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Highs are expected to soar into the 70s this afternoon as far north as the Ohio Valley, with 80s across the Deep South and southern Plains, these warm temperatures could break several daily record highs. – Climate Prediction Center	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Blizzard conditions will make for dangerous to impossible travel this morning before subsiding this afternoon. There continues to be potential for avalanches in some mountain ranges. – National Weather Service	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The most intriguing feature of our footprint is a long portion preserved at the back of the foot, which is an impression of what we call the metapodium, the presence of this might suggest our large meat-eater was squatting down in the mud, before standing up and walking away. It’s fun to think this dinosaur might well have been strolling along a muddy coastal plain one lazy Sunday afternoon in the Jurassic. – Dean Lomax	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I am awestruck at what this team has done and how you have done it. So this afternoon I am treating everyone to cake to celebrate our success and all of your hard work. – Ron Klain	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I once found a deserted beach in California at Big Sur and spent the afternoon nude and enjoying the sea and privacy. – Christie Brinkley	added by jjoycekevin18 1 year ago
As far as the ballots that are being processed today, we won't stop today until sometime in the late afternoon, early evening. – Associated Press	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Democracy doesn’t happen by accident. We have to defend, strengthen, and renew it, i'll have more to say this afternoon, but thanks to the poll workers and officials that worked into the night to safeguard our sacred right to vote. And the millions who made their voices heard. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We have high wind warnings in effect, gale watches, flood watches and the soon-to-expire excessive heat warnings, the wind and the rain is moving on in and it will be significant Friday afternoon, through Friday night and early Saturday morning. – Alex Tardy	Found on CNN 1 year ago
That wasn't exactly something I expected to see on a Saturday afternoon, he kept yelling at Rory McIlroy,' This is my dream, this is my dream.' I don't know exactly what he was dreaming about, but his ball is gone. – Scott Stallings	Found on CNN 1 year ago
As we submitted in our statement yesterday afternoon for hysterectomies and other genital surgeries performed as part of gender-affirming care, Boston Children’s requires a patient to be capable of consenting for themselves, age 18 is used to reflect the standard age of majority for medical decision-making. Boston Children’s does not perform genital surgeries as part of gender-affirming care on a patient under the age of 18. – Boston Children Hospital	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Louis Cato has done a great job this summer, and Louis Cato is very humble, so he won't say this. But I will. He's a musical genius. He can play basically every instrument over there. Give him an afternoon, he'll learn how to play Mozart on a shoehorn. – Stephen Colbert	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This is terrible, this is the best city in the world. We shouldn't be scared to walk out in our streets in broad daylight in the middle of the afternoon. – Jeffrey Maddrey	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It's hard to get in a race car and not drive as fast you possibly can. That was the goal when I got over here: get acclimated, get up to speed and see what I could do in the race car, it was super special to drive, it handled beautifully, I was able to make some setup adjustments in the afternoon and get it more to my liking. But yeah, you always want to show how fast you can drive a race car no matter what the circumstances are. – Colton Herta	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Daytime can still be profitable to produce for us, despite there being fewer viewers available across all of television due to audience fragmentation, our primary buyers are TV stations, and it is essential for them to have strong daytime schedules leading into their highly profitable late afternoon newscasts. – Ira Bernstein	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Blinken tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon via a PCR test. The Secretary is fully vaccinated and boosted against the virus and is experiencing only mild symptoms, the Secretary tested negative on Tuesday and again as recently as this morning. The Secretary has not seen President Biden in person for several days, and the President is not considered a close contact according to guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention( CDC). – Ned Price	Found on CNN 1 year ago
My dad passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon at his home surrounded by his family. – David Mineta	Found on CNN 1 year ago
These ingredients have set the stage for blossoming showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and into Thursday night. – Storm Prediction Center	Found on CNN 2 years ago
At approximately 4:15 this afternoon, an individual entered the museum, attempted to gain entrance presenting his membership card and was denied entrance because his membership had expired. His membership had expired as a result of two incidents involving disorderly conduct here at the museum on two separate dates in recent days, he became upset about not being allowed entrance and then jumped over the reception desk and proceeded to attack and stab two employees of the museum multiple times. – Counterterrorism John Miller	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I'm sorry about this afternoon. – Mike Krzyzewski	Found on CNN 2 years ago
In a situation like we are in with high inflation and people might not have money to be able to do lots of things, minor league sports could offer a very nice way for an enjoyable evening, an enjoyable afternoon for people, for families, friends at a pretty low cost. – Rodney Paul	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
With heavy hearts, on behalf of the Rawls family, we regret to confirm that Ernest ‘Teen’ Rawls and Jeffrey Rawls were on board the aircraft that crashed on the afternoon of Sunday, February 13th, we do not grieve as those who do not have hope, but our trust and hope remains in God, and we look to Him as we walk through this tragic loss for the Rawls family and the other families involved. – The Reimage Church in Winterville	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think this took my research group an afternoon. You uncover that there's no basis for this, but if you're not someone who, like me, spends all day working on statistics and data, six order polynomials and nearly perfect correlations --- it sounds like he's uncovered something really impressive. – Justin Grimmer	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There is a potential for very dangerous conditions caused by accumulations of ice and snow, which will likely result in power outages across the state. I urge South Carolinians to monitor their local weather forecasts and begin taking safety precautions. We will hold a media briefing tomorrow afternoon to update residents with the latest information on this winter storm. – The NWS	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It could be only perhaps because they have fragmented night sleep, if you have interrupted sleep, then you don't wake up as well rested, and your body is not as restored and so in the afternoon you lose it. – Marc Weissbluth	Found on CNN 2 years ago

Highs are expected to soar into the 70s this afternoon as far north as the Ohio Valley, with 80s across the Deep South and southern Plains, these warm temperatures could break several daily record highs.

– Climate Prediction Center

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Blizzard conditions will make for dangerous to impossible travel this morning before subsiding this afternoon. There continues to be potential for avalanches in some mountain ranges.

– National Weather Service

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The most intriguing feature of our footprint is a long portion preserved at the back of the foot, which is an impression of what we call the metapodium, the presence of this might suggest our large meat-eater was squatting down in the mud, before standing up and walking away. It’s fun to think this dinosaur might well have been strolling along a muddy coastal plain one lazy Sunday afternoon in the Jurassic.

– Dean Lomax

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I am awestruck at what this team has done and how you have done it. So this afternoon I am treating everyone to cake to celebrate our success and all of your hard work.

– Ron Klain

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I once found a deserted beach in California at Big Sur and spent the afternoon nude and enjoying the sea and privacy.

– Christie Brinkley

added by jjoycekevin18
1 year ago

As far as the ballots that are being processed today, we won't stop today until sometime in the late afternoon, early evening.

– Associated Press

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Democracy doesn’t happen by accident. We have to defend, strengthen, and renew it, i'll have more to say this afternoon, but thanks to the poll workers and officials that worked into the night to safeguard our sacred right to vote. And the millions who made their voices heard.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We have high wind warnings in effect, gale watches, flood watches and the soon-to-expire excessive heat warnings, the wind and the rain is moving on in and it will be significant Friday afternoon, through Friday night and early Saturday morning.

– Alex Tardy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That wasn't exactly something I expected to see on a Saturday afternoon, he kept yelling at Rory McIlroy,' This is my dream, this is my dream.' I don't know exactly what he was dreaming about, but his ball is gone.

– Scott Stallings

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As we submitted in our statement yesterday afternoon for hysterectomies and other genital surgeries performed as part of gender-affirming care, Boston Children’s requires a patient to be capable of consenting for themselves, age 18 is used to reflect the standard age of majority for medical decision-making. Boston Children’s does not perform genital surgeries as part of gender-affirming care on a patient under the age of 18.

– Boston Children Hospital

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Louis Cato has done a great job this summer, and Louis Cato is very humble, so he won't say this. But I will. He's a musical genius. He can play basically every instrument over there. Give him an afternoon, he'll learn how to play Mozart on a shoehorn.

– Stephen Colbert

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is terrible, this is the best city in the world. We shouldn't be scared to walk out in our streets in broad daylight in the middle of the afternoon.

– Jeffrey Maddrey

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It's hard to get in a race car and not drive as fast you possibly can. That was the goal when I got over here: get acclimated, get up to speed and see what I could do in the race car, it was super special to drive, it handled beautifully, I was able to make some setup adjustments in the afternoon and get it more to my liking. But yeah, you always want to show how fast you can drive a race car no matter what the circumstances are.

– Colton Herta

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Daytime can still be profitable to produce for us, despite there being fewer viewers available across all of television due to audience fragmentation, our primary buyers are TV stations, and it is essential for them to have strong daytime schedules leading into their highly profitable late afternoon newscasts.

– Ira Bernstein

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Blinken tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon via a PCR test. The Secretary is fully vaccinated and boosted against the virus and is experiencing only mild symptoms, the Secretary tested negative on Tuesday and again as recently as this morning. The Secretary has not seen President Biden in person for several days, and the President is not considered a close contact according to guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention( CDC).

– Ned Price

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My dad passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon at his home surrounded by his family.

– David Mineta

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These ingredients have set the stage for blossoming showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and into Thursday night.

– Storm Prediction Center

Found on CNN
2 years ago

At approximately 4:15 this afternoon, an individual entered the museum, attempted to gain entrance presenting his membership card and was denied entrance because his membership had expired. His membership had expired as a result of two incidents involving disorderly conduct here at the museum on two separate dates in recent days, he became upset about not being allowed entrance and then jumped over the reception desk and proceeded to attack and stab two employees of the museum multiple times.

– Counterterrorism John Miller

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I'm sorry about this afternoon.

– Mike Krzyzewski

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In a situation like we are in with high inflation and people might not have money to be able to do lots of things, minor league sports could offer a very nice way for an enjoyable evening, an enjoyable afternoon for people, for families, friends at a pretty low cost.

– Rodney Paul

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

With heavy hearts, on behalf of the Rawls family, we regret to confirm that Ernest ‘Teen’ Rawls and Jeffrey Rawls were on board the aircraft that crashed on the afternoon of Sunday, February 13th, we do not grieve as those who do not have hope, but our trust and hope remains in God, and we look to Him as we walk through this tragic loss for the Rawls family and the other families involved.

– The Reimage Church in Winterville

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think this took my research group an afternoon. You uncover that there's no basis for this, but if you're not someone who, like me, spends all day working on statistics and data, six order polynomials and nearly perfect correlations --- it sounds like he's uncovered something really impressive.

– Justin Grimmer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There is a potential for very dangerous conditions caused by accumulations of ice and snow, which will likely result in power outages across the state. I urge South Carolinians to monitor their local weather forecasts and begin taking safety precautions. We will hold a media briefing tomorrow afternoon to update residents with the latest information on this winter storm.

– The NWS

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It could be only perhaps because they have fragmented night sleep, if you have interrupted sleep, then you don't wake up as well rested, and your body is not as restored and so in the afternoon you lose it.

– Marc Weissbluth

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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