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- Hurricane Lidia
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Hurricane Lidia
Lidia has weakened into a tropical storm after making landfall in west-central Mexico Tuesday as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane. The hurricane's center slammed into the state of Jalisco, near Las Penitas, with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph and heavy rain, according to the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters say Lidia is expected to dump between 4 to 8 inches of rain — and even up to 12 inches in some areas — likely fueling flash flooding and mudslides in higher terrain.
Hurricane Lidia
George Santos
George Santos
New York Rep. George Santos is facing 10 new federal charges, including allegations of stealing donors' identities and running up fraudulent credit card charges. He is already facing 13 other counts over alleged wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and lying to the US House. Following the new indictment Tuesday, the Republican lawmaker said again that he won't resign from Congress. Santos was part of a class of newly elected New York Republicans who helped the party win a narrow House majority in the 2022 midterms and whose fate will be key to holding that majority in 2024.
NASA
A sample collected from a near-Earth asteroid will be unveiled during a live NASA broadcast today. The sample's historic landing in the Utah desert on September 24 marked the culmination of a seven-year mission, which traveled to the asteroid known as Bennu some 200 million miles from Earth and then flew back by Earth for the sample drop. The total trip distance was around 3.86 billion miles. Scientists believe that asteroids like Bennu might have delivered necessary elements such as water to Earth early in our planet's formation, and studying the sample could answer lingering questions about the origins of our solar system. NASA's live broadcast will begin at 11 a.m. ET.
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