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  • MSNBC

    Maddow Blog | Friday’s Mini-Report, 5.17.24

    Today’s edition of quick hits.

  • Associated Press

    An unusual autumn freeze grips parts of South America, giving Chile its coldest May in 74 years

    Chileans are bundling up for their coldest autumn in more than 70 years mere days after sunning in T-shirts — a dramatic change of wardrobe brought on this week by a sudden cold front gripping portions of South America unaccustomed to bitter wind chills this time of year. Temperatures broke records along the coast of Chile and in Santiago, the capital, dipping near freezing and making this month the coldest May that the country has seen since 1950, the Chilean meteorological agency reported. An unusual succession of polar air masses has moved over southern swaths of the continent, meteorological experts say, pushing the mercury below zero Celsius (32 Fahrenheit) in some places.

  • Cumberland Times News, Md.

    Northern and Southern co-region tennis champs

    May 17—FROSTBURG — Northern and Southern split the Maryland Class 1A West Region I team championship on Thursday at Mountain Ridge High School. Southern won two region titles, followed by Northern, Allegany and Fort Hill with one each. Michael Nazelrod from the Rams won the boys singles while Ben Nazelrod and Shane Sisler won the boys doubles. Northern's Abby Weimer and Finn Roche won the ...