Valley Forecast Shows Showers With Mild Temperatures Ahead
Increasing cloudiness today brings a 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms with highs in the low 90s. Tonight, showers and storms likely, then partial clearing with lows in the upper 60s. Friday mostly sunny and less humid with highs near 90, followed by a mix of sun and clouds and a chance of storms in the south. Saturday mostly sunny. Sunday partly sunny with more humidity and scattered late showers and storms. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s to low 70s across the period. In Our Skies notes 843 ppm and celestial events: Venus near Castor and Pollux after sunset.
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Regional Forecasts For Virginia and Eastern West Virginia
Virginia sees increasing cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms likely, highs around 90. Tonight remains mostly cloudy with more shower chances, low near mid 60s to upper 60s. Friday brings sunshine and highs in the 80s. Eastern West Virginia also expects clouds and storms today with highs mid-80s to low 90s, evening showers, then clearing. Friday should be mostly sunny with highs in the mid-80s to near 90.
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Virginia Seeks Seat Belt Compliance With New Law
Law targets teen passengers and teen drivers for restraint use. Violators face $25 fines, funds used for child safety seats. Random patrols and checkpoints will enforce the rule statewide. Data show high death rates among unrestrained children and overall auto fatalities, supporting broader belt use campaigns. Existing primary-enforcement states report higher restraint use and fewer deaths.
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Lottery Winners From East Coast Draws
East Coast lottery results reported by the Associated Press show Virginia nighttime draws with Pick 3 0 6 1 Pick 4 6 7 3 8 Cash 5 6 18 17 24 26 Lotto 8 22 27 28 29 31 Kicker 8 8 5 4 6 0 Daytime Drawings include Pick 3 6 6 7 Pick 4 9 0 2 0 Washington DC Lucky Numbers 3 8 6 DC Four 1 0 1 8 Quick Cash 14 05 20 11 26.
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Justices challenged law to enlarge church in preservation zone
The city fought a religious freedom act challenge after a church sought to expand in a neighborhood zoned for historic preservation. A San Antonio judge found the act unconstitutional, but the Fifth Circuit upheld the law last year, in a case tied to the Smith decision denying exemptions for religious use of peyote.
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Clinton Labour Budget Clash Reforms Face Senate House Split
Budget talks expose rifts over Medicare changes and age eligibility set at 67. White House seeks removal of age and premium shifts while protecting children’s health funding and immigrant welfare. Clinton urges broader Democratic support as votes split along party lines in both chambers.
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White House Credits Health Care Expansion Milestone
The White House and Democrats touted steps expanding children health care coverage, boosting welfare job training, and aiding poor Medicare recipients with premiums. Republicans hailed a major triumph as their budget-balancing drive dominates Washington since 1994, with Gingrich calling it a historic moment amid votes on a tax-cutting bill.
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Clinton says too many in Washington unhappy when country is happy
President Clinton told Midwestern Democrats at a $2,500 fund raiser in Chicago that many in Washington are unhappy when the nation is prosperous. He defended new political norms amid Democratic fund raising probes and cited tensions with Republicans over the budget deal as straining the capital. First Lady Hillary Clinton joined him for events in Nashville and the fundraiser for Sen. Carol Moseley Braun.
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