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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A powerful storm brought torrential rain or heavy snow to much of California on Saturday, clogging traffic and closing roads as the state prepared to usher in a new year.High in the Sierra Nevada, up to 2 feet of snow could accumulate through early Sunday morning. The Sacramento National Weather Service warned of dangerous driving conditions and posted photos on Twitter showing traffic on snow-covered mountain passes, where vehicles were required to have chains or four-wheel drive.The so-called atmospheric river storm was carrying a long, wide column of moisture from the Pacific Ocean. Flooding and rock slides…

Thora ArnorsdottirIcelandic journalist14 September 2014image source, access pointAs children, do you remember running after your siblings without being able to catch up with them? Little feet moving as fast as they could, to no avail. That feeling is what I'm experiencing these days. The reason? A volcano.Every morning I set my alarm for 6:00 am, not to get in the shower, but to check every website with information about volcanoes in my country, Iceland. Since August 16, thousands of earthquakes have occurred below Europe's largest glacier, Vatnajökull, which covers 8,800 square kilometers in southeast Iceland.Scientists believe that this seismic activity…

Robert Griffin III was part of an alternate broadcast for the Fiesta Bowl between No. 3 TCU and No. 2 Michigan, but had to cut early.The former Washington quarterback got a phone call late in the third quarter, even though he became an instant classic in everyone's eyes.His co-stars on "The Pat McAfee Show" were clearly confused at first as to why his headphones were off and he was on the phone; one of them even asked "what are you doing? we are in the middle of a game"."Alright guys. I have to go," RG3 said emphatically.CLICK HERE FOR MORE…

12 September 2014image source, AFPAn international group of scientists discovered, from a giant fossil found in the Sahara desert, that the Spinosaurus aegyptiacusthe largest predator of the Cretaceous, knew how to swim.According to a study published in the journal Sciencesthe skeleton of spinosaurusa carnivore greater than the tyrannosaurus rexIt presents “unique adaptations” to function in both the terrestrial and aquatic environments.The scientists, led by University of Chicago paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim, described the specimen as the first to be able to live and hunt in water thanks to relatively small limbs and a narrow, elongated jaw.Thus, he could return to his…

BETHLEHEM, PA. Some employees of a Pennsylvania brewery knew that the suspect in the murders of four University of Idaho students last month was making "creepy" and inappropriate comments, the business owner said. Since Bryan Christopher Kohberger's arrest Friday in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, some of those who knew or had exchanges with the 28-year-old are now reflecting on those interactions in light of his arrest on a warrant for murder in the deaths of the students in Moscow on November 13. , Idaho.Jordan Serulneck, 34, the owner of Seven Sirens Brewing Company in Bethlehem, said Kohberger had gone to the brewery…

Science BBC World, @bbc_ciencia12 September 2014The flares of the solar wing of a satellite and a comet at the top of the image against the background of deep space.image source, Othercaption, Rosetta's selfie shows the texture and wires of her solar wing. The Rosetta spacecraft, closer than anyone has ever been to a comet, sent back this photograph of itself some 50 km away from 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko, its mission target.In the remarkable cosmic selfie you can see details of the protective mantle that covers the satellite and the brightness of one of its 14m solar wings in contrast to the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fifteen people are dead and 47 are being treated for their injuries after a bus carrying holiday tourists overturned on a highway in Mexico's Pacific coast state of Nayarit, authorities said. Saturday.Authorities from the nearby state of Guanajuato said all the passengers were from the same city, León, in that state. It is not unusual for friends, relatives or neighbors in Mexico to pool their money to rent a bus for a beach vacation.Nayarit prosecutors said the accident occurred on Friday, on a rural stretch of highway. They said the dead included at least four children.Local…

Authorities in Australia decide to abandon a shark kill intended to protect bathers after an official environmental agency objected to the measure.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to increase nuclear warhead production "exponentially" and build a more powerful intercontinental ballistic missile, state media reported Sunday, signaling growing animosity. greater with the United States, South Korea and others.Kim's statement at a key ruling party meeting was released hours after North Korea fired a ballistic missile into its eastern waters, entering 2023 with another weapons test following a record number of missile launches last year."The current situation requires our country to redouble its efforts to overwhelmingly strengthen our military power to safeguard our sovereignty, security, and…