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Monday Forecast: Temps in low 80s with mostly sunny conditions

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:25:59 GMT

CHICAGO — Mostly sunny conditions Monday and cooler by the lake. Winds: ENE 5-10 G15. High: 83/72.Full forecast details and more at the WGN Weather Center blog Partly cloudy tonight. Winds: ENE 5-10. Low: 59.Tuesday Forecast: Partly cloudy Tuesday with 20% shower chance, cooler lakeside. Winds: E 5-10. High: 87/75.Full forecast details and more at the WGN Weather Center blog

Mainly dry and mostly cloudy for your Memorial Day

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:25:59 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Rain chances continue to decrease for your Memorial Day with only a 20% of isolated storms into the afternoon/evening after early morning light rain showers/drizzle.Memorial Day rain chancesGRAF Model output for Monday afternoonOtherwise, expect a warm and muggy day today with high temperatures near 87 degrees. We then begin a stretch of dry and hot weather with temperatures near 90 - 92 degrees Tuesday through Friday.High temperaturesNext weekend continues to look increasingly wet with the heaviest rain falling over the Hill Country. Stay with us for updates... BLOG: Summer forecast released: When do 100º days begin INVESTIGATION: LCRA didn't plan for climate change until KXAN investigation FIRST WARNING WEATHER: Stay up to date with your Central Texas forecast, sign up for our weather newsletter at kxan.com/newsletters Stay up-to-date with the First Warning Weather teamFollow the KXAN First Warning Weather team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.You can also ...

5 things to know this Memorial Day

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:25:59 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Happy Memorial Day! Today we reflect on and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the military. To those and all who have served, we thank you. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Schenectady Police are investigating a homicide that took place on Pleasant Avenue. Meanwhile, Antonio Brown didn't play in the Empire's Saturday game against the Fayetteville Mustangs. These stories, and more, are covered in your five things to know this Memorial Day. 1. Police investigating Schenectady homicideThe Schenectady Police Department is investigating a homicide on Pleasant Street. The victim is an adult woman whose name is currently being withheld until her family is notified.2. Legal migrants arrive in Colonie to seek asylumColonie Town Supervisor Peter Crummey states the town learned the bus was originally intended to head to Albany, citing its designation as a ‘sanctuary...

Your summer guide to the fine arts in Colorado

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:25:59 GMT

Colorado’s fine-arts calendar is rich in the coming months with an abundance of high-level live performances and gallery exhibitions. We looked across the state and assembled this list of offerings with serious potential. Check them out.Tomashi Jackson, “Across the Universe”The MCA Denver presents a retrospective of work by artist Tomashi Jackson starting June 14. Image provided by MCA Denver(MCA Denver, June 14-Sept. 10)California-raised and New York-based Tomashi Jackson has created a style of art all her own, combining multiple genres — painting, printmaking, photography and textile art — to make pieces that unfold with surprising depth and visual excitement. She is known as a historian, researching moments and movements from the collective African-American narrative, but presenting them through a rich and colorful filtering that speaks to their resonance now. This show has work from the past eight years, plus paintings and video commissioned just for this exhibition. Info:...

Man pistol-whipped during violent taco truck robbery in Willowbrook area: Video

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:25:59 GMT

Police are searching for two suspects who robbed a taco truck, leaving one employee injured, in the Green Meadows neighborhood of Los Angeles near Wilowbrook late Sunday night. Video shows the taco truck was parked near the intersection of 103rd Street and South Avalon Boulevard when the two suspects approached at around 11:45 p.m.A man in a blue hoodie, holding what appears to be a gun, is seen grabbing an employee and pushing him against the van while apparently holding a gun to his neck.At one point the suspect punched the employee and continued to hold on to him while reaching into the taco truck and pulling out cash. The suspects may have also taken the workers' cell phones and wallets, according to stringer reports. Police are searching for the suspects who got away in what was described as a newer-model white Honda Accord.

Alamo’s Bryan Ranch masterpiece surrounded by open space

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:25:59 GMT

What’s there not to love? Virtually every inch and every surface of this Bryan Ranch home, from the interior to the front and backyards, has been beautifully updated with exceptional and timeless features and meticulous attention to detail.Located on almost an acre at the top of Carol Court bordering open space and Mount Diablo State Park, this single-level beauty at 206 Carol Court showcases dynamic architectural design and masterfully crafted millwork, from baseboards and decorative wainscot to crown molding and vaulted, coffered, and box-beam ceilings. Hand-scraped hickory floors, Old World texture walls, custom built-ins, Andersen 400 series dual-pane windows, plantation shutters, a new slate roof, rubbed bronze Baldwin door hardware, owned solar panels and more enhance the more than 3,100 square feet of light-filled living space.Meanwhile, professionally landscaped gardens wrap around a pebble tec pool, spa and outdoor kitchen, creating an ultra-private sanctuary. Also basking ...

Prince George’s Co. man charged in connection with 2 Alexandria bank robberies

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:25:59 GMT

A Prince George’s County, Maryland, man was arrested and charged in connection with two bank robberies in Alexandria, Virginia.Police said 27-year-old Jaquan Royal was charged with two counts of bank robbery — one in the 3500 block of Mount Vernon Avenue on March 23, and another in the 400 block of John Carlyle Street on April 3.No injuries were reported from either robbery, police said.Royal is being held at an adult detention center.In a release, Alexandria police said anyone with information about these incidents is asked to call 703-746-6699 or the nonemergency number at 703-746-4444.Source

First African American mother, daughter graduate from US Naval Academy in Annapolis

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:25:59 GMT

This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage.A retired Navy captain has made history with her daughter, becoming the first African American mother and daughter to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy in its 177-year history, according to the Maryland academy’s public affairs office.“If you would’ve asked me if this was a possibility seven years ago, I would’ve said no way in the world,” retired Captain Timika Lindsay said.Timika Lindsay was the Navy’s highest-ranking African American female officer before retiring in 2021 after 30 years of service. While at her last duty station at the academy, where she served as the chief diversity officer, her daughter Elise became interested in attending as well.A student at Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, Maryland, at the time, Elise said that living on the yard, being exposed to midshipm...

Casi 1,4 millones de personas han sido desplazadas en Sudán desde el estallido de la guerra civil, según un informe de la ONU

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:25:59 GMT

(CNN) — Casi 1,4 millones de personas se han visto desplazadas en Sudán desde que estalló el conflicto entre dos generales rivales en abril, según informó este domingo la Oficina de Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios (OCHA) de Naciones Unidas en un nuevo informe que expone la magnitud de la catástrofe en la que está sumida la nación africana.Incluso antes de que se intensificaran los combates, años de inestabilidad política hacían que Sudán tuviera varios millones de desplazados internos. El país también acogía a 1,13 millones de refugiados de otros países en conflicto, como Sudán del Sur, Eritrea y Siria, según datos de ACNUR.El nuevo brote de violencia obligó a una nueva oleada de personas a abandonar sus hogares, trasladándose a otros lugares de Sudán o cruzando a países vecinos.La nueva estimación cita cifras de varias agencias de la ONU.Desde que estallaron los combates el 15 de abril de 2023, más de un millón de personas se habían desplazado internamente en el país has...

Pena de muerte, criminalización de la homosexualidad, terapias de conversión y más: el presidente de Uganda firma una de las leyes anti-LGBTQ más duras del mundo

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:25:59 GMT

(CNN) — El presidente de Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, firmó una de las leyes contra el colectivo LGBTQ más duras del mundo, según declaró el portavoz del Parlamento, desafiando así la presión internacional.El proyecto de ley incluye la pena de muerte por “homosexualidad agravada”, que incluye las relaciones sexuales con un menor, mantener relaciones sexuales siendo seropositivo y el incesto.El proyecto de ley penaliza la educación sexual sobre la comunidad gay e ilegaliza no denunciar a la policía a los que denomina autores de homosexualidad agravada. Exige la “rehabilitación” —una terapia de conversión ampliamente desacreditada— de los delincuentes homosexuales.Uganda aprueba un proyecto de ley que penaliza identificarse como LGBTQ e impone la pena de muerte para algunos delitosYoweri Museveni, presidente de Uganda. (Crédito: Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters/File)Museveni devolvió el proyecto de ley al Parlamento para que lo revisara a principios de año. La última ...