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After millions of years of peace, an idle volcano is showing its first signs of volcanic unrest. The summit of Taftan has become swollen and bloated, indicating that the pressure of magma and hot gas is increasing within its bowels.  The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. The …

There are a lot of Assassin’s Creed games I haven’t played, but when I hear that Ubisoft’s historical fiction franchise is exploring an interesting moment in human history, my ears perk up. Game File has a new report about one game that didn’t make it out of Ubisoft, and everything from its fascinating concept to the maddening reasons it was …

A friendly between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled for next week in Chicago, has been relocated to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, amid the immigration crackdown in the city, sources told ESPN Argentina’s Diego Monroig. The friendly match was supposed to be played on Oct. 13 at Soldier Field in Chicago but will be played at Chase Stadium on Oct. 14. …

Trump order calls for broader National Guard role in domestic unrest  The Washington Post Trump signs executive order establishing ‘specialized’ National Guard units to address crime in cities  CNN National Guard mobilizing in 19 states amid immigration, crime crackdown  Fox News When and why has the National Guard been deployed in the US before?  Al Jazeera Trump Orders Major Expansion of National Guard’s Role …

Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest  The Washington Post Trump could expand role of national guard for ‘quick reaction’ to unrest  The Guardian Trump wants Alabama-based military ‘reaction force’ to stop violence in cities, report states  AL.com Trump Wants His Own Troops to Crush Unrest in U.S. Cities  The Daily Beast Trump looking to create squad of 600 troops to …

They were deployed by the Trump administration to combat “violent, insurrectionist mobs” in and around Los Angeles, but in recent days the only thing many U.S. Marines and California National Guard troops seemed to be fighting was tedium. “There’s not much to do,” one Marine said as he stood guard outside the towering Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood this week. …