> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.citizenjournal.us/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Newton daily brief - URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/newton-daily-brief-58/ - Published: 2026-08-27T11:33:30.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-27T11:33:30.000Z - Description: Newton, Kansas and US news for busy people - Aug 27, 2026 edition - Author: Greg Loving - Tags: ncj, #brief, #fullemail # Newton - One person was hospitalized in Wichita with burn injuries following a house explosion and basement fire Tuesday night in Newton. [→](https://www.adastraradio.com/adastra-news/burn-victim-transported-to-hospital-following-house-explosion-in-newton/?ref=citizenjournal.us) - The Harvey County Commission voted unanimously to exceed the revenue neutral rate for fiscal year 2027 amid rising operational costs. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/harvey-county-commission-23/) - The Harvey County Commission reduced its proposed 2027 budget mill levy to 46.125 mills after making $591,877 in targeted spending cuts. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/harvey-county-commission-23/) - The Harvey County Commission opted to use cash reserves rather than issuing bonds for an estimated $2.8M to $9.4M courthouse remodel. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/harvey-county-commission-23/) - Expect mostly sunny skies across Newton today with a warm high reaching 92°F and a gentle northeast breeze. --- # 🌾 Kansas - Kansas will receive more than $134 million from a multistate settlement with Meta Platforms over claims it made Instagram addictive and harmful to young users, Attorney General Kris Kobach announced Aug. 26\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-258/) - El Dorado's City Commission voted Aug. 25 to send a proposed 10-year ban on large-scale data centers and battery storage facilities to voters on the Nov. 3 ballot. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-258/) - The University of Kansas rowing team relocated practices to Clinton Lake after debris damaged Bowersock Dam, lowering the Kansas River pool and stranding the team's boathouse. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-258/) - DeFlock Riley County, a newly formed residents' group, held its first public meeting Aug. 26 in Manhattan to organize opposition to Flock Safety license-plate reader cameras. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-258/) - Douglas County District Judge James McCabria consolidated two legal challenges to Kansas' transgender driver's license and restroom law, Senate Bill 244, and set a trial for September. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-258/) --- # 🇺🇸 US - Meta agreed Aug. 26 to a roughly $17 billion multistate settlement over claims it designed Facebook and Instagram to keep children hooked, adding default teen usage limits without a jury verdict. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-255/) - CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a secret Aug. 25 trip to Moscow to warn Russian officials against attacking a NATO country, marking the first such visit by a CIA chief since 2021\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-255/) - President Trump signed an executive order Aug. 26 declaring a national emergency over foreign-made power grid equipment, authorizing the government to monitor, isolate or replace at-risk components. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-255/) - Nvidia reported $96.2 billion in fiscal second-quarter revenue, more than double a year earlier, and forecast about $108 billion in current-quarter revenue. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-255/) - The Secret Service is reviewing an Iranian state media video that appears to threaten Barron Trump, showing known locations tied to him and offering a purported $10 million bounty. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-255/) --- # Weather ![Weather](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/e6/f7e66a8b-8f27-493f-8b7e-664ecefd4c3d/content/images/2026/08/Tab2FileL-31.png) --- --- # AUGUST 27 1883: KRAKATOA ERUPTS WITH CATACLYSMIC FORCE One of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history blows apart the island of Krakatoa, hurling ash 50 miles into the sky and generating colossal tsunamis up to 120 feet high. The explosions, heard 3,000 miles away and likely the loudest sound ever recorded in human history, devastate nearby coasts, kill an estimated 36,000 people, and send ash into the atmosphere that cools global temperatures and creates vivid sunsets worldwide. *This article was written using our proprietary AI system, Cronkite. The final decision to publish this article was made by a human. For more info, read our [AI policy](https://www.citizenjournal.us/ai-policy/).*