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WASHINGTON – A federal program designed to provide internet access to low-income households is set to run out of funding during May, meaning millions of people could have to adapt to life without having online access. The Affordable Connectivity Program began during the pandemic and provides more than 23 million households with subsidies destined to support broadband access for jobs, education, healthcare and other vital needs of society. The Federal Communications Commission reports the program started with $14.2 billion, but that funding is expected to be completely exhausted by mid-May, according to representatives of the United States Telecom Association. “It does not bode...

Tourists were evacuated by air from Kenya's Maasai Mara national reserve Wednesday after more than a dozen hotels, lodges and camps were flooded as heavy rains battered the country. Tourist accommodation facilities were submerged after a river within the Maasai Mara broke its banks early Wednesday. The reserve, in southwestern...

Temperatures will be soaring along the East Coast this week as a ridge of high pressure dominates the forecast. The warmth will stretch from Florida and the Gulf Coast to New England! It will feel like early June rather than early May. On Wednesday, a record high was broken in Greenwood, Mississippi where the temperatures hit 91° beating the old record of 90° set back in 1959.

What's up with earthquakes and baseball this year? Early last month an earthquake hit the Greater New York area while the Yankees were warming up, which gave us this incredible video of Gleyber Torres taking batting practice while the ground is shaking without skipping a beat. https://twitter.com/MLBNetwork/status/1776267131362939381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1776267131362939381%7Ctwgr%5Ebfd228d6a5070cad001d33e384c7343fc372a54f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whiskeyriff.com%2F2024%2F04%2F05%2Fgleyber-torres-didnt-let-a-new-york-earthquake-stop-his-batting-practice-at-yankee-stadium%2F And just a few minutes ago another baseball game was hit with an earthquake, this one taking place in Corona, California, about 20 miles east of Angel Stadium where the Philadelphia Phillies are taking on the Los Angeles Angels. It hit between innings so there wasn't footage of the stadium shaking, but Phillies announcers Tom McCarthy and John Kruk spoke about the booth shaking coming out of the commercial break. Naturally, many people in the area took to X to let people know what they felt. https://twitter.com/HiMyNameIsLogi/status/1785776508734447840 https://twitter.com/mrbrianolson/status/1785776302395703452 https://twitter.com/JeffFletcherOCR/status/1785774265410957498 https://twitter.com/CoconnellFox29/status/1785774516297154589 I get that it's a natural thing but I'm going to ask the earth nicely to stop randomly shaking, it freaks the people out...

Similar areas that have been at risk since the end of April will experience another bout of severe weather on Monday, May 6th. The Storm Prediction Center [SPC] has issued the severe weather outlook from central Nebraska through northern Texas, indicating high confidence in the severe weather potential. This is...

Indigenous headlines for Wednesday, May 1, 2024

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Good evening, everyone! This evening will be clear and nice as temperatures will fall into the mid 70s this evening. Overnight lows will bottom out into the low 60s. Tomorrow will be partly to mostly cloudy as highs soar into the upper 80s. A stray shower can’t be ruled out later in the day, but most of us will stay dry.

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As the countdown to the Atlantic basin hurricane season is underway, there have been some unusual sights in the Pacific as the western part of the ocean has not produced a single cyclone, putting the year on pace to have one of its latest starts on record.

Action News Jax’s First Alert Weather Team is tracking the small potential for rain over the next few days.

Lobster fishermen on the North Shore of P.E.I. are still waiting to start their season as Fisheries and Oceans Canada decided Wednesday morning to further delay setting day for LFA 24. Weather is the issue, with heavy winds and high tides causing safety concerns for the fishers.