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Storm Team 12: Severe Storms Thursday night through Friday

THURSDAY: Thursday will be another mostly to partly sunny day and it will be warmer. Highs will mostly be in the upper 80s as winds shift to the southeast. The humidity will be increasing ahead of our next storm. The first wave of rain showers and thunderstorms will come in from the west late tonight and […]

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Chantemekki Fortson, left, the mother of slain airman Roger Fortson, holds family members during a news conference describing details of the airman's death, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Stonecrest, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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FILE - This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, shows Senior Airman Roger Fortson in a Dec. 24, 2019, photo. A Florida deputy's fatal shooting of a U.S. service member has jarred the former top enlisted officer of the Air Force. In 2020, Chief Master Sgt. Kaleth O. Wright warned that his greatest fear was waking up to news that police had killed a Black airman. (U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

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