• RETRACTION: The role of social circle COVID-19 illness and vaccination experiences in COVID-19 vaccination decisions: an online survey of the United States population [ Reddit ]
• Students are chronically absent across the country. COVID seems to have made it worse. [ xxx ]
Virology Lectures 2025 #02020: Antivirals | Columbia University
• TWiV 998: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 999: Inside Omicron with Mohsan Saeed [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Jupiter mission will be first to orbit moon of another planet [Nature]
• They left social media for good. Are they happier? [Washington Post]
• New Zealander without college degree couldn’t talk his way into NASA and Boeing—so he built a $1.8 billion rocket company [CNBC]
• Arrest made in Bob Lee killing; suspect is tech entrepreneur Nima Momeni [San Fransisco Chronicle]
• After Matt Taibbi Leaves Twitter, Elon Musk ‘Shadow Bans’ All Of Taibbi’s Tweets, Including The Twitter Files [TechDirt]
• NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media' [NPR]
• China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks record, marking latest milestone in quest for efficient thermonuclear fusion reactors [South China Morning Post]
• An exploration of trolling behaviours in Australian adolescents: An online survey [Public Library of Science]
• A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America [Vice News]
• CachyOS: Arch-based Distro for Speed and Ease of Use [It's FOSS News]
• 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
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Cinetimes]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
Jupiter's Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) w/Project Scientist Olivier Witasse | Launch Pad Astronomy
SpaceX's Starship Launch: What to Expect from the Countdown | NASA Spaceflight
The Level1 Show April 14 2023: While You Bought Park Place, I Studied the Blade | Level1 Techs
PC Part Prices and 4K Gaming - DTNS 4498 | Daily Tech News Show
How Russia Ended Ukrainian Independence - Early Modern History | Kings and Generals
Nuclear Power: Small Modular Reactors | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Genius New Propeller Will Transform Cargo Ships and Planes, BUT... | Two Bit da Vinci
Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development | Lex Fridman Podcast #371
The Rise of an Indian Steel Titan | Asianometry
Falcon 9 aborted launch with Transporter-7 | SciNews
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 13 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for April 13th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 415 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 414: CNN finds another video of Russians beheading Ukrainian soldiers [Euromaiden Press]
• Russia might discuss swap for jailed U.S. reporter, a diplomat for that country says [MSN]
• Refusing Putin’s war: The Russians fleeing to Kazakhstan [Al Jazeera]
• Ukrainian victory is a key to global growth, Polish PM tells IMF [TVP World]
• Germany approves Polish request to send Ukraine 5 MiG jets [DW News]
• Russia's war on Ukraine 'has been characterised by brutality by attacks on civilians' [France 24]
• 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]
US intel leak: "Egypt secretly ordered production of 40,000 rockets for Russia" | DW News
German volunteers at the front in Ukraine. - Military Mind | TVP World
Ukraine war: The deadly landmines killing hundreds | BBC News
Macron changing tack after 'not getting what he wanted in China' | FRANCE 24 English
Russia Ukraine War: Both sides endure heavy casualties, Bakhmut remains focal point | WION
🔴 (NSFW) - DC Police Ride Along, Russian Thermobaric, Ukrainian CQB | Funker530 LIVE Recap
US Grand Strategy: NATO, Alliances, & Ukraine - how alliances underpin American influence | Perun
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
Douglas Macgregor - The Russians have now FULL Margin of Victory | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Stalemate will force Ukraine to enact ‘full mobilization’ – media [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• Vladlen Tatarsky's killer Daria Trepova suspected of working for Ukraine [Pravda]
• Ukrainian attacks on Russian troops in LPR become less intense in past day — officer [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 261 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
43 BC – Battle of Forum Gallorum between the forces of Mark Antony, and legions loyal to the Roman Senate under the overall command of consul Gaius Pansa.
69 – Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho in the Battle of Bedriacum to take power over Rome.
193 - Lucius Septimius Severus crowned Emperor of Rome
966 – After his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
972 – Co-Emperor Otto II, a son of Otto I (the Great), marries the Byzantine princess Theophanu. She is crowned empress by Pope John XIII at Rome.
1294 – Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong.
1471 – In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.
1561 – A celestial phenomenon is reported over Nuremberg, described as an aerial battle.
1639 – Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Years' War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.
1775 – The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
1816 – Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados.
1841 - 1st detective story published, Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue"
1849 – Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
1860 - 1st Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco from St Joseph, Missouri
1865 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln lives till the following day.
1865 – U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
1881 – The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
1890 – The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
1894 – The first ever commercial motion picture house opens in New York City, United States, using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
1900 – The world's fair Exposition Universelle opens in Paris.
1906 – The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
1908 – Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream.
1909 – A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
1928 – The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
1929 – The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix takes place in the Principality of Monaco. The race was won by William Grover-Williams driving a Bugatti Type 35.
1931 – The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
1935 – The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
1940 – World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later.
1941 – World War II: German and Italian forces attack Tobruk in Libya.
1944 – Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.
1945 – Razing of Friesoythe: The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division deliberately destroyed the German town of Friesoythe on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes.
1958 – The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
1967 РGnassingb̩ Eyad̩ma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.
1978 – Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
1981 – STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
1986 – The heaviest hailstones ever recorded (1 kilogram (2.2 lb)) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
1988 – The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
1988 – In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
1991 – The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
1994 – In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
1999 – NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
1999 – A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
2002 – Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
2003 – The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
2003 – U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro in 1985.
2005 – The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
2006 – Twin blasts triggered by crude bombs during Asr prayer in Jama Masjid, Delhi injure 13 people.
2010 – Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
2014 – Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others.
2014 – Two hundred seventy-six schoolgirls are abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria.
2015 - Archaeologists announce they have found at Lomekwi in Kenya 3.3 million-year old stone tools, the oldest ever discovered and which pre-date the earliest humans
2016 – In Japan, the foreshock of Kumamoto earthquakes occurs.
2020 - Parts of Europe begin to ease lockdown restrictions after 5-6 weeks with some shops opening in Austria and parts of Italy
2020 - IMF warns the global economy expected to contract by 3% in 2020 due to COVID-19 "Great Lockdown", steepest downturn since the Great Depression
2020 - US President Donald Trump freezes funding for the World Health Organization pending a review, for mistakes in handling the COVID-19 pandemic and for being "China-centric", prompting international criticism
2021 - US President Biden says "It's time to end America's longest war" confirming his decision to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by Sept 11
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, April 14, 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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