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Showers will swing through this morning and wrap up around 11a/12p; mostly sunny skies are expected this afternoon. Outside of all that, expect temperatures to fall through the 50s this morning with temperatures only in the 40s this afternoon. It will be breezy, too, with gusts of 25-35 mph. (Credit: CBS2) Tonight will be cold and breezy. Temperatures will fall into the 30s across the area with wind chills in the 30s and 20s. Tomorrow will be mostly sunny and chilly. Highs will be a little below normal in the upper 40s. (Credit: CBS2) Wednesday will stay dry for the better part of the day with showers/rain becoming likely at night. Temperatures will be running slightly warmer with highs in the mid 50s. (Credit: CBS2) Rain is likely on Thanksgiving. Highs will be in the upper 50s.
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New York Weather: CBS2’s 11/23 Monday Afternoon Forecast
YONKERS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Pat Quinn , the co-founder of the “Ice Bucket Challenge,” died Sunday at the age of 37. Quinn grew up in Yonkers and was diagnosed with ALS , or Lou Gehrig’s disease, back in 2013. He and the late Pete Frates started the challenge to raise awareness for ALS and money for research. Millions of people, including celebrities, posted videos of ice being dumped on their heads and helped raise over $250 million. FLASHBACK: Man Behind ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ Gets His Voice Back Thanks To Technology “Pat fought ALS with positivity and bravery and inspired all around him,” the ALS Association said. “Those of us who knew him are devastated but grateful for all he did to advance the fight against ALS. … Our thoughts are with the Quinn family and all of his friends and supporters. Pat was loved by many of us within the ALS community and around the world.” (1/4) We are deeply saddened to share that Pat Quinn, co-founder of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge passed away at the age of 37. Pat was diagnosed with ALS in 2013 and went on to help popularize the greatest social media campaign in history. pic.twitter.com/c5PiZHRZbE — The ALS Association (@alsassociation) November 22, 2020 Lou Gehrig’s disease, named after the New York Yankees great who suffered from it — is also known as ALS or motor neuron disease. It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that leads to paralysis due to the death of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brain. There is no known cure. MORE FROM CBS NEW YORK COVID In New York: Cuomo Says It’s Possible NYC Schools Could Reopen Even If Positivity Rate Stays Above 3% Pushes, Punches, Slashings: With Violence Getting Out Of Control On NYC Subways, Guardian Angels Step Up To Patrol NYPD Officer Assaulted By Multiple People While Jogging In Queens (© Copyright 2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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Pat Quinn, Co-Founder Of Ice Bucket Challenge, Dies At 37
LOCAL contractors are increasingly being blamed for the breaking up of some major and parochial roads during recent heavy rains, and Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) President Lenworth Kelly sees this as unfair.
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Contractors reject blame for bad roads
FROM Ramble District through the hills of Cedar Valley on to Trinityville and Font Hill in St Thomas, weather-battered residents have been left to navigate impassable roads and scramble for potable water. They have cobbled together temporary solutions, but the challenges they face are hard to deny.
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Weather-battered St Thomas communities left reeling
THE Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it is now seeking to drum up funding to assist countries in the Americas with central warehouses and cold storage units for COVID-19 vaccines.PAHO Assistant Director Dr Jarbas Barbosa said yesterday that no country within or outside the region is ready to deal with the storage conditions for these vaccines, as there are no other vaccines with the same characteristics as those for COVID-19.
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PAHO seeking funds for COVID-19 vaccine storage
DEVELOPERS of the controversial Dry Harbour Mountain project yesterday came out swinging at critics who have lambasted the Government for reversing its earlier decision to prevent the project from going ahead.
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Dry Harbour Mountain developer hits back
THE island’s public health system has been highlighted by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for best practices in COVID-19 contact tracing.Speaking at PAHO’s weekly press briefing yesterday, Assistant Director Dr Jarbas Barbosa named Jamaica, along with Costa Rica and Argentina, for doing “particularly well” with this aspect of the prevention and control machinery, against the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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Jamaica highlighted for best practices in contact tracing
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — President Jovenel Moïse is appealing to nationals in the Diaspora to return home for the Christmas holidays, promising also their safety in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country.
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Haitians, come home for Christmas, president urges
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — The number of children sickened by measles in 2019 was the highest in 23 years, according to new data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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870K measles cases in 2019, highest number in 23 years — UN
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) — Most Republican lawmakers have yet to acknowledge Joe Biden as America’s next leader, a departure from political norms that suggests President Donald Trump retains an iron grip on his congressional flock.
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Republicans shun Biden’s win, but to what end?
President of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association (JCEA)Norman Grant is seeking Government intervention to the tune of $200 million for a recovery programme for the country’s coffee farmers.According to Grant, during a recent meeting of the JCEA, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green committed to contributing $80 million to the coffee recovery programme through the Jamaica Agricultural Commodity Regulatory Authority.
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Coffee exporters seek $200m gov’t support
MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton is calling on young leaders across the island to get into “activist mode” against the novel coronavirus.
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Youth leaders urged to be activists against COVID-19
Today is the 318th day of 2020. There are 48 days left in the year.TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT1789: American inventor Benjamin Franklin writes a letter to a friend in which he says, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” OTHER EVENTS1511: Britain’s King Henry VIII joins Holy League and enters European politics.
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This Day in History — November 13