Good evening, Central New York. We're wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.
Your Weather Planner
Clouds thicken tonight with showers and thunder returning after midnight. It will also be warmer overnight with lows in the 60s. Saturday will be breezy, noticeably more humid and unsettled with numerous showers and drenching thunderstorms moving through the region.
Sunday will be drier, but a few hit-and-miss showers and storms are likely.
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Today's Big Stories
1. Hackers hit brakes for car dealers taking over automotive giant's software systems
Slow acceleration after a major ransom hack against a global software company is causing car dealers to idle just before the July 4 holiday sales period. CDK Global, the company that powers many aspects of car dealerships around the world, gave CBS Moneywatch an update on what they called a ransom event.
2. Next phase of I-81 viaduct project construction underway
Syracuse residents had a chance to go to an open house Thursday night on the north side of the city to learn how the project could change their daily commutes.
3. Fact check: A look at some of the false claims made during first Biden-Trump debate
Trump falsely represented the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as a relatively small number of people who were ushered in by police and misstated the strength of the economy during his administration. Biden, who tends to lean more on exaggerations and embellishments rather than outright lies, misrepresented the cost of insulin and overstated what Trump said about using disinfectant to address COVID. Here's a look at the false and misleading claims on Thursday night by the two candidates.
4. Supreme Court overturns landmark Chevron decision, weakening federal regulators
The Supreme Court on Friday upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections, delivering a far-reaching and potentially lucrative victory to business interests.
5. Supreme Court narrows federal obstruction charge faced by Trump, Jan. 6 defendants
The statute was put into place in 2002 in the wake of the Enron scandal, which sought to prevent the destruction of financial evidence. The Justice Department used the statute to charge some of those arrested for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to disrupt the certification of Joe Biden's win in the 2020 presidential election.
In Case You Missed It
Lithium-ion battery manufacturing hub launched in the Southern Tier
Whether it’s with phones, laptops or in cars, Americans use lithium-ion batteries every day. The Central New York Region may now become an epicenter of domestic battery innovation.