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.

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Thursday will be unseasonably cool with lots of clouds and the risk for a few scattered to spotty showers. Highs will be in the 50s.

Friday will also feature a good deal of cloud cover with a few scattered showers, especially in the morning. Highs in the 60s.

Temperatures are then expected to warm into the 70s this upcoming weekend. Temperatures will be even warmer into next week with highs in the 70s and 80s.

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Today’s Big Stories

1. Former Mid-State CO pleads guilty after rejecting plea deal while another sentenced to 4 years in prison

Thomas Eck, who previously rejected a plea deal, has now pleaded guilty to one count of offering a false instrument for filing Wednesday in Oneida County Court.

2. Preparations underway for this summer’s Syracuse Nationals, with new day format

Festival organizers have also signed a new five-year agreement to keep the festival at the fairgrounds.

3. N. Syracuse schools hear public feedback ahead of budget vote

District leaders have proposed cutting 12 positions. With that also comes a tax levy increase of 5.2%.

4. Prosecutors to retry Alex Murdaugh in deaths of wife and son after South Carolina Supreme Court overturns convictions

In a unanimous ruling Wednesday, the South Carolina Supreme Court said the conduct by the court clerk “egregiously attacked Murdaugh’s credibility” by suggesting to jurors his testimony could not be trusted. They also said the trial judge went too far in allowing evidence of Murdaugh’s financial crimes into his murder trial.

5. Trump arrives in Beijing for talks with China’s Xi

The meat of the summit doesn’t start until Thursday, when the leaders hold bilateral talks, visit the Temple of Heaven, where Chinese emperors once prayed for bumper crops, and take part in a formal banquet. But the Chinese offered Trump a pomp-filled welcome, literally rolling out the red carpet for him after Air Force One landed in the Chinese capital.

6. Senate confirms Trump pick Warsh as Federal Reserve chairman, following Powell

The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, bringing new leadership to the world’s most powerful central bank at a fraught moment for the global economy. Warsh, 56, a former top Fed official, was confirmed Wednesday in a largely party-line 54-45 vote and will replace Jerome Powell as chair at an unusually difficult time for the independent agency.

In Case You Missed It

Volunteers brave dark, rainy nights to save migrating amphibians

On rainy spring nights, when most people are heading indoors, a group of volunteers in Tompkins County heads the other way — out in the darkness, flashlights in hand, watching the roadways for some of the region’s smallest and most vulnerable travelers: amphibians.