FAKE PENTAGON EXPLOSION
A fake image of an explosion at the Pentagon made its rounds on Twitter Monday, causing a lot of confusion and a brief dip in the stock market. The photo is believed to have been generated by artificial intelligence and appears to show a cloud of smoke near a building resembling the Pentagon. The image was shared by several verified Twitter accounts with blue check marks, including a Russian government-backed media company. It was also shared within investment circles on Twitter. The account that first shared the image has since been suspended. Officials have confirmed the image is not real.
FLUSHED DIAMOND RECOVERED
A Minnesota woman who accidentally flushed her diamond ring down the toilet more than 13 years ago has been reunited with the special piece of jewelry after waste-water workers in Rogers, Minnesota, found it while cleaning a piece of equipment in the town. The gold diamond ring was gifted to Mary strand in 2010 by her husband on their 33rd wedding anniversary. She accidentally flushed it down the toilet, and her husband, who owns a sewer and drain business, tried to get it out with no luck. The couple had even contacted municipal workers to check the pipes and still didn't find the ring — until now. When wastewater workers found the ring in March, the metropolitan council announced it on social media.
A New York judge has ordered that court documents related to a lawsuit from one of the accusers in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case be unsealed.
About 126 people have been killed in a massive earthquake in the northwest region of China.
Indigenous students from any of Wisconsin's 11 tribes will be able to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison for free beginning next fall, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced Monday.
In the Red Sea this morning, a U.S. warship, the USS Carney responded to a distress call by a commercial vessel after it came under attack.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection in southern California announced it confiscated thousands of pounds of illegal drugs hidden in a jalapeno paste shipment.
Former family YouTuber Ruby Franke is set to enter a plea agreement on child abuse charges in a Utah courtroom, according to her lawyers. Frank and her business partner, Jody Hildebrand were arrested in August after two of Franke's children were found with injuries and evidence of malnutrition in Hildebrandt's home.
Backers are far from gathering enough signatures, but if the measure makes the June 2024 ballot and voters pass it, North Dakota would have to replace ballot scanners with hundreds of workers.
It's part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military facilities.
The company is asking customers to throw out certain types of granola bars and granola cereals to avoid infection.
It could be a cold, grim New Year for thousands of migrant families living in New York City’s emergency shelter system. With winter setting in, they are being told they need to clear out, with no guarantee they’ll be given a bed elsewhere.
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