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Saturday, October 25, 2025
South Macon Elementary
855 Addington Bridge Road
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front crosses the area today with isolated showers and gusty winds. Dry high pressure returns Wednesday and remains into the weekend. A low pressure system may bring rain chances by early next week.
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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....Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
...TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
...WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
...WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
...THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
...THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
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]
• New voting map to flip a congressional district to the GOP advances in NC Senate [NC Newsline]
• Police investigate incident between motorcyclist, 'No Kings' protester [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC redistricting: Map to protect GOP power in US House advances as protesters allege racism [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Sen. Thom Tillis returns millions to donors as North Carolina Senate race shifts [Raleigh News and Observer]
• From courthouse to keyboard: The rising cost of the NC courts digital conversion [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will not be able to buy tickets to Aston Villa match | Sky News
Why a Pakistan-Afghanistan War Looks Increasingly Inevitable | TLDR News Global
Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister after parliamentary vote | Al Jazeera
• Former French President Sarkozy heads to jail over campaign financing [BBC News]
• Louvre heist: Where might the loot end up? [DW News]
• Liveblog: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy set to begin five-year prison term [France 24]
Russo-UKraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 20, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
"Ukraine could still win, I don’t think they will:" Trump backtracks on Ukraine | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1335: Half of Ukrainians believe US is pushing for unfavorable peace deal [Euromaidan Press]
• Planned meeting between top Russian, US diplomats postponed indefinitely — TV channel [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Intensive diplomatic efforts underway to prepare Putin-Trump meeting — diplomat [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
White House begins demolitions for Trump's new ballroom | NBC News
• The Memo: Trump betrays irritation after huge ‘No Kings’ protests [The Hill]
• Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts [Politico]
• US appeals court says Trump can take command of Oregon troops though deployment blocked for now [AP News]
• ‘Sniper’s nest’ found pointing at Air Force One landing zone [The Telegraph (UK)]
• Trump admin on pace to shatter deportation record by end of first year: 'Just the beginning' [Fox News]
• Trump tariffs live updates: Trump lists top demands on China, signs rare earth deal with Australia [Yahoo Finance]
• Shares of Australian critical metal companies surge on $8.5 billion U.S. minerals deal [CNBC]
Economics of Trump’s Australia Critical Minerals Deal | Insight with Haslinda Amin 10/21/2025| Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (10/20/25): House Speaker Calls Government Shutdown a "Political Stunt" | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 20, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Oct. 20, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
Science and Technology News
Pilot Says His Plane Was Hit By Space Debris - What's The Real Story? | Scott Manley
The Level1 Links With Friends Show October 21 2025: Joint Chatbots of Staff
• How scientists are pushing back against Trump’s funding ‘deal’ for universities [Nature]
• That One (of the several) Feature ProtonMail Does Better Than Gmail [FOSS NEWS]
• A classified network of SpaceX satellites is emitting a mysterious signal [NPR]
• SpaceX could lose contract for Artemis 3 astronaut moon-landing mission, acting NASA chief says: 'The problem is, they're behind' [Space.com]
• Signal President Spars With Elon Musk Over Trust in Private Messengers [Gizmodo]
• It wasn’t space debris that struck a United Airlines plane—it was a weather balloon [Ars Technica]
• Bitcoin Braces for First Inflation Test Since US Shutdown [Decrypt]
• Dead cat bounce to $118K? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week [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 Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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