PLANET SWALLOWED
For the first time ever, scientists have spotted a star "swallowing" a planet. The findings were published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. The gas planet is said to be the size of Jupiter or bigger, and it was eaten by an aging star which apparently had been growing and puffing up for eons. Astronomers say it's a prediction of what's to come in 5 billion years, when the sun morphs into a huge red giant and consumes its four inner planets, including Earth.
PRICELESS MOMENT
Now to a sweet video that's doing the rounds showing a young girl from Georgia getting the surprise of a lifetime. Her mom reveals that she's snagged last-minute Taylor Swift tickets, and her reaction is priceless. Apparently, the girl's mom wasn't able to get tickets from Ticketmaster and even got scammed on another site before finally scoring tickets the night before the concert.
The original march in 1963 drew as many as 250,000 people and helped pave the way for the passage of federal civil rights and voting rights legislation in the next few years.
The 21-year-old man used a handgun and an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle — both if which were purchased legally earlier this year — to kill three Black people.
Idalia could approach Florida on Wednesday with winds of up to 100 mph (160 kph), according to the latest forecasts from the Hurricane Center. That would make it a Category 2 hurricane.
A judge in West Virginia ruled that abortion pill sales can be restricted.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Friday, August 25, 2023.
The recent wildfires and ensuing smoky air led to a spike in emergency room visits.
The Pentagon said it will train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets for its war against Russia.
The Kremlin said it had no role in Wednesday's plane crash that presumably killed Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.
Anyone in the U.S. who had an account at any time between May 24, 2007, and December 22, 2022, is eligible to receive a payment. The 2022 settlement resolves a lawsuit alleging that Facebook allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
