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☆ Pacific Northwest braces for damaging wind, rain and snow — with an atmospheric river on the way
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Severe weather is set to hit opposite ends of the country this week, with a powerful low pressure system — followed by an atmospheric river — set to bring damaging winds, heavy rain and snow to the Pacific Northwest, while storms and possible flooding are headed for the Gulf Coast. ET update that a "rapidly strengthening and extremely powerful" weather system could bring winds of 70 mph across northern California and parts of Washington and Oregon from Tuesday. Satellite images show a weather system approaching the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday morning. Further south, the eastern and central Gulf Coast is due to receive heavy rain and possible flash floods, with eastern Louisiana to the western Florida Panhandle the area most at risk, the NWS said. Elsewhere, a deep low pressure system will bring moderate to heavy rain across the Plains region, with a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms.

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☆ Rain and snow fronts expected before and during Thanksgiving week, forecasters say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Multiple weather fronts will push rain and snow into the Midwest, the Southeast, the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast ahead of Thanksgiving week and some of the year's busiest travel days. Rain, snow expected this weekStarting in the Pacific Northwest, a "long duration atmospheric river" was expected to bring 5 inches of rain and at least 3 inches of snow to Oregon and Northern California beginning as early as Monday, federal forecasters and academic researchers said. The rest of the country is likely to get normal precipitation or below-normal rain during that time, the prediction center said. American Airlines said in a statement Thursday that it expects to set a record for passengers served during the holiday span, with nearly 8.3 million expected. It may be too early to tell whether brewing rain and snow systems will thwart travel and spending plans.

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☆ A Pennsylvania County and the Political Tensions in America
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Philip Montgomery | Michael Sokolove | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Luzerne County is one of many counties in Pennsylvania — and across the country — that shifted to the right this year. Kevin Kraynak, a Luzerne County native, traveled from his home in California to try to get out the vote. Luzerne County became a hotbed of election denialism in 2020, and Pennsylvania is an open-carry state. Just over 152,000 total ballots were cast in Luzerne County — about the same as in 2020. In only one other Pennsylvania county were Trump’s gains greater.

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A man accused of murder after a 911 call about a fake bear attack in the mountains of Tennessee led authorities to a dead man last month has been found and arrested, police said Sunday. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said it was informed Sunday that Hamlett, who had been sought on a first-degree murder warrant, was found and arrested in South Carolina. “The sharing of Hamlett’s wanted poster led the public, whom is our most valuable resource, to act as our eyes and ears,” Monroe County Sheriff Tommy J. Jones II said in a statement. Hamlett was arrested in South Carolina after a hospital employee recognized him and alerted authorities, Columbia police said. His case did not appear to be available online on Monroe County court records Monday.

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☆ Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Lucy, a fossilized skeleton unearthed 50 years ago this month, transformed scientists’ understanding of human evolution. While there are now fossil hominins twice as old as Lucy, she remains a paleoanthropological rock star. Made up of 47 bones from the same individual, she was the oldest known and the most complete skeleton of an early human ancestor when she was found. The fossilized remains of Lucy, discovered on November 24, 1974, made up the most complete skeleton of an early human ancestor when she was found. They found DNA, but it wasn’t human, and it wasn’t Neanderthal.

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☆ Man who allegedly staged bear attack arrested for murder in stolen identity scheme
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Paradise Afshar | Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, 45, was detained without incident on Sunday in Columbia, South Carolina, after being recognized at a local hospital, according to the sheriff’s office in Monroe County, Tennessee. Hamlett has pending charges for first-degree murder out of Monroe County, Tennessee, and a parole violation out of Alabama, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. Investigators also discovered Hamlett had been using Andrade’s identification and that he was wanted in Alabama on a parole violation, the sheriff’s office said. He had a mental health disorder and “was known to leave home and live on the streets,” the sheriff’s office said. Steven Douglas Lloyd, 34, was identified as the victim by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee.

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CNN —More severe weather is expected in the South and the Southern Plains Monday, including in Oklahoma, where residents are surveying the destruction from tornado-spawning storms that injured at least 11 people and leveled homes over the weekend. Tornado sirens rang out Monday morning in Oklahoma City, where residents are still surrounded by the destruction and debris caused by the weekend’s severe storms, after the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning. There were no confirmed tornadoes or reports of damage from Monday morning’s storms. A level 2 of 5 threat of severe thunderstorms spans from central and eastern Texas to the Illinois-Missouri border – including Dallas, threatening damaging wind gusts, large hail and tornadoes, according to the SPC. Nearly 40 structures were destroyed in the Oklahoma City area, the Oklahoma City Fire Department said in a Facebook post.

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At least five people were injured after heavy rain and tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma Saturday night leading into Sunday morning. Video shows that Newcastle Elementary School in the Oklahoma City metro area sustained major damage, including tiling that fell off of the building's facade. KFORElsewhere in Oklahoma City, mounds of debris, including wood and sheetrock, could be seen strewn about around a community. It's not clear whether they were injured as a result of the tornadoes or the heavy rainfall, but the fire department said they responded to several vehicles that had been flooded. Most of Oklahoma remains under flood watch with a threat of heavy rainfall and over 51,000 utility customers do not have power as of 10:30 a.m.

Persons: Scott Douglas, It's Organizations: Oklahoma City Fire Department, Video, Newcastle Elementary School, Sunday, KFOR, National Weather Service, Oklahoma Locations: Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Arkansas, Missouri, Arkansas , Louisiana , Texas, Mississippi

☆ Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Kong-rey makes landfall
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

TAIPEI, Taiwan— A strong Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall on Taiwan’s east coast on Thursday, the largest storm by size to hit the island in nearly 30 years, closing financial markets, causing hundreds of flights to be canceled and reducing rail services. The fire department reported one person had died when their truck hit a fallen tree in central Taiwan. A firefighter inspects a roof blown away by strong winds and rain from Super Typhoon Kong-rey in Hualien County, Taiwan, on Thursday. Parts of eastern Taiwan have recorded 3.3 feet of rainfall since the typhoon began approaching on Wednesday. The last one, Typhoon Krathon, killed four people earlier this month as it passed through the south of the island.

Persons: rey, “, Lai Ching, Gene Huang, ” Sinan Rapongan, Krathon Organizations: Weather Administration, Typhoon Kong, AFP, Getty Images, Reuters, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Apple, Nvidia Locations: TAIPEI, Taiwan, Taiwan’s, Taitung, Typhoon, rey, Hualien County, China, Fujian province, Shanghai

☆ 911 call about hiker chased by bear leads to body; officials say it was staged, caller wanted for murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A man who called police claiming he fell off a cliff while running from a bear — leading officials to discover a dead body — is now wanted for murder, Tennessee officials say. He told dispatch he had fallen off a cliff while running from a bear, and was left injured and partially in water, the sheriff's office said. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office“Mr. An arrest warrant has been issued for Hamlett for first-degree murder out of Monroe County, Tennessee. Officials warn Hamlett is considered armed and dangerous, known to use various aliases, and anyone who sees him is asked to call 911 or Monroe County Dispatch.

Persons: Brandon Andrade, Charles Hall, Brandon Kristopher Andrade, Andrade, Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, Hamlett, Nicholas Wayne Hamlet Organizations: Sheriff's, Charles Hall Bridge, Authorities, ”, Tennessee Bureau, Investigation, FBI, Dispatch Locations: Tennessee, Monroe, Tellico Plains, Alabama, Monroe County, Knox County , TN, Monroe County , Tennessee

☆ Analysis: How a night of fighting words upended the election
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Tom Foreman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

“We’ve got to take a look at what I was left when I became president.” Biden rises to the challenge. Former President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden take part in the CNN presidential debate on June 27. “I would say that there was a time period in which it felt like Donald Trump couldn’t lose,” she says. “Donald Trump knows how to turn every moment into victimhood,” pollster Frank Luntz notes on CNN. A crowd waits in the sun for Donald Trump to speak at an event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

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☆ These are the key agriculture stocks to watch heading into the election — and how to play them
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

And for the first time since 2020, more farmers expect farmland values to go down rather than up. James Mintert, director of Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture, expects land values to likely flatten in the short term. Higher estate tax exemptions approved under the Trump administration's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire next year. She added: "Let's be clear that the Trump administration resulted in a trade deficit, one of the highest we've ever seen in the history of America." "It also benefits from some of the tax policies that have been supported by the Trump administration [in] the past, including things like accelerated depreciation [and] lower corporate tax rates."

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☆ Nicholas Wayne Hamlett: Tennessee authorities search for man accused of murder after faking 911 call
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The incident began on October 18 when a man called 911 pretending to be a distressed hiker, according to a Friday news release from the Monroe County Tennessee Sheriff’s Office. When first responders arrived at the scene in Tellico Plains, they found a dead man with identification belonging to Andrade, according to the sheriff’s office. Investigators discovered that Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, 45, of Alabama had been using Andrade’s identification and that he was wanted in Alabama on a parole violation, the sheriff’s office said. The sheriff’s office advises anyone with information about the case to share it with them and to call 911 if they see Hamlett. CNN has reached out to the Monroe County Tennessee Sheriff’s Office for more information.

Persons: Brandon Andrade, Andrade, wasn’t Andrade, Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, He’s Organizations: CNN, Monroe County Tennessee Sheriff’s, Investigators, Authorities, FBI, Tennessee Bureau of Locations: Tennessee, Monroe County Tennessee, Tellico Plains, Alabama, Tellico

☆ Democratic senators are crushing their GOP opponents in the money race. They're still likely to lose their majority.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Related storiesIn the country's nine most competitive races, Democratic candidates raised an average of 2.8 times more than Republican candidates. AdvertisementAs of now, Democratic candidates have continued to lead in polling in every state where they're on defense — except for Montana. Tim Sheehy, the GOP Senate nominee in Montana, may be benefiting from the decline of "ticket-splitting." Eric Hovde, the GOP Senate nominee in Wisconsin, has poured millions into his own campaign. Republicans' "Senate Leadership Fund" raised $115.7 million in the most recent period, while Democrats' "Senate Majority PAC" raised $119 million.

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☆ A La Niña winter is coming. Here’s what that could mean for the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

La Niña isn’t here yet, but has a 60% chance of emerging through November, according to the Climate Prediction Center. While it’s still unclear just how strong La Niña will get, current forecasts favor a weaker one. That outlook could be change when the center releases its latest forecast on Thursday based on trends toward a weaker La Niña. CNN WeatherThis is due to the behavior of the jet stream — essentially a river of air that storms flow through — which often shifts north during a La Niña winter. La Niña had a hand in the extremely wet winter much of the state endured from December 2022 to February 2023 and during the wet winter before that.

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☆ Considering getting flood insurance after Milton and Helene? Here’s what to expect
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Still, “lack of flood insurance is the largest insurance coverage gap we see across the United States,” he said. Here’s what you’re likely to encounter if you’re shopping around for flood insurance policies. Flood insurance 101Homeowners with mortgages are almost always required to have home insurance by their lenders. Most flood insurance is offered through the federally backed National Flood Insurance Program, a part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The NFIP estimates that more than 40% of NFIP flood insurance claims come from outside high-risk flood zones.

Persons: Helene, Mark Friedlander, ”, Rebecca Blackwell, policyholders, Melissa Sue Gerrits, Friedlander, Andy Neal, Milton, Neal, Scott Hawkins, ” Hawkins Organizations: New, New York CNN, Insurance Information Institute, CNN, Flood Insurance, Federal Emergency Management Agency, AP, FEMA Locations: New York, North Carolina, United States, Gulf, Mexico, Hurricane Milton, Englewood , Florida, Swannanoa , North Carolina

☆ For God, for country, for rain
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Jessica Lucas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +24 min

It's 9:30 a.m., and Augustus Doricko, the mulleted 24-year-old founder of the cloud-seeding company Rainmaker, is clutching a coffee. There's a long way to go before cloud seeding becomes a viable option for solving one of humanity's many self-made crises. El Segundo, population 17,272, has long been a bastion of American engineering, home to aerospace and defense giants like Boeing and Raytheon. Jett Lara for BIThe burning happens every Friday around 8 p.m. at a bonfire on El Segundo Beach. One of Doricko's goals is to build a church in El Segundo to "share the grace of God with other people."

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This article is part of the Opinion series At the Brink,about the threat of nuclear weapons in an unstable world. It follows a decades-long freeze on designing, building or testing new nuclear weapons. The new buildings and cutting-edge machinery will eventually process the uranium needed to make the next generation of American nuclear weapons. Now there are an estimated 12,000 nuclear weapons in the world. It is undeniably true that the world is becoming more contentious, and nuclear weapons do deter our adversaries.

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A scorching streak in Phoenix has set new daily records for 10 straight days during an October heat wave sweeping much of the West. The forecast calls for this streak of broken records to potentially reach up to 16 days in a row. The current record at a U.S. climate station for the number of consecutive daily record highs is 14 from Burlington, Iowa, recorded during the Dust Bowl in 1936. Dozens more October monthly record highs were set Thursday in states such as Kansas and Nebraska. The National Hurricane Center also continues to watch Hurricane Kirk and Tropical Storm Leslie in the open Atlantic, though neither pose any threat to land.

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Jimmy Carter has accomplished something no other former U.S. president has — he notched a 100th birthday. Carter, who served one term in the White House, hit the milestone Tuesday at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he has been receiving hospice care for the last 19 months. “I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Carter said, his grandson, Jason Carter, told The Atlanta Constitution. A former peanut farmer and Navy veteran, Carter has lived nearly six years longer than another age-defying former president, George H.W. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, dance at the annual Congressional Christmas Ball at the White House in 1978.

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☆ Biden celebrates Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday: ‘I admire you so darn much’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Betsy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Carter, who has been in hospice care since February 2023, is the oldest president in American history. Carter’s grandson, Jason Carter, said at tge Democratic National Convention in August that his PawPaw was “holding on” for the November election. Biden was one of the first senators to endorse Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign. Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden traveled to Plains, Georgia, to visit the Carters on the 100th day of Biden’s presidency in 2021. “We sat and talked about the old days,” Biden told reporters after the visit, calling the Carters “old friends.”

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☆ Former President Jimmy Carter’s advice for living a long and happy life: ‘Marry the best spouse’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

James Earl Carter, Jr., more commonly known as Jimmy Carter, served as the 39th U.S. president from 1977 to 1981. In 2019, Carter told People Magazine that he never expected to live as long as he has: "It's hard to live until you're 95 years old." In February of 2023, President Carter entered home hospice care after several hospital stays over the years, following his cancer diagnosis in 2015. He and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died in November 2023 at 96 years old, kept each other going. Their love story began when the two met at Plains United Methodist Church in their hometown of Plains, Georgia, Mr. Carter told The Washington Post.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, James Earl Carter , Jr, He's, Carter, I've, …, Rosalynn Carter, Rosalynn Organizations: People Magazine, Plains United Methodist Church, Washington Post, Carter, Habitat, Humanity Locations: U.S, Plains , Georgia

☆ Jimmy Carter is setting a new record for American presidents. It’s important for everyone
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +25 min

Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images Carter works at a construction site sponsored by the Jimmy Carter Work Project in Asan, South Korea, in 2001. Alex Wong/Getty Images Carter meets with Obama and other former presidents at the White House in January 2009. Richard Lewis/The Elders/Getty Images Carter was interviewed for "The Presidents' Gatekeepers" project at the Carter Center in Atlanta in September 2011. Chris McKay/Getty Images Carter talks about his cancer diagnosis during a news conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta in August 2015. The 1983 tweaks to Social Security included, for instance, the counting of some Social Security benefits as taxable income and a gradual increase of the retirement age from 65 to 67.

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☆ My daughter lives in Asheville, and I lost contact with her for 3 days as the hurricane hit. I imagined the worst.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Jeneane Nicodemus | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I texted her when I heard Hurricane Helene was headed her way to see how she was preparing. I then didn't hear from her for three days, and as I watched the news, I feared the worst. I found myself rocking back and forth for three days, imagining the worst for my ill-prepared daughter. Related storiesShe sent a series of short texts right before they lost power — "Five trees went down outside our building, water, and power out." A woman shared that her sister was pregnant and stuck on top of her roof in Black Mountain, a neighborhood my daughter lived in when she first moved there.

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☆ My basement was full of stuff. After 24 years of accumulating, I finally started decluttering and it was so satisfying.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Ivy Eisenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I decided to finally declutter and say goodbye to things I didn't think I could part with. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA sign on my home office door says, "Creative People Don't Have a Mess; They Have Ideas Lying Around Everywhere." I've created a three-step process to trick myself into saying goodbye to my junk without squashing my personality or memories. I am finally able to say goodbye to my belongings, knowing that they will be adopted.

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