Rhode Island Home That Inspired 'The Conjuring' Sells For More Than $1.5M

var label = "ctx-wait"; console.time(label); window.waitForGlobal( () => window.HP && window.HP.params && window.HP.params.clientUUID && window.localStorage, () => { console.timeEnd(label); “This purchase is personal for me,” buyer Jacqueline Nuñez, owner of WonderGroup LLC told The Boston Globe. “It’s not a real-estate development. It’s around my own beliefs.”Nuñez and the couple that sold the home — Cory and Jennifer Heinzen — jointly announced the sale on Facebook Live.Nuñez plans to continue the paranormal business the Heinzens started. Guests will be able to continue the nightly paranormal investigations, day tours will resume, and there will be livestreamed events. The Heinzens, who bought the home in 2019, will remain involved.The movie wasn’t filmed at the home, but was based on the experiences of a family that lived there in the 1970s

Nuñez said she is not afraid of the house.“I don’t believe the energy here is malevolent. Things will happen here that will startle me, but not harm me,” she said. “I look forward to experiencing things.”





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Rodeo Bull Jumps Arena Fence And Charges Through VIP Section

var label = "ctx-wait"; console.time(label); window.waitForGlobal( () => window.HP && window.HP.params && window.HP.params.clientUUID && window.localStorage, () => { console.timeEnd(label); The bull leapt over a fence then ran through a crowd of spectators and across a parking lot before it was captured near a bridge about a half mile from the arena.At least six people were treated for minor injuries, including 15-year-old Jordan Greco, a sophomore at Redding’s Enterprise High School.Greco told the Redding Record Searchlight the bull’s horn’s clipped his leg as the animal charged through the arena’s VIP section

“Getting hit by a bull was an experience,” Greco said. “To be honest I didn’t feel it at the time because my adrenaline was pumping and I had to make split-second decisions.”At least one person was hurt near the Sundial Bridge, where the animal was finally caught, placed in a trailer and returned to its ranch, Redding police Cpl. Aaron Holleman said.“We wish the best to all those affected. The safety of our fans is our highest priority and we appreciate their support,” the Redding Rodeo Association’s statement said.The incident occurred on the third day of the four-day annual rodeo.





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Hundreds Of People Named Josh Converge On Nebraska Park For Pool Noodle Battle

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A couple hundred people grabbed their pool noodles and headed to a Nebraska park again this weekend to battle over the right to the name Josh.The event started as an online joke when Josh Swain from Tucson, Arizona, sent out a tweet challenging anyone who shared his name to fight over it. After it took on a life of its own, Swain turned it into a real event last year at the random coordinates he included in his original note, which happened to be in Lincoln, Nebraska

“The enthusiasm from everybody here was just incredible,” Swain told the Lincoln Journal Star.Several of the competitors this year donned costumes, including masks, animal suits and football helmets, before heading out to Bowling Lake Park. But that wasn’t enough to dethrone 5-year-old Josh Vinson Jr., who defended his title as the No. 1 Josh.Saturday’s event raised nearly $21,000 for Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, and the owners of the Josh Cellars wine label pledged to match that amount with a donation of their own. The hospital said it plans to share some of the donations with the Joshua Collinsworth Memorial Foundation that promotes water safety with its Josh the Otter mascot who attended Saturday’s battle.Swain said he’d like the make the Josh Fight an annual event but he’s not sure if he’ll be able to keep it up.“There’s a number of factors in this crazy world,” Swain said. “I think that the hope is to keep this trend going so that we can keep the good times rolling.”

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News Leak: Dolphins Recognize Each Other By Tasting One Another's Urine

var label = "ctx-wait"; console.time(label); window.waitForGlobal( () => window.HP && window.HP.params && window.HP.params.clientUUID && window.localStorage, () => { console.timeEnd(label); Turns out, dolphins were more likely to show interest in urine collected from animals they knew rather than randos.“Dolphins explored urine samples for longer if they came from known animals or when they were presented together with the dolphin’s unique and distinctive signature whistle, an acoustic identifier that works like a name,” professor Vincent Janik, director of the Scottish Oceans Institute and lead author of the study, told the Guardian.Researchers employed the services of bottlenose dolphins who swim with tourists at the Dolphin Quest resorts in Hawaii and Bermuda.Fellow researcher Jason Bruck, a marine biologist at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas, told National Geographic the original goal was to test whether dolphins use their signature whistles in the same way people rely on names

Bruck couldn’t do that unless he found a second way dolphins could identify each other. Luckily, he remembered that a fellow scientist had previously observed wild dolphins swimming through what the website called “plumes of urine” and he figured the creatures might be using it as an ID technique.“It was a shot in the dark,” Bruck said. “And I was not expecting it to work, to be honest.”But it did.Dolphins don’t have a sense of smell, so the way they would identify each other went like this: When one dolphin peed or pooped, the others would swim through the excretions with their mouths to get a big taste of their friend, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Company.“In other animals, it’s very difficult to separate the sense of smell from the sense of taste. So this is a really exciting opportunity to just study how taste works in this really unique way,” Bruck told the network.The researchers noticed the participating dolphins spent three times longer analyzing urine they recognized than pee from strangers.Bruck also noticed the dolphins seemed to be as fascinated with the experiment as he was.“The dolphins were very, very keen to participate,” Bruck told National Geographic. “Usually, dolphins get bored with my experiments. We were tapping into something that is part of the dolphins’ world.”

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Finland Brewery Launches NATO Beer That Has ‘Taste Of Security’

A small brewery in Finland has launched a NATO-themed beer to mark the Nordic country’s bid to join the Western military alliance. (Soila Puurtinen/Lehtikuva via AP)Soila Puurtinen via APHELSINKI (AP) — A small brewery in Finland has launched a NATO-themed beer to mark the Nordic country’s bid to join the Western military alliance.Olaf Brewing’s OTAN lager features a blue label with a cartoon version of a beer-drinking medieval knight in metal armor emblazoned with NATO’s compass symbol

The beer’s name is a play on the Finnish expression “Otan olutta,” which means “I’ll have a beer,” and the French abbreviation for NATO, which is “OTAN.” The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has two official languages, English and French.CEO Petteri Vanttinen told The Associated Press on Thursday that the craft brewery’s ad hoc decision last weekend to start producing the beer was motivated by “worries over the war in Ukraine” and its consequences for Finland.He described the new lager as having “a taste of security, with a hint of freedom.”Finland and Sweden on Wednesday submitted an application to join NATO at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels.Olaf Brewing said its new beer also honors the eastern Finnish town of Savonlinna, the brewery’s base located a few dozen kilometers from Finland’s border with Russia

Savonlinna is known for St. Olaf’s Castle, a medieval structure from 1475 that serves as a venue for an annual international opera festival.“Our small hometown Savonlinna has always lied in the borderlands between East and West. Many battles have been fought in the town area and at St. Olafs Castle” the brewery said in a Twitter post.Finland shares a 1,340-kilometer (830-mile) border with Russia, the longest of any European Union member.___Follow AP’s coverage of the Ukraine war at: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraineRelated...Finland, Sweden Submit Applications To Join NATOFinland Announces It Wants To Join NATO Amid Russia's Ukraine InvasionSweden Poised To Join Finland In Seeking NATO Membership





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Man In Japan Gets Town's COVID Funds By Mistake And Gambles It Away

var label = "ctx-wait"; console.time(label); window.waitForGlobal( () => window.HP && window.HP.params && window.HP.params.clientUUID && window.localStorage, () => { console.timeEnd(label); Police said Thursday he admitted to spending most of the 46.3 million yen ($360,000) of taxpayers’ money on gambling. According to Kyodo News agency, only 68,000 yen ($530) is left in his bank account after he withdrew the money 34 times in just over 10 days after the town made the mistake.He’s being held on suspicion of computer fraud. Taguchi had allegedly refused the town request to return the money, police said.The funds were COVID-19 subsidies that were deposited into his bank account in April. Each of the 463 low-income households in Abu, population 3,372, was supposed to receive 100,000 yen ($780). But a town official mistakenly submitted to a financial institution a single transfer request of the total amount to Taguchi, whose name was the first on the list of recipients, Kyodo News reported.Town officials are separately investigating how the erroneous transfer went through unnoticed, a mistake that has triggered a wave of criticism from residents

Abu Mayor Norihiko Hanada on Thursday told reporters that the arrest is a step toward tracing the money and hoped it is recovered in full.Taguchi’s arrest was based on his alleged transfer of 4 million yen ($31,300) of the town money paid into an account believed to be an online gambling site. Police declined to say how much of the money he actually gambled away, though he told them it was most of it.Related...A Third Of US Should Be Considering Masks, Officials SayU.S. Cities Step Up Their COVID Guidance, But Stop Short Of Imposing MandatesFyre Festival Founder Billy McFarland Gets Early Prison ReleaseThe One Thing You Should Do If Your At-Home COVID Test Is Positive





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Florida Killer Clown Trial Delayed Again — For A Sixth Time

sdominick via Getty ImagesWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has reluctantly delayed the trial of a woman accused of dressing like a clown and fatally shooting her lover’s wife more than 30 years ago after defense attorneys said they’re having a hard time contacting witnesses.The trial for Sheila Keen-Warren was supposed to begin June 3. But on Tuesday Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Scott Suskauer agreed to what could be a four-month delay, the Palm Beach Post reported

Suskauer said he had already cleared his schedule, delaying other trials and hearings to be able to preside over a three-week trial.“Think about the impact it has on me. I have a duty to the public,” Suskauer told the lawyers. “You also have a victim’s family that has waited a long time for justice.”This is the sixth time the trial has been delayed.It was May 1990 when Marlene Warren opened her door and was shot in the face by a clown delivering carnations and balloons to her home in Wellington, a suburb of West Palm Beach, court records show.Sheila Keen Warren under arrest in 2017. Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against Warren, who is accused of dressing up like a clown in 1990 and fatally shooting the wife of her future husband.via Associated PressAdvertisement The former Sheila Keen, rumored to be having an affair with Marlene Warren’s husband, Michael Warren, was considered a suspect, but the case against her seemed thin. Two nights before the killing, a woman showed up at a costume store telling clerks she urgently needed a clown suit, an orange wig, white gloves, a red nose and enough white makeup to cover her face completely. One of the clerks identified her in a photo lineup, but the other clerk wasn’t sure.She later married Michael Warren and they were living in Virginia when investigators said DNA provided the evidence they needed to arrest her in 2017.Assistant State Attorney Reid Scott agreed the latest delay was unavoidable.“I want this defendant to be fully prepared for trial,” Scott said. “I don’t want to deal with appellate issues.”The defense team — Richard Lubin, Greg Rosenfeld and Amy Morse — blamed Scott, writing that he didn’t provide them with names and addresses of key witnesses who are now scattered across the country.The defense team also said they need to view evidence, including hair fibers, two balloons, a Publix bag and car rental papers, that was not in an evidence locker at the sheriff’s office. Those items had been sent to forensics for further review, they said

“Customarily, a criminal prosecution is straightforward: The police investigate a crime, the police arrest a suspect, and the state prosecutes the suspect,” but this case hasn’t been handled that way, they wrote.“Following the arrest, the police and state continued their investigation,” they wrote. “This backwards prosecution has hampered Ms. Keen-Warren’s ability to prepare for trial.”Because so much time has passed since the killing, sworn depositions have been taken from some witnesses who either can’t or won’t appear.“This is a very difficult situation,” Lubin told the newspaper. “This is a long-ago event. Witnesses are in their 60s, 70s and 80s. Some of them are dead. Others are debilitated.”





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German Town Grounds Cats To Avoid A Catastrophe For Rare Birds

var label = "ctx-wait"; console.time(label); window.waitForGlobal( () => window.HP && window.HP.params && window.HP.params.clientUUID && window.localStorage, () => { console.timeEnd(label); Authorities in Walldorf wrote that “among other things the survival of the species depends on every single chick.”The decree, which applies to all cats in the southern part of the town and will be repeated for the coming three years, has reportedly prompted meows of anguish from pet owners.Regional daily Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung reported Wednesday that the head of the local animal protection association plans to take legal steps to challenge the decree.“Please remain calm,” it quoted him as saying. “I can assure you we’ll do our best to stop this disproportionate measure.”

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Tennessee Couple Finds Stray Dog Cuddled Up Next To Them In Bed

{"id":1100,"version":2,"resolved":true,"is_feature_flag":false,"value":"variant","variant_id":2,"payload":null} var label = "ctx-wait"; console.time(label); window.waitForGlobal( () => window.HP && window.HP.params && window.HP.params.clientUUID && window.localStorage, () => { console.timeEnd(label); Once they realized the dog was no threat, the couple snapped photos and posted them on Facebook to find her owners.“This is the weirdest post I have ever had to make,” Julie Johnson wrote. “Is this your dog?” According to a “pupdate” posted by Julie, the dog, whose name is Nala, slipped away from her owners while on a walk just ahead of a thunderstorm. Apparently Nala squeezed through a loose door at the Johnsons’ home to find somewhere safe and warm to wait it out. The Johnsons’ dogs didn’t even raise a fuss when she hopped into their bed

Nala was eventually reunited with her parents and became a media superstar. However, her owners are a tad embarrassed about their dog’s lack of boundaries.“Our overly friendly pup, Nala, has hit an all time record for ignoring personal space and added yet another trick to her long list of Houdini acts,” Cris Hawkins, one of Nala’s owners, wrote on Facebook.“Shame [on] Nala for somehow breaking into a stranger’s house and invading their personal space,” Hawkins added. “Thankfully, the couple thought it was hilarious and they aren’t even mad about it.”Related...Dog Rescued From Cage Thrown Into River Finds New Home: 'He Still Loves People'GOOD BOY!: Hero Dog Honored For Mine-Sniffing Efforts In UkraineDog Found Tied To Hydrant With Bag Of 'Favorite Things' Is Now 'Doing Great'Dogs' Breeds Don't Dictate Their Personalities, Study Finds





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Arby’s Manager In Washington State Peed In Milkshake Mix: Police

{"id":1100,"version":2,"resolved":true,"is_feature_flag":false,"value":"variant","variant_id":2,"payload":null}FILE - This March 1, 2010, file photo shows an Arby's restaurant sign in Cutler Bay, Fla. Arby's is buying casual dining chain Buffalo Wild Wings in a deal worth about $2.4 billion. Arby's Restaurant Group Inc. said Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, that it will pay $157 per share. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)via Associated PressVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A manager at an Arby’s fast food restaurant in Washington state has been accused of urinating into a milkshake mix that might then have been served to dozens of people.Police in Vancouver, just across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon, said they uncovered footage of the 29-year-old man peeing into a bag of milkshake mix as they were executing a search warrant on his phone as part of a child pornography investigation, The Columbian newspaper reported

The manager made one court appearance last Wednesday on child porn allegations and another on Friday, for a new allegation of second-degree assault with sexual motivation, after police said they found the 16-second urination video.According to a probable cause affidavit filed in Clark County Superior Court, the video’s metadata showed it was recorded on Oct. 30 at an Arby’s in Vancouver’s Mill Plain neighborhood.The manager acknowledged to investigators that he urinated in the milkshake mix bag at least twice, but said he was “almost sure” he threw the bag out. He said he was working alone in the restaurant that night and that he did it for sexual gratification.He told detectives that if he didn’t throw the bag away, it would have been added to other mix by the next shift and served to customers, police said

Another manager at the Arby’s told detectives the restaurant sold at least one ice cream float and about 30 to 40 milkshakes that day, court records said.In an email to The Columbian, Vancouver Police Sgt. Julie Ballou said investigators had no evidence that Arby’s or its franchise owner was aware of the man’s “abhorrent actions.”Clark County Public Health Director Dr. Alan Melnick told the newspaper there is no significant health risk to consuming a drink contaminated with urine.A judge raised the man’s bail Friday from $5,000 to $40,000. He is scheduled to be arraigned May 25.

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Florida Man Arrested After Repeatedly Asking 911 To Arrest Joe Biden

{"id":1100,"version":2,"resolved":true,"is_feature_flag":false,"value":"variant","variant_id":2,"payload":null} var label = "ctx-wait"; console.time(label); window.waitForGlobal( () => window.HP && window.HP.params && window.HP.params.clientUUID && window.localStorage, () => { console.timeEnd(label); Police said Philbeck was initially told that “the information he was providing was a non-emergency situation” and was warned not to make similar 911 calls.Philbeck apparently didn’t get the message, because he called cops again saying, once again, that “President Biden needed to be placed in prison,” and “El Chapo needed to be freed.”Following the three calls to 911, Deputies decided to pay Philbeck a visit around 6 a.m.At the time they stopped by, Philbeck was on the phone with 911, but that call was cut short by his arrest.Philbeck was taken to the county jail and booked on a charge of misusing the 911 system. He was later released after posting $150 bond, according to WFLA TV, which noted that the arrest documents said that alcohol may have been involved.

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Urine Luck: Michigan Researchers Are Putting The “Pee” In Peony

{"id":1100,"version":2,"resolved":true,"is_feature_flag":false,"value":"variant","variant_id":2,"payload":null}ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A pair of University of Michigan researchers are putting the “pee” in peony.Rather, they’re putting pee ON peonies.Environmental engineering professors Nancy Love and Krista Wigginton are regular visitors to the Ann Arbor school’s Nichols Arboretum, where they have been applying urine-based fertilizer to the heirloom peony beds ahead of the flowers’ annual spring bloom.It’s all part of an effort to educate the public about their research showing that applying fertilizer derived from nutrient-rich urine could have environmental and economic benefits

“At first, we thought people might be hesitant. You know, this might be weird. But we’ve really experienced very little of that attitude,” Wigginton said. “In general, people think it’s funny at first, but then they understand why we’re doing it and they support it.”Love is co-author of a study published in the Environmental Science & Technology journal that found urine diversion and recycling led to significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and energy.Urine contains essential nutrients such as nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus and has been used as a crop fertilizer for thousands of years.Love said collecting human urine and using it to create renewable fertilizers — as part of what she calls the “circular economy of nutrients” — will lead to greater environmental sustainability

Think of it not so much as recycling, but “pee-cycling,” Wigginton said.“We were looking for terms that would catch on but get the idea across, and ‘pee-cycling’ seems to be one that stuck,” she said.As part of a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation awarded in 2016, Love and Wigginton have not only been testing advanced urine-treatment methods, but also investigating people’s attitudes about the use of urine-derived fertilizers.That is what brought them to the much-loved campus Peony Garden, which contains more than 270 historic cultivated varieties from the 19th and early 20th centuries representing American, Canadian and European peonies of the era. The garden holds nearly 800 peonies when filled and up to 10,000 flowers at peak bloom.Love and Wigginton plan to spend weekends in May and June chatting up visitors. One important lesson they learned is about the precision of language.“We have used the term, ‘pee on the peonies.’ And then it grabs people’s attention and then we can talk to them about nutrient flows and nutrient efficiency in our communities and how to be more sustainable,” Love said. “It turns out some people thought that that was permission to drop their drawers and pee on the peonies

“So, this year, we’re going to use ‘pee for the peonies’ and hope that we don’t have that confusion.”The urine-derived fertilizer the researchers are using these days originated in Vermont. But if all goes according to plan, they’ll be doling out some locally sourced fertilizer next year.A split-bowl toilet in a campus engineering building is designed to send solid waste to a treatment plant while routing urine to a holding tank downstairs. Urine diverted from the toilet and urinal were to be treated and eventually used to create fertilizers, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced the school to shut down the collection efforts.In the meantime, the facility is undergoing an upgrade to its freeze concentrator and adding a new, more energy-efficient pasteurizer, both developed by the Vermont-based Rich Earth Institute.“The whole idea is cycling within a community, so moving toward that we want to take urine from this community and apply it within this community,” Wigginton said.

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UK Tribunal Rules Calling A Man Bald Is Sexual Harassment

{"id":1100,"version":2,"resolved":true,"is_feature_flag":false,"value":"variant","variant_id":2,"payload":null} var label = "ctx-wait"; console.time(label); window.waitForGlobal( () => window.HP && window.HP.params && window.HP.params.clientUUID && window.localStorage, () => { console.timeEnd(label); The tribunal, whose members alluded to their own experiences with hair loss, also compared calling a man bald to commenting on the size of a woman’s breasts.The ruling was on behalf of a complaint filed by Tony Finn, who worked as an electrician for the British Bung Manufacturing Company.Finn worked at the company, which manufactures wooden cask closures for the brewing industry, in Yorkshire for nearly 24 years before being fired last year.Finn alleged that during a workplace argument in July 2019, his shift supervisor, Jamie King, referred to him as a “bald c**t,” according to the Guardian

The panel noted that Finn had not complained about the use of a four-letter word, but was offended by being called bald.“We have little doubt that being referred to in this pejorative manner was unwanted conduct as far as [Finn] was concerned,” the tribunal found. “This is strong language. Although, as we find, industrial language was commonplace on this West Yorkshire factory floor, in our judgment Mr King crossed the line by making remarks personal to the claimant about his appearance.”The panel noted that “it is difficult to conclude other than that Mr King uttered those words with the purpose of violating [Finn’s] dignity and creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for him.”The judgment found that King intended to threaten and insult Finn and, added, “in our judgment, there is a connection between the word ‘bald’ on the one hand and the protected characteristic of sex on the other.”The panel said that while the company’s lawyer correctly noted that women can also go bald, it noted, “as all three members of the tribunal will vouchsafe, baldness is much more prevalent in men than women” and “we find it to be inherently related to sex.”Advertisement Although Finn did win his claims of unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, being subjected to detriments and sex harassment, he lost an additional claim for age discrimination.

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Watch Stunning Video As Tesla Goes Airborne, Slams Into Building At 70 MPH

{"id":1100,"version":2,"resolved":false,"is_feature_flag":false,"value":"variant","variant_id":2,"payload":null}New video shows a frightening moment in Columbus, Ohio, last week when a speeding Tesla blew through a red light, jumped a curb, drove over a planter, went airborne over a staircase and then crashed through the glass wall of a building. See the video below. The 2020 Tesla Model S ended up inside a meeting room at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, per the Columbus Dispatch. The vehicle was estimated to be traveling at about 70 mph.Frantz Jules, the 63-year-old driver, was taken to a hospital for evaluation, local ABC station WSYX reported. No one else was hurt

Jules told police he lost control of the brakes and was unable to slow the car down, the Dispatch reported. A witness told police it looked like he sped up to beat a traffic light. Jules was cited for failure to control the vehicle. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.Local CBS Station WBNS said the crash caused $250,000 to $300,000 in damage to the building.





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Cop Born In Poland Helps Former Polish President Lech Walesa With Flat Tire

{"id":1100,"version":2,"resolved":false,"is_feature_flag":false,"value":"control","variant_id":1,"payload":null}In this photo provided by the Connecticut State Police, Trooper Lukasz Lipert shakes hands with former Polish President Lech Walesa on Interstate 84 in Tolland, Conn., on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Connecticut State Police via AP)via Associated PressTOLLAND, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut state trooper who is a native of Poland got quite the surprise while responding to an SUV with a flat tire Wednesday — a passenger in the vehicle happened to be former Polish President Lech Walesa.State police said Trooper Lukasz Lipert arrived to the call in Tolland and was greeted by Walesa, who had spoken in Hartford on Tuesday as part of his U.S. tour advocating for aid for refugees who have fled Ukraine during the war with Russia

Lipert, 35, who came to the U.S. when he was 18, told The Hartford Courant that he spoke with Walesa in Polish about their homeland and the anti-communist movement Walesa helped lead.“It was definitely a great opportunity to meet the man who had a voice during those times,” Lipert said. “It was definitely a great experience.”Walesa, 78, led the nationwide Solidarity movement in Poland in the 1980s that eventually toppled Poland’s communist leaders through an election in 1989. He received a Nobel Prize in 1983 and served as Poland’s first popularly elected president from 1990 to 1995. He is a strong critic of Poland’s current right-wing government.A vehicle service worker changed the tire and Walesa continued on his way down I-84. One of his next stops is an event in Boston on Monday.





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Man Pops The Question After Engagement Ring Survives Car Fire

{"id":1100,"version":2,"resolved":false,"is_feature_flag":false,"value":"control","variant_id":1,"payload":null} var label = "ctx-wait"; console.time(label); window.waitForGlobal( () => window.HP && window.HP.params && window.HP.params.clientUUID && window.localStorage, () => { console.timeEnd(label); Hart pulled over to the side of the road to inspect the vehicle when he realized the car was on fire.“There was a loud bang. I think the coolant reservoir blew and it shot the hood up and spewed fluid everywhere and then it went up in flames,” Hart told WSMV News4 Nashville.The couple made it out safely, along with Stevens’ best friend, who was also in the vehicle. But after escaping, Hart realized that the engagement ring he was hiding was still in the burning car. The Williamson County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee put out a car that was on fire along the highway on May 9.Williamson County Sheriff's OfficeFire crews were dispatched to the car fire off I-840 and arrived to find the vehicle engulfed in flames, according to Williamson County Fire Rescue. Crews worked rapidly to put out the flames

“[Brooklynn’s] friend knew about [the ring] and we looked at each other and said, ‘The ring is in there and we couldn’t get it out,’” Hart said.Despite the gloomy circumstances, Stevens’ best friend remained hopeful.“After our car fire happened, a butterfly landed on our car and my best friend was like, ‘Oh that means good luck,’ and I was like, ‘Yeah we have such good luck. The car caught on fire. Amazing luck,’” Stevens joked.Thankfully, her friend’s positivity wasn’t in vain

After firefighters extinguished the blaze, she quietly asked them to look for the ring.Surprisingly, the token of love was practically untouched in the burned vehicle.Myers Hart and his high school sweetheart, Brooklynn Stevens, with firefighters from Williamson Fire Rescue.Williamson County Sheriff's Office“We started sifting through all the ashes and everything and it was melted against the seat and actually it was perfectly encased in the ring box, and I opened it up and it looked brand new so it was really a miracle,” fire engineer Steve Hopkins told News4.Hart took that as a sign to propose to Stevens in the midst of the unlikely scene.“He gets on one knee and I’m like, ‘Here?’ and I started crying. I said, ‘Here? Right now? Like the car just caught on fire are you serious? I mean yes! Yes of course I want to. But like the car.’ And he was like. ‘I know,’” said Stevens.Hart and Stevens showcase their engagement ring.Williamson County Sheriff's OfficeRelated...Thrifty Bride Shows The Internet How To Throw A $500 Wedding24 Wedding Guest Dresses Under $30 That You Can Wear Practically Anywhere25 Black Dresses That Are Perfect For All The Weddings You Have To Attend Now





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Morning Jolt! Cocaine Stashed Amid Coffee Bean Bags At Swiss Warehouse

{"id":1100,"version":2,"resolved":false,"is_feature_flag":false,"value":"variant","variant_id":2,"payload":null}This image released by Fribourg cantonal police on Friday, May 6, 2022 shows a shipment containing cocaine seized in the Swiss town of Romont last Monday. Police say an investigation is under way after workers at a Nespresso factory in western Switzerland happened upon a stash of 500 kilograms (over 1,100 pounds) of cocaine, with a street value of about 50 million francs (dollars), as they unloaded coffee beans that had arrived by train. (Fribourg cantonal police vi AP)via Associated PressGENEVA (AP) — Swiss police say an investigation is underway after workers at a Nespresso warehouse in western Switzerland found 500 kilograms (over 1,100 pounds) of cocaine, with a street value of $50 million, as they unloaded coffee beans that had arrived by train.Regional police in Fribourg said late Thursday they were alerted Monday by the company to the discovery at the facility in the town of Romont and immediately set up a “broad security perimeter” around it with a large deployment of officers. Customs and border control agents were called in

Early indications were that the shipment turned up in five containers that had arrived by sea from Brazil before being transferred onto a train, authorities said.“The cocaine seized has an 80% degree of purity and its market value is estimated at more than 50 million francs,” the police said, adding that the stash appeared “destined for the European market.”On Friday, the European Union’s law enforcement agency Europol and the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction reported that cocaine availability in Europe “is probably at an all-time high.”Switzerland is not an EU member but is part of the Schengen zone that allows for visa-free travel among many European countries

The monitoring center said it estimates the EU cocaine retail market was worth at least 10.5 billion euros ($11.1 billion) in 2020, while cautioning that the figure was likely to underestimate the true size of the market.It said the largest quantities of cocaine are seized in Belgian, Dutch and Spanish ports, but increasing amounts are turning up at ports elsewhere “suggesting that trafficking groups are extending their activities to ports where cocaine interdiction measures may be perceived as less intensive.”Swiss food and drinks giant Nestle, which owns Nespresso, sought to reassure customers that “all our products are safe to consume.”“We have strict quality controls in place for green coffee arriving at our warehouses right up to the finished product,” the Vevey, Switzerland-based company said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press. “The substance in question did not come into contact with any of our products or production equipment used to make our products.”Nestle said it could not provide more details because of the ongoing police investigation.

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17 Weird Mother's Day Gifts For Your Very Strange Mom

{"id":1100,"version":2,"resolved":false,"is_feature_flag":false,"value":"control","variant_id":1,"payload":null} var label = "ctx-wait"; console.time(label); window.waitForGlobal( () => window.HP && window.HP.params && window.HP.params.clientUUID && window.localStorage, () => { console.timeEnd(label); On the other hand, if your mom is really “unique” (a nice word for “weird”), maybe she doesn’t want the tried and true. Maybe she wants the kooky and bizarre.Don’t worry: HuffPost Weird News is here to help with some strange gifts perfectly for the weirdo in your life you affectionately call “Mom.”Flower Vase BongSmokeCartel.comSure, you can always give your mom flowers, but maybe she just wants buds. If that's the case, this vase-shaped bong should make her want to plant herself on the couch.Fart-Filtering UnderwearWearTootles.com/Give mom a gift you'll both benefit from: underwear that claims to filter out the smell of farts. Burrito PopBurritoPop.comAny mom who's eaten a burrito knows they can get messy especially towards the end. The Burrito Pop uses an amazing form of technology called "a dial" that allows the eater to push the burrito slowly out the container while keeping it together. Science marches on!Grumpy Bear Knit HatFun.comIf it's hard to pick up on exactly what about your mom is putting down, have her wear this Grumpy Bear Knit Cap so you know where you stand.Gold-Plated Pasta NecklaceDelicaciesJewelry.comWhen you were a young child there was a chance you forced your mom to wear the macaroni necklace you made for her in class — even though it didn't exactly match her ensembles. Bring her back to those days of kindergarten fashion with a slightly more upmarket version. The pasta in this necklace is gold-plated (and, I assume, not particularly tasty if she attempts to boil it.)Donut BouquetTheDonutBouquet.com/Flowers are a popular fallback for Mother's Day, but what if your mom is allergic — or has a sweet tooth? This donut bouquet will show you love her even as you up her risk for type 2 diabetes.Donald Trump Glass Spoon PipeGlassCityPipes.comDoes your mom think the country's gone to pot since Donald Trump was elected? This pipe makes her complaint literal.Chopsticks EarringsSoniaHou.comGive your mom these chopsticks earrings and she'll know you're not just forking around.Jacket For Your LegsGetTheMozy.comBeing cold doesn't feel so hot, but trying t keep warm with towels, blankets or hoodies wrapped around your waist can be cumbersome. The Mozy is a blanket for mom's legs and will stay on even if she stands up to cheer for you for ... something.Banana StufferJim Greipp for BananaLoca.comIf your mom constantly struggles with stuffing bananas (theoretically there could be at least one person who fits that description), the Banana Loca will ease her pain in a sweet sweet way.Union SuitsDien T Lai for ModernUnionSuits.comIf mom wants casual wear that is more form-fitting than baggy sweats, these stylish Union Suits should keep her warm when it's chilly. Even better: The trap door allows her to do her business without having to take everything off first. Death Star PlanterFun.comSince Mother's Day comes just after "Star Wars Day" (May 4), this Death Star Planter will give sci-fi-loving moms two reasons to love this gift.Golden Girls PJsFun.comIf your mom is still struggling with Betty White's passing, these "Golden Girls" pajamas will help her dream of a happier time in front of the TV.Head Lamp@ouridahoroots for ThirdEyeLamps.comThink you light up your mom's life? Maybe, but what if you're not around and she's looking for something in the dark? Well, maybe she needs a good head lamp more than you? Just keeping it real.String Slinghttps://thestringsling.com/If mom loves her guitar more than you — it's possible, though not likely — she will appreciate this guitar strap that also protects the strings from sweat and other environmental concerns. Rock on, Mom!Pit Viper GlassesPitViper.comYep! Mom looks cool in wraparound sunglasses. No argument there!The One Card That May Get Mom Off Your BackCardCraftSome Mother's Day cards are about sharing the love, but this one is about setting some necessary boundaries.

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Baseball Autographed By Zelenskyy To Be Sold For Ukraine Relief

{"id":1100,"version":2,"resolved":false,"is_feature_flag":false,"value":"variant","variant_id":2,"payload":null} var label = "ctx-wait"; console.time(label); window.waitForGlobal( () => window.HP && window.HP.params && window.HP.params.clientUUID && window.localStorage, () => { console.timeEnd(label); The ball was expected to sell for at least $15,000 but the leading bid as of Tuesday had already exceeded that amount, an RR spokesperson said.“With what’s going on in the world right now it makes sense to auction it at this point because the proceeds will help the people in Ukraine,” Kaplan said in a telephone interview “What’s going on in Ukraine is a disgrace and it’s breaking my heart to see the people dying there. Their needs are just so dire right now.”The ball is signed with black felt tip both in Ukrainian Cyrillic and in Latin letters. It is accompanied by a transmittal letter signed by Volodymyr Yelchenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, which reads: “Dear Mr. Kaplan, Please find enclosed a baseball, signed by the President of Ukraine, H.E. Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the visit to New York in September 2019.”In addition to the unspecified percentage of the sale that will be donated through the global nonprofit Americares, RR Auction will contribute its buyer’s premium and seller’s commission to war relief efforts. Americares’ website describes its humanitarian response in Ukraine as focused on the medical needs of millions of refugees

Kaplan is a governmental affairs specialist from New York who has many contacts with the U.N. and in U.S. politics. He doesn’t buy his baseballs at auction, instead acquiring them himself through those contacts.He started his collection in 1996 when former President Bill Clinton signed a baseball for him at a meeting in Washington, D.C. The collection, which now numbers more than 500 items, has been displayed at museums and presidential libraries around the country.This is not the first time he has auctioned a piece of his collection, but this is probably the first time he has sold a ball signed by such a high profile leader, a man he has come to admire during the country’s war with Russia.“I am really hoping Zelenskyy survives this,” Kaplan said. “He’s a very brave man.”The auction that ends May 11 also includes autographs and artifacts from Johann Sebastian Bach, Nikola Tesla, and Albert Einstein.This image provided by RR Auction shows a baseball signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The official Rawlings Major League baseball is being sold by Randy Kaplan, the renowned collector of balls that have been signed by world leaders, with a portion of the proceeds going to war relief efforts in Ukraine, auctioneer RR Auction of Boston said Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (RR Auction via AP)via Associated PressAdvertisement Related...washington dcBill ClintonVolodymyr ZelenskyyUkrainianZelenskyyPelosi Visits Kyiv, Meets With Ukraine PresidentZelenskyy Accuses Russia Of Trying To Humiliate UN With Kyiv Attack During Guterres VisitZelenskyy Says First Russian Soldiers Charged In Bucha Crimes: ‘We Will Find Everyone’





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Watch Belligerent Wild Turkey Come For A D.C. Biker

{"id":1100,"version":2,"resolved":false,"is_feature_flag":false,"value":"control","variant_id":1,"payload":null}A fearless wild turkey has been attacking walkers, joggers and bikers on a trail in Washington, D.C., causing a flap.Several people have reported being chased, slammed into, clawed and pecked in encounters with the big bird on the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail in the northeast section of the district

The turkey came for musician DeDe Folarin last month as he rode his bike through the area. “He jumped in the air and he almost clawed my face,” Folarin told local WJLA TV. “He kind of knocked me off the bike and literally chased me around for like five minutes.”When the turkey took off after another biker, Folarin recorded the confrontation on his cell phone — and then chased the bird off with a stick when the woman under attack called to him for help.Ok this is insane …After our story aired last night about a wild turkey attacking people on the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail in DC, @DeDefolarin of the incredible @REWickedestBand sent me this video of a turkey attack he shot earlier this month. Never seen anything like this!! pic.twitter.com/L6HcyolK5u— Josh Rosenthal (@JoshRosenthalTV) April 26, 2022 Prince George County Parks and Recreation Department has put up a sign to discourage people from approaching the turkey

“Some people don’t listen,” Victor Davila of the parks agency told WJLA. “They try to go up to it and take pictures and stuff like that.”“There is an element of humor to it,” Dan Rauch, a D.C. Department of Energy and Environment wildlife biologist trying to catch the bird, told The Wall Street Journal. “There is a terror turkey stalking a river trail. If I hadn’t seen the videos myself, I would have thought it was an urban myth.”Wild turkeys are making a comeback across the nation. But encounters with humans can be problematic. Males fiercely guard their territories and may also be protecting nests in the spring. They can scratch and bruise people, and puncture skin with their beaks and claws.One victim of the D.C. bird reported in February on a local blog: “A wild turkey that attacked me on the Anacostia trail last night. I ended up at urgent care with puncture wounds on my legs and I had to get a tetanus shot and antibiotics. It was terrifying.”Advertisement The tom is apparently becoming increasingly aggressive. Park guide Joe Cashman first encountered the bird with another guide last fall while they biked through the area.“We got a kick out of it,” Cashman told the Journal. “Then we started getting complaints. It started getting aggressive. It’s gotten more and more aggressive.”The plan now is to capture the turkey and relocate it. But the bird sometimes high-tails it across the Maryland state line, and takes flight when he sees nets, Cashman pointed out.In the meantime, Folarin said he’s been “prepping myself for the next turkey attack.”Related...washington dcTurkeyAnacostia Riverwalk TrailThousands Of Baby Flamingos Die As Lake In Turkey Dries UpTrump's 2018 Turkey Pardon Bizarrely Foreshadowed 2020 ElectionBald Eagles Are The Latest Victims Of Deadly Bird Flu Spreading Across U.S.Albatross 'Divorces' May Be Climbing Because Of Climate Change





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Thief Makes Getaway On Stolen Lawnmower Towing Crimson Tide Sign: Cops

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Ohio School Board Member Censured For ‘Typo’ That Linked To Porn Site

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio school board outside Cincinnati voted during an emergency meeting on Wednesday to censure a member who said she accidentally posted a link to a pornography site on her campaign’s Facebook page.The board for the Lakota Local School District in Liberty Township also asked Darbi Boddy, 41, to resign. She refused. The link she intended to post, she said, was a site about sexual education for teens. The post has since been removed

Boddy, accompanied by her young daughter, left the meeting after the censure vote saying, “I will not be part of this political ruse.”Attempts to reach Boddy by telephone on Thursday were unsuccessful.In another Facebook post that also has been removed, Boddy said that while the link was a “typo,” it is “representative of the disgusting material that is being put in front of our children.”Boddy was elected in November on a platform opposing the teaching of mask mandates, critical race theory, Black Lives Matter and the 1619 Project, the New York Times Magazine issue which centers on slavery in American history and was subsequently published as a book

“The way the terms inclusion, diversity, equity, and tolerance are used on social media and in our schools is dividing our children into groups of oppressed and oppressors,” Boddy said on her website.Boddy has repeatedly clashed with Lakota Local School Board President Lynda O’Connor since taking office in January. O’Connor said Wednesday that even if the pornography website was posted accidentally, Boddy had demonstrated “gross negligence” and “reckless conduct.”O’Connor accused Boddy of having made “disrespectful and unprofessional comments” to district officials and board members.On Thursday, Boddy responded on her Facebook page.

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US Army ‘Returns’ Cake To Italian Woman For 90th Birthday

Meri Mion, who turns 90 on Friday, wiped away tears as she was presented with the cake during a ceremony in Vicenza, northwest of Venice. The event marked the anniversary of the day the 88th Infantry Division fought its way into the city on April 28, 1945. (Laura Krieder, U.S. Army via AP)via Associated PressROME (AP) — With a round of “Happy Birthday” in Italian and English, the U.S. Army toasted an Italian woman with a birthday cake Thursday to replace the one that U.S. soldiers ate as they entered her hometown during one of the final battles of World War II.Meri Mion, who turns 90 on Friday, wiped away tears as she was presented with the cake during a ceremony in Vicenza, northwest of Venice. The event marked the anniversary of the day the 88th Infantry Division fought its way into the city on April 28, 1945

According to the U.S. Army, Mion spent that night with her mother hiding in the attic of their farm in the nearby village of San Pietro in Gù. Retreating German soldiers had fired on the house, but when Mion awoke on the morning of her 13th birthday, American soldiers were nearby.In a statement, the U.S. Army Garrison Italy said Mion’s mother baked her a birthday cake and left it on the windowsill to cool. But it disappeared — apparently nicked by hungry American soldiers who had already been feted by grateful Italians with wine and bread as they entered Vicenza along its main thoroughfare.Mion seemed genuinely surprised that U.S. soldiers had returned the cake 77 years later. She marveled “Mama mia” and “Grazie” as a small crowd featuring U.S. commanders and Italian officials sang “Happy Birthday.”“Tomorrow, we will eat that dessert, with all my family remembering this wonderful day that I will never forget,” Mion said, according to the U.S. Army.

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Revolutionary Find: 19 Cannons In Savannah River Likely Sunk In 1779

Commodore Philip Nash, left, of the British Royal Navy, gets a briefing from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers archaeologist Andrea Farmer on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Savannah, Ga., about 19 cannons recovered from the Savannah River, that experts suspect came from one or more British ships scuttled in the river during the American Revolution in 1779. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)via Associated PressSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A warehouse along the Savannah River is holding historical treasures that evidence suggests remained lost for more than 240 years — a cache of 19 cannons that researchers suspect came from British ships scuttled to the river bottom during the American Revolution.The mud- and rust-encrusted guns were discovered by accident. A dredge scooping sediment from the riverbed last year as part of a $973 million deepening of Savannah’s busy shipping channel surfaced with one the cannons clasped in its metal jaws. The crew soon dug up two more

Archaeologists guessed they were possibly leftover relics from a sunken Confederate gunship excavated a few years earlier in the same area, said Andrea Farmer, an archaeologist for the Army Corps of Engineers. But experts for the U.S. Navy found they didn’t match any known cannons used in the Civil War. Further research indicates they’re likely almost a century older and sank during the buildup to the Revolutionary War’s bloody siege of Savannah in 1779.In a timeframe of just over a year, 19 cannons were hoisted from the same area of the river a few miles downstream from Savannah, where Georgia was founded as the last of Britain’s 13 American colonies in 1733.“They’re in remarkably good shape,” Farmer said. “Many were buried in clay and covered by silt and debris that kind of protected them.”Now officials with the U.S. and British governments, as well as the state of Georgia, are working together on an agreement to preserve the newly found guns before putting them on display. Commodore Philip Nash of the British Royal Navy, a military attache based in Washington, viewed the artifacts submerged in metal tubs of water during a visit Thursday

“Some of these pieces are in amazing condition and I’m sure could tell some stories,” Nash said.The cannons are being kept in water to prevent further deterioration until experts can carefully clean them. Meanwhile, researchers are looking for more definitive proof linking the cannons to British ships from the American Revolution.Farmer said researchers are very confident of the connection. Savannah had been under British occupation for about a year by the fall of 1779, when colonists planned an attack to retake the city with help from French and Haitian allies.When French ships carrying troops were spotted off the Georgia coast, the British hurried to scuttle at least six ships in the Savannah River downstream from the city to block the French vessels. The land battle that followed was one of the bloodiest of the war. British forces killed nearly 300 colonial fighters and their allies, while wounding hundreds more

Farmer said researchers suspect the cannons found in the river came from the British ship HMS Savannah and possibly a second ship scuttled at the same time, the HMS Venus. The longer guns appear to match cannons manufactured in France during the mid-1700s, she said. Researchers are looking for ship logs and manifests in hopes of confirming the armaments aboard those ships.It’s also possible the cannons themselves and other artifacts found at the site — pieces of anchors and a portion of a ship’s bell — once cleaned might bear markings or other clues to which ship they belonged to. The wood from those ships, Farmer said, decayed long ago or got destroyed by prior dredging projects over a series of decades.The question of who owns the artifacts gets a little murky. They were found in state waters of Georgia during a dredging project headed by the Army Corps, a U.S. government agency. The British government could make an ownership claim if there’s strong evidence the artifacts came from British ships.Farmer said all of those parties are working on an agreement to preserve the cannons and ultimately have them displayed at the Savannah History Museum, which incorporates the battlefield where the bloodiest fighting occurred during the 1779 siege.“Everybody wants to keep the artifacts in Savannah,” Farmer said, “because that makes the most sense.”

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Florida Man Sentenced For Using Twin’s ID For Veterans Benefits

var label = "ctx-wait"; console.time(label); window.waitForGlobal( () => window.HP && window.HP.params && window.HP.params.clientUUID && window.localStorage, () => { console.timeEnd(label); According to a plea agreement, Bowen used the name, Social Security card and military discharge papers of his estranged twin brother in 2014 to apply for federally subsidized housing benefits intended for indigent military veterans. The program was administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.Bowen admitted to federal agents that he had been using his brother’s identity for years, prosecutors said. Bowen had obtained a Florida identification card using his twin’s identity. He initially told the agents that he and his twin had served in and been honorably discharged from the U.S. Army but later admitted that those were lies.Based on Bowen’s fraudulent use of his brother’s identity, the VA provided him with $32,434 in medical services, HUD provided him with $18,905 in housing subsidies, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded $12,434 in nutritional benefits for him, officials said. Bowen’s twin, who lives in another state, confirmed that he didn’t apply for any of the benefits and that he never gave Bowen permission to use his name.

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Farmer Finds Ancient Goddess Statue Near Gaza Strip

A sculpture of Canaanite goddess 'Anat' is displayed in Gaza City after a Palestinian farmer found the rare 4,500-year-old stone sculpture while working his land in Khan Yunis. (Photo by Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian farmer found a rare 4,500-year-old stone sculpture while working his land in the southern Gaza Strip, ruling Hamas authorities announced Monday.The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said the 22-centimeter (6.7-inch) tall limestone head is believed to represent the Canaanite goddess Anat and is estimated to be dated to around 2,500 B.C

“Anat was the goodness of love, beauty, and war in the Canaanite mythology,” said Jamal Abu Rida, the ministry’s director, in a statement.Gaza, a narrow enclave on the Mediterranean Sea, boasts a trove of antiquities and archaeological sites as it was a major land route connecting ancient civilizations in Egypt, the Levant and Mesopotamia.But discovered antiquities frequently disappear and development projects are given priority over the preservation of archaeological sites beneath the urban sprawl needed to accommodate 2.3 million people packed into the densely populated territory.In 2017, the militant Hamas group, which had seized control of the Gaza Strip a decade earlier, destroyed large parts of a rare Canaanite settlement to make way for a housing development for its own employees

And to date, a life-size statue of the Greek god Apollo that had surfaced in 2013 and then disappeared has yet to be found.In January, bulldozers digging for an Egyptian-funded housing project unearthed the ruins of a tomb dating back to the Roman era.

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Jim Carrey Reacts To Bonkers Theory He's Been Impersonating A Secretly Dead Joe Biden

There's a weird new conspiracy theory out there, starring Jim Carrey.Kevin Winter via Getty ImagesAccording to a recent conspiracy theory, Jim Carrey doesn’t just play President Joe Biden on “Saturday Night Live.”The “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” star has responded to a bizarre claim that he is one of “several different people” pretending to be the president. Advertisement Jason Selvig of The Good Liars — a comedy duo that regularly interviews conservatives about politics — posted a video Tuesday on Twitter in which he interviews a Donald Trump supporter who shares her belief that Biden is actually dead and that multiple actors are impersonating him.“Oh dear. :^•,” Carrey wrote while retweeting the video on Wednesday.Oh dear. :^• https://t.co/DRF90clPC5— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) April 27, 2022 “You think Biden is not alive right now?” Selvig is seen asking two people in the video.“No, the guy that’s doing the stand-up job of trying to wake people up is an actor wearing a mask,” one of them responds. “I mean, there are several different people playing Joe Biden at this point.”Advertisement The woman then mentions a moment in 2021 when Biden fell three times walking up the stairs of Air Force One. “I myself think that that was Jim Carrey,” she says.A flabbergasted Selvig then asked the woman to clarify that she believes Carrey “was wearing a mask and was the acting president.” The woman emphatically nods and says that Carrey was “being silly by falling up the stairs three different times.”She adds:Advertisement “And James Woods also I think is one of the doppelganger, mask-wearing people.”Although Carrey has reacted to the allegations, Woods — who is known for his outspoken conservative views — has remained silent about being part of an elaborate conspiracy to cover up the secret death of Biden on Twitter. And honestly, maybe that’s a good thing.





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