Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Much warmer weather returns today with high temperatures well above normal. Rain showers are expected tomorrow, which will keep temperatures cooler, but still above average. A sharp cold front moves through the area Wednesday into Wednesday evening with a brief return of dry weather Thursday before unsettled conditions return late week into next weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds by midmorning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Tuesday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Wednesday
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s. Windy. Chance of rain is 70%.
Wednesday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Windy. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers after 4am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Showers likely, mainly between 10am and 1pm. Cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Wednesday
Showers, mainly after noon. Highs near 60. Windy. Chance of rain is 90%.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Windy.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 70. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5am. Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Showers likely, mainly between 9am and noon. Cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Wednesday
Showers, mainly after noon. Highs in the mid 60s. Windy. Chance of rain is 100%.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Windy.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday
Showers likely, mainly between 8am and noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the south 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 2am. Cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30mph.
Wednesday
Showers, mainly after noon. Highs near 60. Windy. Chance of rain is 100%.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Windy.
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Hazards
Humidity levels will drop below 30% for this afternoon, so please use caution of you chose to burn outdoors.
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Record Weather Events for February 26th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 77°F in Franklin in 1977
Lowest Temperature 3°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1967
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.25 inches in Highlands in 1899
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 6.5 inches in Franklin in 2015
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899 (also a state record)
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912
Record Weather Events for February 26th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 77°F in Franklin in 1977
Lowest Temperature 3°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1967
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.25 inches in Highlands in 1899
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 6.5 inches in Franklin in 2015
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 88°F in New Bern, Craven County on 02-28-1962
Lowest Temperature -20°F in Brevard, Transylvania County on 02-17-1958
Greatest Rainfall 8.83 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 24.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 02-12-1985
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
February 2024 Schedule
3-2-24—Bill Peterson & Charley Simmons--What a treat! You'll hear originals by both these guys along with some covers. Bill has that booming voice on his blues selections (ask him to play his cheeky dog songs:) & Charley has the finger-style guitar down pat with his songs.
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
• The Wrap: Primary money, Leandro redux, historic capitol records [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Under the Dome: The top issues lieutenant governor candidates want to address in NC [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Federal authorities find Mission Hospital in compliance with plan of correction, HCA says [BPR]
• Officers in Kloepfer shooting won’t face charges [Smoky Mountain News]
---RECENT LOCAL AND STATE NEWS--- • Surge in Duke Energy bill complaints prompts clarity from NC Utilities Commission [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Decision due soon on Fontana Regional Library [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• A lawsuit that seeks to radically change NC education is back before the state Supreme Court. Here's what you need to know [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• GOP candidate for NC governor on the state of the party and frontrunner Mark Robinson [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Mission sets 10-minute goal for emergency patient care, document obtained by Watchdog shows [Mountain Xpress]
• Former Mission Health doctor describes 'slow-speed train crash' that led to state lawsuit [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Lawsuit filed against HCA by local municipalities can proceed, judge rules [BPR]
---RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS--
Franklin Town Council (Feb 2024) | Macon Media
• NC DPI Awards $62 Million Grant for Construction of a New Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education January 2024 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners | January 2024 Regular Meeting | [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (January 2024 Regular Meeting) [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education December 2023 Meeting at Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
---NATIONAL---
Some clinics pause IVF treatments after Alabama Supreme Court ruling on embryos | ABC News
North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry on "The Takeout" | February 25, 2024 | CBS News
• Chief enforcer of US gun laws fears Americans may become numb to violence with each mass shooting [AP News]
• SpaceX May Be Withholding Satellite Internet in Taiwan, Congressman Contends [Wall Street Journal]
• Vice Media to lay off hundreds of workers as digital media outlets implode [CBS News]
• UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare down for a fourth day following cyberattack [CNBC]
• Deal to dodge government shutdown appears to stall amid GOP policy demands [Washington Post]
• What to Know About the Supreme Court Arguments on Social Media Laws [New York Times]
• Social media content moderation laws come before Supreme Court [SCOTUSblog]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP--- Donald Trump victory speech after winning SC GOP Primary | WYFF-TV (Geenville, SC)
Lara Trump, Byron Donalds kick-start CPAC 2024: Watch live | The Hill
• ‘We Didn’t Get All The Way There On Jan 6’: Trump Booster Pledges to End Democracy in CPAC Rant as Bannon Cheers On [MEDIAITE]
• To Understand Trump’s Staying Power With the White Working Class, Look at Michigan [Wall Street Journal]
• Jack Posobiec Hails 'End of Democracy' at CPAC [Newsweek]
• Hidden in Trump’s big South Carolina win: A not-so-small problem for him in November [Politico]
• ‘Done as a Republican’: Winless Haley plods on as future in GOP is questioned [The State]
• Michigan primary: What to watch as 2024 campaign shifts to the first big swing state [The Times of Israel]
• Billionaire-backed Koch network halts Nikki Haley campaign funding after South Carolina loss [CNBC]
International News Headlines
'Putin is a warlord now, wants to get back all USSR colonies': Estonian Foreign Minister | The Economic Times
Soup kitchens in Argentina struggle to feed needy as government introduces economic cutbacks | Associated Press
• One of the world’s biggest cities may be just months away from running out of water [CNN]
• Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil's former president denies coup allegations [BBC News]
• Russia’s economy is now completely driven by the war in Ukraine – it cannot afford to lose, but nor can it afford to win [The Conversation]
• Germany: Hamburg, Dresden protest against the far-right AfD [DW News]
• 700 dead from Zambia cholera outbreak as cases surge [Africa News]
• Defense minister, U.S. naval chief discuss N. Korea, defense industry cooperation [Yonhap News Agency]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
What if Singularities DO NOT Exist? | PBS Space Time
• The Sky This Week from February 23 to March 1: Catch a chilly Full Snow Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 23 to March 3 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show February 23 2024: Accosted By Acorns | Level1 Techs
Baby Come Back, To iPad Mini - DTNS 4709 | Daily Tech News Show
Leica Liking Friends - Android Faithful #32 | Daily Tech News Show
• How to view the 2024 eclipse, a step-by-step planning guide [Astronomy Magazine]
• Gotcha: Firm Evidence for a Neutron Star in Supernova 1987a [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Nvidia briefly surpasses $2 trillion in market cap during intraday trading [CNBC]
• No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on [CNN]
• These major companies are using AI to snoop through employees’ messages, report reveals [Fox Business]
• AT&T is giving customers a $5 credit for its cellphone outage. Some angry customers say it's not enough. [Business Insider]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
Why did the Mongols Leave Europe | Kings and Generals
How is SpaceX Starship Revolutionizing Our World!? The Epic Future Awaits! | Marcus House
Cordkillers 491 - The FULL Experience
This Week in Linux #254 - Linux Laptops, Fedora, DreamWorks Open Source, LXQt Desktop & more Linux news
---COVID News Roundup---
Beyond the Noise #30: Why I wrote a book about COVID | Microbe TV
TWiV 1090: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• SARS-CoV-2 rapidly evolves lineage-specific phenotypic differences when passaged repeatedly in immune-naïve mice [nature communications biology]
• Effectiveness of BNT162b2 BA.4/5 Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine against Long COVID Symptoms: A US Nationwide Study [National Library of Medicine]
• SARS-CoV-2-infection- and vaccine-induced antibody responses are long lasting with an initial waning phase followed by a stabilization phase [Cell Magazine]
• US flu levels stubbornly high as COVID declines further [Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP; "SID-wrap")]
• Beyond the Noise #30: Why I wrote a book about COVID [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1090: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1091: Skeeter poo and obelisks too [Microbe TV]
---Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup---
The Ukraine Air-War in 2024 - Interviewing Professor Justin Bronk | Perun
Day 731: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Ukraine War Update NEWS (20240225b): Geopolitical News | ATP Geopolitics
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 25, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 732: Zelenskyy breaks silence, reveals 31,000 Ukrainian troops killed [Euromaidan Press]
Russia-Ukraine two years on: towards an endless and wider war? | UpFront | Al Jazeera
Can Alexei Navalny’s Widow, Yulia Navalnaya, Challenge Putin? | WSJ
• Iran has the largest ballistic missile arsenal in the Middle East. Now it’s sending them to Russia [CNBC]
• The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin [Wall Street Journal]
• Zelenskyy: 31,000 Ukrainian troops killed vs 180,000 Russian losses in war [Euromaidan Press]
• Ukraine updates: Kyiv marks 2 years since Russian invasion [DW News]
• Macron seeks to rally Western leaders to bolster support for Ukraine [France 24]
• Ukraine says it has downed second Russian A-50 spy plane in weeks [BBC News]
• Should Russia pay Ukraine to rebuild – or even to defeat its own invasion? [Al Jazeera]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• First Abrams tanks sighted near Avdeevka – local officia [Russia Today]
• Putin flies Tupolev Tu-160M strategic aircraft and shares his impression of the flight [Pravda]
• Russia’s Battlegroup East thwarts advance of Ukrainian armored group south of Donetsk [TASS: Russian News Agency]
---Israel-Hamas War News Roundup (aka Iraninan Proxy War with Israel)---
• Iran Update (Hamas-Israel War), February 12, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• US working on Gaza hostage deal, Israel sends delegation to Cairo for hostage release talks [Haaretz]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: CIA chief in Egypt as Rafah attacks intensify [Al Jazeera]
Israel-Hamas war: Hamas backs down on demands during hostage negotiations | LiveNOW from FOX
Israel launches fresh airstrikes on Rafah in southern Gaza | The Times and The Sunday Times
• U.S. and U.K. conduct fourth round of joint airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen [CBS News]
• Netanyahu stresses IDF will enter Rafah as Israel nears Gaza hostage deal [Jerusalem Post]
• Ukraine updates: 31,000 Ukrainian troops killed in war [DW News]
• Israel’s war on Gaza live: ‘Man-made disaster’ as Israel blocks food aid [Al Jazeera]
• Walled site grows at Egypt border near Gaza [BBC News]
• Israel’s Netanyahu Won’t Agree to Hostage Deal Until Hamas Backs Down on Demands [Wall Street Journal]
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On This Day
February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 308 days remain until the end of the year (309 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.
364 – Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman emperor.
1266 – Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by Manfred, King of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.
1365 – The Ava Kingdom and the royal city of Ava (Inwa) founded by King Thado Minbya.
1606 – The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.
1616 – Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.
1775 – The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
1794 – The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.
1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the island of Elba.
1870 – The Beach Pneumatic Transit in New York City, intending as a demonstration for a subway line opens.
1876 – Japan and Korea sign the Treaty of Kangwha, which grants Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights in Korea, opens three Korean ports to Japanese trade, and ends Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
1909 – Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.[
1914 – HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
1919 – President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
1929 – President Calvin Coolidge signs legislation establishing the 96,000 acres (390 km2) Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
1935 – Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
1935 – Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
1936 – In the February 26 Incident, young nationalist Japanese military officers assassinate multiple cabinet statesmen and start a rebellion in downtown Tokyo, which is ended 3 days later.
1945 – World War II: US troops reclaim the Philippine island of Corregidor from the Japanese.
1952 – Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
1960 – A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
1966 – Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket.
1971 – U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
1979 – The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.
1980 – Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
1987 – Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
1992 – First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
1993 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.
1995 – The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
2008 – The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
2012 – A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.
2012 – Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida.
2013 – A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.
2019 – Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot.
2021 – A total of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 are kidnapped by bandits in the Zamfara kidnapping in Zamfara State, Nigeria.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, February 26, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
• The Wrap: Primary money, Leandro redux, historic capitol records [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Under the Dome: The top issues lieutenant governor candidates want to address in NC [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Federal authorities find Mission Hospital in compliance with plan of correction, HCA says [BPR]
• Officers in Kloepfer shooting won’t face charges [Smoky Mountain News]
---RECENT LOCAL AND STATE NEWS--- • Surge in Duke Energy bill complaints prompts clarity from NC Utilities Commission [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Decision due soon on Fontana Regional Library [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• A lawsuit that seeks to radically change NC education is back before the state Supreme Court. Here's what you need to know [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• GOP candidate for NC governor on the state of the party and frontrunner Mark Robinson [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Mission sets 10-minute goal for emergency patient care, document obtained by Watchdog shows [Mountain Xpress]
• Former Mission Health doctor describes 'slow-speed train crash' that led to state lawsuit [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Lawsuit filed against HCA by local municipalities can proceed, judge rules [BPR]
---RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS--
Franklin Town Council (Feb 2024) | Macon Media
• NC DPI Awards $62 Million Grant for Construction of a New Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education January 2024 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners | January 2024 Regular Meeting | [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (January 2024 Regular Meeting) [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education December 2023 Meeting at Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
---NATIONAL---
Some clinics pause IVF treatments after Alabama Supreme Court ruling on embryos | ABC News
North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry on "The Takeout" | February 25, 2024 | CBS News
• Chief enforcer of US gun laws fears Americans may become numb to violence with each mass shooting [AP News]
• SpaceX May Be Withholding Satellite Internet in Taiwan, Congressman Contends [Wall Street Journal]
• Vice Media to lay off hundreds of workers as digital media outlets implode [CBS News]
• UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare down for a fourth day following cyberattack [CNBC]
• Deal to dodge government shutdown appears to stall amid GOP policy demands [Washington Post]
• What to Know About the Supreme Court Arguments on Social Media Laws [New York Times]
• Social media content moderation laws come before Supreme Court [SCOTUSblog]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP--- Donald Trump victory speech after winning SC GOP Primary | WYFF-TV (Geenville, SC)
Lara Trump, Byron Donalds kick-start CPAC 2024: Watch live | The Hill
• ‘We Didn’t Get All The Way There On Jan 6’: Trump Booster Pledges to End Democracy in CPAC Rant as Bannon Cheers On [MEDIAITE]
• To Understand Trump’s Staying Power With the White Working Class, Look at Michigan [Wall Street Journal]
• Jack Posobiec Hails 'End of Democracy' at CPAC [Newsweek]
• Hidden in Trump’s big South Carolina win: A not-so-small problem for him in November [Politico]
• ‘Done as a Republican’: Winless Haley plods on as future in GOP is questioned [The State]
• Michigan primary: What to watch as 2024 campaign shifts to the first big swing state [The Times of Israel]
• Billionaire-backed Koch network halts Nikki Haley campaign funding after South Carolina loss [CNBC]
International News Headlines
'Putin is a warlord now, wants to get back all USSR colonies': Estonian Foreign Minister | The Economic Times
Soup kitchens in Argentina struggle to feed needy as government introduces economic cutbacks | Associated Press
• One of the world’s biggest cities may be just months away from running out of water [CNN]
• Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil's former president denies coup allegations [BBC News]
• Russia’s economy is now completely driven by the war in Ukraine – it cannot afford to lose, but nor can it afford to win [The Conversation]
• Germany: Hamburg, Dresden protest against the far-right AfD [DW News]
• 700 dead from Zambia cholera outbreak as cases surge [Africa News]
• Defense minister, U.S. naval chief discuss N. Korea, defense industry cooperation [Yonhap News Agency]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
What if Singularities DO NOT Exist? | PBS Space Time
• The Sky This Week from February 23 to March 1: Catch a chilly Full Snow Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 23 to March 3 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show February 23 2024: Accosted By Acorns | Level1 Techs
Baby Come Back, To iPad Mini - DTNS 4709 | Daily Tech News Show
Leica Liking Friends - Android Faithful #32 | Daily Tech News Show
• How to view the 2024 eclipse, a step-by-step planning guide [Astronomy Magazine]
• Gotcha: Firm Evidence for a Neutron Star in Supernova 1987a [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Nvidia briefly surpasses $2 trillion in market cap during intraday trading [CNBC]
• No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on [CNN]
• These major companies are using AI to snoop through employees’ messages, report reveals [Fox Business]
• AT&T is giving customers a $5 credit for its cellphone outage. Some angry customers say it's not enough. [Business Insider]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
Why did the Mongols Leave Europe | Kings and Generals
How is SpaceX Starship Revolutionizing Our World!? The Epic Future Awaits! | Marcus House
Cordkillers 491 - The FULL Experience
This Week in Linux #254 - Linux Laptops, Fedora, DreamWorks Open Source, LXQt Desktop & more Linux news
---COVID News Roundup---
Beyond the Noise #30: Why I wrote a book about COVID | Microbe TV
TWiV 1090: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• SARS-CoV-2 rapidly evolves lineage-specific phenotypic differences when passaged repeatedly in immune-naïve mice [nature communications biology]
• Effectiveness of BNT162b2 BA.4/5 Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine against Long COVID Symptoms: A US Nationwide Study [National Library of Medicine]
• SARS-CoV-2-infection- and vaccine-induced antibody responses are long lasting with an initial waning phase followed by a stabilization phase [Cell Magazine]
• US flu levels stubbornly high as COVID declines further [Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP; "SID-wrap")]
• Beyond the Noise #30: Why I wrote a book about COVID [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1090: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1091: Skeeter poo and obelisks too [Microbe TV]
---Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup---
The Ukraine Air-War in 2024 - Interviewing Professor Justin Bronk | Perun
Day 731: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Ukraine War Update NEWS (20240225b): Geopolitical News | ATP Geopolitics
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 25, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 732: Zelenskyy breaks silence, reveals 31,000 Ukrainian troops killed [Euromaidan Press]
Russia-Ukraine two years on: towards an endless and wider war? | UpFront | Al Jazeera
Can Alexei Navalny’s Widow, Yulia Navalnaya, Challenge Putin? | WSJ
• Iran has the largest ballistic missile arsenal in the Middle East. Now it’s sending them to Russia [CNBC]
• The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin [Wall Street Journal]
• Zelenskyy: 31,000 Ukrainian troops killed vs 180,000 Russian losses in war [Euromaidan Press]
• Ukraine updates: Kyiv marks 2 years since Russian invasion [DW News]
• Macron seeks to rally Western leaders to bolster support for Ukraine [France 24]
• Ukraine says it has downed second Russian A-50 spy plane in weeks [BBC News]
• Should Russia pay Ukraine to rebuild – or even to defeat its own invasion? [Al Jazeera]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• First Abrams tanks sighted near Avdeevka – local officia [Russia Today]
• Putin flies Tupolev Tu-160M strategic aircraft and shares his impression of the flight [Pravda]
• Russia’s Battlegroup East thwarts advance of Ukrainian armored group south of Donetsk [TASS: Russian News Agency]
---Israel-Hamas War News Roundup (aka Iraninan Proxy War with Israel)---
• Iran Update (Hamas-Israel War), February 12, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• US working on Gaza hostage deal, Israel sends delegation to Cairo for hostage release talks [Haaretz]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: CIA chief in Egypt as Rafah attacks intensify [Al Jazeera]
Israel-Hamas war: Hamas backs down on demands during hostage negotiations | LiveNOW from FOX
Israel launches fresh airstrikes on Rafah in southern Gaza | The Times and The Sunday Times
• U.S. and U.K. conduct fourth round of joint airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen [CBS News]
• Netanyahu stresses IDF will enter Rafah as Israel nears Gaza hostage deal [Jerusalem Post]
• Ukraine updates: 31,000 Ukrainian troops killed in war [DW News]
• Israel’s war on Gaza live: ‘Man-made disaster’ as Israel blocks food aid [Al Jazeera]
• Walled site grows at Egypt border near Gaza [BBC News]
• Israel’s Netanyahu Won’t Agree to Hostage Deal Until Hamas Backs Down on Demands [Wall Street Journal]
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On This Day
February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 308 days remain until the end of the year (309 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.
364 – Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman emperor.
1266 – Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by Manfred, King of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.
1365 – The Ava Kingdom and the royal city of Ava (Inwa) founded by King Thado Minbya.
1606 – The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.
1616 – Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.
1775 – The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
1794 – The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.
1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the island of Elba.
1870 – The Beach Pneumatic Transit in New York City, intending as a demonstration for a subway line opens.
1876 – Japan and Korea sign the Treaty of Kangwha, which grants Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights in Korea, opens three Korean ports to Japanese trade, and ends Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
1909 – Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.[
1914 – HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
1919 – President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
1929 – President Calvin Coolidge signs legislation establishing the 96,000 acres (390 km2) Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
1935 – Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
1935 – Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
1936 – In the February 26 Incident, young nationalist Japanese military officers assassinate multiple cabinet statesmen and start a rebellion in downtown Tokyo, which is ended 3 days later.
1945 – World War II: US troops reclaim the Philippine island of Corregidor from the Japanese.
1952 – Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
1960 – A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
1966 – Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket.
1971 – U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
1979 – The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.
1980 – Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
1987 – Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
1992 – First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
1993 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.
1995 – The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
2008 – The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
2012 – A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.
2012 – Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida.
2013 – A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.
2019 – Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot.
2021 – A total of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 are kidnapped by bandits in the Zamfara kidnapping in Zamfara State, Nigeria.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, February 26, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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