Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
A magnitude-5.9 earthquake rocked eastern Sichuan in China on Monday night. The tremor caused widespread damage as people reported violent shaking, swinging lights and more. Officials say 12 people died and another 134 have been reported as injured.
The toll from a strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake in southwest China rises to 12 dead and 134 injured as rescuers pull bodies and survivors from wrecked buildings https://t.co/NKjbsxUgMm pic.twitter.com/1xJZUsWy4i
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 18, 2019
Elijah Daniel is a social media star and musician, but now he’s also the owner of Hell, Michigan. Not only did Daniel buy the town, but he renamed it Gay Hell to protest the Trump administration after reports surfaced that the US State Department denied a number of embassies permission to fly the Pride flag during Pride Month.
ahead of pride month Trump’s administration put a ban on embassy’s flying pride flags.
— elijah daniel (@elijahdaniel) June 17, 2019
so as of today, I am now the owner of Hell, Michigan. I bought the whole town.
And my first act as owner, I have renamed my town to Gay Hell, MI.
The only flags allowed to fly are pride. pic.twitter.com/AKOcZm2Jvm
Toronto was celebrating the Raptors championship victory on Monday and anyone who cracked open the Toronto Star would have seen a classy move by the team they beat in the finals. The Golden State Warriors took out a full-page ad in the newspaper to congratulate the Raptors on their “historic achievement” and bring the title to Canada’s biggest city.
Full page ad in today’s @StarSports section. Classy move by the Golden State Warriors. pic.twitter.com/XtkYCtDAKq
— Alex Ballingall (@aballinga) June 17, 2019
A New Jersey family is looking for answers after the death of Joseph Allen in the Dominican Republic. It’s the latest in a string of mysterious deaths in the popular vacation spot. The 55-year-old is the eighth American tourist to have died while on vacation in the Dominican Republic since last year.
REST IN PEACE: A family is demanding answers after a man from New Jersey has become the eighth tourist to die while on vacation in the Dominican Republic since last year. Joseph Allen, 55, of Avenel, New Jersey, was found dead in his hotel room on June 13. https://t.co/KKFW7QpO7j pic.twitter.com/pmEusIYS5k
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) June 17, 2019
Plane passengers got more than their typical sunset or mountain top views while on a flight this past weekend. They witnessed Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano erupting while they flew past. The eruption sent a plume of volcanic material between two and three miles into the sky, making for quite the scene!
Sitting in a plane, passengers captured Mexico's #Popocatépetl volcano spewing ash from their windows pic.twitter.com/EVtsEFqcsb
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) June 18, 2019
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