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Saturday, October 25, 2025
South Macon Elementary
855 Addington Bridge Road
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Drier and slightly cooler conditions are expected across the area through Friday night in the wake of a dry backdoor cold front. Temperatures warm again on Saturday ahead of another cold front that will bring shower chances on Sunday, mainly to the mountains. Seasonable temperatures return behind this front early next week before another front approaches by Wednesday.
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GENERAL FORECAST
(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)
..TODAY....Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 5 mph.
...THURSDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
...FRIDAY....Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
...FRIDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Southwest winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
...SATURDAY....Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
...SATURDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
...SUNDAY....Showers likely. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
...SUNDAY NIGHT....Mostly clear. A chance of showers in the evening. Cooler with lows in the upper 30s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
• Macon County Board of Commissioners: October 2025 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• NC Court of Appeals rules General Assembly cannot take majority control of executive boards [NC Newsline]
• Out of this world: Former North Carolina NASA campus for sale, listed for $30M [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Timeliness of NC food-stamp payments dipped below federal standards, state audit says [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Audit finds $83M in delayed food aid, flags 7 NC counties for late payments [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Here's what to know about NC Cherokee marijuana, Tillis comments [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
What does the China spy row involve? | Sky News
What Jared Kushner’s Middle East diplomacy means for Gaza | The Take | Al Jazeera
• Trump confirms he authorised CIA action inside Venezuela [BBC News]
• EU to unveil drone defense plan to counter Russian threat [DW News]
• Top French court upholds ban threatening Marine Le Pen’s 2027 candidacy [France 24]
Russo-UKraine War
Majority of NATO countries commit to purchasing U.S. weapons for Ukraine | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1330: Russia’s Central Asian energy empire continues its collapse [Euromaidan Press]
• US war secretary threatens Russia [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Trump says Modi promised to stop buying oil from Russia [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 15, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
President Trump Hosts a Ballroom Dinner | The White House
Trump calls for prosecution of rivals, flanked by DOJ and FBI chiefs | NBC News
• Pentagon Journalists Exit Workspace as New Rules Begin [NewsMax]
• Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules [WTOP-FM (Washington, DC)]
• Faulty engineering led to implosion of Titan submersible headed to Titanic wreckage, NTSB finds [WRC-TV (Washington, DC)]
• Meta Removes Facebook Group That Shared Information on ICE Agents [New York Times]
• Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs [Gizmodo]
• ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat [Politico]
• swastika in GOP congressional office [Politico]
• Who are the Young Republicans in explosive group chat? [The Hill]
• Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules [AP News]
• 'Slap in the face': Dems hammered for declaring state of emergency over ICE enforcement [Fox News]
• Major Media Outlets Rebuff New Pentagon Press Policy [Wall Street Journal]
Fed Chair Powell delivers remarks at the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) | Yahoo Finance
• Trump tariffs live updates: Trump confirms US-China trade war as Bessent leaves door open to tariff pause extention [Yahoo Finance]
• Tariffs are pushing prices higher and consumers are feeling the hit, Fed’s Beige Book shows [CNBC]
US, China Step Up Trade War Rhetoric | The China Show 10/16/2025 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (10-15-25): Judge blocks gov't shutdown RIFs; OMB Dir says at least 10K to be fired | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 15, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Oct. 15, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Science and Technology News
Why Our Immune System Doesn't Just Kill Us - 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine | Anton Petrov
• A vaccine central in A(H5) influenza antigenic space confers broad immunity [Nature]
• NordVPN Makes Linux App GUI Open Source, Reverses Meshnet Shutdown Decision [FOSS NEWS]
• SpaceX launches 21 communications satellites for the US military [Space.com]
• Where Are the Aliens? New Study Suggests They’re Stuck Like Us [Gizmodo]
• US demand grows for Chinese cars despite privacy and security fears [Ars Technica]
• North Korean Hackers Target Crypto Devs Through Open-Source Software Hub [Decrypt]
• Bitcoin Coinbase Premium keeps BTC above $110K: Will this level hold? [Coin Telegraph]
NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) and ASN (Aviation Safety Network) Accident Investigation Pages
• Cirrus SR22T Crash [09/18/2025 - Franklin, NC]
• Midair Collision PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 Airplane and Sikorsky H-60 Military Helicopter [1/29/2025 - Arlington, VA]
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Published at 6.00am on Thurssday, October 16, 2025
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