News On The Move: Explosion in Beirut kills 100 people, Hurricane Isaias leaves 5 dead

Yahoo Finance’s Adam Shapiro and Julie Hyman highlight Wednesday’s trending headlines.

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ADAM SHAPIRO: "News on the Move" right now. That explosion in Beirut, Lebanon yesterday killed at least 100 people and injured thousands of others. The Lebanese government says a fire next to a warehouse storing highly explosive chemicals like ammonium nitrate triggered the devastating explosion. The shockwave was felt several miles away. It blew out windows several miles away from the epicenter.

- Hurricane Isaias killed at least five people as it spawned tornadoes and toppled trees. The category 1 hurricane weakened to a strong tropical storm as it moved up the Eastern Seaboard. More than 2 and 1/2 million people in the region around New York lost electricity, and the storm also triggered flash floods in low-lying areas.

ADAM SHAPIRO: And Graham Ivan Clark, 17 years old, the accused mastermind behind the recent Twitter hack, pled not guilty to several counts of fraud yesterday. He was arrested last week in Tampa, Florida along with two other suspects. Now, Clark faces 17 counts of communications fraud, 11 counts of fraudulent use of personal information, and 1 count of fraud exceeding $5,000 by using electronic devices without authority to do so.

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