Cataclysmic eruption may have kicked off ‘worst year' in history for humans - study
11/16/2018, 2:53:19 PMThe bubonic plague years and the breakout of two World Wars were terrible times. But these were not the worst periods to be alive, scientists claim in new research. ✔ His Antiquity study suggests the reason for the onset of the ‘Dark Age’ literally and metaphorically was a volcanic eruption ✔ Lead levels around 640 indicate an upturn in the economy through the smelting of silver coins, according to the study, authored by Michael McCormick and Christopher Loveluck
The haunting remains of the latest deadly California wildfire
11/16/2018, 1:30:26 PMMore than 60 people died in the Paradise inferno sweeping a huge 135,000 acres of land, destroyed much of the US town ✔ All that remains of Paradise in California are more than 100,000 acres of ash-strewn landscape following the devastating fires that have ravaged the region (Image: LA Times via Getty Images)1 of 14 Nearly every single home in the area was destroyed in the deadly fire, which displaced hundreds of thousands of people ✔ More than 600 people are still not accounted for, authorities say (Image: AFP/Getty Images)2 of 14 Sparked as a result of dry conditions and erratic winds the latest disaster, dubbed a 'megafire' left hardly any structures intact
Earthquake today: Solomon Islands, Indonesia and Japan suffers HUGE quakes as 6.2 tremors
11/16/2018, 2:45:40 PMHUGE earthquakes has erupted around the world today across the volatile Ring of Fire. Here are the biggest earthquakes erupted today. ✔ The seismic activity has not caused any lost lives, but residents felt the earth shake as a result of the tremors ✔ The National Weather Service has not issued a tsunami warning, advisory, watch or threat as a result of the earthquake ✔ However, located hundreds of miles from mainland they did not cause any hazards
Al Roker apologizes for underestimating winter storm, draws mixed reactions
11/16/2018, 2:36:12 PM"Today" show weatherman Al Roker said sorry to viewers on Friday morning after Thursday's storm in the Northeast turned out to be bigger than experts originally planned. ✔ Al Roker on the scene in Windsor: ‘I was excited about the idea that this biracial African-American woman was going to marry the prince.’ Robert Deutsch, USAToday Everybody makes mistakes – though if you're Al Roker and part one of the top meteorology teams in morning television, you'd better be ready to apologize ✔ It's not the first time Roker had created buzz in recent weeks
'A disaster': Forest deals reignite tension between loggers and conservationists
11/16/2018, 12:50:32 PMControversial logging pacts between the state and federal governments were supposed to end the forest wars, but critics say threatened species have been doomed to extinction. ✔ Politics Federal Biodiversity 'A disaster': Forest deals reignite tension between loggers and conservationists By Nicole Hasham16 November 2018 11:45pm Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Dejan Stojanovic was aghast ✔ There, the parrots feast on the flowers of big old trees and fatten up for the return journey to Tasmania in spring
I'm A Celebrity SUPER STORM to hit jungle as ITV show launches
11/16/2018, 3:16:28 PMTHE I’m a Celebrity launch is under threat as a huge ‘super-storm’ heads straight for the camp. The ITV reality show returns on Sunday night with a stellar line up of famous faces… ✔ Rex Features 7 The I'm a Celebrity camp is based in Springbrook National Park in New South Wales 7 Weather maps show a big thunderstorm heading straight for the area Love I'm A Celeb ✔ The celebs had better watch out when they're taking their waterfall showers!
Macron’s finance minister blasts Brexiteers' ‘ABSURD’ demands: You face economic DISASTER!
11/16/2018, 3:27:20 PMFRANCE has warned Brexiteers to accept Theresa May’s controversial Brexit withdrawal deal or face “economic disaster” as MPs prepare to mount a no-confidence vote on the Prime Minister’s leadership. ✔ It is a good deal for both sides, nobody has been cheated ✔ As prime minister my job is to bring back a deal that delivers on the vote of the British people, that does that by ending free movement, ensuring we are not sending vast annual sums to the EU any longer, ending the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, but also protects jobs and protects people’s livelihoods, protects our security, protects the union of the United Kingdom ✔ I believe this is a deal which does deliver that, which is in the national interest, and am I going to see this through
UK SNOW weather forecast: Polar storm to SMASH UK triggering 6-week FREEZE and HEAVY SNOW
11/16/2018, 1:58:22 PMA POLAR storm will smash Britain kick-starting a six-week big freeze unleashing torrents of snow across the nation until Christmas, terrifying forecasts predict. ✔ A crippling winter deluge stretching as far south as London and the Home Counties is about to wreak countrywide havoc, experts claim ✔ Snow across eastern Britain by the end of the month (Image: Netweather) The mercury will hit 17C (62.6F) as far north as Scotland over the coming days as much of the country enjoys double-digit temperatures
Off the beaten track, some thought they'd found refuge — until a fire found them in its path
11/16/2018, 12:14:18 PMA look at the victims of the Camp Fire, the deadliest wildfire in modern California history. ✔ They were sleepy places: Paradise, Magalia, tiny Concow (population 710 at the last Census count) ✔ Authorities told Loo that her father’s body had been found outside his home near his minivan, next to the remains of Bernice, his service dog ✔ Phyllis used to go around town, taking the elderly to doctor’s appointments
Snowstorm slams eastern US, killing 8 and knocking out power
11/16/2018, 2:32:53 PMA strong winter storm moving over the eastern half of the country has claimed at least eight lives and knocked out power for tens of thousands of people. ✔ In Mississippi, a tour bus crashed Wednesday, killing two people and wounding several others ✔ Joseph Miller with the Mississippi Highway Patrol said the bus carrying 46 people was traveling from Huntsville, Alabama, to Tunica, Mississippi ✔ CNN's Tina Burnside, Dave Hennen and Taylor Ward contributed to this report
California Today: In Chico, Feeding Fire Evacuees and Emergency Workers
11/16/2018, 2:19:45 PMFriday: Volunteers help serve meals, President Trump plans to tour wildfire damage, and the Cal Band visits The San Francisco Chronicle ahead of the Big Game. ✔ Yet after they’re released, firefighting jobs will be hard to find ✔ California Today goes live at 6 a.m. Pacific time weekdays ✔ Tell us what you want to see: CAtoday@nytimes.com ✔ California Today is edited by Julie Bloom, who grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from U.C
Atlantis FOUND? Ancient flooded ruins off Spanish coast ‘ARE lost city’
11/16/2018, 1:54:06 PMTHE lost city of Atlantis has been discovered off the coast of Spain, according to researchers. ✔ But the team reckon they have found all the treasures mentioned by Plato in his writings, including the giant harbour wall, which was 75 metres thick ✔ Speaking of his adventure, Tim said: Plato describes the location exactly and all we did was follow in his footsteps the way ancient seafarers would have travelled to the cities
Early season winter blast creates hellish conditions for commuters
11/16/2018, 12:22:34 PMAn early season winter blast dumped several inches of snow across the suburban New York region, causing multiple school closings and delays and what is expected to be a slow, time-consuming morning commute for area drivers. ✔ Commuters took to all corners of the internet to tell their horror stories and place the blame squarely at the feet of Gov ✔ The total lack of preparedness from the governor’s mansion on down left our state in a complete mess! said Jay Wanczyk, who spent over 7 hours on an NJ Transit bus from Pompton Plains to Manhattan
Americans Are Moving Closer to Nature, and Into Fire Zones
11/16/2018, 1:57:15 PMMore people in California and other states are living in areas known as the wildland-urban interface. Wildfires in those zones pose the greatest risk. ✔ Sign up here for Climate Fwd: , our email newsletter ✔ Northwest of Los Angeles, the Woolsey Fire has ripped through densely populated areas in cities like Thousand Oaks and Malibu, and other areas that some researchers call the wildland-urban intermix
Loggers support Donald Trump’s claim that wildfires caused by ‘poor forest management’
11/16/2018, 3:50:48 PMA national logging organization is offering support to President Trump following catastrophic wildfires in California and a political debate over the causes of the destructive blazes. ✔ A national logging organization is offering support to President Trump following catastrophic wildfires in California and a political debate over the causes of the destructive blazes ✔ The federal government does not have resources to treat every forest by itself
Brexiteer reveals EU's WEAK POINT Britain MUST 'slam down on' to secure best Brexit
11/16/2018, 4:00:06 PMBREXITEER Steven Woolfe unveiled his strategy to ensure the UK receives a Brexit deal ensuring Britain becomes fully "independent" from the European Union, urging the Government to "slam on" the bloc's "vulnerable point." ✔ Letting the EU know that we really are prepared to leave with no deal would frighten the lot of them ✔ Among the ones openly announcing their discontent were European Research Group (ERG) leader Jacob Rees-Mogg, former Brexit minister Steve Baker, Andrea Jenkyns and Nadine Dorries ✔ The last no-confidence vote against a Conservative MP was when the party was in opposition in 2003
San Francisco: schools and cable cars to close over smoke from Camp fire
11/16/2018, 2:05:27 PMThursday saw air pollution levels climb to unhealthy levels, making San Francisco’s air worst in the world ✔ But as the wind shifted south on Thursday, the heavily populated cities to the south of the fire saw pollution levels climb into the purple and, in Sacramento, maroon levels ✔ Demand for particle-grade face masks has soared, but experts warn that masks are not a substitute for staying indoors, and that they are not appropriate for children or people with beards
After Paradise Fire, a Hunt for Human Remains Among the Ashes
11/16/2018, 12:38:49 PMTo find and identify the dead, the Butte County Sheriff has called in nearly 200 search personnel, along with canine teams trained to find human remains. The death toll as of Thursday evening stood at 63. ✔ David McNew/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images 1 of 17 ••••• 1 of 17 Show Caption The ruins of an ocean view home in Malibu, Calif., are seen in the aftermath of the Woolsey Fire on Wednesday ✔ Appeared in the November 16, 2018, print edition as 'After Fire, a Grim Search.'
Mirzapur series streaming: How to watch Mirzapur online
11/16/2018, 3:15:00 PMMIRZAPUR is the brand new Indian thriller series on Amazon Prime Video. Here’s how you can watch it online. ✔ The series tells the story of two brothers Guddu (played by Ali Fazal) and Bablu (Vikrant Massey) who get caught up in a world of drugs, guns and violence ✔ Other cast members in Mirzapur include Shweta Tripathi as Golu Gupta, Shriya Pilgaonkar as Sweety Gupta, Rasika Dugal as Beena Tripathi, Harshita Gaur as Dimpi Pandit and Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Bauji
10 things you need to know before the opening bell (SPY, SPX, QQQ, DIA, PCG, NVDA) | Markets Insider
11/16/2018, 12:46:15 PMundefined ✔ The Pacific Gas and Electric Company has lost more than 60% of its market value after saying last week that it experienced problems with transmission lines and substations near where the wildfire in Paradise California erupted ✔ Industrial production and capacity utilization will cross the wires at 9:15 a.m. ET before TIC flows are released at 4 p.m. ET
Inside CrimeCon, the true crime convention that has armchair detectives hooked
11/16/2018, 1:03:45 PMSlowing down to gawp at a catastrophic car wreck is, for most of us, as insuppressible as a sneeze. ✔ Slowing down to gawp at a catastrophic car wreck is, for most of us, as insuppressible as a sneeze ✔ Some of the all-time most popular podcasts ( Serial ), TV shows ( Making a Murderer ) and books (Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood ) focus on the heinous crimes of killers far superior in fame than their victims ✔ Flick through any magazine or newspaper and you will find the same - we just can’t enough of it
Cyclone 'Gaja' makes landfall in south India, kills 11 people
11/16/2018, 2:58:34 PMA cyclone made landfall in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Friday, ki... ✔ J. Ramesh, director general of the state-run India Meteorological Department, told Reuters ✔ The state government has set up more than 470 relief camps and had evacuated more than 80,000 people from their homes in vulnerable areas, said the official who declined to be identified as he is not authorized to speak to media ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
German Green party comes within spitting distance of Merkel, new poll shows
11/16/2018, 2:49:52 PMA dramatic rise in support for the German Green Party has put it within touching distance of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU), according to a new poll. ✔ Mrs Merkel is stepping down as CDU leader next month but says she wants to stay on as chancellor until the end of her current term in 2021 ✔ Jens Spahn, a Right-winger thought to be behind the other two candidates in the race, made his pitch for modern inclusive Conservatism, and attacked Mr Merz for spending years out of politics
Friday Morning Briefing
11/16/2018, 2:15:22 PMTally of missing in California's deadliest blaze surpasses 600, Hand recoun... ✔ A leadership challenge is triggered if 48 Conservatives write such letters to the chairman of the party’s so-called 1922 committee ✔ World An Israeli soldier stands near the Quneitra crossing in the Golan Heights on the border line between Israel and Syria, October 15, 2018 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
UK austerity has inflicted 'great misery' on citizens, UN says
11/16/2018, 12:21:18 PMPoverty envoy says callous policies driven by political desire for social re-engineering ✔ He labelled aspects of the universal credit welfare changes as Orwellian and said it was fast falling into universal discredit ✔ In his conclusion, Alston called for the legislative recognition of social rights in the UK, a move that has long been resisted by UK governments but which is the status quo in countries such as Sweden and Germany
Israel heading for early elections after turbulent week for Netanyahu
11/16/2018, 2:32:22 PMIsrael appears to be heading for early elections after a rough week for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw key government ministers resign and call for an early vote. ✔ On Thursday, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri also called for early elections ✔ Read More Bennett's withdrawal from the coalition would leave Netanyahu without the minimum 61 seats needed to govern, making elections inevitable and ending a government that lasted nearly four years ✔ April is unlikely because of Jewish holidays during the month
Arise, Sir Kenny: Football legend Kenny Dalglish knighted at Buckingham Palace
11/16/2018, 2:54:38 PMLIVERPOOL hero Kenny Dalglish has been knighted by Prince Charles for his services to football and charity. ✔ ARISE, SIR KENNY: Dalglish won three European Cups in seven years with Liverpool (Pic: PA) You feel humble Kenny Dalglish As a manager he performed the rare feat of winning top-flight league championship titles with two different clubs, Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers
Hunk? TV makes me look good says Nick Knowles
11/16/2018, 2:52:20 PMTV HOST Nick Knowles yesterday insisted that he is not looking for romance in the jungle. ✔ Knowles...'bit of a Neanderthal' (Image: Joel Anderson/ITV/ PA Wire) The 56-year-old lothario broke up this year with girlfriend Rebecca Kearns, 30 years his junior, after eight months together ✔ Yesterday presenters Holly Willoughby and Declan Donnelly enjoyed lunch on Australia's Gold Coast as they prepare for the start of the show on Sunday
Tougher palm oil rules agreed amid polarising debate over crop
11/16/2018, 12:14:14 PMSupporters describe new standards as 'transformative', but critics are calling for a complete ban of the crop. ✔ Indonesia and Malaysia produce more than 85 percent of the global supply of palm oil [EPA] The organisation promoting sustainable use of palm oil has agreed to tighten rules on the production of the crop, requiring companies to commit to no deforestation and not planting on wetland in order to secure certification, amid contentious debate over the product's use and impact on the environment ✔ [File/Beawiharta/Reuters] (RSPO) now has stronger safeguards on issues including deforestation, expansion on peat and exploitation of labour, WWF Palm Oil Lead Elizabeth Clarke said in a statement
Opinion | The midterms destroyed some conventional wisdom
11/16/2018, 2:37:59 PMMaybe Democrats should go high when Trump goes low. ✔ By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer November 16 at 9:15 AM Before the midterms, it was hard to avoid political pundits and operatives who claimed President Trump was getting away with something that is, paying no price for his crazy nativist talk and constant lies ✔ This suggests that Democrats would get behind a candidate whose articulation of values and policy stances would attract a broad ideological coalition unless, of course, they go the route of Sen
Stuart Manning 'gutted' his character Russ Owen was killed off
11/16/2018, 1:26:13 PMThe actor, 39, took to Twitter to share a video after the dramatic scenes aired on Thursday night, saying it had been 'an amazing three months' and he 'didn't really want to die'. ✔ In a toe-curling closing scene, Breda revealed she had taken a button from Russ' wedding suit and sewed it into a doll, which she then presented to his two young sons ✔ This lead to a furious brawl with Mercedes screaming in horror as the entire family proceeded to lash out ✔ Drama! Hollyoaks continues on Friday 16th November at 6:30pm on Channel 4
The most weird and hilarious things to happen on Children in Need over the years
11/16/2018, 2:48:55 PMWe take a look back over the years remembering some of Children in Need's best bits, remember Barbara Windsor dressing up as Chewbacca? ✔ The 2018 campaign is 'Do Your Thing' and is asking people to channel their passions and hobbies to help change the lives of disadvantaged young people ahead of the show ✔ The pressure was clearly getting to Kem, who went on to suggest that the fourth Harry Potter film was called The Goblet Of Witches ✔ The One Show Rickshaw Challenge Strictly and Eastenders specials All the latest news
When A Blogger Died From Silicone Genital Injections, His Fans Blamed His Partner
11/16/2018, 3:18:12 PMTank Hafertepen and his dom boyfriend, Dylan, ran a popular blog about their relationship, but after Tank’s death from testicular silicone injections, their fans said Dylan was responsible. ✔ The most popular video has amassed about 30,000 views ✔ As one commenter on an anti-Dylan blog said, We all watched them play with the size of their balls for years and didn’t say anything, so we’re probably all complicit to some level and we should all be ashamed
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