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Thousands of people evacuated and officials shut down Manila airport after a volcano erupted near the Philippines‘ capital city, the Associated Press reports. Volcano induced lightning. Taal volcano in the Philippines, near Manila, is about to erupt. This is a major eruption from a large volcano. pic.twitter.com/uN6hH8n0pn — Daniel Schneider (@BiologistDan) January 12, […]
Toronto-area residents woke up to an emergency alert on Sunday morning about an unknown “incident” at a nearby Canadian nuclear plant that officials later said was mistakenly sent. BREAKING: This emergency alert about the Pickering Nuclear Generating station was “sent in error,” officials in the premier’s office confirm. A statement will be coming shortly […]
Megan Rapinoe has demonstrated, once again, she is not afraid to speak her mind—even if it could hurt her career. On Thursday, the International Olympics Committee announced it was banning political protests at the 2020 Summer Olympics. According to the updated IOC guidelines, participating athletes are prohibited from conducting any sort of “demonstration or political, religious […]
A South Florida man faces federal charges after threatening to kill Donald Trump to avenge Qassem Soleimani—the Iranian commander who was killed this month in a U.S. airstrike. According to NBC Miami, Chauncy Lump was arrested last Saturday over a Facebook Live broadcast in which he was seen donning white cream on his face and towel wrapped like a turban on […]
Michelle Obama has announced that she will be bringing her first TV series to Instagram later this year. Entitled A Year of Firsts, the Obama-produced series will follow four college freshmen across the United States and will stream on IGTV later this month. The show is set to run until June. As Forbes reports, the six-episode series is part […]
A man who reportedly robbed a Philadelphia pharmacy showed a note to the counter clerk that said he needed the money for his sick child. In surveillance footage from Jan. 3, the man—who wears a gray hoodie and dark gloves—took an item to the Rite Aide register. The clerk begins scanning the item and placing it […]
A Brazilian Netflix comedy entitled The First Temptation of Christ, which depicts Jesus as gay, has been unbanned after it sparked an uproar in the country. Created by YouTube comedy group Porta dos Fundos, the controversial comedy was temporarily banned by Rio de Janeiro judge Benedicto Abicair on Tuesday. However, the ruling has now been overturned by Supreme […]
Florida Highway Patrol troopers discovered 12 kilos of cocaine worth an estimated $1.2 million hidden inside a car that was initially pulled over for illegally tinted windows, NBC Miami reports. Troopers were conducting their routine patrol of Interstate 75 on Tuesday when they spotted a red 2016 Dodge Journey with an illegal tint. The intention was to give a citation to driver Elizabeth Espinoza, 27, but they grew suspicious when she […]
Last year was the second-hottest year ever recorded. The only year that has been hotter than 2019 was 2016, which was only warmer by 0.04 degrees Celsius, according to a new report by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European Union’s flagship climate monitoring organization. The report found that the last five years and this […]
The U.S.’s cancer rate dropped 2.2 percent between 2016 and 2017, the sharpest one-year dip in cancer mortality ever recorded. According to American Cancer Society’s new report, the rate has dropped 29 percent since 1991, which means there have been around 2.9 million fewer cancer deaths than would have happened if the rate had stayed […]
