Guardian [U.K.],
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Alison Rourke
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A beekeeper in Turkey who was harassed by a particularly persistent group of bears has discovered a profound truth: the animals have very expensive tastes when it comes to honey. Ibrahim Sedef, an engineer from Trabzon, north-east of Ankara on the Turkey’s Black Sea coast, struggled to keep his bee hives out of the hands of local bears, despite building storage houses and metal cages.(Snip) Food decoys, including apples, failed to divert the intruders. So he decided to set up recording equipment to track the bears and inadvertently embarked on animal testing of a different kind. Sedef set up four bowls;
Independent (UK),
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Andrew Buncombe
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There is no such thing as a single “gay gene” researchers have said, but genetics–along with environmental factors–can influence a person’s sexual preferences. The largest ever study of its kind examined data and DNA information of about 500,000 people and found there were thousands of genetic variants linked to same-sex sexual behaviour, most of the them having a minor impact. The researchers said non-genetic factors, including upbringing, personality, and nurture, had far more influence on a person’s choice of sexual partner. The researchers, writing in Science, suggested genetics may account for as much as one-third of the various factors
KNSD-TV [San Diego, CA],
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Rafael Avitabile
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Monica Garske
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A neighbor who tried to intervene when he saw a woman physically disciplining her younger sister was run over multiple times by that woman Wednesday in Chollas View, San Diego police said. San Diego Police Department Lt. Ricky Radasa said the neighbor witnessed an older sister allegedly beating her younger sister in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 300 47th St. He called police just after 2 p.m. to report the incident. Witnesses told police the older sister, now identified as Tantrina Spencer-Simmons, 24, was using a belt to hit her younger sister, who is 8 years old.
Associated Press,
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Shaylee Ragar
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Missoula, Mont.—If Juniper Eastwood is feeling particularly motivated on a training day, she’s up at 6 a.m. She eats a banana and plugs in a podcast before taking off on an 11- to 12-mile run. She should stretch, but is often short on time. After a shower and getting dressed, she heads to work as a camp counselor for a youth empowerment program.(Snip) The difference between Eastwood and her teammates on the University of Montana’s cross-country team is the testosterone-suppression and estrogen pills she takes as part of her training regimen. Eastwood was assigned male at birth,
WTOP-TV [Washington, DC],
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Abigail Constantino
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A man has been arrested in connection to a fatal stabbing across from a D.C. hospital Tuesday night. D.C. police found Margery Magill, 27, of Northwest D.C., with multiple stab wounds in the 400 block of Irving Street around 8:45 p.m. After going through video surveillance and canvassing the area, police arrested 24-year-old Eliyas Aregahegne, of Northwest D.C., inside a residence in the 500 block of Columbia Road. Police said that Magill, who was working as a dog walker, was walking dogs across MedStar Washington Hospital Center when the suspect approached her and stabbed her multiple times.
Washington Times,
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Dave Boyer
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President Trump said Thursday he’s preparing to announce a “giant package” to boost demand for ethanol, responding to rising concerns in rural America about the administration’s exemptions for refineries from blending biofuels.
“The Farmers are going to be so happy when they see what we are doing for Ethanol, not even including the E-15, year around, which is already done,” the president tweeted. “It will be a giant package, get ready! At the same time I was able to save the small refineries from certain closing. Great for all!”(Snip) Mr. Perdue said one proposal would strengthen infrastructure to allow greater use of E15,
Daily Mail (UK),
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Jennifer Smith
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A couple who met as two women have shared their dilemma after one transitioned to become male, leaving the other struggling to cope after years of being in a same-sex relationship.
Andy Arnold and Kate Murray have been together for several years. In 2017, Andy revealed that he identified as a man and would be transitioning.
While Kate was supportive of his decision, it has since left her struggling to cope since she is inherently homosexual and attracted to women.
The pair, who are still together and are now engaged, say they are working to 'navigate' the issue as a team,
New York Post,
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Ben Feuerherd
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A college student who was interning in Washington, DC, for the summer was fatally stabbed in an apparent random attack on Tuesday, police and reports said. Margery Magill, 27, was walking a dog that she was looking after on Irving Street in the Northwest section of the city just before 9 p.m. when Eliyas Aregahegne, 24, allegedly knifed her to death, NBC Washington reported. Police and medics responded and rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she died, DC cops said. Cops arrested Aregahegne for the killing on Wednesday and charged him with first degree murder, authorities said. Police said Wednesday they believe
Independent (UK),
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Andrew Buncombe
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Donald Trump’s repeated use of the name “Pocahontas” as part of an attack on Democrat Elizabeth Warren has been condemned as “an insult for political gain”, by the country’s largest indigenous rights groups. The president started using the name in a way many find offensive, even before he was elected to the Oval Office.(Snip) On Wednesday, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), which describes itself as the oldest and largest indigenous rights organisation in the US, formally criticised Mr Trump, saying his actions were part of a long tradition of insults endured by Native Americans and other indigenous groups. “For centuries Native people
Daily Mail (UK),
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Ralph R. Ortega
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FBI and IRS agents, in a growing investigation of the US auto industry, carried out raids across 'multiple' states, including at the homes of United Auto Workers President Gary Jones in Michigan and of California home of former President Dennis Williams in California.
Investigators are probing into bribes, kickbacks and attempts by auto executives to influence labor negotiations with the UAW, a person with knowledge about the raids told DailyMail[dot]com. In the raids staged on Wednesday, federal agents armed with search warrants showed up at Jones' home in Canton, a suburb of Detroit, and Williams' home in Corona, California, the person said.
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Parkchester, the Bronx—Police are looking for a man that’s accused of walking into a mosque in the Bronx on Sunday and asking the imam for help in executing an attack on a police precinct. according to the NYPD. Authorities said the unidentified man entered the Bronx Muslim Center on Rhinelander Avenue, in the Parkchester section of the Bronx, around 4 p.m. Sunday. According to police, the man approached the mosque’s imam and requested assistance from the imam in committing an act of terror against a police precinct. The man was ordered to leave the mosque, at which time he complied and left
WPIX-TV [New York, NY],
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Aliza Chasan
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn—A 63-year-old man with plans to exercise was in a Crown Heights Park Tuesday morning when he was attacked with a brick in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime. Abraham Gopin, 63, lost two front teeth, suffered a broken nose and lacerations to the face in the 7:40 a.m beating, officials said.(Snip) At this point in 2018, there had been 90 incidents of anti semitic crime, Deutsch said. There have already been 146 incidents this year. "From what I heard, he was yelling 'dirty Jew,' which makes it very painful," Friedman said
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Why not? She's above the law, and anyone who complains is a xenophobic racist and anti-Muslim.