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JAKARTA: A strong 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit deep under the ocean off Indonesia and East Timor early on Tuesday (Jan 10), the US Geological Survey reported. The epicentre of the quake was 427km south of the Indonesian island of Ambon at a depth of 95km, USGS said. Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported some aftershocks at a magnitude of 5.5. According to the agency, the tremor was felt on the islands of Timor, Maluku archipelago, and Papua. But there were no reports of damages or victims. “I was in bed then I felt little shake. I woke up and found…

In one village, the roofs and walls of several damaged houses had collapsed. Debris and household items were scattered on the ground. The quake caused light poles to sway and sent residents running out of buildings and onto streets in Tual, a port in the Maluku archipelago, videos posted by users on Twitter showed. The Indonesian geophysics agency warned about a potential tsunami initially, and then lifted the warning. “EARTH RUMBLING” The quake was felt as far as Darwin, capital of Australia’s Northern Territory, where at least 1,000 people reported it to the Australian Geoscience agency. “Sustained vigorous shaking here…

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon went missing with a newborn baby after their car broke down on the M61 near Bolton last week, with police issuing an urgent appealA couple with a newborn baby who disappeared after their car broke down have been ‘spotted’. Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, as well as their infant, vanished after abandoning the vehicle near junction four of the M61, near Bolton, on Thursday (January 5). Greater Manchester Police believed Ms Marten may have been seen twice in Essex – over 200 miles from the scene of the breakdown. The first sighting was near Harwich…

CNN  —  Like many other American cities before it, Newport News, Virginia, is this week dealing with the aftermath of a school shooting. This time, however, the suspected shooter is just 6 years old, according to police, who said the child opened fire in a classroom at Richneck Elementary school, sending a teacher to the hospital. The age of the suspected shooter has left a community and country reeling from the possibility that a first grader obtained a gun, brought it to school and opened fire on his teacher. Authorities have provided general information about the shooting. But there are…

Supporters of Brazilian far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his electoral defeat have stormed the presidential palace, Congress, and the Supreme Court in the capital, Brasilia. Videos on social media showed Bolsonaro supporters smashing windows and furniture in the National Congress and Supreme Court buildings on Sunday. They climbed onto the roof of the Congress building, where Brazil’s Senate and Chamber of Deputies conduct their legislative business, unfurling a banner that read “intervention” and an apparent appeal to Brazil’s military. Images on TV channel Globo News also showed protesters roaming the presidential palace, many of them wearing…

Robyn Brown and Christine Brown. Youtube Keeping the peace. Robyn Brown extended an olive branch to Christine Brown and her family amid drama with Kody Brown. Christine’s daughter Mykelti Padron and husband Tony Padron received adorable baby gifts for twin sons Ace and Archer, 2 months, from Robyn, 44. “Somehow i’ve been blessed with some super adorable kids ! Thanks @robyn_browns_nest for the matching twin outfits. …… and yes Avalon has Found the Sharpies. #dadlife #3under3 #sisterwives #family,” Tony wrote alongside an Instagram photo on Saturday, January 7, which showed his newborns wearing onesies that read, “Hugs From Flagstaff.” Christine,…

The process of removing names of military installations, ships, and other items that were inspired by Confederates and adopting new names is underway.The Pentagon announced on Thursday that William A. LaPlante, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, directed the Department of Defense to move forward with implementing the renaming recommendations made by the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense recommendations last summer.The DoD said in an announcement that naming after Confederates had been done during “the height of the Jim Crow Laws in the South,” in an effort to garner support from the…

New York Attorney General Letitia James, in a fiery speech supporting approximately 7,000 nurses on strike at two Big Apple hospitals Monday, asserted that the walk-out was not about money, but safety. The nursing strike comes as COVID-19 deaths in New York state surged by 30% over the past month – the highest count since the beginning of 2022. Joining the picket line outside Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, James reminded listeners that it was nurses who remained at the sides of patients when lockdown measures prevented visitors in 2020 when New York City became the ground zero of the COVID-19 pandemic.…

A man with a history of mental illness opened fire inside his North Carolina home, killing his wife and three children before turning the gun on himself, police said Monday.Robert J. Crayton Jr., 45, fatally shot Athalia A. Crayton, 46, Kasin Crayton, 18, and two other children, who were 16 and 10, on Saturday morning, High Point police said.Two people, 25 and 22, who were in the house fled shortly after 7 a.m. ET and started banging on neighbors’ doors in the 2700 block of Mossy Meadow pleading for help, police said.Of those two adults, one was a “direct relation…

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – An investigation is underway after fire officials confirmed to Atlanta News First that a car crashed into an emergency room in DeKalb County on Monday.Fire officials said a car crashed into the emergency room at Hillandale Hospital.According to fire officials, the driver and a hospital employee were both injured in the crash.Both were taken to Grady Hospital to be treated for their injuries.A woman who was at the hospital at the time said she couldn’t believe what happened in front of her eyes. “I happen to look to my right and I saw this…