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Study finds voters skeptical about fairness of elections. Many favor a strong, undemocratic leader [Video]

Significant rainfall expected today through Friday morning. Hazard: Total rainfall amounts of 25 to 50 mm. Locally higher amounts are possible for areas that receive thunderstorms. Timing: Continuing through tonight, then tapering to showers Friday morning. Discussion: Rain has overspread the area and will continue through tonight. A risk of thunderstorms will develop this afternoon into tonight. For areas that receive thunderstorms, rainfall amounts may approach 50 mm locally by Friday morning. Rain is expected to taper to showers on Friday morning. Northwesterly winds will intensify in behind the system late Friday afternoon into Friday night with gusts up to 80 km/h. This will bring in cooler air resulting in lingering rain to mix with snow Friday night into Saturday morning. Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. Localized flooding in low-lying areas is possible. For information concerning flooding, please consult your local Conservation Authority or ...

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Golfers Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry set sights on Olympic gold [Video]

Irish golfers Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry, winners of the 2024 Zurich Classic, are setting their sights on Olympic gold in the upcoming summer Games."Growing up playing golf, you never dreamed of being an Olympic champion. So when golf came to the Olympics, it was kind of strange... but for me personally, anyway. I know to go back to Ireland winning an Olympic medal would be like a dream," said Shane Lowry, of Team Ireland.Lowry and his teammate, Rory McIlroy, recently won the 2024 Zurich Classic in New Orleans, the only team event on the PGA Tour. The two Irishmen are now preparing to team up again this summer. Their goal is to bring Olympic gold back to the Emerald Isle.Golf returned as an Olympic medal sport for the 2016 Rio Games after a 108-year absence. Both Lowry and McIlroy competed for Team Ireland at the Tokyo Olympics."I was in a seven-way playoff in Tokyo for a bronze medal, and I've never tried so hard to finish third in my life," McIlroy said.McIlroy finished tied for fourth in Tokyo. The upcoming Olympics golf tournament will be played at Le Golf National, a course McIlroy is familiar with. In 2018, he played on that course and helped Europe win the Ryder Cup.