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Austin Mansfield of the National Weather Service linked the phenomenon to a type of "spin in the atmosphere" as visitors to the U.S. Capitol area were treated to the sight of a thin, wispy funnel cloud extending from the sky and seemingly almost reaching the tip of the building s dome.
A Dougherty County jury was dismissed Monday after being unable to reach a verdict in Maurice Jimmerson’s long-delayed trial, WANF-TV reported. The hung jury, after a two-week trial, meant that Jimmerson went back to jail in Albany, the city in southwestern Georgia where the shooting took place. Dougherty County District Attorney Gregory Edwards has said he will try the case again.