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Heavy rains leave at least 8 people dead as Michaung makes landfall on India’s southeastern coast

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:57 GMT

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Eight people were dead as Tropical Storm Michaung began making landfall along India’s southeastern coastline Tuesday, bringing with it torrential rains and strong winds, officials said. The cyclone started crossing the coastline of Andhra Pradesh state with maximum sustained winds of 90-100 kph (56-62 mph) and gusts up to 110 kph (68 mph), said Sunanda Sharma, an official at the state’s Cyclone Warning Center. “It will take three hours for the entire system to cross the coast and complete the landfall,” she said, adding that there could be a storm surge and more heavy showers in the next 24 hours before the storm weakens. Another state in the south, Tamil Nadu, experienced days of heavy rains in the lead-up to the storm. Downpours triggered accidents that led to at least eight deaths across four vulnerable districts in recent days, said C. Muthukumaran, a disaster management official in the state. In the capital city of Chennai, rain from the stor...

GTA 6 leak: ‘Grand Theft Auto’ trailer reveals game’s release date

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:57 GMT

New York (CNN) — A trailer for “Grand Theft Auto VI,” the next installment of the wildly popular and violent game franchise, has been released early online after it had leaked. The trailer reveals that the sixth chapter is coming in 2025, according to developer Rockstar Games.The highly anticipated trailer surpassed 32 million views within its first few hours on Youtube.The trailer was originally supposed to go up on Tuesday, December 5 at 9 am PST. However, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Rockstar Games said, “Our trailer has leaked so please watch the real thing on YouTube.”GTA 6, the next chapter of the action-adventure franchise, has been a long time coming. GTA 5 was released in 2013.The trailer features a female protagonist, Lucia, who appears to go a crime spree through crowded beaches, city highways and clubs with her partner in a Bonnie-and-Clyde scenario.Rockstar Games, owned by Take-Two Interactive, has struggled with leaks. In 2022, hackers leaked unrelea...

3 injured, including police officer, following crash in Miami Gardens; Palmetto Expressway ramps shut down

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:57 GMT

A traffic collision on Tuesday morning resulted in multiple hospitalizations, including a Miami Gardens police officer, leading to the closure of the Palmetto Expressway ramps.The incident unfolded around 2:45 a.m. along Northwest 27th Avenue and Northwest 167th Street, where Miami-Dade police officers were observed securing the exit and entrance ramps of the highway.Video footage revealed a Miami Gardens squad car perched on the slope barrier wall of the Palmetto Expressway, displaying front-end damage. Another black vehicle involved in the collision suffered extensive damage to its exterior.Four individuals, including a police officer, were rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. Three victims, including the officer, required airlift transport. While the officer and one airlifted individual are expected to recover, the remaining victim is in critical condition.Preliminary investigations by Miami Gardens Police indicated that the police officer, patrolling ...

Colder Air, Snow For Some

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:57 GMT

After temps drifted up into the upper 40s to lower 50s yesterday, some chillier air starts to settle back in today. Despite temps starting off in the 30s this morning, there’s not a lot of upward movement to those numbers are highs max out near 40 midday and drift back downs into the mid 30s by late afternoon. Mostly cloudy skies prevail this afternoon as a few spotty showers pass through the Cape and Islands. Elsewhere, most of us stay dry. As temps dip down below freezing tonight, scattered snow showers start to develop near Cape Ann and Plymouth County. As instability increases, along with some ocean enhancement, bursts of some steadier/heavier snow is possible early to mid morning tomorrow across Cape Ann as well as far eastern Bristol County and especially Plymouth County. In these locations, a coating to a couple inches of snow is likely. If your area picks up near 2″ of snow in heavier bursts, expect some reductions in visibility. Near Boston and out through Metro...

UN warns of ‘blatant disregard for basic humanity’ in Gaza warfare

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:57 GMT

(CNN) — Top officials at the United Nations are warning of an “apocalyptic” situation in war-torn Gaza with “no place safe to go” for civilians, as Israel’s war with Hamas spreads into the south, where many had previously sought refuge.“Every time we think things cannot get any more apocalyptic in Gaza, they do,” said Martin Griffiths, the top UN emergency relief official, in a statement on Monday. “People are being ordered to move again, with little to survive on, forced to make one impossible choice after another,” he said.“Such blatant disregard for basic humanity must stop,” he also said.Israel has been intensifying its aerial bombardment of southern Gaza in pursuit of Palestinian militant group Hamas and said over the weekend that it will expand ground operations to the whole of the territory.“Intense battles” are still taking place in northern Gaza, where two Israeli soldiers were killed during “close-quarter combat” with Hamas fighters, the milit...

At least 85 confirmed killed by Nigerian army drone attack, raising questions about such mistakes

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:57 GMT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 85 people have been confirmed dead after a “mistaken” army drone attack on a religious gathering in northwest Nigeria, authorities said. The president on Tuesday ordered a probe into the latest in a series of mistakes in Nigeria’s conflict zones.“Eighty-five dead bodies have so far been buried while (a) search is still ongoing,” Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said in a statement that listed children, women and the elderly among the victims. At least 66 people were injured, the agency added.Since 2017, some 400 civilians have been killed by airstrikes the military said were targeting armed groups in the deadly security crisis in the country’s north, according to the Lagos-based SBM Intelligence security firm.The victims in the latest incident were observing the Muslim holiday celebrating the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, Mawlid al-Nabi. They were killed Sunday night by drones “targeting terrorists and bandits” in K...

WATCH: Ship crosses paths with world's largest iceberg as it drifts out of Antarctica

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:57 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Britain's polar research ship has crossed paths with the largest iceberg in the world — a “lucky” encounter that enabled scientists to collect seawater samples around the colossal berg as it drifts out of Antarctic waters, the British Antarctic Survey said Monday.The RRS Sir David Attenborough, which is on its way to Antarctica for its first scientific mission, passed the mega iceberg known as the A23a on Friday near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.In this handout photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey, the RRS Sir David Attenborough in front of A23a iceberg in Antarctica, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Britain's polar research ship has crossed paths with the largest iceberg in the world in a “lucky” encounter that enabled scientists to collect seawater samples around the colossal berg as it drifts out of Antarctic waters. The British Antarctic Survey said Monday, Dec. 4 that the RRS Sir David Attenborough passed the mega iceberg, known as the A23a, on Friday ne...

Handcuffed and sent to the ER: Schools send more kids to the hospital for misbehavior

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:57 GMT

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Three times a week, on average, a police car pulls up to a school in Wicomico County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A student is brought out, handcuffed and placed inside for transport to a hospital emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation.Over the past eight years, the process has been used at least 750 times on students. Some are as young as 5 years old.The state law that allows for these removals, known as petitions for emergency evaluation, is meant to be limited to people with severe mental illness, who are endangering their own lives or safety or someone else’s. It’s the first step toward getting someone involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital.A view of Wicomico Middle School appears Tuesday, August 1, 2023, in Salisbury, Md. Data from the sheriff’s office shows that over the past eight years, children have been taken from Wicomico County schools to the emergency room for psychiatric evaluations at least 750 times. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)Bu...

SPIDER searches for water on the moon; Austin-area aerospace company partners for mission

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:57 GMT

CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — An upcoming mission to the moon will enlist a SPIDER in the search for ice beneath the surface. The Seismic Payload for Interplanetary Discovery, Exploration & Research (SPIDER) is a mission to map just below the surface of the moon, conducted by Australia-based Fleet Space. It will travel aboard Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost II in 2026."(It will be) one of the first seismic experiments to go back to the moon since Apollo," said Fleet Space's Chief Exploration Officer Matt Pearson.The partnership between Fleet Space and Cedar Park-based Firefly Aerospace was announced last month. "We kind of share a passion for understanding the lunar surface," said Farah Zuberi, mission manager for the two Blue Ghost lunar landers built by Firefly.Blue Ghost I will launch next year, carrying with it several NASA experiments. Blue Ghost II is scheduled to launch to the dark side of the moon in 2026 with SPIDER aboard.What is the SPIDER going to space?According to Pear...

Mild afternoons ahead of weekend cold front

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:08:57 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A nice stretch of weather will take us through the work week with warmer than normal afternoons and sunshine expected for all.Today's temperature climb will leave most us close to 70° -- a good 5°-7° warmer than average for this time of year. Light and variable winds, plenty of sunshine and dry skies will make for a great day to be outside.Tuesday afternoon forecast high temperaturesSimilar conditions can be expected through midweek -- highs in the upper 60s/low 70s, more sunshine than clouds and dry conditions.Comfortable afternoons leading up to weekend cold frontBy the start of the weekend, our next cold front approaches. At the moment, this looks to be more of a wind-maker than rain-maker, but those along and east of I-35 could squeeze out a few hundredths of an inch of rain out of Saturday morning spot showers.Minimal rainfall associated with next cold front Winter Weather Outlook: What a strong El Niño could mean for rainfall and ice risk Austin Interacti...