Klauea Volcano located along the southeastern shore of Hawaii Island experienced "lava fountaining" that reached at least 1,000 feet high over the weekend.The United States Geological Survey (USGS) describes Klauea as one of the world's most active volcanoes. It has been erupting intermittently since Dec. 23, 2024, within the summit caldera in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.The 23rd episode of precursory activity began late last week with "low-level spattering and flames." According to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, small lava fountains and lava overflows from the north vent started around 11:30 a.m. Saturday.HAWAIIAN AIRLINES FLIGHT DIVERTED ON SAN DIEGO TARMAC OVER POSSIBLE BOMB THREAT; PERSON ARRESTED"Sustained fountaining expected any time through the weekend," Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Service wrote.The USGS reports that Klauea "is in a unique phase of activity in Halemaumau, with numerous episodes of dual lava fountains since the eruption began."UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT RETURNS TO HAWAII AFTER CONCERNING MESSAGE FOUND ON BATHROOM MIRROR; FBI INVESTIGATING"Two eruptive vents are located in the southwest part of the caldera, referred to as the north and south vent, and they have been intermittently active, producing new lava flows over parts of Halemaumau crater surface," according to the USGS.As of 5:20 p.m. local time on Sunday, the south vent had lava fountains 230 feet high, while the north vent had lava fountains 1,000 feet high, according to Hawaii News Now.USGS livestreams of the eruption site showed the lava fountains dropping in height and later stopping. The vents were still glowing and lava was still visibile on the crater floor.The volcano's last "fountaining phase" extended for about 10 hours on May 16, according to the USGS.Klauea experienced other recent fountaining phases this month on May 11, May 6 and May 2, lasting eight hours, 4.5 hours and eight hours, respectively.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPDuring the ongoing eruption, the USGS reported that pressure building beneath the surface caused an inflationary tilt prior to a lava fountaining episode.As pressure within the magma is released when lava fountaining begins, a switch to a deflationary tilt occurs. That pattern of inflation and deflation with every recent lava fountain episode "creates a saw-tooth pattern in ground tilt records over the past several months," according to the USGS, though the government agency reports that the summit has shown little net change in pressurization since the eruption began on Dec. 23, 2024.

At the former Soviet base-turned-CIA black site and U.S. military base in Uzbekistan, researchers knew early on danger lingered not just from the enemy but from the ground itself.Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, known asK2, was a launchpad for U.S. operations into Afghanistan after 9/11. But for thousands of American troops who served there, it may have been a death sentence.Matthew "Nick" Nicholls, an Army environmental technician and preventive medicine specialist, was part of an early team that assessed the environmental hazards at K2."It is probably the most toxic soup of chemicals that any service member has ever been exposed to," Nicholls told Fox News Digital.Yellowcake uranium oozed from the ground. Jet fuel and volatile chemicals from decaying Soviet rocket bunkers polluted the soil and air. Dangerous fumes hung over the base like the fog of forgotten war.Nicholls and his team warned commanders, providing recommendations like laying down gravel to suppress toxic dust and restrictions on how long personnel could work in high-risk zones. Some precautions were taken, others werent."People that I am friends with are actively dying from cancer right now," Nicholls said. "These are weird ontologies that are striking down people who are very young, people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, in the prime of their life."K2 veterans have reported a disturbing trend ofrare and aggressive cancers, reproductive organ diseases, osteoarthritis and sudden, unexplained deaths.VICTIM SPEAKS OUT AFTER NAVY DENIES FUEL-CONTAMINATED WATER CAUSED INJURIES: 'AFFECTED IN NEARLY EVERY WAY'"These are not the cancers that young people normally get," Nicholls said. "Their stories are not really able to be told. Thats the tragedy of it.""These people went there right after 9/11 to avenge the deaths of those who were murdered," Nicholls said. "Yet we had this launching pad in Uzbekistan that was left in such derelict condition by the Soviets."Between 2001 and 2005, more than15,000 U.S. service members passed through K2. Thousands more served as contractors. Many now find themselvesstruggling to get adequate medical care or recognition from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).The VA recognizes such veterans "may have encountered several hazardous exposures," and the Department of Defense conducted an initial study to look at cancer outcomes. But that study was based only on a few cases of each type of cancer and should not be viewed as "definitive evidence of an association with service at K-2," the VA says.But a spokesperson for Rep. Mark Green said he does not believe these studies were enough, that they did not take the full extent of contamination into account and did not appropriately inform occupants of the base of their exposure risk or account for the full range of diseases that can result from toxic exposures."That is why Rep. Green's NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) amendment calls for a new, fully rigorous epidemiological study to cover these blind spots," the spokesperson said. "There are too many unknowns to call it a case closed."Fox News Digital has reached out to the VA for comment.Green, R-Tenn., and Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., introduced a provision in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act requiring the Pentagon tocomplete a study on K2 exposure within 180 days. Four years later, that study remains unfinished."This is unjust," Green told Fox News Digital. "There were repeated warnings that service members were being exposed to toxins, and yet their health and safety were ignored by Pentagon leadership of that day."In a letter first obtained by Fox News Digital that went out late Friday, Green is pressing the Pentagon tocomplete the long-overdue study, a step he argues is essential to ensure K2 veterans receive the care they deserve."Because this study has yet to be completed (as far as Congress is aware), many K2 veterans are still waiting to receive much needed care," he wrote. "This is unjust. There were repeated warnings at Camp Stronghold Freedom that servicemembers (sic) were being exposed to toxins, and yet their health and safety were ignored by the Pentagon leadership of that day."The Pentagon told Fox News Digital it would respond to Green privately.'LIKE A CAR CRASH': NAVY FIGHTER PILOT DESCRIBES BRAIN INJURY PHENOMENON NOW AT CENTER OF CONGRESSIONAL PROBEIn 2024, the VA moved to expand access to disability for K2 veterans and lower the burden of proof for the veterans to link their illnesses to their service. But advocates say it wasn't enough."The VA is dragging its feet," Green said. "I think it really purely comes down to cost. I get that the VA wants to be judicious, but my God, the numbers here are so convincing. This is long past due."Green has also introduced new legislation requiring the VA to formally recognize links between K2 toxic exposure and diseases like cancer, ensuring affected veterans qualify for care and benefits.Toxins at K2 included petrochemicals, volatile organic compounds, depleted uranium, burn pits and tetrachlorethylene, all chemicals associated with long-term health risks.But K2 veterans are not specifically named in the PACT Act, which expanded coverage for other toxic exposures like Agent Orange and burn pits.Green, a physician and Army veteran, sees disturbing echoes of past delays."Bureaucrats come and go, and bureaucrats have their own agendas," he said. "I want to make sure that it's written in stone and that these guys are not forgotten."

President Donald Trump has accused Harvard University of being "very slow" to turn over information on foreign students."We are still waiting for the Foreign Student Lists from Harvard so that we can determine, after a ridiculous expenditure of BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, how many radicalized lunatics, troublemakers all, should not be let back into our Country," Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday."Harvard is very slow in the presentation of these documents, and probably for good reason!" Trump wrote. "The best thing Harvard has going for it is that they have shopped around and found the absolute best Judge (for them!) - But have no fear, the Government will, in the end, WIN!"JUDGE TEMPORARILY PAUSES TRUMP MOVE TO CANCEL HARVARD STUDENT VISA POLICY AFTER LAWSUITIn a separate post, Trump added Monday, "I am considering taking Three Billion Dollars of Grant Money away from a very antisemitic Harvard, and giving it to TRADE SCHOOLS all across our land.""What a great investment that would be for the USA, and so badly needed!!!" he wrote.Fox News Digital reached out to Harvard for comment.Judge Allison D. Burroughs who was appointed by former President Barack Obama granted Harvard University a temporary restraining order on Friday, preventing the government from revoking the Ivy League school's certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. The program permits the university to host international students with F-1 or J-1 visas to study in the U.S.In a letter Thursday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem informed Harvard's leadership that the university had lost its "privilege" of enrolling foreign students as a result of the institution's "refusal to comply with multiple requests to provide the Department of Homeland Security with pertinent information while perpetuating an unsafe campus environment that is hostile to Jewish students, promotes pro-Hamas sympathies, and employs racist diversity, equity and inclusion' policies.""This action should not surprise you and is the unfortunate result of Harvards failure to comply with simple reporting requirements," Noem wrote.Noem said she requested records pertaining to "nonimmigrant students" enrolled at Harvard, "including information regarding misconduct and other offenses that would render foreign students inadmissible or removable," on April 16.Harvards counsel responded twice, but both responses were insufficient, according to the letter.TRUMP SAYS HARVARD'S FOREIGN STUDENTS ARE FROM COUNTRIES PAYING 'NOTHING' FOR THEIR EDUCATION"Consequences must follow to send a clear signal to Harvard and all universities that want to enjoy the privilege of enrolling foreign students, that the Trump administration will enforce the law and root out the evils of anti-Americanism and antisemitism in society and campuses," Noem wrote.The requested records include any and all audio or video footage in Harvards possession regarding threats to other students or university personnel, "deprivation of rights" of other classmates or university personnel, and "dangerous or violent activity, whether on or off campus" by a nonimmigrant student enrolled at Harvard in the last five years. Noem is also asking for any and all disciplinary records and audio or video footage of any protest activity involving nonimmigrant students.The letter gave Harvard another 72 hours to comply and send the requested information in order to regain its certification, but instead, Harvard filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts early Friday.In its court filing, Harvard said the revocation impacts more than 7,000 visa holders more than a quarter of its student body and "is a blatant violation of the First Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act.""It is the latest act by the government in clear retaliation for Harvard exercising its First Amendment rights to reject the governments demands to control Harvards governance, curriculum, and the ideology of its faculty and students," the lawsuit says.Burroughs set another hearing on the matter for Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in Boston federal court.

Florida Panthers winger Brad Marchand created a stir during the teams Eastern Conference Finals matchup against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.Marchand was spotted in the locker room during the intermission after the second period in Game 3 eating some kind of treat from a spoon. It kick-started an ice cream conundrum around the defending Stanley Cup champions before what could be the deciding game on Monday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe former Boston Bruins star was asked after the Panthers 6-2 win whether he was actually eating a Blizzard from Dairy Queen. The Panthers previously turned heads after they visited a Dairy Queen in North Carolina as they stayed near one while they visited Raleigh for Games 1 and 2."No chance you were fueling with a Blizzard there, were you?" Sportsnet reporter Kyle Bukauskas asked Marchand."Yeah, that's a little chocolate chip cookie dough Blizzard right there," Marchand responded.Florida head coach Paul Maurice appeared to cast doubt on Marchands claim.2025 NHL STANLEY CUP, POSTSEASON ODDS: PANTHERS, OILERS REMAIN FAVORITES"There are cameras everywhere, man. We can't get away with anything anymore," Maurice said. "But that would be a good story."Marchand did praise the eatery for his dessert choices."You can't beat it. It's the best dessert in the world," Marchand said. "So, I better get a lifetime free supply of Dairy Queen now. Thank you, fellas."Whether it was a Dairy Queen Blizzard or not, the Panthers have clicked well in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and have reminded the NHL why they are the defending champs.Florida has outscored Carolina 16-4 in the series.The Associated Press contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Ex-Obama senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer warned on Friday that there is "no path" for Democrats to win elections unless they address their rapidly declining Latino vote.Pfeiffer brought this up with former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau on the "Pod Save America" podcast as they looked over 2024 election exit data which showed former Vice President Kamala Harris losing ground with both young voters and minority voters.Pfeiffer added that the Democratic Party had been losing Latino voters since 2016."The main story of this is that Democrats are in a huge bit of trouble," Pfeiffer said. "There's no way to look at this without recognizing the massive scale of our problems. And you can kind of tell yourself that things might be kind of okay by looking at just the shift from 2020 to 2024. But if you really want to assess where we are as a party, you have to look at the shift from 2016 to 2024. And it is particularly true with Latino voters."FORMER OBAMA ADVISORS TELL THE VIEW DEMS HURT PARTY BY TAKING TOO LONG TO ADMIT BIDEN COULDN'T WINHe pointed out that Latinos have shifted 17 points towards Republicans since 2016. While Democrats still took a majority of Hispanic voters, Pfeiffer showed concern over this trend."Latinos are the fastest-growing population in the country. They are particularly politically powerful because of how the population is distributed in electoral-rich sunbelt states like Texas, Florida, Arizona, Nevada, et cetera. And so, they are becoming more of the electorate, and we are losing more of them at a very fast rate. If that trend continues, there is no path to Democrats winning elections," Pfeiffer said.Regarding young voters, Pfeiffer pointed out that Harris only got about half of new voters compared to President Donald Trump."If that trend continues, were in huge trouble," Pfeiffer said. "The message I take from this is anyone who thinks that we can get away with just tinkering around the edges just hoping that Donald Trump becomes unpopular or they nominate some yahoo in 2028 or we're going to ride the wave of tariffs and inflation to a narrow House victory is just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. We have to be willing to ask very hard questions."CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURESince the 2024 election, other former Obama officials have criticized the Democratic Party for failing to appeal outside the elite."The only group they won among Democrats won among were people who make more than $100,000 a year," former Obama advisor David Axelrod said in November. "You cant win national elections that way."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Former Rep. Charles Rangel, who served in Congress for more than four decades, has died at the age of 94.The New York Democrat, who served from 1971 until 2017, was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and the first African American lawmaker to helm the House Ways and Means Committee, according to the City College of New York. A Korean War veteran, Rangel earned a Purple Heart and Bronze Star.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) lauded Rangel, calling him "a patriot, hero, statesman, leader, trailblazer, change agent and champion for justice," who was "a friend and mentor" to him.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., described Rangel as "a great man, a great friend, and someone who never stopped fighting for his constituents and the best of America."House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal, D-Mass., said in a statement that Rangel "was not only a great chairman but an even better man."This is a breaking news story. Check back here for updates.

President Donald Trump has accused Harvard University of being "very slow" to turn over information on foreign students."We are still waiting for the Foreign Student Lists from Harvard so that we can determine, after a ridiculous expenditure of BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, how many radicalized lunatics, troublemakers all, should not be let back into our Country," Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday."Harvard is very slow in the presentation of these documents, and probably for good reason!" Trump wrote. "The best thing Harvard has going for it is that they have shopped around and found the absolute best Judge (for them!) - But have no fear, the Government will, in the end, WIN!"JUDGE TEMPORARILY PAUSES TRUMP MOVE TO CANCEL HARVARD STUDENT VISA POLICY AFTER LAWSUITIn a separate post, Trump added Monday, "I am considering taking Three Billion Dollars of Grant Money away from a very antisemitic Harvard, and giving it to TRADE SCHOOLS all across our land.""What a great investment that would be for the USA, and so badly needed!!!" he wrote.Fox News Digital reached out to Harvard for comment.Judge Allison D. Burroughs who was appointed by former President Barack Obama granted Harvard University a temporary restraining order on Friday, preventing the government from revoking the Ivy League school's certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. The program permits the university to host international students with F-1 or J-1 visas to study in the U.S.In a letter Thursday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem informed Harvard's leadership that the university had lost its "privilege" of enrolling foreign students as a result of the institution's "refusal to comply with multiple requests to provide the Department of Homeland Security with pertinent information while perpetuating an unsafe campus environment that is hostile to Jewish students, promotes pro-Hamas sympathies, and employs racist diversity, equity and inclusion' policies.""This action should not surprise you and is the unfortunate result of Harvards failure to comply with simple reporting requirements," Noem wrote.Noem said she requested records pertaining to "nonimmigrant students" enrolled at Harvard, "including information regarding misconduct and other offenses that would render foreign students inadmissible or removable," on April 16.Harvards counsel responded twice, but both responses were insufficient, according to the letter.TRUMP SAYS HARVARD'S FOREIGN STUDENTS ARE FROM COUNTRIES PAYING 'NOTHING' FOR THEIR EDUCATION"Consequences must follow to send a clear signal to Harvard and all universities that want to enjoy the privilege of enrolling foreign students, that the Trump administration will enforce the law and root out the evils of anti-Americanism and antisemitism in society and campuses," Noem wrote.The requested records include any and all audio or video footage in Harvards possession regarding threats to other students or university personnel, "deprivation of rights" of other classmates or university personnel, and "dangerous or violent activity, whether on or off campus" by a nonimmigrant student enrolled at Harvard in the last five years. Noem is also asking for any and all disciplinary records and audio or video footage of any protest activity involving nonimmigrant students.The letter gave Harvard another 72 hours to comply and send the requested information in order to regain its certification, but instead, Harvard filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts early Friday.In its court filing, Harvard said the revocation impacts more than 7,000 visa holders more than a quarter of its student body and "is a blatant violation of the First Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act.""It is the latest act by the government in clear retaliation for Harvard exercising its First Amendment rights to reject the governments demands to control Harvards governance, curriculum, and the ideology of its faculty and students," the lawsuit says.Burroughs set another hearing on the matter for Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in Boston federal court.

Florida Panthers winger Brad Marchand created a stir during the teams Eastern Conference Finals matchup against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.Marchand was spotted in the locker room during the intermission after the second period in Game 3 eating some kind of treat from a spoon. It kick-started an ice cream conundrum around the defending Stanley Cup champions before what could be the deciding game on Monday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe former Boston Bruins star was asked after the Panthers 6-2 win whether he was actually eating a Blizzard from Dairy Queen. The Panthers previously turned heads after they visited a Dairy Queen in North Carolina as they stayed near one while they visited Raleigh for Games 1 and 2."No chance you were fueling with a Blizzard there, were you?" Sportsnet reporter Kyle Bukauskas asked Marchand."Yeah, that's a little chocolate chip cookie dough Blizzard right there," Marchand responded.Florida head coach Paul Maurice appeared to cast doubt on Marchands claim.2025 NHL STANLEY CUP, POSTSEASON ODDS: PANTHERS, OILERS REMAIN FAVORITES"There are cameras everywhere, man. We can't get away with anything anymore," Maurice said. "But that would be a good story."Marchand did praise the eatery for his dessert choices."You can't beat it. It's the best dessert in the world," Marchand said. "So, I better get a lifetime free supply of Dairy Queen now. Thank you, fellas."Whether it was a Dairy Queen Blizzard or not, the Panthers have clicked well in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and have reminded the NHL why they are the defending champs.Florida has outscored Carolina 16-4 in the series.The Associated Press contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Ex-Obama senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer warned on Friday that there is "no path" for Democrats to win elections unless they address their rapidly declining Latino vote.Pfeiffer brought this up with former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau on the "Pod Save America" podcast as they looked over 2024 election exit data which showed former Vice President Kamala Harris losing ground with both young voters and minority voters.Pfeiffer added that the Democratic Party had been losing Latino voters since 2016."The main story of this is that Democrats are in a huge bit of trouble," Pfeiffer said. "There's no way to look at this without recognizing the massive scale of our problems. And you can kind of tell yourself that things might be kind of okay by looking at just the shift from 2020 to 2024. But if you really want to assess where we are as a party, you have to look at the shift from 2016 to 2024. And it is particularly true with Latino voters."FORMER OBAMA ADVISORS TELL THE VIEW DEMS HURT PARTY BY TAKING TOO LONG TO ADMIT BIDEN COULDN'T WINHe pointed out that Latinos have shifted 17 points towards Republicans since 2016. While Democrats still took a majority of Hispanic voters, Pfeiffer showed concern over this trend."Latinos are the fastest-growing population in the country. They are particularly politically powerful because of how the population is distributed in electoral-rich sunbelt states like Texas, Florida, Arizona, Nevada, et cetera. And so, they are becoming more of the electorate, and we are losing more of them at a very fast rate. If that trend continues, there is no path to Democrats winning elections," Pfeiffer said.Regarding young voters, Pfeiffer pointed out that Harris only got about half of new voters compared to President Donald Trump."If that trend continues, were in huge trouble," Pfeiffer said. "The message I take from this is anyone who thinks that we can get away with just tinkering around the edges just hoping that Donald Trump becomes unpopular or they nominate some yahoo in 2028 or we're going to ride the wave of tariffs and inflation to a narrow House victory is just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. We have to be willing to ask very hard questions."CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURESince the 2024 election, other former Obama officials have criticized the Democratic Party for failing to appeal outside the elite."The only group they won among Democrats won among were people who make more than $100,000 a year," former Obama advisor David Axelrod said in November. "You cant win national elections that way."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Former Rep. Charles Rangel, who served in Congress for more than four decades, has died at the age of 94.The New York Democrat, who served from 1971 until 2017, was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and the first African American lawmaker to helm the House Ways and Means Committee, according to the City College of New York. A Korean War veteran, Rangel earned a Purple Heart and Bronze Star.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) lauded Rangel, calling him "a patriot, hero, statesman, leader, trailblazer, change agent and champion for justice," who was "a friend and mentor" to him.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., described Rangel as "a great man, a great friend, and someone who never stopped fighting for his constituents and the best of America."House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal, D-Mass., said in a statement that Rangel "was not only a great chairman but an even better man."This is a breaking news story. Check back here for updates.