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On April 17, a week after Galena’s disappearance, Clark received a call from more than 600 miles away from home. Turns out the seven days of searching didn’t work because the family cat took an impromptu trip to the Golden State.
“I got a call that changed everything,” Clark posted to Facebook. “Her microchip was scanned, I was immediately notified via text and a vet called me to say they had Galena and she was in CALIFORNIA!!”
Clark said that without her and her family’s knowledge, Galena hopped inside a package full of products they were returning to Amazon. After the box was sealed and shipped off, the cat went on a six-day adventure without food or water before ending up in a return center in Riverside.
https://www.wkrn.com/news/national/utah-couple-accidentally-ships-pet-cat-to-california-in-amazon-return-package/
Scotland: Humza Yousaf set to resign as survival hopes fade
Senior SNP figures have been told the nationalist leader decided over the weekend that there is no way for him to survive this week’s vote of no confidence and he may stand down on Monday.
It comes as Yousaf struggles to put together a coalition of MSPs that would keep him in office after he sacked the Scottish Greens from government.
A close friend said: “Humza knows what’s best for the country and the party. He is first party activist and a party man, and that’s why he knows it’s time for someone else.”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/humza-yousaf-set-to-resign-as-survival-hopes-fade-rwr2f5p0j
Credit where credit is due
https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1784585216054452461Crackdowns at 4 College Protests Lead to Nearly 200 Arrests
Source: New York Times
More than 700 protesters have been arrested on U.S. campuses since April 18, when Columbia University had the New York Police Department clear a protest encampment there. In several cases, most of those who were arrested have been released.
At Washington University in St. Louis, the campus was locked down amid protests and several arrests were made on Saturday evening, according to the campus police and updates on the university website. Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for the 2024 presidential election, was among the arrested, along with her campaign manager and another staff member, a spokesman for the campaign said. It was not immediately clear how many people were arrested.
Earlier in the day, at Northeastern in Boston, protesters had set up an encampment on the campus’s Centennial Common this week that drew more than 100 supporters. The administration had asked the protesters to leave, but many students did not.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/27/us/northeastern-arizona-state-university-protests-arrests.html
For those imagining/fearing Chicago convention riots a la 1968...
...the Chicago PD is now 50% non-White (25% Hispanic, 21% African American, 3% AAPI) and Mayor Daley is no longer in charge.
R.F.K. Jr.'s Environmental Colleagues Urge Him to Drop Presidential Bid
Source: New York Times
As an independent candidate for the White House, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims he would be the “best environment president in American history,” drawing on his past as a crusading lawyer who went after polluters in New York.
But dozens of Mr. Kennedy’s former colleagues at the Natural Resources Defense Council are calling on him to withdraw from the race, in full-page advertisements sponsored by the group’s political arm that are expected to appear in newspapers in six swing states on Sunday.
Separately, a dozen other national environmental organizations have issued an open letter calling Mr. Kennedy “ a “dangerous conspiracy theorist and a science denier” who promotes “toxic beliefs” on vaccines and on climate change.
People involved in both efforts maintain that Mr. Kennedy cannot win the presidency but could siphon votes away from President Biden and help elect former President Donald J. Trump, who has called climate change a hoax and promised to unravel environmental laws and policies.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/climate/rfk-jr-envir
BREAKING: Rhona Graff is the second witness...
https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1783931184940036456https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhona_Graff
Police Arrest Rabbis Near Gaza-Israel Border at a Rally to Highlight Starvation
New York TimesThe detainees were among a group of roughly 30 rabbis and activists from Israel and the United States who were stopped by police officers as they tried to reach the Erez crossing, a major transit point between Israel and northern Gaza.
Organized by Rabbis for Ceasefire, a peace movement based in the United States, the effort was intended to build support for a truce and to highlight rising reports of starvation in Gaza. A global authority on food security, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification initiative, has predicted an imminent famine in northern Gaza, the area of the territory closest to Erez.
The protest was timed to coincide with the week of Passover, a Jewish festival that celebrates the biblical story of the liberation of Jews from slavery in ancient Egypt.
The defense began cross-examination of Pecker. Here's a recap of some of the top lines
Source: CNN
The defense started its cross-examination of David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer.
Trump attorney Emil Bove tried to argue that Pecker’s work helping Donald Trump during the 2016 election was nothing new or out of the ordinary.
Bove’s cross-examination lasted just over an hour before court ended for the day. The defense will continue its questioning with Pecker on Friday.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-25-24/h_f410a3dbc5ba468f910998358eaaf01c
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