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Asked about bear carcass prank, RFK Jr. says he once had a freezer full of roadkill meatNBC4 New York
It wasn’t just the dead bear.
Days after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted to taking a bear carcass from the side of the road and placing it in Central Park as a prank a decade ago, he said that has been picking up roadkill his "whole life” and once had a “freezer full of it” at home.
The comment came as the independent presidential candidate was leaving an upstate New York courtroom Wednesday where he had testified in a lawsuit seeking to exclude him from the state's ballot in November.
The trial has focused on whether Kennedy improperly listed a residence in the New York City suburb of Katonah as his home address on his nominating petitions, when he has actually been living in the Los Angeles area since 2014.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/rfk-jr-bear-carcass-central-park-freezer-full-roadkill-meat/5680747/
Says he uses it to train his falcons
Angry Senator's brother calls B.S. on JD Vance's attack on Tim Walz
Source: NJ.com
By Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Scott Kelly is having none of JD Vance’s “stolen valor” attacks against Tim Walz for not having gone to Iraq despite serving more than two decades in the National Guard.
Kelly, a former Navy captain and the identical twin of U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, took to X to rail against Donald Trump’s running mate after Vance had a lengthy takedown of Walz on the campaign trail. He accused Kamala Harris’s running mate of having “abandoned” his unit in 2005 ahead of a planned deployment to Iraq and instead opted to run for Congress.
“He has not spent a day in a combat zone,” Vance said. “What bothers me about Tim Walz is the stolen valor garbage. Do not pretend to be something that you’re not.”
Scott Kelly clapped back:
“You know what really bothers me @JDVance, is when you attack a fellow veterans military service. I respect your service and the service of @GovTimWalz and all of those honorably discharged. He was eligible for retirement after 24 years and submitted his retirement paperwork before his unit received orders (or even warning orders) to deploy and then he continued his service as a member of congress,” Scott Kelly said.
Read more: https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/08/angry-senators-brother-calls-bs-on-jd-vances-attack-on-tim-walz.html
Costa Rica with U.S. help nabs 21 suspects linked to human trafficking
Source: NBC
Aug. 7, 2024, 11:12 AM EDT / Source: Reuters
By Reuters
An extensive police operation in Costa Rica on Tuesday resulted in the arrests of 21 people suspected of links to an international human-trafficking network operating between Ecuador and the United States, police said.
Costa Rican officials coordinated with U.S. and Panamanian authorities for the operation which included 18 raids in different parts of the Central American country.
Authorities are aiming to stem the growing flow of migrants seeking to reach the United States through Latin America. Despite a recent decrease, tens of thousands of migrants each month cross the treacherous Darien Gap jungle passage between Panama and Colombia on their long journey north.
The suspects arrested are accused of providing illegal logistics services in Costa Rica as part of the land route between Ecuador and the U.S., a journey they charged $14,000 per person to more than a hundred migrants, Costa Rican police said.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/costa-rica-us-human-trafficking-arrests-rcna165521
US personnel wounded in attack against base in Iraq, officials say
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - At least five U.S. personnel were injured in an attack against a military base in Iraq on Monday, U.S. officials told Reuters, as the Middle East braced for a possible new wave of attacks by Iran and its allies following last week's killing of senior members of militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah.
Two Katyusha rockets were fired at al Asad airbase in western Iraq, two Iraqi security sources said. One Iraqi security source said the rockets fell inside the base. It was unclear whether the attack was linked to threats by Iran to retaliate over the killings.
On Wednesday, Iran said the U.S. bears responsibility in the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran because of its support for Israel.
The U.S. officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said one of the wounded Americans was seriously injured. The casualty count was based on initial reports which could still change, they said.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-personnel-hurt-attack-against-base-iraq-officials-say-2024-08-05/
Cheap heat-storing 'firebricks' projected to save industries trillions
By Paul McClure
NewAtlas
August 05, 2024
Transitioning to 100% renewable energy globally would be cheaper and simpler using firebricks, a form of thermal energy storage with roots in the Bronze Age, to produce most of the heat needed for industrial processes, according to a new Stanford study.
Today’s industries require high temperatures for manufacturing, which are achieved largely by continuously burning coal, oil, fossil gas, or biomass. With much of the world focused on reducing emissions by transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewable sources like wind, solar, and hydro, the question is how to provide industries with on-demand continuous heat in a 100% renewable world.
In a recently published study, researchers from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University proposed that an ancient solution, firebricks, could be the answer.
“By storing energy in the form closest to its end use, you reduce inefficiencies in energy conversion,” said Daniel Sambor, a postdoctoral scholar in civil and environmental engineering and a study co-author. “It’s often said in our field that ‘if you want hot showers, store hot water, and if you want cold drink, store ice’; so, this study can be summarized as ‘if you need heat for industry, store it in firebricks.'”
https://newatlas.com/energy/firebricks-industrial-process-heat-clean-energy/
Giant pigeon to loom over New York
CNN
New Yorkers may not all agree on which urban critter is the more fitting symbol for their city — the resilient rat, the nuke-proof cockroach or the scrappy pigeon — but the latter may soon have an edge in the form of a 16ft-tall monument perched atop the High Line elevated park on the city’s west side. The next commission to alight above Tenth Avenue on the park’s prominent plinth will be Dinosaur (2024), a hyper-realist aluminum sculpture of a pigeon by Iván Argote, the Bogotá-born, Paris-based artist.
“The name Dinosaur makes reference to the sculpture’s scale and to the pigeon’s ancestors who millions of years ago dominated the globe, as we humans do today,” Argote said in a statement. “The name also serves as reference to the dinosaur’s extinction. Like them, one day we won’t be around anymore, but perhaps a remnant of humanity will live on — as pigeons do — in the dark corners and gaps of future worlds. I feel this sculpture could generate an uncanny feeling of attraction, seduction and fear among the inhabitants of New York.”
Like many New Yorkers, pigeons are not native to the region. They are believed to have been brought to the city in the 17th century by European settlers. And, like generations of MBA graduates who moved to the city for jobs on Wall Street, pigeons are thriving in their adopted surroundings and now throng the sidewalks in their shiny suits. The city’s pigeon population is estimated to be larger than its human population, with around nine million birds compared to the nearly eight million people living in the city.
“Iván has a charming ability as an artist to take something familiar and make us consider it anew in profound ways,” Cecilia Alemani, the director and chief curator of High Line Art, said in a statement. “His sculpture for the High Line Plinth adds a critical yet funny perspective to the ongoing dialogue of public art.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/02/style/giant-pigeon-nyc-high-line-tan/index.html
La. becomes the first to legalize surgical castration for child rapists
WAFB
By Chris Rosato
Published: Aug. 1, 2024 at 7:01 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - As of Thursday, August 1, for the first time in the country’s history, child rapists can now be ordered by a judge to have their testicles removed if the victim is under the age of 13 and if the offender is older than 17 years old. The law already allowed judges to issue an order of chemical castration.
“At the end of the day I hope that kids know that they can feel safer because there will be some real tough penalty actions that will occur when somebody violates their innocence,” said the bill’s author Sen. Regina Barrow (D-Baton Rouge).
The law also includes the crime of pornography involving juveniles as an underlying offense and it’s also not just limited to male offenders.
“Unfortunately, females are molesting children as well and that’s a very sad thing to see and to hear. As a matter of fact, one of the cases I was reading not too long ago, I read a case where that was actually happening with guards with children at a particular facility,” Sen. Barrow explained.
https://www.wafb.com/2024/08/01/la-becomes-first-legalize-surgical-castration-child-rapists/
Fentanyl misuse during pregnancy can cause severe birth defects
NBC
Aug. 2, 2024, 5:30 AM EDT
By Erika Edwards
The number of babies born with severe birth defects affecting their growth and development is rising, as researchers now have strong evidence that illicit fentanyl is causing the problems.
Hospitals have identified at least 30 newborns with what has been identified as “fetal fentanyl syndrome,” NBC News has learned. The babies were born to mothers who said they’d used street drugs, particularly fentanyl, while pregnant.
“I have identified 20 patients,” said Dr. Miguel Del Campo, a medical geneticist at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego who specializes in children exposed to drugs and alcohol in utero. “I fear that this is not rare, and I fear kids are going unrecognized.”
The syndrome was first identified in 10 babies last fall by geneticists at Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware. The infants had specific physical birth defects: cleft palate, unusually small heads, drooping eyelids, webbed toes and joints that weren’t fully developed. Some had trouble feeding.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fentanyl-misuse-pregnancy-can-cause-severe-birth-defects-rcna164085
New Jersey reports first cases of West Nile Virus this year
NBC NY
New Jersey's first cases of West Nile virus this year were confirmed, the state's Department of Health announced Thursday.
Two New Jerseyans, one over the age of 70 and a minor, tested positive for the virus in Union and Middlesex counties, the state's health officials said. The two were hospitalized and have since been discharged.
Symptoms for both were reported the first week of July -- earlier than what is seen in the state, with most cases occurring between mid-August and mid-September. Yearly, there are roughly 13 human West Nile Virus infections reported. Although last year, New Jersey say 14 cases.
“This year, New Jersey is seeing higher than average West Nile virus activity earlier than expected. As mosquito season can last into October, bite prevention will be essential in protecting yourself and your family against mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile virus in the remaining summer months and into the fall,” New Jersey Health Commissioner Dr. Kaitlan Baston said. “This means avoiding mosquito bites through tried-and-true methods, like using insect repellants, wearing long sleeves and pants, and limiting outdoor activity during peak times for mosquito activity.”
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/health/new-jersey-first-cases-west-nile-virus-year-union-middlesex/5658156/
Thief who stole 798 Creme Eggs jailed
BBC - UK
A shoplifter who stole 798 Cadbury's Creme Eggs has been jailed for eight months.
Portsmouth Magistrates' Court heard on Friday that Layton Richards, 29, from Brownlow Close in Portsmouth, had been charged with 24 shoplifting offences.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said he had stolen the chocolate between 6 January and 18 April.
Richards targeted 19 shops across Hampshire, Dorset and West Sussex, and took £3,463.96 worth of produce and products.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2gxev3515o
I hope he got a toothache
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