A potentially serious and extremely large-scale earthquake has slammed the State of Alaska so large #USA hasn’t seen recently. 

The M8.2 Alaska quake is on the subduction zone interface. What this means is that the seafloor under the Pacific Ocean is being pushed under the Alaskan peninsula. It also means it generated a tsunami and this is a potentially dangerous development. 

M 8.2 - 104 km SE of Perryville, Alaska. A tsunami warning was issued, largest wave height above tide level reported thus far was 0.7 ft. in Old Harbor, Alaska. Other tsunami warnings were canceled.

Given the severity of the Delta variant, the USA health officials from CDC have once again asked everyone - unvaccinated and vaccinated - to use a mask indoors in high-risk areas - which is most of the country. The virus does not distinguish between countries, Remember and do not forget.

The Grand Old Party is at the edge of a political precipice for the first time since it was founded in 1854 by opponents of the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. 

The Republicans experience of a sudden and striking realization. The Grand Old Party will have a philosophical and political discovery.

The US House of Representatives select committee charged with investigating the January six insurrection holds its first public hearing. The committee will hear testimony from four police officers who were on the front lines the day of the attack.

The 26th of July Movement was a Cuban vanguard revolutionary organization and later a political party led by Communist Fidel Castro.

UPDATE: Following a prior closure, all lanes of Hutchinson River Parkway have reopened at Orchard Beach Road in The Bronx. Expect residual delays. Multilingual & ASL Link : on.nyc.gov/2shvDYi.
 

Due to a vehicle collision, all northbound lanes of the Hutchinson River Parkway are closed at Orchard Beach Road in The Bronx. Consider alternate routes. Multilingual & ASL Link: on.nyc.gov/2gnTjHH.
 

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