Ashli Coggins News Update

THIS IS JACKSON STATE NEWS NOW.

HELLO EVERYONE…I’M ASHLI COGGINS WITH YOUR JACKSON STATE NEWS NOW NEWS UPDATE.

THE TIME NOW IS 10:14 P.M. AS WE NEAR THE CLOSING OF THIS 22ND DAY OF MARCH.

IT’S 59 DEGREES OUT TONIGHT.

FORMER TORONTO MAYOR ROB FORD DIED TODAY AFTER AN AGGRESSIVE BATTLE WITH CANCER. FORD HAS SERVED IN CANADIAN POLITICS FOR YEARS. HE WAS ELECTED AS MAYOR IN 2010. MANY PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE COMING TOGETHER TO MOURN THE DEATH OF THE FORMER POLITICIAN.

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      THE ISLAMIC STATE HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR TERROR ATTACKS THAT OCCURRED IN BELGIUM EARLIER TODAY.
      THE ATTACK LEFT OVER 20 PEOPLE DEAD AND VERY 100 PEOPLE INJURED.
      THREE BOMBS EXPLODED, TWO IN THE AIRPORT AND THREE IN THE METRO STATIONS.
      OFFICIALS SAY THE TERROR ATTACK CAME FROM A SUICIDE BOMBER.
      WORLD LEADERS ARE RELEASING STATEMENTS SAYING THAT COUNTRIES NEED TO UNITE
      AMERICAN CITIZENS, SUCH AS SHARONIKA MINOR, FEEL AS IF THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO BE PREPARED AT ALL TIMES.

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        THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA HAD THEIR FIRST BASEBALL GAME IN YEARS.
      THE TAMPA BAY RAYS PLAYED AGAINST THE CUBAN NATIONAL BASEBALL TEAM.
      PRESIDENT OBAMA, ALONG WITH OVER 50,000 FANS WERE IN ATTENTANCE.
      THE GAME TOOK PLACE IN HAVANA.
      PEOPLE ARE DESCRIBING THIS EVENT AS A “BASEBALL DIPLOMACY”

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      TRAFFIC IS MOSTLY CLEAR HERE IN THE JACKSON METRO AREA.
      THERE IS A ROAD CLOSING ON INTERSTATE 20 IN THE WEST BOUND LANE.

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THE TEMPERATURE IS NOW 58 DEGREES AND SKIES ARE CLEAR IN THE JACKSON AREA.

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THIS HAS BEEN ASHLI COGGINS WITH YOUR JACKSON STATE NEWS NOW UPDATE.

THE TIME IS NOW 10:14 P.M.

STAY TUNED AND I’LL BE BACK WITH MORE NEWS IN 30 MINUTES