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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A stalled frontal boundary over the Carolinas will lead to scattered showers and thunderstorms through early this morning. High pressure builds in throughout the workweek while the front stalls over the Southeast and keeps daily shower and thunderstorm chances around. High temperatures will continue on a cooling trend through the workweek, with a warming trend expected over the weekend ahead of an approaching cold front.
• Angel Medical Center CEO Column for August 2024 [Macon Media]
• Grace Johnson Art Collection Reception at the Macon County Public Library [Macon Media]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. The chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers between 10am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds. The chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Tropical Update
[Sunday] Tropical Storm Likely to Form Near Leeward Islands
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Aug 12 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Five, located over the central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.
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Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (7.8 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (8.0 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for August 12th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1957
Lowest Temperature 41°F in Franklin in 1890
Greatest Rainfall 2.91 inches in Highlands in 1940
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of August
Data available from 1873 to 2022
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Grace Johnson Art Collection Reception at the Macon County Public Library
Friday, August 16, 2024 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room - Grace Johnson Art Collection Reception & Friends of the Library Fundraiser
Grace Johnson spent much of her retirement years volunteering with the Friends of the Library—her family is exhibiting some of the art she collected throughout her career which took her to Vietnam, Korea, Germany, Grenada, Iran, as well as stateside locations. Art will be on display throughout the month of August and available for bidding to raise funds for the Friends of the Library. Refreshments will be served.
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
August 2024 Schedule
8-17-24—Jim Corbett—New to The Frog, an Acoustic Guitarist with sounds from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Jim came to us with a resume of awards won, songs recorded, places he’s played and groups of which he’s been a part. Known in the Highlands area, we welcome the artistry of Jim Corbett to The Frog.
8-24-24—Barry Roma—King of the Area Crooners, come hear Barry lend his baritone voice to oldies by Sinatra, Orbison, Johnny Mathis and more. You’ll fall in love just like you did in the 50’s and 60’s by the light of that drive-in screen.
For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.
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
---NATIONAL---
Videos and links to news articles
• Donald Trump’s campaign says its emails were hacked [AP News]
• Judge in Maryland rules Baltimore ‘baby bonus’ proposal is unconstitutional [AP News]
• People trust journalists less when they debunk misinformation [PsyPost]
• Suddenly, Hourly Workers Aren’t So Hard to Find [Wall Street Journal]
• Biden on track to surpass federal judges confirmed under Trump [Courthouse News Service]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP---
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (7.8 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (8.0 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for August 12th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1957
Lowest Temperature 41°F in Franklin in 1890
Greatest Rainfall 2.91 inches in Highlands in 1940
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of August
Data available from 1873 to 2022
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Grace Johnson Art Collection Reception at the Macon County Public Library
Friday, August 16, 2024 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room - Grace Johnson Art Collection Reception & Friends of the Library Fundraiser
Grace Johnson spent much of her retirement years volunteering with the Friends of the Library—her family is exhibiting some of the art she collected throughout her career which took her to Vietnam, Korea, Germany, Grenada, Iran, as well as stateside locations. Art will be on display throughout the month of August and available for bidding to raise funds for the Friends of the Library. Refreshments will be served.
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
August 2024 Schedule
8-17-24—Jim Corbett—New to The Frog, an Acoustic Guitarist with sounds from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Jim came to us with a resume of awards won, songs recorded, places he’s played and groups of which he’s been a part. Known in the Highlands area, we welcome the artistry of Jim Corbett to The Frog.
8-24-24—Barry Roma—King of the Area Crooners, come hear Barry lend his baritone voice to oldies by Sinatra, Orbison, Johnny Mathis and more. You’ll fall in love just like you did in the 50’s and 60’s by the light of that drive-in screen.
For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.
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
---NATIONAL---
Videos and links to news articles
• Donald Trump’s campaign says its emails were hacked [AP News]
• Judge in Maryland rules Baltimore ‘baby bonus’ proposal is unconstitutional [AP News]
• People trust journalists less when they debunk misinformation [PsyPost]
• Suddenly, Hourly Workers Aren’t So Hard to Find [Wall Street Journal]
• Biden on track to surpass federal judges confirmed under Trump [Courthouse News Service]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP---
Harris and Walz hold campaign rally in Detroit | PBS NewsHour
LIVE REPLAY: President Donald J. Trump to Hold a Rally in Bozeman, MT - 8/9/24 | Right Side Broadcasting Nwtwork
• Co-founder of Smartmatic voting machine company charged with paying bribes for Philippine contracts [AP News]
• Voted in, standing out: Public response to immigrants' political accession [American Journal of Political Science]
• Trump Falsely Claims Kamala Harris' Rally Crowd Was 'Fake' And AI-Generated [Forbes Magazine]
• Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos v[ProPublica]
• Dirty campaigning increases distrust in politicians and decreases trust in democracy, study finds [PsyPost]
• Retired National Guard member alleges Walz left his unit in CNN interview: 'He went around me' [Fox News]
• Pelosi hits back at Republicans’ ‘stolen valor’ attacks on Walz [Politico]
• Why Mark Cuban stopped supporting Trump: ‘I got to know him better’ [Independent (UK)]
• Meta beats censorship lawsuit by RFK Jr's anti-vaccine group [Reuters]
• The MAGA misinformation-industrial complex has gathered steam since 2020. Here’s how [https://www.cnn.com/maga-misinformation-trump-conspiracy-theories/index.html]
International News Headlines
Ukraine says 'thousands' of troops part of incursion aiming to 'destabilise' Russia | FRANCE 24
Why Greece is cracking down on sunbed rentals on its beaches | Focus on Europe | DW News
• Half of Greece on red alert as wildfires rage near Athens [DW News]
• Elon Musk’s X faces axe from anti-terror group over extremist content [The Sunday Times]
• US releases $3.5 billion to Israel to spend on US weapons and military equipment, months after Congress appropriated [CNN]
• Paris's Closing Ceremony pits Old World splendour against Hollywood spectacle [France 24]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: No food, water, shelter for fleeing Palestinians [Al Jazeera]
• Liveblog: US reiterates ironclad commitment to Israel, Sinwar claims desire for hostage deal [Jerusalem Post]
This Week with George Stephanopoulos Full Broadcast - Sunday, August 11, 2024 | ABC News
Meet the Press NOW – Aug. 9 | NBC News
Face the Nation: Kelly, Moynihan, McKenzie | Aug 11, 2024
2024 Campaign Trail: Presidential & VP Candidates Blitz Swing States | C-SPAN
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, August 9, 2024
Explosion and Fire on board YM Mobility in Ningbo, China | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (8-8-24): Donald Trump & Kamala Harris agree to debate on September 10 on ABC | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 11, 2024 | Olympics 2024 wraps up with extravagant Paris closing ceremony
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Aug. 11, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Aug. 11, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Aug. 11, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Aug. 11, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Fossils from Underneath Greenland Rewrite History of Its Ice Sheet | Anton Petrov
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from August 9 to 16: A conjunction of Mars and Jupiter [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 2 – 11 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Neutron Stars Might Be Squishy Inside [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show August 9 2024: You Can't Unmountain Dew What's Been Mountain Done | Level1 Techs
Better Understanding of the Proteins - DTNS 4828 | Daily Tech News Show
• Robots can now train themselves with new "practice makes perfect" algorithm [TechSpot]
• World’s first fusion ignition breakthrough: US firm wins esteemed award [Interesting Engineering]
• New 3D printer ink makes recyclable electric circuits without heat or light [tom's Hardwarex]
• SanDisk announces the world’s first 8TB SD card – the biggest memory card we’ve ever seen [TechRadar]
• Figure says its new humanoid robot can chat and learn from its mistakes [Popular Science]
• Nature at risk in the hunt for the perfect selfie [Edith Cowan University]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
This Week in Linux #275: COSMIC Alpha Launched, Manjaro going Immutable, GNOME Tray Icons & more Linux news | Michael Tunnell
The most ambitious astronomy project EVER | The Vera Rubin Observatory | Dr Becky
What SpaceX Just Revealed is a Massive Breakthrough | Marcus House
Revolutionizing the Logistics of Spaceflight - Firefly Aerospace | Real Engineering
The Fermi Paradox: Migration | Science and Fututrism with Isaac Arthur
How I lost trust in scientists | Sabine Hossenfelder
Ship 30 Completes Testing, B14.1 Ready for More Slaps | SpaceX Boca Chica | NASA Spaceflight
---COVID News Roundup---
Ep 163 Osterholm Update: COVID-19 & H5N1: What's Going On? | CIDRAP News
TWiV 1138: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• Four Years After Shelter-in-Place, Covid-19 Misinformation Persists [Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF Health News)]
• UH researchers have developed two nasal sprays for respiratory viruses, COVID-19 [Houston Public Media]
• Effects of recirculation and air change per hour on COVID-19 transmission in indoor settings: A CFD study with varying HVAC parameters [Cell]
• Study: COVID vaccines saved 1.6 million lives in Europe [The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) ]
• Long COVID science, research and policy [nature medicine]
• Cognitive and psychiatric symptom trajectories 2-3 years after hospital admission for COVID-19: a longitudinal, prospective cohort study in the UK [National Library of Medicine]
• Beyond the Noise #43: Restoring faith in vaccines [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1138: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1139: Long COVID with Dr. Judith Bruchfeld [Microbe TV]
---Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup---
Ukraine Invades Russia Back [Mapped] | Good Times and Bad Times
Ukraine's Invasion of Russia, What's the Objective? | Task and Purpose
Ukraine's Kursk offensive proves strength of its armed forces | Press Corner | TVP World
Russia steps up response to Ukrainian incursion of Kursk region | DW News
• Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief on the frontline situation: we are continuing the operation [Euromaidan Press]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• Fire breaks out at nuclear plant after Ukrainian attack – governor (VIDEO) [Russia Today]
• Ukraine launches missile attack on the city of Kursk [Pravda]
• Russia’s Kursk Region governor says measures underway to stabilize situation [TASS: Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
August 12th is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 141 days remain until the end of the year.
It is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. It is also known as the "Glorious Twelfth" in the United Kingdom, as it marks the traditional start of the grouse shooting season.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1121 – Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.
1164 – Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.
1323 РThe Treaty of N̦teborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.
1492 – Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.
1499 – First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets.
1624 – Charles de La Vieuville is arrested and replaced by Cardinal Richelieu as the French king's chief advisor.
1676 – Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
1687 – Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
1765 – Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
1793 РThe Rh̫ne and Loire d̩partments are created when the former d̩partement of Rh̫ne-et-Loire is split into two.
1806 – Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.
1831 – French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.
1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
1865 – Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
1883 – The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1898 – The Hawaiian flag is lowered from Ê»Iolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
1914 – World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
1914 – World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
1944 – Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
1944 – Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
1944 РAlen̤on is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
1948 – Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.
1950 – Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• [Bloody Gulch massacre]
• [On This Day: North Koreans kill 75 American POWs in Bloody Gulch massacre]
1952 – The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
1953 – First thermonuclear bomb test: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4) using a "layered" scheme.
• [Soviet atomic bomb project]
• [Joe 4]
• [Joe 4 Russian atomic bomb]
1953 – The 7.2 Ms Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
1960 – Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
1964 – South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
1969 – Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
1976 – Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
1977 – The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
1977 – The Sri Lanka Riots: Targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.
• [IBM Personal Computer]
• [The Original IBM PC 5150 - the story of the world's most influential computer]
1985 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
1990 – Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
1992 – Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
1994 – Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
2000 – The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
2015 – At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
• [Wikipedia: 2015 Tianjin explosions]
• [Tianjin Explosion Video & Photo Compilation Stabilized HD 12 04 2015 China]
• ['Horror and disbelief' over Tianjin explosions - BBC News]
2016 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
2018 – Thirty-nine civilians, including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in a rebel-held town in northwest Syria.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, August 12, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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LIVE REPLAY: President Donald J. Trump to Hold a Rally in Bozeman, MT - 8/9/24 | Right Side Broadcasting Nwtwork
• Co-founder of Smartmatic voting machine company charged with paying bribes for Philippine contracts [AP News]
• Voted in, standing out: Public response to immigrants' political accession [American Journal of Political Science]
• Trump Falsely Claims Kamala Harris' Rally Crowd Was 'Fake' And AI-Generated [Forbes Magazine]
• Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos v[ProPublica]
• Dirty campaigning increases distrust in politicians and decreases trust in democracy, study finds [PsyPost]
• Retired National Guard member alleges Walz left his unit in CNN interview: 'He went around me' [Fox News]
• Pelosi hits back at Republicans’ ‘stolen valor’ attacks on Walz [Politico]
• Why Mark Cuban stopped supporting Trump: ‘I got to know him better’ [Independent (UK)]
• Meta beats censorship lawsuit by RFK Jr's anti-vaccine group [Reuters]
• The MAGA misinformation-industrial complex has gathered steam since 2020. Here’s how [https://www.cnn.com/maga-misinformation-trump-conspiracy-theories/index.html]
International News Headlines
Ukraine says 'thousands' of troops part of incursion aiming to 'destabilise' Russia | FRANCE 24
Why Greece is cracking down on sunbed rentals on its beaches | Focus on Europe | DW News
• Half of Greece on red alert as wildfires rage near Athens [DW News]
• Elon Musk’s X faces axe from anti-terror group over extremist content [The Sunday Times]
• US releases $3.5 billion to Israel to spend on US weapons and military equipment, months after Congress appropriated [CNN]
• Paris's Closing Ceremony pits Old World splendour against Hollywood spectacle [France 24]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: No food, water, shelter for fleeing Palestinians [Al Jazeera]
• Liveblog: US reiterates ironclad commitment to Israel, Sinwar claims desire for hostage deal [Jerusalem Post]
This Week with George Stephanopoulos Full Broadcast - Sunday, August 11, 2024 | ABC News
Meet the Press NOW – Aug. 9 | NBC News
Face the Nation: Kelly, Moynihan, McKenzie | Aug 11, 2024
2024 Campaign Trail: Presidential & VP Candidates Blitz Swing States | C-SPAN
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, August 9, 2024
Explosion and Fire on board YM Mobility in Ningbo, China | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (8-8-24): Donald Trump & Kamala Harris agree to debate on September 10 on ABC | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 11, 2024 | Olympics 2024 wraps up with extravagant Paris closing ceremony
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Aug. 11, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Aug. 11, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Aug. 11, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Aug. 11, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Fossils from Underneath Greenland Rewrite History of Its Ice Sheet | Anton Petrov
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from August 9 to 16: A conjunction of Mars and Jupiter [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 2 – 11 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Neutron Stars Might Be Squishy Inside [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show August 9 2024: You Can't Unmountain Dew What's Been Mountain Done | Level1 Techs
Better Understanding of the Proteins - DTNS 4828 | Daily Tech News Show
• Robots can now train themselves with new "practice makes perfect" algorithm [TechSpot]
• World’s first fusion ignition breakthrough: US firm wins esteemed award [Interesting Engineering]
• New 3D printer ink makes recyclable electric circuits without heat or light [tom's Hardwarex]
• SanDisk announces the world’s first 8TB SD card – the biggest memory card we’ve ever seen [TechRadar]
• Figure says its new humanoid robot can chat and learn from its mistakes [Popular Science]
• Nature at risk in the hunt for the perfect selfie [Edith Cowan University]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
This Week in Linux #275: COSMIC Alpha Launched, Manjaro going Immutable, GNOME Tray Icons & more Linux news | Michael Tunnell
The most ambitious astronomy project EVER | The Vera Rubin Observatory | Dr Becky
What SpaceX Just Revealed is a Massive Breakthrough | Marcus House
Revolutionizing the Logistics of Spaceflight - Firefly Aerospace | Real Engineering
The Fermi Paradox: Migration | Science and Fututrism with Isaac Arthur
How I lost trust in scientists | Sabine Hossenfelder
Ship 30 Completes Testing, B14.1 Ready for More Slaps | SpaceX Boca Chica | NASA Spaceflight
---COVID News Roundup---
Ep 163 Osterholm Update: COVID-19 & H5N1: What's Going On? | CIDRAP News
TWiV 1138: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• Four Years After Shelter-in-Place, Covid-19 Misinformation Persists [Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF Health News)]
• UH researchers have developed two nasal sprays for respiratory viruses, COVID-19 [Houston Public Media]
• Effects of recirculation and air change per hour on COVID-19 transmission in indoor settings: A CFD study with varying HVAC parameters [Cell]
• Study: COVID vaccines saved 1.6 million lives in Europe [The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) ]
• Long COVID science, research and policy [nature medicine]
• Cognitive and psychiatric symptom trajectories 2-3 years after hospital admission for COVID-19: a longitudinal, prospective cohort study in the UK [National Library of Medicine]
• Beyond the Noise #43: Restoring faith in vaccines [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1138: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1139: Long COVID with Dr. Judith Bruchfeld [Microbe TV]
---Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup---
Ukraine Invades Russia Back [Mapped] | Good Times and Bad Times
Ukraine's Invasion of Russia, What's the Objective? | Task and Purpose
Ukraine's Kursk offensive proves strength of its armed forces | Press Corner | TVP World
Russia steps up response to Ukrainian incursion of Kursk region | DW News
• Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief on the frontline situation: we are continuing the operation [Euromaidan Press]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• Fire breaks out at nuclear plant after Ukrainian attack – governor (VIDEO) [Russia Today]
• Ukraine launches missile attack on the city of Kursk [Pravda]
• Russia’s Kursk Region governor says measures underway to stabilize situation [TASS: Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
August 12th is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 141 days remain until the end of the year.
It is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. It is also known as the "Glorious Twelfth" in the United Kingdom, as it marks the traditional start of the grouse shooting season.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1121 – Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.
1164 – Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.
1323 РThe Treaty of N̦teborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.
1492 – Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.
1499 – First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets.
1624 – Charles de La Vieuville is arrested and replaced by Cardinal Richelieu as the French king's chief advisor.
1676 – Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
1687 – Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
1765 – Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
1793 РThe Rh̫ne and Loire d̩partments are created when the former d̩partement of Rh̫ne-et-Loire is split into two.
1806 – Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.
1831 – French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.
1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
1865 – Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
1883 – The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1898 – The Hawaiian flag is lowered from Ê»Iolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
1914 – World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
1914 – World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
1944 – Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
1944 – Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
1944 РAlen̤on is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
1948 – Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.
1950 – Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• [Bloody Gulch massacre]
• [On This Day: North Koreans kill 75 American POWs in Bloody Gulch massacre]
1952 – The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
1953 – First thermonuclear bomb test: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4) using a "layered" scheme.
• [Soviet atomic bomb project]
• [Joe 4]
• [Joe 4 Russian atomic bomb]
1953 – The 7.2 Ms Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
1960 – Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
1964 – South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
1969 – Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
1976 – Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
1977 – The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
1977 – The Sri Lanka Riots: Targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.
• [IBM Personal Computer]
• [The Original IBM PC 5150 - the story of the world's most influential computer]
1985 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
1990 – Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
1992 – Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
1994 – Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
2000 – The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
2015 – At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
• [Wikipedia: 2015 Tianjin explosions]
• [Tianjin Explosion Video & Photo Compilation Stabilized HD 12 04 2015 China]
• ['Horror and disbelief' over Tianjin explosions - BBC News]
2016 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
2018 – Thirty-nine civilians, including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in a rebel-held town in northwest Syria.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, August 12, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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