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A coating of snow is seen below ski lifts at Sugarbowl Ski Resort Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, in Donner Summit, Calif. (AP Photo/Brooke Hess-Homeier)

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Heat waves, wildfires and now … snow? California endures a summer of extremes
By JOHN ANTCZAK AND SOPHIE AUSTIN - Associated Press
Sat,08/24/24-10:57AM , 47 Reads
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An unusually cold weather system from the Gulf of Alaska interrupted summer along the West Coast on Saturday, bringing snow to mountains in California and the Pacific Northwest and prompting the closure of part of a highway that runs through a national park.
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A SlateSafety armband is worn by Wyatt Fischer, a furnace mason employee at Cardinal Glass, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Menomonie, Wis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

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Sensors can read your sweat and predict overheating. Here's why privacy advocates care
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ - AP Business Writer
Sat,08/24/24-7:07AM , 75 Reads
On a hot summer day in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, dozens of men removed pipes, asbestos and hazardous waste while working to decontaminate a nuclear facility and prepare it for demolition.
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The Nation's Weather
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sat,08/24/24-3:30AM , 108 Reads
The Nation's Weather for Sunday, August 25, 2024

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NATIONAL SUMMARY

Afternoon and evening thunderstorms in the northern Plains

can bring localized damaging wind gusts and hail tomorrow.

Drenching showers and thunderstorms will continue in Florida
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Winning numbers drawn in Friday’s Mega Millions
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,08/23/24-11:35PM , 115 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:

28-30-44-66-69, Mega Ball: 2, Megaplier: 3

(twenty-eight, thirty, forty-four, sixty-six, sixty-nine, Mega Ball: two, Megaplier: three)

Estimated jackpot: $535 million
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Current Temp

78°F

Slight Chance Rain Showers

Chance of Rain: 70%
Max Temp: 91°F
Min Temp: 76°F
Feels Like: 75°F
Dew Point: 77°F
Humidity: 88%
Sunrise: 5:57 AM
Sunset: 8:06 PM

Wind Speed: 0 to 5 mph
Wind Direction: W
Wind Gust: 0 mph
Sky Cover: 52%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 77°F
Moon Rise: 11:55 AM
Moon Set: 12:33 AM

A slight chance of rain showers before 7am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny. High near 91, with temperatures falling to around 87 in the afternoon. West wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

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