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Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico
By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press
Fri,10/04/24-8:36AM , 93 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to step into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico.
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For Pittsburgh Jews, attack anniversary adds to an already grim October
By PETER SMITH - Associated Press
Fri,10/04/24-6:30AM , 56 Reads
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jewish communities everywhere reacted with horror at last year's Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, but the approaching one-year commemoration of the assault hits home particularly hard in Pittsburgh's Jewish community, which already marks a grim anniversary each October.
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The Nation's Weather
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,10/04/24-3:30AM , 59 Reads
The Nation's Weather for Saturday, October 5, 2024

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NATIONAL SUMMARY

Thunderstorms will rumble along the Gulf Coast tomorrow.

Showers will exit New England in the morning. Afternoon

thunderstorms are expected to develop in northeastern

Minnesota, northern and western Wisconsin and the western
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Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

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Middle East latest: An Israeli airstrike cuts a major highway linking Lebanon with Syria
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Fri,10/04/24-1:58AM , 85 Reads
An Israeli airstrike has cut off a main highway linking Lebanon with Syria, leaving two huge craters on either side of the road.
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Today's Weather

Franklinton, 70438, LA

Realtime Radar

Current Temp

73°F

Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Chance of Rain: 70%
Max Temp: 87°F
Min Temp: 69°F
Feels Like: 73°F
Dew Point: 75°F
Humidity: 74%
Sunrise: 6:02 AM
Sunset: 7:51 PM

Wind Speed: 0 to 5 mph
Wind Direction: S
Wind Gust: 8 mph
Sky Cover: 72%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 75°F
Moon Rise: 9:44 AM
Moon Set: 12:19 AM

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 7pm and 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy. Low around 69, with temperatures rising to around 71 overnight. South wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

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