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Fabulous weather in store for Easter Weekend
Metro Atlanta has endured a chance of rain nearly every weekend since early January, but this week, dry weather will prevail! Morning temperatures will still be cool -- in the mid 40s on Saturday and the mid 50s on Sunday. However, afternoon temperatures will quickly perk up, climbing into the 70s for today and Saturday, and potentially reaching 80 degrees by Sunday afternoon. With that said -- spring temperatures are extremely fickle, and it is still too early to shrug off the chance of a spring frost, or worse -- a spring freeze.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich marks 1 year in Russian prison
Friday marks a year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia. The first American reporter to be imprisoned by Moscow since the Cold War, he remains trapped in jail while the United States struggles to find a deal with Russia to free him. Gershkovich, 32, has now spent 12 months in Moscow's Lefortovo Prison on espionage charges that his newspaper, dozens of leading international media organizations and the U.S. government have denounced as false. He has pleaded not guilty. The fight to free Gershkovich has become a cause championed by defenders of press freedom around the world, as well as a grueling personal battle for his family. His detention has also changed how international media cover Russia, with most leading outlets no longer basing correspondents in the country. In an interview this week with ABC's "Good Morning America," Gershkovich's parents expressed hope that the Biden administration‘s efforts to have their son released, saying from prison he is also striving to keep their spirits up.
What to know about the deadly Rockford, Illinois, stabbing spree
(Rockford, IL) - A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing rampage Wednesday afternoon in Rockford, Illinois, that left four people dead in 20 minutes, including a U.S. postal worker and a teenage girl, and seven other victims injured, police said. Following his arrest in the frenzied attack, the suspect, Christian Soto, waived his Miranda rights to remain silent and told investigators he was high on marijuana he claimed was given to him by one of the slaying victims that he believed was laced with a strong narcotic, Winnebago County State's Attorney J. Hanley said at a news conference Thursday. But Hanley said Soto was conscious throughout the entire rampage and recalled details of each attack in his interview with investigators. "I don't have a real answer for that," Hanley said of the possible motive. "And I'm not sure we will."
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