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A winter storm has brought snow to parts of the U.S. South, moving into Alabama, Tennessee and northern Georgia on Monday after blowing across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi the day before. The blanket of white falling across the region forced some school and government office closures, and fostered some play time for adults and children cooped up in the pandemic.As many as 6 inches 15 centimeters of snow fell across parts of southern Texas, the National Weather Service in Houston reported Sunday night. The snow contributed to slick roads and pow stanley polska er outages, but some families took time toenjoy the weatherin areas like Austin and College Station.The system moved into Louisiana and Mississippi during the nighttime hours, with Louisiana State Police warning people in an online video tostay off the roadsif possible.By Monday morning, a light dusting covered grassy and elevated surfaces across northern Alabama and southern Tennessee. About tw stanley kubek o dozen public school systems delayed classes or closed in Alabama, and transportation officials reported wrecks in areas that received wintry precipitation overnight.As much as 2.5 inches 6.35 centimeters of snow fell northwest of B stanley quencher irmingham, Alabama, forecasters said, and bridges were icy in spots. The weather service said snow could mix with rain in north Georgia.Snowfall totals of about 4 inches 10 centimeters were expected for areas between Center, Texas, and Natchitoches, Louisiana,KSLA-TVreported. State government offices in 29 p Dbwk Court: Neighbors can sue pot grower over stinky smells
LONDON 鈥?The battle between criminal gangs stanley mugs and Mexican government forces made the country second only to Syria for deaths in armed conflict last year, a London-based think tank reported on Tuesday.Some 23,000 people died in 2016 in Mexicos fight with criminal cartels, while some 50,000 people died in the conflict in Syria, the International Institute for Strategic Studies said in an annual armed conflict survey. But unlike the conflict in Syria, Mexicos fight against organized crime received scant atte stanley uk ntion from international media, said the report, which recorded 157,000 deaths in conflict last year, down from 167,000 in 2015. The death toll in Mexicos conflict surpasses those for Afghanistan and Somalia, said John Chipman, the institutes director general. This is all the more surprising, considering that the conflict deaths are nearly all attributable to small arms, Chipman said. Mexico is a conflict marked by the absence of artillery, tanks or combat aviation. Syria and Mexico are followed in the list of most deaths in conflict by Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Turkey, stanley canada South Sudan and Nigeria.2016 saw a rise in the number of intractable conflicts that have the potential to flare at short notice, the institute said.@media screen and max-width: 992px .btn-small-on-mobile font-size: 1rem !important;.sub-price-text font-size: 20px; sticky-footer-cta position: fixed;width: 100%;z-index: 9997;bottom: 0;right: 0;left: 0; sticky-footer-cta .close-bt |