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• CNN54 minutes ago
• Arkansas judge found dead in lake after he went missing on a family trip
• (CNN)An Arkansas judge was found dead at the bottom of a lake Sunday after he went missing during a trip with family and friends over the weekend, authorities said.Arkansas County Northern District Judge Jeremiah Bueker, 48, was in Jefferson County for recreational travel with his loved ones, but at some point during the trip he ventured off alone and was not seen alive again, according to a Jefferson County Sheriffs Office news release. His death is being investigated as an accidental drowning, the office said.Bueker was last seen near Mud...
• mercurynews.com1 hour(s) ago
• Crime and Public Safety | An uninvited family member showed up at a Richmond funeral; a fight and vehicle rampage broke out
• RICHMOND — A funeral at a cemetery turned into a crime scene Saturday, when an uninvited family member showed up, sparked a fight, then used his vehicle to run over one of the attendees, police said. Police arrested the man on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism and making threats of great bodily harm, Richmond police spokesman Sgt. Aaron Pomeroy said. All three charges would be felonies. Authorities did not identify the 36-year-old Bay Point resident, citing the investigation. The rampage with the vehicle also resulted in...
• dailyvoice.com2 hour(s) ago
• Coast Guard, First Responders Rescue 5 After Boat Capsizes Near Barnegat Inlet
• The U.S. Coast Guard, along with state and local responders, rescued five people from the water after their personal boat capsized at the entrance to Barnegat Inlet, authorities said. At approximately 6:57 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7 watchstanders at Sector Delaware Bay were informed that a vessel had capsized, stranding six people in the water. A 29-foot Response Boat and a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew launched from Coast Guard Station Barnegat Inlet to assist the stranded boaters. Coast Guard boat crews rescued three people, an off-duty lifeguard rescued two...
• onegreenplanet.org3 hour(s) ago
• Change Ad Consent Do not sell my data Pup Who Lost Half Her Muzzle From Gunshot Wound Finally Gets Adopted!
• This Jack Russell terrier/retriever mix who lost half of her muzzle to a gunshot wound finally gets adopted from a shelter in Kentucky. After surviving a gunshot in 2018, Nona spent time at the Kentucky Humane Society while she waited to find her forever home. Just a few weeks ago, the Kentucky Humane Society posted to Facebook in search of a family for Nona, who is now five years old. “Back in 2018, Nona was shot with a gun and the bird shot was spread throughout her small body, leaving...
• minnpost.com3 hour(s) ago
• The time a high school guidance counselor built a Viking ship to sail to Norway
• Robert Asp dreamed of building and sailing a Viking ship as a way to connect with his Norwegian heritage. He read several books on the subject while recovering from a broken leg after a fall. Once recovered, he began working on the ship in earnest. Asp chose for his ship the name Hjemkomst, a Norwegian word that means homecoming, and set his plan to sail the Atlantic Ocean into action. In July 1972, the first lumber was milled at Harvey Engen’s sawmill north of Viking, Minnesota. Asp personally selected each White...
• onegreenplanet.org3 hour(s) ago
• Change Ad Consent Do not sell my data This Cat With Terminal Cancer is Living His Best Life at an Animal Rescue
• Meet Santana, a rescue cat who has terminal cancer. When Cats Of San Bernardino was notified about this poor guy, he was in the poorest condition and was trying to survive all on his own. “He has had to have been like this for a long time and it breaks our hearts knowing how many people must have passed him by without trying to help. Luckily he met a kind family who started to feed him and they were able to get in contact with us,” said the rescue. ...
• the-sun.com3 hour(s) ago
• Man Utd must not stray from Erik ten Hag’s master plan to turn club around despite shock Brighton loss, says Diogo Dalot
• DIOGO DALOT says Manchester United must not take their eyes off the new path under Erik Ten Hag despite Sunday’s horror show at Old Trafford. United were outplayed in losing 2-1 to Brighton. 3Man Utd made the worst possible start to life under Ten HagCredit: Getty 3Gross struck twice in the first half as Brighton secured a sensational win at Old TraffordCredit: AP The first half was as poor as anything seen last season as they went 2-0 down. It laid bare the job Ten Hag has on at Old...
• mediaite.com3 hour(s) ago
• JUST IN: Axios to Be Bought By Cox Enterprises for Over Half a Billion Bucks
• Alex Wong/Getty Images Axios has entered into an agreement with Cox Enterprises, selling the digital media company in a $525 million deal that keeps the current management involved. Ben Mullin with the The New York Times was the first to report the story, citing two sources with knowledge of the deal. The terms of the sale keep the company’s founders — chief executive Jim VandeHei, president Roy Schwartz, and executive editor Mike Allen (pictured above) — on board with “financial incentives to stay at the company,” Mullins wrote, with each becoming a...
• CNBC3 hour(s) ago
• Hong Kong cuts hotel quarantine for travelers to 3 days, plus 4 days of home medical surveillance
• VIDEO2:5502:55Hong Kong cuts hotel quarantine for overseas visitors to three daysStreet Signs Asia Hong Kong is reducing the amount of time travelers will need to serve hotel quarantine, from seven days down to three starting Friday. The seven-day quarantine hotel arrangement will be changed to three days in a quarantine hotel, plus four days of home medical surveillance, Chief Executive John Lee said at a press conference Monday. After completing the hotel quarantine, travelers can stay at home or in a hotel for the four days of surveillance. During this...
• dailymail.co.uk3 hour(s) ago
• Desperate search for missing California girl, 16, who was abducted from end-of-high school party at campground
• A desperate search is underway for a 16-year-old girl who vanished from a party from a campground party on Friday night and is now feared to have been abducted. Kiely Rodni, 16, has not been seen since around 12.30am on Saturday, when she was last seen at an end-of-high school party at the Prosser Family Campground in Truckee in her Honda CRV, but has not been heard from since.  She was among 100 kids attending the party. Truckee is a small, rural town near Lake Tahoe, next to the Nevada state line. ...
• dailymail.co.uk3 hour(s) ago
• Finally feline great! Heartwarming photos show how far rescue pets have come after finding a forever home as International Cat Day is celebrated across the world
• Today marks International Cat Day - and what better way to celebrate and raise awareness about the beloved felines, than viewing heartwarming images of rescue pets before and after finding a new home. Proud pet owners from across the globe shared their touching photographs of rescue cats prior and following adoption to Reddit. Bored Panda rounded up some of the best examples from the Before and After Pictures of Adopted Animals subreddit. From abandoned to poorly felines, their heartbreakingly sad faces are transformed within months to smiles of delight thanks...
• dailymail.co.uk3 hour(s) ago
• Aussie man whose finger was severed by a crab on a fishing trip uses the digit as bait to catch a 25-pound golden trevally
• A keen fisherman has recounted a tale not for squeamish after he revealed he used his own severed finger as bait after a crab snipped it off - and caught a prized fish.  The man known only as Chris from Townsville in far north Queensland called in to Triple Ms The Rush Hour with A.B. and Elliot on Monday.  It was a long weekend fishing trip and wed been on the beers for a while and we decided to drop the (crab) pots out, he told the captivated hosts.  Th...
• alternet.org3 hour(s) ago
• Fewer than half of Florida voters would choose polarizing DeSantis: new poll
• Ron DeSantis is facing much more challenging odds of winning re-election than some would assume as a just-released poll finds less than half of Floridians would vote for their Republican governor. The poll, released by Florida progressive groups but more heavily weighted toward a GOP electorate finds just 48 percent of all registered voters would vote for DeSantis, and 43 percent would choose the Democratic nominee, Florida Politics reports. The Democratic gubernatorial primary is August 23, between U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, their former governor, and Nikki Fried, the current commissioner...
• CNN3 hour(s) ago
• Earth broke the record for the shortest day since atomic clocks were invented
• (CNN)If you feel like theres less time in the day, youre correct.Scientists recorded the shortest day on Earth since the invention of the atomic clock.Our planets rotation measured in at 1.59 milliseconds short of the normal 24-hour day on June 29, according to the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, an organization in charge of global timekeeping.A rotation is the length of time the Earth takes to spin once on its axis, which is roughly 86,400 seconds. Rare type of galaxy dazzles in new Webb telescope imageThe previous...