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A TikTok sign is displayed on top of their building in Culver City, Calif., on Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

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Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban

By MAE ANDERSON MAE ANDERSON - AP Business Writer
Mon,12/30/24-12:34PM, 99 Reads
A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to help them grow their business.
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This 1825 etching provided by the Library of Congress shows an astronomical chart depicting Bootes the Ploughman holding a spear, a sickle, and two dogs, Asterion and Chara, on leashes, a quadrant, and the hair of Berenice forming the constellations. (Sidney Hall/Library of Congress via AP)

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How to catch the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2025

By CHRISTINA LARSON CHRISTINA LARSON - AP Science Writer
Thu,12/19/24-9:52AM, 70 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Friday, it will be the year's first chance to see fireballs in the sky.
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US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin makes a speech at Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

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The Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press
Tue,12/31/24-7:37AM, 77 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, a U.S.
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This image released by Netflix shows the characters Gromit, left, and Wallace, voiced by Ben Whitehead, right, with their robot knome, Norbot, voiced by Reece Shearsmith, in a scene from the film "Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl." (Netflix via AP)

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‘Wallace & Gromit’ are back for a full-length adventure with a familiar foe

By LINDSEY BAHR LINDSEY BAHR - AP Film Writer
Tue,12/31/24-6:48AM, 273 Reads
The cheese-loving English inventor Wallace and his loyal dog Gromit have been stars since the beginning.
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Today's Weather

Franklinton, 70438, LA

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Current Temp

99°F

Sunny

Chance of Rain: 20%
Max Temp: 101°F
Min Temp: 76°F
Feels Like: 111°F
Dew Point: 74°F
Humidity: 94%
Sunrise: 6:27 AM
Sunset: 7:41 PM

Wind Speed: 0 mph
Wind Direction:
Wind Gust: 8 mph
Sky Cover: 4%
Visibility: 8 mi
Dew Point: 74°F
Moon Rise: 10:27 AM
Moon Set: 9:57 PM

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny. High near 101, with temperatures falling to around 98 in the afternoon. Heat index values as high as 114. West wind around 0 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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