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A volcanic eruption created a new but possibly fickle island in the middle of the South Pacific sea. An underwater volcano next to the island kingdom of Tonga erupted in early September, causing oozing lava to rise to the surface. The expelled steam and water then formed into a new land mass, measured at over eight acres, according to NPR. The Home Reef seamount is where the volcano was located on September 10th, 2022, when the eruption occurred. NASA’s Earth Observatory noted that it took approximately eleven hours for the land mas to rise out of the water. The agency released an…

Cuba’s government has made a rare request for emergency assistance from the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden after Hurricane Ian knocked out power to the whole island of 11 million people, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.CUBA STRUCK BY HURRICANE IAN, LEAVES 1 MILLION RESIDENTS WITHOUT POWER AND STREETS FLOODEDHurricane Ian tore through the island nation on Tuesday, causing country-wide blackouts, flattening homes and destroying agricultural fields. Cubans have staged protests against the government over the power loss, which heightened concerns over ongoing food, fuel and medicine shortages. Washington has assessed that Cuban authorities would place priorities on…

NASCAR driver Jordan Anderson was airlifted to a hospital with burns he suffered while trying to escape his engulfed vehicle at Talladega.The No. 3 car burst into flames as he entered the first turn of the 19th lap in a scheduled 94-lap race. Anderson attempted to leave the vehicle through the driver’s window. He was able to exit the vehicle, but not before it came to a rest after crashing into a barrier.He quickly walked on the tire barrier and went behind his car, where he was tended to by medical staff.NASCAR LEGEND JIMMIE JOHNSON RETIRES FROM FULL-TIME RACINGReports say…

A lawyer who torched an NYPD patrol car during the George Floyd riots is begging for a reduced sentence — whining that she was drunk and dealing with “unprocessed trauma” at the time, according to court documents. Urooj Rahman, 33, who pleaded guilty last year to tossing a Molotov cocktail at an empty police van in Brooklyn and is facing 18 months to two years behind bars, is pushing to have her sentence commuted to time served. She spent 28 days in a Brooklyn federal jail before posting $250,000 bail. Her lawyers contended in a Sept. 9 court filing that…

There are no more veterans returning from Tommy John surgery or rookie pitchers coming out of nowhere to dominate opposing hitters. There are no more draft-day afterthoughts or career minor leaguers with red-hot bats to target on the waiver wires. There is no more advice to give. On Wednesday, your league will not only crown its champion, but it will have the name of a loser who needs to be punished. (Idea for punishment: He or she must sign up and take the SATs alongside all of those high schoolers who’ve spent months studying for the four-hour long exam. If…

CNN  —  A 12-year-old Texas girl accused of shooting her father and then herself as a part of a murder plot with another child died two days following the incident, the Parker County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post Wednesday. Authorities said the incident occurred at 11:30 p.m. on September 20 at a home in Weatherford, Texas, in northwest Parker County, which is about 40 miles west of Fort Worth. Investigators believe the girl shot her father before fleeing the scene and shooting herself, authorities said. A handgun was found lying underneath the girl. “The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s…

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN  —  Russian forces retreated from Lyman, a strategic city for its operations in the east, the Russian defense ministry said Saturday, just a day after Moscow’s annexation of the region that’s been declared illegal by the West. “In connection with the creation of a threat of encirclement, allied troops were withdrawn from the settlement of Krasny Liman to more advantageous lines,” the ministry said on Telegram, using the Russian name for the town of Lyman. Russian state media Russia-24 reported that the reason for Russia’s withdrawal was because “the enemy used both Western-made artillery and intelligence from…

Tragic Jack Burnell-Williams, 18, was found dead just days after he walked behind the Queen’s coffin. His dad said the family are ‘too heartbroken for words’ but thanked everyone for their support Family and friends of tragic teenage soldier Jack Burnell-Williams released balloons in his memory today. Jack, 18, a trooper in the elite Blues and Royals regiment of the Household Cavalry, was found lifeless at London’s Hyde Park barracks just days after walking behind the Queen’s coffin. His father Daniel, a 41-year-old heating engineer, told the Sunday People : “We are too heartbroken for words, but I want to…

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