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GENERAL OUTLOOK
An active weather pattern will remain across the the area with temperatures trending warmer and increasing chances for afternoon showers and thunderstorms through Tuesday. By Wednesday, drier high pressure will build in from the north and remain into the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in thge upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of thunderstorms before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Light winds out of the north early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1pm and 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 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 between 4am and 5am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the northwest 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday
A slight chance of rain before midafternoon. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-tomid 70s. Chance of rain is 20%.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 52.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
AA 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. 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 between 3am and 5am. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds becoming northwest around 5 mph after midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the low-tomid 70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10ph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog between 7am and 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the west early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather Our Sun Rapid Fires Earth-directed Solar Storms | Solar Storm Forecast 06 May 2023
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (6.7 out of 12) today with Birch, Maple, and Hickory being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (8.2out of 12).
Record Weather Events for May 8th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 89°F in Highlands in 1940
Lowest Temperature 27°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1989
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.06 inches in Highlands in 1904
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 0.5 inches in Highlands in 1992
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of May Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-20-1996
Lowest Temperature 23°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-02-1963
Greatest Rainfall 5.97 inches in Highlands on 05-30-2018
Greatest Snowfall 2.5 inches in Highlands on 05-07-1992
Record Weather Events for May 8th in North Carolina
rdrd Highest Temperature 100°F in Shelby, Cleveland County in 1940
Lowest Temperature 20°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1989
Greatest Rainfall 4.77 inches in Brevard, Transylvania County in 1910
Greatest Snowfall 8.0 inches at Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1992
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
--> Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of May Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 107°F in Aurora, Beaufort Countyy on 05-26-2011
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 05-09-2020
Greatest Rainfall 8.51 inches in Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County on 05-20-1942
Greatest Snowfall 15.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 05-07-1992
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10th
Stained-glass Dedication Ceremony at Macon County Public Library 5—6 p.m.
FRANKLIN – The Friends of the Macon County Public Library will host a public dedication ceremony to celebrate the installation of new stained-glass windows from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 10, at the Macon County Public Library, 149 Siler Farm Rd. in Franklin. Read the full press release at [Macon Media]
SATURDAY, MAY 27th
Clarks Chapel Fire-Rescue Annual BBQ Fundraiser From 2pm until sold out Plates are $10 each
Clarks Chapel Volunteer Fire Department is hosting their annul BBQ Fundraiser on Saturday, May 27. It will feature Barbeque, Music, Raffles, Silent Auction, and plenty of family fun. The fire department is located at 270 Fulcher Road in Franklin.
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• Buncombe County deputy injured in early morning shooting outside Magistrate's Office [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• 'The fight is always tiring': Lawmakers, watchdog tussle over how to serve disabled people [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Great Smokies active field search for missing Florida man suspended [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• If you don’t vote, Charlotte may name this new street broom ‘Sweepy McSweepface’ [Charlotte Observer]
• New Stained-Glass Windows to be Dedicated at Macon County Public Library on May 10th [Macon Media]
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
The Coronation Service of King Charles III | The Royal Family
Video captures gunfire during Allen, Texas, mall shooting | CNN
• Officials Probe Texas Mall Shooter’s Possible Link to White Supremacy [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Consumers push back on higher prices amid inflation woes [ABC News]
• At Least 8 Killed After Driver Plows Car Into Group of Migrants in Texas [New York Times]
• Yellen: ‘No good options’ if Congress fails to act on debt [Ap News]
• 14th Amendment emerges as last-ditch fix to ward off default [The Hill]
• ‘My career of 280 years’: Biden jokes off 2024 age concerns [The Hill (via Yahoo! News)]
• Coronation concert: William says he is 'so proud' of his father King Charles [BBC News]
• Turkey elections: Opposition campaign bus pelted with stones [DW News]
• EU angered as Israel razes Palestinian school built with European funds [Jerusalem Post]
• What has spurred ethnic violence in India’s Manipur? [Al Jazeera]
Wall Street Week - Full Show 05/05/2023 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (5-5-23): April jobs report strong at 253K, despite interest rate hikes | C-SPAN
Global National: May 7, 2023 | Alberta wildfires force nearly 25,000 people from their homes
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - May 07
PBS NewsHour full episode, (May 06, 2023)
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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:
Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Macon County Public Health will stop publishing weekly COVID updates but will continue to monitor local case levels and trends. In the event that case counts increase significantly, MCPH will notify the public and resume weekly COVID updates.
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:16pm CEST, 3 May 2023, there have been 103,266,404 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,124,063 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 7 April 2023, a total of 666,541,020 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 4:16pm CEST, 3 May 2023, there have been 765,222,932 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,921,614 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 30 April 2023, a total of 13,344,670,055 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Statement on the fifteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic [ World Health Organization ]
• The Covid–19 Crisis Is Officially Over. Everything Changed. [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• COVID no longer a global health emergency, World Health Organization says [ Sky News ]
• Masks Work. Distorting Science to Dispute the Evidence Doesn’t [ Scientific American ]
• CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is stepping down from agency [ NBC News ]
Ep 130 Osterholm Update: A Better Place | Osterholm Update
• TWiV 1002: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1003: Going clinically viral [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
https://t.co/XWSIylJQDY
— Anton (@Anton81191831) April 24, 2023
Interesting paper from NASA, relevant to recent Starship flight test.
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• The Sky This Week: Enjoy Venus and Mars in the evenings [Astronomy Magazine]
• ‘Remarkable’ AI tool designs mRNA vaccines that are more potent and stable [Nature]
• Mystery Chinese spacecraft returns to Earth after 276 days [Reuters (via Yahoo! News)]
• Salty water may have flowed near Mars’ equator as recently as 400,000 years ago [ScienceNews]
• Billionaire Peter Thiel still plans to be frozen after death for potential revival: ‘I don’t necessarily expect it to work’ [NYPOST]
• ChatGPT can pick stocks better than your fund manager [CTV News]
• Rocket Lab launches 2 NASA satellites to study tropical storms and hurricanes like never before [Space.com]
• Meet the fossil fuel-funded startup trying to take CO2 out of the ocean [The Verge]
• 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
The Level1 Show May 5 2023: Paw and Order | Level1 Techs
Does Apple Need an AI Strategy - DTNS 4514 | Daily Tech News Show
Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Festival 2023 - Return of the Bigfoot Battle Royal - Bigfoot Goes to College | The Carpetbagger
New Water-Cooled Steel Plate Spotted at Starbase Ahead of Next Starship Flight - Starbase Weekly #61 | LabPadre
Are Mathematics Far Older Than We Thought? | John Michael Godier
Our Black Hole Swallowed a Star 200 Years Ago and Nearest TDE Found | Antov Petrov
Coronation of King George VI: Westminster Abbey 1937 | Archive of Recorded Church Music
The Coronation Of Queen Elizabeth II (Colour) 02/06/1953
The Coronation Service of King Charles III | The Royal Family
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 07 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for May 7th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 439 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 438: Kremlin ideologist wounded in an assassination attempt in Russia [Euromaiden Press]
• Russia launches air attacks on Ukraine ahead of key holiday [Al Jazeera]
• Situation around Zaporizhzhia NPP ‘potentially dangerous’, IAEA warns [TVP World]
• Russia staging protests for anti-Ukraine propaganda — report [DW News]
• Ukrainian soldiers train to deal with radiation as worries over nuclear plant grow [France 24]
• Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner boss 'promised ammunition' after retreat threat [BBC News]
Ukraine's Planned Counteroffensive - force readiness, leaks, politics & expectations | Perun
Ukrainian drone enthusiasts train troops repel Russian attacks | Al Jazeera
Nervousness looms in Moscow ahead of Victory Day parade | Joshua Burgin | TVP World
EU takes aim at companies aiding Russia's war machine | Latest News | World Business Watch | WION
🔴 (NSFW) - Kremlin Attacked, Crimea Oil Depot Strike, Bakhmut Apocalypse | Funker530 LIVE Recap
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
New podcast - Russia is now only one step away from victory | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Tucker Carlson to square off against Fox – Axios [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• Zaporizhzhia authorities to relocate 70,000 from border settlements amid ongoing shelling [Pravda]
• US’ anti-Russian actions push humanity towards world war, Malaysian ex-PM says [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
May 8 is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 237 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)
453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin.
413 – Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths.
589 – Reccared I opens the Third Council of Toledo, marking the entry of Visigothic Spain into the Catholic Church.
1360 – Treaty of Brétigny drafted between King Edward III of England and King John II of France (the Good).
1373 – Julian of Norwich, a Christian mystic and anchoress, experiences the deathbed visions described in her Revelations of Divine Love.
1429 – Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
1450 – Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
1516 – A group of imperial guards, led by Trịnh Duy Sản, murdered Emperor Lê Tương Dực and fled, leaving the capital Thăng Long undefended.
1541 – Hernando de Soto stops near present-day Walls, Mississippi, and sees the Mississippi River[5] (then known by the Spanish as Río de Espíritu Santo, the name given to it by Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519).
1608 – A newly nationalized silver mine in Scotland at Hilderston, West Lothian is re-opened by Bevis Bulmer.
1639 – William Coddington founds Newport, Rhode Island.
1758 – The Maratha Empire captures Peshawar from the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Peshawar. The Maratha Empire was extended to its farthest distance away from Pune that it ever reached, over 2,000 km (1,200 mi), almost to the borders of Afghanistan.
1788 – King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
1794 – Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme générale, is tried, convicted and guillotined in one day in Paris.
1821 – Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia Inn.
1842 – A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
1846 – Mexican–American War: American forces led by Zachary Taylor defeat a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
1877 – At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
1886 – Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
1898 – The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
1899 – The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
1902 – In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
1912 – Paramount Pictures is founded.
1919 – Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
1921 – The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
1924 – The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
1927 – Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
1933 – Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.
1941 – World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby.
1942 – World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington.
1942 – World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
1945 – World War II: The German Instrument of Surrender signed at Berlin-Karlshorst comes into effect.
1945 – End of the Prague uprising, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
1945 – Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.
1945 – The Halifax riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1946 – Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.
1950 – The Tollund Man was discovered in a peat bog near Silkeborg, Denmark.
1957 – South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem began a state visit to the United States, his regime's main sponsor.
1963 – South Vietnamese soldiers under the Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.
1967 – The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
1970 – The Beatles release their 12th and final studio album Let It Be.
1972 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
1973 – A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.
1976 – The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
1978 – The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
1980 – The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
1984 – Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13. René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour.
1984 – The USSR announces a boycott upon the Summer Olympics at Los Angeles, later joined by 14 other countries.
1984 – The Thames Barrier is officially opened, preventing the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded except under extreme circumstances.
1987 – The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
1988 – A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".
1997 – China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
2019 – British 17-year-old Isabelle Holdaway is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection.
2021 – A car bomb explodes in front of a school in Kabul, capital city of Afghanistan killing at least 55 people and wounding over 150.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, May 07, 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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