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Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images (BOOM, BELGIUM) — A massive fire severely damaged the main stage at Belgium’s Tomorrowland, one of the world’s largest electronic dance music festivals, just days before its scheduled opening. The blaze erupted Wednesday at the festival grounds in Boom, Belgium, where thick plumes of black smoke could be seen rising […]
(SAND POINT, ALASKA) — A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Sand Point, Alaska, on Wednesday, prompting a tsunami warning from the National Weather Service. The warning was later downgraded to an advisory, according to the agency. Sand Point is located on northwestern Popof Island, off the Alaska Peninsula. It’s approximately 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, […]
Handout/Ukrainian State Emergency Service (LONDON) — Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces shot down at least 126 Ukrainian drones overnight into Thursday morning, with at least three craft intercepted over the capital Moscow region. The attack was Ukraine’s largest drone barrage into Russia since it launched 167 craft into the country on July 11, according […]
Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images (LONDON) — Law enforcement officials in Europe said they had coordinated the dismantling of an international pro-Russian cybercrime network, arresting two members, issuing warrants for others in Russia and disrupting the group’s main infrastructure. The network, known as NoName057(16), was alleged to have targeted Ukraine and countries that supported Kyiv in […]
Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images (QUINAULT, WA) — At least one person is dead and two others have been injured in a small plane crash in a remote area of Olympic National Park in Washington, authorities said. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening at approximately 6:50 p.m. when park rangers were notified of a crash […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A total of 10 Republican senators are urging the Trump administration to reverse its decision to withhold more than $6 billion in federal funds for education programs already appropriated by Congress. “The decision to withhold this funding is contrary to President Trump’s goal of returning K-12 education to the states,” […]
Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (SPOTSWOOD, NJ) — At least seven geese are dead after a car struck the flock while they were trying to cross a street in New Jersey, police said. The Spotswood Police Department in New Jersey is currently investigating an incident that took place on Monday evening at approximately 6:45 […]
Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images (WYOMING) — More geological changes are occurring at Yellowstone National Park, as another hole forms in one of the park’s basins. The hole is a blue water spring, discovered by geologists in April as they conducted routine maintenance of temperature logging stations at Norris Geyser Basin, according to the U.S. Geological […]
Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Trump asked a group of Republican lawmakers how they felt about him firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and told them he would “likely” fire Powell “soon,” according to two White House officials and sources familiar with the Tuesday evening meeting. The Republican lawmakers expressed their approval […]
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images (PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C.) — A Georgia father drowned after saving five people from a rip current at a beach in South Carolina, according to the Pawleys Island Police Department. At approximately 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, police received a call for “multiple swimmers in distress” in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, and once on […]
