Authorities said a mysterious explosion damaged a Missouri home Saturday morning, causing six people to be retrieved alive from the debris. According to a statement from the Jefferson City Fire Department, all six were transported to University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, with moderate to severe injuries after reportedly being inside the Jefferson City residence when it erupted. According to the department, several of the six received on-site treatment for smoke inhalation. Two of them were in such poor condition that they were flown to the trauma department at University Hospital for a quicker journey. Half of the patients needed life-saving care, said to Eric Hoy, the underlying Cole County emergency medical services chief. He said, "Three of them were in critical condition and requi...

Columbus, Ohio Players from both teams clashed at midfield after Michigan's victory over No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday, when the Wolverines tried to raise their flag on the Buckeyes' home field. Both squads pushed and shoved until they were split apart in the ensuing conflict. Police personnel from many agencies broke up the altercation, according to Ohio State spokesperson Dan Hedman. "During this scuffle, multiple officers representing Ohio and Michigan deployed pepper spray," according to his statement. According to Hedman, the primary department looking into the situation is the OSU Police Department. At a postgame news conference, Ohio State coach Ryan Day discussed the altercation, stating that while he did not "know all the details" of what transpired, "I know that these guys are l...

The renowned rock band My Chemical Romance's longtime drummer, Bob Bryar, passed away. He was forty-four. Although a band representative confirmed Bryar's death in a statement provided to NBC News, no cause of death or any details surrounding his passing were immediately known. "The band asks for your patience and understanding as they process the news of Bob s passing," said a spokeswoman. The news of the death was initially reported by TMZ. Between 2004 and 2010, when My Chemical Romance released their successful album "The Black Parade" in 2006, Bryar was the band's longest-serving drummer. While on tour in 2004, he met the members of My Chemical Romance while working as a sound engineer for The Used. Shortly after My Chemical Romance's second album, "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge," wa...

Millions of Americans were under freeze warnings on Saturday as an Arctic blast swept across the Great Lakes, Midwest, and northern Plains. 3.6 million people were under lake-effect snow warnings, 4.5 million were under freeze warnings, 8.5 million were under winter weather advisories, and 1 million were under frost advisories on Saturday, when more than 17 million people were under National Weather Service winter alerts. The Great Lakes, the Central Plains, and the Appalachians were among the regions affected; the Southeast was the subject of many of those freeze warnings. The lowest temperatures since last winter are being delivered by the Arctic airmass, the National Weather Service warned. On Saturday morning, wind chills are predicted to drop below zero throughout the upper Midwest an...

Kash Patel, the former chief of staff and acting secretary of defense during the first Trump administration, was named by President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday to be the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. "Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and America First fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People," Trump wrote on Truth Social, arguing that Patel would "bring back Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity to the FBI." As the quintessential Trump supporter, Patel has demanded that the Justice Department and intelligence services rid themselves of alleged adversaries. Patel, a former public defender who advanced to increasingly high-level national security positions in the last year of Trump's first term, has ...

In a TruthSocial postPresident-elect Donald Trump declared on Saturday that if the BRICS geopolitical alliance of non-Western nations stopped utilizing the U.S. dollar for trade, he would levy a 100% tariff on them. Trump said that the notion that the BRICS nations are attempting to abandon the dollar while we look on is OVER. We demand that these nations promise not to invent a new BRICS currency or support any other currency as a substitute for the strong U.S. dollar. If they do, they will be subject to 100% tariffs and will likely have to bid farewell to selling into the fantastic U.S. economy. Go find someone else who is a sucker! The president-elect went on to say that there is no possibility that the BRICS would ever completely replace the US dollar in international trade and that ...

Days after Donald Trump threatened to levy a 25% tariff on Canadian exports, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with the president-elect of the United States in Florida. In a TruthSocial postThe conversation on Saturday afternoon was described as "very productive" and stated that the two leaders "discussed many important topics that will require both Countries to work together to address, like the Fentanyl and Drug Crisis that has decimated so many lives as a result of Illegal Immigration, Fair Trade Deals that do not jeopardize American Workers, and the massive Trade Deficit the U.S. has with Canada." "I made it clear that the United States will no longer stand by and watch as our citizens fall prey to the drug epidemic, which is mostly the result of drug cartels and the influx of...

Columbus, Ohio The Buckeyes' chances of making it back to the Big Ten championship game next week were probably eliminated after Michigan upset No. 2 Ohio State 13–10 on Saturday thanks to a 21-yard field goal from Dominic Zvada with 45 seconds remaining. With only two minutes left in the game, Kalel Mullings burst free for a 27-yard rush, setting up the Wolverines (7-5, 5-4) at Ohio State's 17-yard line. Zvada came on for the chip shot as the drive stalled at the three. Will Howard threw incomplete on fourth down to give the Wolverines their fourth consecutive victory over their fierce rival after Ohio State (10-2, 7-2) recovered the ball but was unable to advance it. Given that Ohio State was unranked and finishing a dismal season, this defeat may have been the hardest of those four fo...

American Airlines is introducing new technology to address the issue of gate lice passengers who skip the boarding line. This behavior, where travelers crowd the gate before their designated boarding group is called, can disrupt the boarding process and create frustration, the Associated Press reported. The airline's new system tracks whether customers arrive at the gate too early or in the wrong sequence using monitoring equipment. In order to guarantee that only travelers in the appropriate boarding group are permitted to board, it instantly notifies gate operators. The system seeks to increase consumer happiness, expedite the boarding process, and minimize delays by prohibiting line-skipping. This action is a component of American Airlines' larger initiatives to leverage t...