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U.S. CITIES
TOP TRAVEL CITIES
WORLD CITIES
ATLANTA CHARLOTTEDENVER HOUSTON
MIAMI NEW YORKPHOENIX SAN FRANCISCO
BALTIMORE CHICAGO DETROIT LAS VEGAS
MPLS-ST. PAUL ORLANDO SALT LAKE CITY SEATTLE
BOSTON DALLASHONOLULU LOS ANGELES
NEW ORLEANSPHILADELPHIA SAN DIEGO WASHINGTON
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Air quality index (AQI)
c Cloudy f Fog i Ice r Rain sf Snowflurries sn Snow w Windy dr Drizzle h Haze pc Partly cloudy s Sunny sh Showers t Thunderstorms
Washington
51
Cheyenne
42
Casper
28
Jackson
Hole
30
Milwaukee
39
Madison
34
Charleston
56
Seattle
Olympia 35
35 Spokane
17
Richmond
49
Burlington
(^45) Montpelier
41
Salt Lake City
42
St. George
55
Dallas
78
Brownsville
81
Lubbock
76
Midland-
Odessa
79
El Paso
70 Austin 82
San Antonio
80 Houston
79
Nashville
66
Memphis
69
Knoxville
58
Rapid City
(^4) Pierre
5
Sioux Falls
12
Charleston
71
Columbia
67
Harrisburg
49
Philadelphia
50
Pittsburgh
51
Burns
30
Bend
24
Portland
Salem 33
39
Oklahoma
City
73
Tulsa
72
Cincinnati
57
Cleveland
50
Columbus
54
Fargo
1
Bismarck
-
Raleigh
Charlotte^51
54
Buffalo
44 Albany
47
New York
51
Albuquerque
58
Santa Fe
51
Reno
43
Elko
40
Carson City
41
Las Vegas
64
Omaha
35
North Platte
24
Billings
7
Miles City
2
Helena
8
Kansas City
57
Jefferson City
67
St. Louis
63
Jackson
74
Mpls-St. Paul
12
Duluth
6
Detroit
44
Marquette
14
Lansing
44
Grand
Rapids
41
Boston
50
Annapolis
49
Bangor
44
Augusta
44
Baton Rouge
76
Shreveport
76
New
Orleans
75
Louisville
61
Topeka
57
Wichita
65
Dodge City
63
Des Moines
39
Indianapolis
55
Chicago
42
Springfield
54
Boise
38
Idaho Falls
34
Atlanta
66
Savannah
73
Tallahassee
73
Jacksonville
73
Tampa
77
Miami
79
Hartford
51
Denver
Aspen 36 50
San Francisco
56
Palm Springs
68
Los Angeles
63
Sacramento
56
Fresno
58
Eureka
48
San Diego
65
Little Rock
71
Phoenix
66
Flagstaff
42
Birmingham
69
Montgomery
74
Mobile
Honolulu^75
82
San Juan
81
Anchorage
15
Juneau
25
Fairbanks
- 6
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
Akron, Ohio 49/45r 57/25r
Albany, N.Y. 47/36pc 51/34r
Albuquerque 58/31pc 55/36c
Allentown, Pa. 49/38pc 57/41r
Amarillo, Texas 72/36w 62/25c
Anaheim, Calif. 63/47r 58/43r
Anchorage, Alaska 15/3pc 9/-1s
Aspen, Colo. 36/18sn 33/23sn
Atlantic City, N.J. 51/43c 61/47pc
Augusta, Ga. 71/50c 75/48s
Austin, Texas 82/64s 80/64pc
Bakersfield, Calif. 62/48c 57/44r
Baton Rouge, La. 76/63pc 77/62pc
Billings, Mont. 7/-2sf 11/4pc
Birmingham, Ala. 69/59c 70/57pc
Bismarck, N.D. -2/-9c 0/-19s
Boise, Idaho 38/15sn 27/8pc
Buffalo, N.Y. 44/39c 50/22r
Burlington, Vt. 45/38pc 47/29r
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 38/13c 22/5pc
Charleston, S.C. 71/52pc 75/51s
Charleston, W.Va. 56/53r 64/44sh
Cheyenne, Wyo. 42/22r 30/15sn
Beijing 44/20s 42/21s
Buenos Aires 86/65s 92/73s
Cancun, Mexico 80/72pc 82/72pc
Dubai, UAE 79/68s 79/67s
Frankfurt 42/35sn 40/33sn
Hong Kong 72/62c 70/61c
Istanbul 45/35pc 40/36sn
Jerusalem 54/38s 57/41pc
Johannesburg 74/57pc 78/61pc
London 52/38pc 43/33r
Mexico City 72/44pc 73/44pc
Montreal 39/29w 41/21r
Moscow 18/13pc 22/19sn
Mumbai, India 85/65h 85/66h
Paris 52/39c 45/33r
Rio de Janeiro 93/79pc 89/78t
Rome 45/29s 53/49sh
Seoul 35/23s 35/17pc
Singapore 88/78pc 88/77t
Sydney 96/70pc 80/71pc
Toronto 39/35c 41/22sh
Tokyo 47/38s 53/41s
Cincinnati 57/54r 60/28r
Cleveland 50/49sh 56/23r
Colorado Springs 57/30w 43/17c
Columbia, S.C. 67/49c 72/50s
Columbus, Ohio 54/51r 60/29r
Corpus Christi, Texas 82/66s 81/66pc
Dayton, Ohio 53/53r 58/25r
Daytona Beach, Fla. 73/54pc 77/58pc
Des Moines, Iowa 39/11c 24/6pc
Duluth, Minn. 6/-13sn 5/-18sn
Durham, N.C. 53/45c 64/47s
El Paso, Texas 70/42pc 68/42pc
Fairbanks, Alaska -6/-14pc -8/-29c
Flagstaff, Ariz. 42/27c 37/29sn
Fargo, N.D. 1/-11pc 3/-22s
Fort Myers, Fla. 80/59s 83/63s
Fort Smith, Ark. 73/55sh 66/45c
Fort Wayne, Ind. 49/44r 45/23r
Fresno, Calif. 58/46sh 55/42r
Grand Rapids, Mich. 41/28c 31/13sn
Green Bay, Wis. 26/12sn 21/-4sf
Greensboro, N.C. 47/44c 61/49s
Greenville, S.C. 54/45c 63/50pc
Harrisburg, Pa. 49/41pc 59/43r
Hartford, Conn. 51/37pc 52/38sh
Indianapolis 55/53r 59/24r
Islip, N.Y. 48/40pc 54/43c
Jackson, Miss. 74/61c 76/60c
Jacksonville, Fla. 73/50s 75/52s
Jefferson City, Mo. 67/35c 39/21pc
Kansas City 57/17c 30/17pc
Key West, Fla. 77/69s 79/71pc
Knoxville, Tenn. 58/54sh 65/52pc
Laredo, Texas 84/64s 86/67s
Lexington, Ky. 59/56r 64/35sh
Lincoln, Neb. 36/7c 24/10c
Little Rock, Ark. 71/60sh 72/43t
Long Beach, Calif. 64/52r 60/45r
Louisville, Ky. 61/58r 65/33t
Lubbock, Texas 76/38s 67/36pc
Madison, Wis. 34/14c 22/1sf
Manchester, N.H. 51/36pc 51/38sh
Memphis, Tenn. 69/62sh 70/48c
Milwaukee 39/21c 26/8sn
Mobile, Ala. 75/59pc 77/57pc
Modesto, Calif. 58/44sh 54/41r
Montgomery, Ala. 74/53c 74/53pc
Myrtle Beach, S.C. 65/53pc 69/53s
Nags Head, N.C. 55/48c 62/49pc
Nashville, Tenn. 66/61sh 69/48w
Newark, N.J. 50/42pc 59/44r
New Haven, Conn. 44/38pc 51/41c
Norfolk, Va. 53/49c 65/52s
Oakland, Calif. 57/46sh 54/39pc
Oklahoma City 73/38pc 51/29pc
Omaha, Neb. 35/9c 23/9c
Palm Springs, Calif. 68/51c 61/46c
Pensacola, Fla. 75/63pc 75/58pc
Pierre, S.D. 5/1sn 9/-5pc
Pittsburgh 51/47r 60/28r
Portland, Maine 46/35r 46/36c
Portland, Ore. 33/21sn 32/16s
Providence, R.I. 51/36r 53/41c
Raleigh, N.C. 51/47c 66/51s
Rapid City, S.D. 4/-2sn 13/2c
Reno, Nev. 43/27sf 37/24sf
Richmond, Va. 49/45c 65/50pc
Rochester, N.Y. 45/39c 51/27r
Sacramento, Calif. 56/43sh 51/36c
San Antonio 80/64s 80/66pc
San Jose, Calif. 57/45sh 53/40r
Santa Fe, N.M. 51/27pc 51/31c
Sarasota, Fla. 78/56pc 80/59s
Savannah, Ga. 73/51pc 75/50s
Scottsdale, Ariz. 65/47pc 64/50c
Shreveport, La. 76/64sh 76/60c
Sioux Falls, S.D. 12/2sn 15/-5pc
South Bend, Ind. 46/30r 33/18r
Spokane, Wash. 17/-2pc 15/0s
Springfield, Mo. 67/49c 49/28c
Springfield, Ill. 54/32sh 35/19sh
St. Louis 63/43sh 43/24c
St. Petersburg, Fla. 77/59pc 80/61s
Syracuse, N.Y. 41/37c 50/28r
Tallahassee, Fla. 73/50s 77/49s
Tampa, Fla. 77/59pc 81/62s
Toledo, Ohio 47/43sh 44/21r
Topeka, Kan. 57/16c 31/18c
Tucson, Ariz. 71/42pc 72/48pc
Tupelo, Miss. 71/61sh 73/56c
Tulsa, Okla. 72/41c 49/31c
Virginia Beach, Va. 53/47c 65/50s
Wichita, Kan. 65/21pc 38/21pc
Wilmington, Del. 49/40c 61/45c
Winston-Salem, N.C. 47/45c 60/48pc
Worcester, Mass. 48/36pc 50/35c
TODAY THU TODAY THU TODAY THU TODAY THU
TODAY THU
AQI
WED Warmer66/
THU Partly sunny
69/
FRI Partly sunny
71/
Moderate AQI
WED
Showers
around
54/
THU Mostly sunny
65/
FRI Partly sunny
68/
Moderate AQI
WED
Partly
sunny
50/
THU Colder36/
FRI Cloudy, cold
36/
Good AQI
WED
Partly
sunny
79/
THU Mostly cloudy
78/
FRI A stray shower
78/
Good
WED Some sun, nice
79/
THU Partly sunny
81/
FRI
Partly
sunny
82/
Good
WED Milder51/
THU A little rain
58/
FRI
Partly
sunny
46/
Moderate
WED Partly sunny
66/
THU Mostly cloudy
66/
FRI
Mostly
cloudy
68/
Moderate
WED Spotty showers
56/
THU Shower52/
FRI
Mostly
sunny
54/
Good
AQI
WED Shower49/
THU Partly sunny
63/
FRI Cloudy, cooler
47/
Moderate AQI
WED Shower42/
THU Snow, ice
30/
FRI Partly sunny
24/
Moderate AQI
WED
Showers
around
44/
THU Rain39/
FRI Colder
27/
Moderate AQI
WED
Partly
sunny
64/
THU A P.M. shower
57/
FRI Showers
57/
Good
WED
Snow,
1-2”
12/
THU Clearing12/-
FRI Ver y cold
4/
Good
WED Partly sunny
75/
THU Mostly sunny
79/
FRI
Mostly
sunny
79/
Good
WED Showers42/
THU A bit of snow
34/
FRI
Some
sun, cold
30/
Good
WED Some sun, cold
35/
THU Mostly sunny
35/
FRI
Mostly
cloudy
37/
Moderate
AQI
WED
A little
rain
50/
THU Shower54/
FRI Cooler
42/
Moderate AQI
WED
Partly
sunny
78/
THU Partly sunny
77/
FRI Shower, t-storm
68/
Good AQI
WED
Mostly
sunny
82/
THU Mostly sunny
83/
FRI An A.M. shower
83/
Good AQI
WED
Morning
rain
63/
THU Cool with rain
57/
FRI Partly sunny
61/
Good
WED Partly sunny
75/
THU Shower76/
FRI
Partly
sunny
74 /5 9
Good
WED Not as cool
50/
THU Warmer61/
FRI
Cloudy,
cooler
47/
Good
WED A little rain
65/
THU Rain at times
61/
FRI Showers60/
Good
WED Shower51/
THU Warmer64/
FRI
A little
rain
50/
Moderate
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sions as attorney general
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Sessions seems too rooted
in the past and his religion to
be a good voice for all Amer-
icans.
@bonsaibean
He is the best man for the
job, period. Enough of the
posturing by Democrats on
the panel. God bless
Sessions!
@MariaFrank 10
He was nominated because
he was the first senator to
support Donald Trump. Ter-
rible choice. First of many
terrible Cabinet picks.
@lisagarner_lisa
Democrats fear him, Repub-
licans love him. My thought
is, if Sessions upholds the
Constitution and pursues
criminals, then amen!
@hollowman 777
Iexpect the U.S. attorney
general to uphold justice for
all. Sessions’ history proves
that he’s unfit for this role.
@KathyAComer
For more, follow @USATOpinion
or #tellusatoday.
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions,
the first of the Trump admini-
stration’s Cabinet nominees to
have a confirmation hearing,
appeared before his col-
leagues on Tuesday. The 70-
year-old arrived to a room
packed with protesters who
kept interrupting the process.
Sessions will make a great
attorney general. The partisan
show we will see over the next
day or two will not change the
outcome. He will be confirmed.
Luis and Lily Vazquez
Since Republicans love to
show how pious they are, I sug-
gest every session of Congress
now be opened with the follow-
ing little prayer:
“My dollar, in my wallet, hal-
lowed be your name. Your king-
dom come, your will be done,
around the world and especially
in America. Give us this day, way
more than we can eat, and
forgive us any compassion that
we may show onto others. Lead
us into many temptations, and
allow us to feel no guilt. For
yours is the power, the glory and
the everlasting American faith,
now and forever. Amen.”
Nine days to go until Presi-
dent Trump. I can hardly wait!
John Bertelson
Democrats are grasping at
straws with the race card. It’s
their only weapon against a
man who respects the Constitu-
tion.
The same Democrats were
silent when former attorney
general Eric Holder ran “Fast
and Furious.” He sent guns over
the border to Mexico to combat
drug cartels and ended up put-
ting them in the wrong hands.
Frank Elliott
Sessions should not even
have been considered for at-
torney general, given his al-
leged record of racial discrimi-
nation. Sessions is a true insult
to American values democracy.
But then again, Trump’s entire
Cabinet is made up of people
ready to destroy our democracy.
Bigots out there must love this
choice.
A true American would never
stand for Sessions’ appointment
as our attorney general. He is
what is wrong with America, a
messenger of division who stops
progress. United we stand, di-
vided we fall!
Centola Ray
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of American voters think
Donald Trump will significantly
dismantle President Obama’s
legacy in office.
Only 30% believe otherwise,
while 12% aren’t sure.
58%
President-elect Donald Trump
said Monday he is appointing
son-in-law Jared Kushner as a
White House senior adviser.
Trump officials said anti-nepo-
tism laws do not apply.
A 36 - year-old will be a senior
adviser to a 7 0-year-old. We are
the joke of the world. The world
has no respect for America. How
Trump got elected will be a
question for the ages.
Abe Saal
Anyone else notice that
Trump always has to have his
kids and son-in-law around
him? It makes him look weak,
and it’s like he can’t do anything
without a confirmation from his
family. I guess, in the end, that’s
a good thing. Trump seems
more calm and less off the rails
when his kids are near.
Jordan Davis
I salute Trump. In spite of the
hate, smearing, name-calling
and threats, our president-elect
is working to keep his word and
do what is right for America and
all its citizens. I respect and
admire Trump even more every
day as he goes about the busi-
ness of doing what he was elect-
ed to do.
Katherine Peraza
Republicans should be very
careful with Trump’s actions.
They need to remember that
a Democrat will be president
someday, and everything they
allow now will come back to
haunt them.
Republicans should stand up
for the standards they would
want Democrats to hold as well.
Barry Gold
Trumpthinks that simply ig-
noring questions about serious
issues will make them go away.
He thinks he is running a family
business all over again.
Steve Tradd
Jared and Ivanka have
moved in to assist Daddy be-
cause he is not smart enough to
be president on his own. Then
they will one day be elected.
Jan Baker
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