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1. What are frost quakes and what the cause of the mysterious sound?

   The process begins when rain or melted snow saturates the ground. As temperatures plummet quickly below freezing, this water solidifies and expands, building immense pressure on the surrounding earth

2. Storm Chandra latest: ‘Major incident’ declared over flooding as Met Office issues warning for ice

   Somerset Council said there had been ‘extensive flooding overnight’ after Storm Chandra brought heavy rain

3. Texas Monthly’s taco editor says he is ‘shaken and angry’ after being stopped multiple times by ICE and local cops in one day

   José Ralat, known for writing about tacos, says immigration agents in West Texas stopped him and his travel companion as they were sightseeing for his magazine

4. Two people arrested after a mom died while sledding behind a car in Oklahoma

   A friend of the Oklahoma City victim said the incident should not be considered murder

5. Victoria Beckham opens up on receiving French knighthood amid Brooklyn fallout

   The fashion designer was named a Chevaliere de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on Monday

6. CBS News chief Bari Weiss tells staff 'we're toast' if they continue on current path

   CBS News chief Bari Weiss told her staff that “we're toast” if the network continues with its current business strategy and invoked legendary newsman Walter Cronkite as a symbol of old thinking

7. Mick Jagger’s family asks for public’s help as partner of rocker’s granddaughter remains missing

   Alexander Key was last seen on CCTV footage from Saturday

8. Judge issues temporary order barring removal of boy, 5, and father who were detained in Minnesota

   A federal judge has issued a temporary order barring the removal of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father whose arrest last week in Minnesota became another lightning rod for divisions on immigration under the Trump administration

9. Storm Chandra map: Where heavy rain and flooding hit UK after ‘danger to life’ warning issued

   Several weather warnings have been issued, including an amber wind warning for the eastern coast of Northern Ireland

10. Urgent recall for children’s play sand after Hobbycraft admits it contains asbestos

    Hobbycraft has recalled the product Giant Box of Crafts after tests found asbestos in a ‘limited number of samples’