'Potentially Catastrophic' Helene Gains Strength (Newser Morning 8)

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September 25, 2024     "Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect." —Ralph Waldo Emerson   1 TI and Tiny Win $71.5M in Battle Against Toy Company Rapper Chris Harris, better known as TI, and his wife Tameka "Tiny" Harris on Monday claimed victory over toy maker MGA Entertainment after they sued the company for infringing on the name and likeness of their music group, the OMG Girlz. Keep reading   2 'Potentially Catastrophic' Helene Gains Strength Potential Tropical Storm Nine became Tropical Storm Helene on Tuesday and forecasters say it will become Hurricane Helene before it slams into Florida Thursday night. Keep reading     At a Glance A police car is parked next to the Parliament House of Finland smudged with red paint, in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, after a protest held by Finnish Extinction Rebellion and Swedish Aterstall Vatmarker to object peat collection by Neova company in Sweden. (Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva via AP)   3 Diddy Accuser: I Vomited, Defecated, but the Assault Went On Another woman has filed a lawsuit accusing Sean "Diddy" Combs of rape, and she spoke out almost immediately after doing so. Keep reading   4 Israel Says It Shot Down Missile Over Tel Aviv Israel's strikes on Lebanon continue as it tries to take down Hezbollah across the border, but on Wednesday, Hezbollah attempted its own major strike, launching a surface-to-surface missile programmed for Tel Aviv that Israel intercepted, reports the AP. Keep reading   5 First a Collision Warning, Then a 'Jolt' That Hurt 2 Passengers Two passengers were injured during a scary-sounding incident aboard a United Airlines flight last Thursday. Keep reading   6 Alex Jones' Infowars to Be Sold Off Piece by Piece Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off piece by piece in auctions this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, under an order expected to be approved by a federal judge, the AP reports. Keep reading     7 'OceanGate Came Very, Very Close to Killing Me' A submersible expert who testified at the Coast Guard's hearing on the catastrophic 2023 implosion of OceanGate's Titan submersible Tuesday recounted a harrowing 2019 experience he had aboard the first prototype of the sub. Keep reading   8 Texas Executes Man Who Killed 3-Month-Old Son A Texas man who had waived his right to appeal his death sentence received a lethal injection Tuesday evening for killing his 3-month-old son more than 16 years ago, one of five executions scheduled within a week's time in the US. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI Trump Calls Charlottesville 'Charlottestown' See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History In 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and sighted the Pacific Ocean. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2022: The World Has a New Island   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved