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ACTORS Never took us for a canoe family. But when my car insurance rate kept going up, it really was the best option. Sure, we end up being late a little more often...

Reverse! ...but the kids love it. Don't make me...

-You better stop because you're making this worse! Stop! Now that we've found affordable insurance, we're back on solid ground. Safe Auto is now Direct Auto. Get flexible payments on state minimum coverage and stop compromising. NEW THIS MORNING, THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED A STEP AIMED AT PROTECTING. I'M SORRY, I JUST TOLD MATT A FUNNY STORY. PROTECTING AMERICANS PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM EXPLOITATION FROM INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES THAT COULD BE USING THE INFORMATION WITH BAD INTENT. THE DATA CAN INCLUDE FINANCIAL AND GEOLOCATION INFORMATION SCOOPED UP AS YOUR DEVICES COLLECT INFO ON WHERE YOU GO AND WHAT YOU BUY. PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TODAY TO PREVENT LARGE SCALE TRANSFER OF AMERICANS PERSONAL DATA TO COUNTRIES OF CONCERN COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA, RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, IRAN, CUBA AND VENEZUELA NOW, DATA COLLECTION IS LEGAL. MANY COMPANIES WILL STILL GET THE INFORMATION FROM YOU IF YOU DON'T CHANGE YOUR SETTINGS. BUT THE WHITE HOUSE HOPES THIS ADDS SOME PERSONAL AND NATIONAL SECURITY STOPS TO THREATENING FOREIGN ACTORS AND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WON THEIR PARTY'S PRIMARIES YESTERDAY IN MICHIGAN. BUT THE NUMBER OF VOTES THAT CAME IN ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE AS UNCOMMITTED MEN IN PROTEST OF BIDEN'S HANDLING OF THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WILL BE A TALKER THIS MORNING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE MICHIGAN IS SUCH A KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ON. THE CAMPAIGN WAS ORGANIZED BY ACTIVISTS WHO FEEL BIDEN HAS PRIORITIZED SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL OVER THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN GAZA, HURT BY THE DESTRUCTION AND CIVIL CASUALTIES OF THE WAR. BIDEN DID NOT DIRECTLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNCOMMITTED EFFORT, INSTEAD URGING UNITY AND A STATEMENT AFTER HIS WIN. FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY LOST TO TRUMP AGAIN, BUT DID GET OVER 30% OF THE REPUBLICAN VOTE. SHE INSISTS THE RESULTS SHOW A SUBSTANTIAL SWATH OF THE PARTY DOES NOT WANT TRUMP AS THE NOMINEE, DESPITE CALLS FROM SOME QUARTERS FOR HER TO DROP OUT. HALEY SAYS SHE IS STAYING IN THE RACE UNTIL SUPER TUESDAY. IN MARCH, MACY'S WILL CLOSE 150 STORES OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, THOUGH.

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WHICH LOCATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN REVEALED? WE KNOW WE HAVE A BIG ONE IN CENTER CITY. THE CHAIN WILL FOCUS ON OPENING SMALLER VERSIONS OF ITS POPULAR BRANDS. IT PLANS TO ADD 15 MORE BLOOM AND 30 BLUEMERCURY COSMETIC LOCATIONS. MACY ALSO PLANS TO UPGRADE THE REMAINING 350 STORES AND ADD MORE SALESPEOPLE, ALL TO FITTING AREAS AND SHOE DEPARTMENT. IT'S THE WEATHER IS GOING TO GET PRETTY INTERESTING TODAY.

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KAREN ROGERS IT IS.

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I LOVE MY MACY'S IN NEW JERSEY TOO. I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR ABOUT THAT ONE. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. THIS IS WHAT YOUR COMMUTE MAY LOOK LIKE BOTH THE MORNING AND EVENING. BUT IT'S REALLY THE EVENING COMMUTE WHERE WE HAVE A BIT MORE CONCERNS WITH YOUR TRAVEL IMPACT. SO FOR YOUR MORNING COMMUTE, THE ROADS ARE ALREADY DAMP FROM THE RAIN THAT WE HAD OVERNIGHT. WE HAVE ANOTHER ROUND APPROACHING SO KIND OF ON AND OFF RAIN, DAMP ROADS, MILD AND BREEZY, BUT IN THE EVENING COMMUTE, SOME STEADIER DOWNPOURS AND REALLY GUSTY WINDS. THEY HAVEN'T DEVELOPED YET, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE GUSTS UP TO 40 OR 50 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THE REGION. DELAYS LIKELY. YOU MAY GET SOME DEBRIS ON THE ROADS SO MUCH MORE OF AN ISSUE FOR YOUR EVENING COMMUTE. AND THIS IS UNUSUAL FOR FEBRUARY. I PUT THIS BOX UP HERE SO YOU CAN SEE OVER THE PAST 15 MINUTES WE'VE HAD 88 LIGHTNING STRIKES RIGHT OVER OUR REGION HERE OVER THE NORTHEAST. AS FAR AS LOCALLY SPEAKING, WE HAD A FEW IN LANCASTER COUNTY EARLIER, NOT SEEING ANY AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE COULD SEE THE APPROACH OF THE RAIN RIGHT HERE. YOUR NORTHWEST SUBURBS GETTING PRETTY WET. ONCE AGAIN, LOOK AT THESE MILD NUMBERS RIGHT NOW. OUR REASON FOR THE UNUSUAL THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. IT'S 57 DEGREES RIGHT NOW