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Today is Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026.

And we begin with a whole lot of shaking going on near San Francisco. More than 20 earthquakes rattled

residents east of the city in the town of San Ramon yesterday morning, the biggest of 4.2 that hit

shortly after 7 a.m. and was felt for miles in every direction. San Ramon sits atop a branch of the San Andreas fault known as the

Calaveras, which is characterized by seismologists as a creeping fault, meaning it moves slowly

and releases stress with swarms of small to moderate quakes. According to a local station KTVU,

300 earthquakes have been recorded just since December 1st.

You have to be pretty fast to keep up with Sam Ruth from New Zealand. The 16-year-old just ran his way into the record book, setting a new world record for the fastest mile by an under 18 athlete with a blistering time of

three minutes, 48.88 seconds. This happened at the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston, an indoor

race where Ruth Surge past season pros. And he didn't just break the age record. It's also the

fastest mile ever run by a New Zealander,

eclipsing the mark set by Olympic legend John Walker 40 years ago.

Ruth, who comes from a family of elite runners,

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