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Officials downgraded the alert level for Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano from a warning to a watch on Saturday as they predict that the eruption of the world’s largest active volcano could soon end. “High eruption rates will not resume based on past eruptive behavior and current behavior suggests that the eruption may end soon,” the U.S. Geological Survey said in a bulletin issued Saturday.The new alert level reflects “the limited hazards associated with the current activity,” the latest update states. The update also notes that the volcano’s lava output and gas emissions were “greatly reduced,” and that a lava flow…

Washington CNN  —  The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection will meet on Sunday to discuss criminal referrals, panel member Rep. Adam Schiff said. The subcommittee tasked with investigating criminal referrals will be presenting its recommendations to the full panel at 1 p.m. ET, when members meet virtually. “We are as a subcommittee, several of us that were charged with making the recommendations about referrals, going to be making that recommendation to the full committee today,” Schiff, a California Democrat, said on CBS “Face the Nation.” Members on the committee would then need to approve the recommendations.…

The Uber passenger accused of murdering a New Orleans police department employee moonlighting as a driver for the ride-sharing platform allegedly posted video of the woman dying in her vehicle to Facebook. Brandon Jacobs, 29, of Harvey, Louisiana, was booked on a second-degree murder charge for the killing of 54-year-old Yolanda Dillion. Dillion was a fiscal analyst at the New Orleans Police Department, where she worked for the past 10 years, police chief Shaun Ferguson said Friday. “Our team is taking it pretty hard,” Ferguson, who recently announced he’s retiring from the department in America’s murder capital at the end of the year,…

Paul Silas, a three-time NBA champion who later became a head coach, has died, according to longtime Boston sports columnist Bob Ryan. Silas was 79.Ryan, the sports columnist emeritus for the Boston Globe, made the revelation about Silas’ death in a tweet Sunday morning. “I am very sad to report that the Great Paul Silas has died at age 79. To watch him play was a joy. To be his friend was an honor,” Ryan tweeted.His tweet led the outpouring of tributes on social media.Silas was a second-round draft pick in 1964 of the St. Louis Hawks. He played for…

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A Brooklyn man convicted of fondling a sleeping woman aboard an international flight to JFK Airport dodged prison time — thanks to a lenient federal judge. Daniel Katz, 36, was sentenced last week to one year of probation — including three months of unmonitored home detention — and 75 hours of community service for the creepy 2018 sky-high molestation of the 25-year-old woman, according to federal court records. Federal prosecutors had asked US District Judge Frederic Block to throw Katz behind bars for up to 21 months after his June 2021 jury conviction on charges of abusive sexual contact and…

Scottish clothing company M&Co has become the latest in a string of high street retailers to enter administration, putting nearly 2,000 jobs at risk, after being hit by rising costs and a drop-off in demand. The fashion and homeware chain, which has 170 stores across the UK, said it had appointed administrators from financial advisory firm Teneo, with the aim of pursuing a sale “in an accelerated timeframe”. The administrators stressed that “no immediate” redundancies had been made among M&Co’s 1,910 staff and the company’s website and store would continue to trade as normal. “Like many retailers, the company has…

Olivia Holzmacher is back in action on Bengals game day. The longtime girlfriend of quarterback Joe Burrow showed off her pregame routine Sunday in a new Instagram video that featured pal Morgan Wilson, the wife of Cincinnati linebacker Logan Wilson. In the black-and-white clip, which was posted on Holzmacher’s Instagram Stories, the duo can be seen bundled up in their winter gear as they smile for the camera. Morgan Wilson (left) and Olivia Holzmacher (right) got playful in a new Instagram video before the Bengals’ matchup against the Browns on Dec. 11, 2022. Instagram/Olivia Holzmacher Olivia Holzmacher and Morgan Wilson…

Pharmacies in the UK say they are being forced to dispense antibiotics to treat Strep A infection at a steep loss because of soaring wholesale prices, as health chiefs denied that there were shortages. An unseasonably early surge in Group A Streptococcus, mainly among schoolchildren, has pushed up demand for penicillin and amoxicillin, the main antibiotic treatments, in recent days, heaping pressure on already stretched pharmacies. A total of 851 Strep A cases were recorded by the UK Health Security Agency in the week ending November 20, compared with an average of 186 during the same period in recent years.…

An audience member shouted a racial slur during a Detroit Symphony Orchestra concert last week, the orchestra said.In a statement on Facebook, the orchestra said it was “deeply disappointed by an incident” Friday night.”Racism and bigotry have no place in Orchestra Hall, and behavior like this is unacceptable,” the statement read. “Live music is a profoundly human experience that taps into our emotions and provides us all with a sacred space for listening. We apologize that this space was violated.”The orchestra did not reveal what the audience member said during a performance of “A Charlie Brown Christmas: Cyrus Chestnut &…