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National News
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure will begin to build into the region from the north today although we could see a few scattered showers and storms this afternoon and evening. High pressure will linger over the area into early next week with temperatures warming above normal over the weekend.
• County Commissioners Begin Process of Selecting a New County Manager [Macon Media]
• Macon County Public Health to Host Drive-Thru Flu Vaccine Clinic [Macon Media]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A slight chance of showers between 4pm and 5pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning. The chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the south.
Saturday
Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Saturday
Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
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Hazards
...PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING...
Patchy dense fog, reducing visibility to 1/4 mile or less, is expected across the mountain valleys and portions of the North Carolina foothills this morning. Motorists traveling along I-40 between the Tennessee border and Hickory, along I-26 through western North Carolina, as well as other roads and highways across the region, should be prepared for sudden deterioration in visibility. Slow down, use low beam headlights, and allow for extra distance between yourself and other vehicles if dense fog is encountered. The fog should lift by 1000 AM.
Tropical Update
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Sep 20 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Central Subtropical Atlantic (Remnants of Gordon):
Recent satellite wind data shows that an area of low pressure has formed in association with the remnants of Gordon. However, the associated shower and thunderstorm activity is poorly organized. Some additional development of this system is possible during the next day or two while it moves northward or north-northeastward. After that time, conditions are expected to become less conducive for development.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
2. Central and Western Subtropical Atlantic:
Shower activity associated with an area of low pressure located about 750 miles southeast of Bermuda has changed little in organization over the past several hours. Environmental conditions appear only marginally conducive, but some development of this system is possible while it meanders over the open waters of the central or western Subtropical Atlantic though early next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
3. Northwestern Caribbean Sea and Southeastern Gulf of Mexico:
A broad area of low pressure could form by early next week over the northwestern Caribbean Sea. Thereafter, gradual development of this system is possible, and a tropical depression could form as the system moves slowly to the north or northwest over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and into the southern Gulf of Mexico through the middle part of next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.
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Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (7.8 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (7.4 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for September 20th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F in Highlands in 1925
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Highlands in 1903
Greatest Rainfall 4.95 inches in Highlands in 1924
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for September
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on09-29-1964
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for September 20th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 102°F in Tarboro, Edgecombe County in 1895
Lowest Temperature 28°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1941
Greatest One-Day Rain 10.92 inches in Morehead City, Carteret County in 1955
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for September
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 108°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Marion, McDowell County on 09-28-2000
Greatest Rainfall 21.00 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County on 09-17-2018
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
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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)
September 2024 Schedule
9-21-24---Bill Petersen, Zip Robertson & Cricket Woodward provide a Song Circle for us. You’ll hear blues, country, folk and more.......a variety of Americana with a variety of acoustic instruments. Enjoy their covers and originals.
9-28-24---Steve Greenberg and Charlie Simmons—Enjoy the voice of Steve Greenberg on his folk covers along with the finger-style picking of award-winning guitarist, Charlie Simmons.
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
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Retired anchor Darcel Grimes awarded Order of the Long Leaf Pine | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
Mark Robinson denies CNN report of lewd comments, says he will stay in NC's governor's race | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Mark Robinson made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum, CNN report says [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC’s Mark Robinson denies CNN report on racist, sexually graphic comments as ‘tabloid lies’ [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians celebrates as Clingman's Dome renamed Kuwohi [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Buncombe’s lawsuit against HCA highlights struggle of patients in rural WNC hospitals [BPR News]
• Changes to Sylva panhandling ordinance fail [Smoky Mountain News]
• Aptly named dragonfly has a voracious appetite [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
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Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (7.8 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (7.4 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for September 20th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F in Highlands in 1925
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Highlands in 1903
Greatest Rainfall 4.95 inches in Highlands in 1924
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for September
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on09-29-1964
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for September 20th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 102°F in Tarboro, Edgecombe County in 1895
Lowest Temperature 28°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1941
Greatest One-Day Rain 10.92 inches in Morehead City, Carteret County in 1955
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for September
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 108°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Marion, McDowell County on 09-28-2000
Greatest Rainfall 21.00 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County on 09-17-2018
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
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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)
September 2024 Schedule
9-21-24---Bill Petersen, Zip Robertson & Cricket Woodward provide a Song Circle for us. You’ll hear blues, country, folk and more.......a variety of Americana with a variety of acoustic instruments. Enjoy their covers and originals.
9-28-24---Steve Greenberg and Charlie Simmons—Enjoy the voice of Steve Greenberg on his folk covers along with the finger-style picking of award-winning guitarist, Charlie Simmons.
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
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Retired anchor Darcel Grimes awarded Order of the Long Leaf Pine | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
Mark Robinson denies CNN report of lewd comments, says he will stay in NC's governor's race | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Mark Robinson made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum, CNN report says [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC’s Mark Robinson denies CNN report on racist, sexually graphic comments as ‘tabloid lies’ [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians celebrates as Clingman's Dome renamed Kuwohi [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Buncombe’s lawsuit against HCA highlights struggle of patients in rural WNC hospitals [BPR News]
• Changes to Sylva panhandling ordinance fail [Smoky Mountain News]
• Aptly named dragonfly has a voracious appetite [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
---NATIONAL---
Videos and links to news articles
The Resegregation of America's schools | ABC News
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson denies reports of disturbing comments | NBC News
• New Court Filings Place Matt Gaetz at a Party at the Center of the Sex Trafficking Scandal
This is the first public filing that cites sworn testimony alleging that Gaetz attended one of the long-rumored parties with a teenage girl. [NOTUS]
• Kentucky sheriff charged in killing of judge at courthouse [AP News]
• Congress scrambles to ensure safety of presidential candidates in final weeks of campaign [Yahoo News]
• F.T.C. Study Finds ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Social Media Users [DNYUZ]
• Former Google exec expressed concerns about tech giant’s ad market domination [Courthouse News Service]
• The Fed has set out on a ‘recalibration’ of policy. Here’s what Powell’s new buzzword means [CNBC]
• Ex-Border Patrol chief rips Biden admin for allegedly suppressing info on migrants with potential terror ties [Fox News]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP---
Unite for America Rally with Vice President Kamala Harris and Oprah Winfrey | Kamala Harris
Trump Rally Attendees Report Eye Pain After Arizona Event | Inside Edition
• At a 'fighting antisemitism' event, Trump says Jewish voters will bear 'a lot' of blame if he loses [NBC News]
• Inside Trump’s Electoral Firewall
If the former president wins the East Coast trio of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia, he will go back to the White House. [Politico]
• Election forecaster who correctly called the 2020 result makes shock 'blowout' claim in Trump-Harris race [Daily Mail]
• Day by day, how JD Vance tweeted misinformation about Springfield [Washington Post]
• Trump Rallygoers Say They Are Experiencing Mysterious Eye Injuries [Yahoo News]
• Harris hopes to turn Ukraine war into winning issue in battle with Trump for Polish American votes [AP News]
• Trump vows to be ‘best friend’ to Jewish Americans, as allegations of ally’s antisemitism surface [AP News]
International News Headlines
Long-range weapons for Ukraine: Putin’s red line? | To the Point | DW News
Ukraine Wipes Out One of Russia's Largest Ammo Dumps | Military Mind | TVP World
• 🔴Liveblog: Israel strikes southern Lebanon as Hezbollah vows revenge for device blasts [France 24]
• Lebanon explosions raise alarm about supply chain security, safety of tech [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 939: Russian troll army produces 10,000 propaganda pieces per month [Euromaidan]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 19, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Al-Qaeda-linked group says it was behind Mali attack [BBC News]
• S. Korea, U.S. to hold regular defense talks to discuss deterrence against N.K. threats [Yonhap News Agency]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• Is the end nigh? Here’s what the Russian Army has achieved in the last two months [Russia Today]
• Putin goes to see Russia's state-of-the-art UAVs [Pravda]
• Russia fully ready to defend its interests in Arctic — Lavrov [TASS: Russian News Agency]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism • It’s easy to find misinformation on social media. It’s even easier on X (Twitter). [Poynter]
• What the Financial Times learned from experimenting with AI [JOurnalism.co.uk]
• The Media Marine How J.D. Vance keeps the press calls coming [Columbia Journalism Review]
• Theme parks, private planes and Paris: The leadership PAC loophole
The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University investigated spending from a specialized type of political action committee known as a leadership PAC. [Scipps News]
• Posts Sharing Mpox (Monkeypox) Misinformation Recycle Claims from Prior Viral Outbreaks [FactCheck.org]
• An AI chatbot helped Americans who believe in conspiracy theories “exit the rabbit hole” [Nieman Lab]
First footage of Titan sub wreckage revealed | WGOW Shipping on LiveNOW | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (9-19-24): President Biden says Fed interest rate cut is 'progress' not 'victory' | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 19, 2024 | Israel ramps up attacks in Lebanon
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 19, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | September 19, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 19, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 19, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Major Exoplanet Discoveries From the Last Few Months - Three Hour Video Compilation | Antov Petrov
The Level1 Show September 20th: Full Mars Living | Level1 Techs
Travel Flow Charts - DTNS 4858 | Daily Tech News Show
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from September 13 to 20: A partial lunar eclipse plus an occultation [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 13 – 22 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Sky & Telescope's Sky Tour Podcast – September 2024 | The Equinox and the Summer Triangle
• Update: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Might Outshine Predictions [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Near-Collision With Other Star Jumbled Up Our Solar System, Physicists Says | Sabine Hossenfelder
Linux Unplugges #580: Brent's Boogie Bus Broadcast Bash | Jupiter Broadcasting
Why Scientists Are Puzzled By This Virus | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
What La Niña Will do to Earth in 2025 | Astrum
• Phishing Espionage Attack Targets US-Taiwan Defense Conference [Dark Reading]
• F.T.C. Study Finds ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Social Media Users [DNYUZ]
• Paleontologists Identify Three New Species of Fossil Thylacines [SciNews]
• Genetic tracing of market wildlife and viruses at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic [Cell Magazine (PDF)]
• Social media and online video firms are conducting ‘vast surveillance’ on users, FTC finds [The Guardian (UK) ]
• Ukraine’s Gun-Armed Ground Robot Just Cleared A Russian Trench In Kursk [Forbes]
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On This Day
September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 102 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1058 – Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland.
1066 – At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin.
1187 – Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
1260 – The Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights
1378 – Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism.
1498 – The Nankai tsunami washes away the building housing the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in; it has been located outside ever since.
1519 – Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition which ultimately culminates in the first circumnavigation of the globe.
1586 – A number of conspirators in the Babington Plot are hanged, drawn and quartered.
1602 – The Spanish-held Dutch town of Grave capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English army under the command of Maurice of Orange.
1697 – The Treaty of Ryswick is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, ending the Nine Years' War.
1737 – The Walking Purchase concludes, which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km2) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
1792 – French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
1835 – The decade-long Ragamuffin War starts when rebels capture Porto Alegre in Brazil.
1854 – Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma.
1857 – The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
1860 – The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.
1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
1870 – The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
1871 – Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
1881 – U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in upon the death of James A. Garfield the previous day.
1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
1911 – The White Star Line's RMS Olympic collides with the British warship HMS Hawke.
1920 – Irish War of Independence: British police known as "Black and Tans" burn the town of Balbriggan and kill two local men in revenge for an IRA assassination.[12]
1941 – The Holocaust in Lithuania: Lithuanian Nazis and local police begin a mass execution of 403 Jews in Nemenčinė.
1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed for seven years due to World War II.
1946 – Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
1955 – The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
1961 – Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
1962 – James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
1965 – Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
1967 – The Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched in Clydebank, Scotland.
1971 – Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
1973 – Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.
1973 – Singer Jim Croce, songwriter and musician Maury Muehleisen and four others die when their light aircraft crashes on takeoff at Natchitoches Regional Airport in Louisiana.
1977 – Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
1979 – A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.
1982 – NFL season: American football players in the National Football League begin a 57-day strike
1984 – A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
1989 – USAir Flight 5050 crashes into Bowery Bay during a rejected takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, killing two people.
1990 – South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
2000 – The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
2001 – In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
2003 – Civil unrest in the Maldives breaks out after a prisoner is killed by guards.
2007 – Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters march on Jena, Louisiana, United States, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
2008 – A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
2011 – The United States military ends its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
2017 – Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths, US$90 billion in damage, and a major humanitarian crisis.
2018 – At least 161 people die after a ferry capsizes close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
2019 – Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in New York City.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, September 20, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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Trump Rally Attendees Report Eye Pain After Arizona Event | Inside Edition
• At a 'fighting antisemitism' event, Trump says Jewish voters will bear 'a lot' of blame if he loses [NBC News]
• Inside Trump’s Electoral Firewall
If the former president wins the East Coast trio of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia, he will go back to the White House. [Politico]
• Election forecaster who correctly called the 2020 result makes shock 'blowout' claim in Trump-Harris race [Daily Mail]
• Day by day, how JD Vance tweeted misinformation about Springfield [Washington Post]
• Trump Rallygoers Say They Are Experiencing Mysterious Eye Injuries [Yahoo News]
• Harris hopes to turn Ukraine war into winning issue in battle with Trump for Polish American votes [AP News]
• Trump vows to be ‘best friend’ to Jewish Americans, as allegations of ally’s antisemitism surface [AP News]
International News Headlines
Long-range weapons for Ukraine: Putin’s red line? | To the Point | DW News
Ukraine Wipes Out One of Russia's Largest Ammo Dumps | Military Mind | TVP World
• 🔴Liveblog: Israel strikes southern Lebanon as Hezbollah vows revenge for device blasts [France 24]
• Lebanon explosions raise alarm about supply chain security, safety of tech [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 939: Russian troll army produces 10,000 propaganda pieces per month [Euromaidan]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 19, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Al-Qaeda-linked group says it was behind Mali attack [BBC News]
• S. Korea, U.S. to hold regular defense talks to discuss deterrence against N.K. threats [Yonhap News Agency]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• Is the end nigh? Here’s what the Russian Army has achieved in the last two months [Russia Today]
• Putin goes to see Russia's state-of-the-art UAVs [Pravda]
• Russia fully ready to defend its interests in Arctic — Lavrov [TASS: Russian News Agency]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism • It’s easy to find misinformation on social media. It’s even easier on X (Twitter). [Poynter]
• What the Financial Times learned from experimenting with AI [JOurnalism.co.uk]
• The Media Marine How J.D. Vance keeps the press calls coming [Columbia Journalism Review]
• Theme parks, private planes and Paris: The leadership PAC loophole
The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University investigated spending from a specialized type of political action committee known as a leadership PAC. [Scipps News]
• Posts Sharing Mpox (Monkeypox) Misinformation Recycle Claims from Prior Viral Outbreaks [FactCheck.org]
• An AI chatbot helped Americans who believe in conspiracy theories “exit the rabbit hole” [Nieman Lab]
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On This Day
September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 102 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1058 – Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland.
1066 – At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin.
1187 – Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
1260 – The Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights
1378 – Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism.
1498 – The Nankai tsunami washes away the building housing the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in; it has been located outside ever since.
1519 – Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition which ultimately culminates in the first circumnavigation of the globe.
1586 – A number of conspirators in the Babington Plot are hanged, drawn and quartered.
1602 – The Spanish-held Dutch town of Grave capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English army under the command of Maurice of Orange.
1697 – The Treaty of Ryswick is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, ending the Nine Years' War.
1737 – The Walking Purchase concludes, which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km2) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
1792 – French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
1835 – The decade-long Ragamuffin War starts when rebels capture Porto Alegre in Brazil.
1854 – Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma.
1857 – The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
1860 – The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales.
1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
1870 – The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
1871 – Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
1881 – U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in upon the death of James A. Garfield the previous day.
1893 – Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
1911 – The White Star Line's RMS Olympic collides with the British warship HMS Hawke.
1920 – Irish War of Independence: British police known as "Black and Tans" burn the town of Balbriggan and kill two local men in revenge for an IRA assassination.[12]
1941 – The Holocaust in Lithuania: Lithuanian Nazis and local police begin a mass execution of 403 Jews in Nemenčinė.
1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed for seven years due to World War II.
1946 – Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
1955 – The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
1961 – Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
1962 – James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
1965 – Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
1967 – The Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched in Clydebank, Scotland.
1971 – Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
1973 – Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.
1973 – Singer Jim Croce, songwriter and musician Maury Muehleisen and four others die when their light aircraft crashes on takeoff at Natchitoches Regional Airport in Louisiana.
1977 – Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
1979 – A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.
1982 – NFL season: American football players in the National Football League begin a 57-day strike
1984 – A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
1989 – USAir Flight 5050 crashes into Bowery Bay during a rejected takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, killing two people.
1990 – South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
2000 – The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
2001 – In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
2003 – Civil unrest in the Maldives breaks out after a prisoner is killed by guards.
2007 – Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters march on Jena, Louisiana, United States, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
2008 – A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
2011 – The United States military ends its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
2017 – Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths, US$90 billion in damage, and a major humanitarian crisis.
2018 – At least 161 people die after a ferry capsizes close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
2019 – Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in New York City.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, September 20, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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