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Science team crafts a satisfying exploding hot chocolate bomb

The science pros at TKOR create and detonate an exploding hot chocolate bomb. Economist warns coming financial crisis will make 2008 look like 'Sunday school picnic' Weight-loss drugs draw thousands ...
USA Today

Are trees really exploding in the severe cold? Sort of

Severe cold temperatures hitting much of the country this week could branch out − literally. As people brace for the winter weather, some social media posts in recent days have warned of the chance ...
CNN

What are ‘exploding trees’? The winter phenomenon may not be what you think

John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...
Lansing State Journal

Exploding trees from cold in Michigan? Here's what really happens

Experts say trees do not explode but can crack loudly due to rapid temperature changes. This phenomenon, known as "frost cracking," occurs when tree sap freezes and expands. Young trees, thin-barked ...
New York Post

Angry Michigan stage mom jailed after false bomb threats to high school after daughter barred from class play

Hell hath no fury like a stage mom scorned. A Michigan mother was sentenced to 14 days in the slammer for calling in a bomb threat to shut down production of her local high school play’s opening night ...
9NEWS

Explosion in rural Pueblo County kills 2

BOONE, Colorado — An investigation is underway after an explosion at a home in rural Pueblo County killed two people. On Thursday, the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office reported that multiple agencies ...
Reuters

Trump says of alleged Ukraine attack on Putin: 'I was very angry about it'

PALM BEACH, Dec 29 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said Russian President Vladimir Putin told him Ukraine tried to attack Putin's residence in northern Russia, which Kyiv has denied.
Detroit Free Press

Bomb cyclone will create blizzard conditions in UP. What's a 'bomb cyclone'?

A bomb cyclone is bringing blizzard conditions and heavy snow to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the Great Lakes region. The rapidly intensifying storm is expected to cause dangerous travel conditions, ...
People

Ildiko Krajnyak Was Killed by a Package Bomb at Her California Day Spa. Inside the Twisty Case — and the Murderer's Shocking Identity

Someone close to Ildiko Krajnyak was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison for building and planting the bomb that killed her Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at ...
Reuters

Explosion at Alawite mosque in Syria's Homs kills eight

DAMASCUS, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Eight people were killed in an explosion at a mosque of the Alawite minority sect in the Syrian city of Homs on Friday, Syrian state news agency SANA said. An ...
PBS

An explosion in Moscow kills 2 police officers and a bystander

MOSCOW (AP) — An explosion in Moscow on Wednesday killed three people, including two police officers, Russian investigators said, days after a car bomb killed a high-ranking general not far away. The ...