HURRICANE IAN TORE INTO WESTERN CUBA TUESDAY AS A MAJOR HURRICANE,
WITH NOTHING TO STOP IT FROM INTENSIFYING INTO A CATEGORY 4 STORM
BEFORE IT HITS FLORIDA, WHERE OFFICIALS HAVE ORDERED 2-AND-A-HALF
MILLION PEOPLE TO EVACUATE.
IAN WAS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN OVER WARM GULF OF MEXICO WATERS,
REACHING TOP WINDS OF 140 MILES PER HOUR AS IT APPROACHES FLORIDA’S
SOUTHWEST COAST.

A SERIES OF UNUSUAL LEAKS ON TWO NATURAL GAS PIPELINES RUNNING FROM
RUSSIA UNDER THE BALTIC SEA TO GERMANY TRIGGERED CONCERNS TUESDAY.
POLAND’S PRIME MINISTER CALLED THE EVENTS, QUOTE, “SABOTAGE,” WHILE
THE DANISH PRIME MINISTER SAID SHE COULD NOT RULE IT OUT AFTER THREE
LEAKS WERE DETECTED OVER THE PAST DAY ON THE NORD STREAM 1 AND 2
PIPELINES, WHICH ARE FILLED WITH GAS BUT NOT DELIVERING THE FUEL TO
EUROPE.

THE SUMMIT LEAGUE ANNOUNCED MONDAY THAT ST. THOMAS SOCCER
PLAYERS MCKENNA LEHMAN AND TUCKER MANN WERE NAMED SUMMIT
LEAGUE TICKET SMARTER PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK.
LEHMAN, A FIRST-YEAR FORWARD, RECEIVED OFFENSIVE PEAK PERFORMER OF
THE WEEK, AFTER SCORING HER FIRST COLLEGIATE GOAL AGAINST UNIVERSITY
OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY FRIDAY.
AND MANN, A JUNIOR GOALKEEPER, EARNED DEFENSIVE PEAK PERFORMER OF
THE WEEK AFTER HIS SHUTOUT PERFORMANCE AGAINST EASTERN ILLINOIS
SATURDAY.