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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Winds will start to pick up on Thursday. But the strong southerly winds will help warm our temperatures well into the 40s with a few spots nearing 50 degrees.

Skies will be partly to mostly sunny through the afternoon. Clouds increase late Thursday night with rain arriving around midnight. This rain will be along a cold front that will keep the winds strong into early Friday morning. 

The rain will move through into the morning before changing over to snow by late morning and into the afternoon. Temperatures will fall by morning from the 40s and back into the 30s. Accumulations do not look to be significant, but there could be some minor snowfall.

Temperatures will turn colder but seasonable over the weekend. High temperatures will be in the 30s with some snow showers around.

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Today’s Big Stories

1. Hochul says she’ll sign amended ‘Medical Aid in Dying’ Act

The governor said she and state lawmakers agreed to amendments to the bill, which passed in the legislature in June.

2. Anheuser-Busch closing 3 breweries, will shift some production to CNY plant

Anheuser-Busch is closing three of its American breweries in a move that is expected to send production, and potentially jobs, to its brewery near Baldwinsville. After a review of its operations, the company decided to close its facilities in Fairfield, Calif., Merrimack, N.H., and Newark, N.J. in early 2026, the last of which it is selling to the Goodman Group, a company spokmesperson told Spectrum News 1. 

3. N.Y. National Guard members who responded to 9/11 attacks can apply for disability benefits

Members of New York’s military force who served on state active duty responding to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in Manhattan can now register to file for potential disability benefits.

4. Bill to recognize Fort Ontario as National Park unanimously passes U.S. Senate

Fort Ontario is one step closer to joining the National Park System — preserving the site’s unique legacy as a shelter for Holocaust refugees during World War II. A unanimous vote in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday pushed through a bipartisan bill which clears one more hurdle for Oswego’s Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum.

5. Rob Reiner’s son Nick appears in court on 2 counts of murder in killing of his parents

Rob Reiner’s son, Nick Reiner, made his first court appearance Wednesday on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents. His arraignment was postponed to Jan. 7. He remains in jail with no bail.

6. 4 Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies

Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.