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For week ending April 16, 2023
Posted 1 year ago
The Republican-dominated Florida Legislature has approved a bill to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed it into law. The House gave the proposal final passage on Thursday. The six-week ban will give DeSantis a key political victory among Republican primary voters as he prepares to launch an expected presidential candidacy built on his national brand as a conservative standard bearer. The policy will also have wider implications for abortion access throughout the South as some nearby states have total bans in place. Florida previously prohibited abortions after 15 weeks.…
Posted 1 year ago
Fort Lauderdale's 25 inches of rain is a case of a strong thunderstorm not knowing when to say when. Normally storms fizzle out after 20 minutes or they move on. But Wednesday's supercell didn't. It poured for six to eight hours and was continuously fed by the nearby Gulf Stream. Other conditions also lined up. One more factor that put this week's storm into the top three to hit major U.S. cities in a 24-hour period: the atmosphere in our warming planet can hold more moisture that comes down as rain.…