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A Japanese 10-year-old has become the youngest person authorized to prepare "fugu" pufferfish — a delicacy that can kill if its poisonous parts are not properly removed.Fifth grader Karin Tabira passed a test this summer that means she is now certified to slice and gut the fish for consumption.She recently used her new skills to serve a platter of paper-thin slices of fugu sashimi to the governor of southern Kumamoto region where she lives."I was happy when the governor said 'oishi'," meaning delicious in Japanese, she told reporters at an event where Takashi Kimura ate the dish.Tabira was among 60 people...

Girl, 10, becomes youngest person certified to prepare poisonous fish

Tampa, FL

Federal agents on Wednesday seized $33 million worth of cocaine aboard a boat that was trying to smuggle the drug into the tiny Puerto Rican island of Vieques, officials said, marking at least the third major bust in the U.S. territory since July.More than 3,600 pounds were confiscated in the pre-dawn hours after unidentified people aboard the boat beached it and fled the area, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.Vieques is located just east of Puerto Rico and is a popular tourist destination.Agents were able to recover the boat from the shallow waters and the FBI took custody the...

Feds seize another huge stash of cocaine from boat in Puerto Rico

Animal rights groups on Wednesday said gunfire killed a beluga whale that rose to fame in Norway after its unusual harness sparked suspicions the creature was trained by Russia as a spy.The organizations NOAH and One Whale said they had filed a complaint with Norwegian police asking them to open a "criminal investigation."Nicknamed "Hvaldimir" in a pun on the Norwegian word for whale, hval, and its purported ties to Moscow, the white beluga first appeared off the coast in Norway's far-northern Finnmark region in 2019.He was found dead on Saturday in a bay on the country's southwestern coast.His body was...

Mysterious death of "Russian spy" whale takes unexpected turn

Leaving its crew behind in orbit, Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station Friday and chalked up a successful unpiloted return to Earth, closing out a disappointing test flight with an on-target New Mexico touchdown. Despite NASA's concerns about earlier thruster problems and multiple helium leaks in the ship's propulsion pressurization system, the Starliner had no problems undocking and moving away from the station at 6:04 p.m. EDT and executing a critical 59-second deorbit braking maneuver at 11:17 p.m. to drop out of orbit.Slamming into the discernible atmosphere 400,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean, the Starliner streaked across...

After leaving its crew behind, Starliner makes safe return to Earth

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When you head out on a cruise, you’re most likely thinking about suntan lotions, umbrella cocktails, and endless buffets. You’re not likely to be thinking about disappearing without a trace.

Vanished At Sea: Mysterious Cruise Ship Disappearances

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Federal, state and local public health officials have confirmed the first case of the Oropouche virus in Kentucky and Jefferson County in a person who had returned to Louisville after traveling to the Caribbean.

Health officials report first case of Oropouche virus, aka ‘Sloth Fever,’ confirmed in Kentucky

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El Paso, TX

A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who has been held in Texas since his arrest in the U.S. over the summer does not oppose being transferred to New York to face charges there, according to a court filing Thursday.Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, 76, co-founder of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, was arrested along with Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of notorious drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán," after landing at an airport near El Paso on July 25. They are charged in the U.S. with various drug crimes and remain jailed.Federal prosecutors in Texas asked the court last month to move Zambada...

Top Mexico cartel leader agrees to be transferred to New York

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A whistleblower has come forward to Congress alleging Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre and other Steward executives illegally conspired with foreign officials to secure a hospital contract abroad, CBS News has learned. "In touting Steward's supposed competitive advantage in Malta… de la Torre boasted that he could issue 'brown bags' to government officials if necessary to close transactions," Ram Tumuluri, a health care executive who worked with the Maltese government, wrote in a complaint to Congress, shared with CBS News. In the submission, which was sent to a U.S. Senate committee investigating the hospital company's collapse, Tumuluri describes a...

Whistleblower claims Steward CEO bragged he could sway foreign officials with bags of cash

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MINNEAPOLIS — Tim Walz, Minnesota's governor and the Democratic nominee for vice president, is being summoned to stand before a U.S. House of Representatives committee and answer questions about the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal.The Minnesota-based nonprofit has been accused of diverting $250 million in federal funds meant to feed low-income children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Republican-led House Education and the Workforce Committee issued subpoenas on Wednesday to Walz and leaders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Office of Inspector General.Committee chairwoman Rep. Virginia Foxx, Republican of New York, made the following allegation regarding Walz in the...

House committee subpoenas Tim Walz in $250M COVID fraud probe

Dozens of occupations that collectively employ hundreds of thousands of Americans in decent-paying jobs are likely to shrink over the next decade, according to recent government data. These jobs face a range of challenges, from the impact of artificial intelligence to changing consumer habits that will result in fewer workers needed to fill jobs. All together, these generally middle-class professions — which pay from $40,000 on the low end to more than $100,000 a year — are forecast to shed more than 600,000 jobs by 2033, figures from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics show.The projections highlight the shifting...

These middle-class jobs are shrinking, and could one day disappear

Cleveland-Cliffs is reiterating its interest in buying unionized mills that U.S. Steel is threatening to close should its takeover by Japan's Nippon Steel get blocked by President Joe Biden. While the White House has said it's waiting to hear from the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States, or CFIUS, as to potential national security concerns presented by the deal before making a decision, Cleveland-Cliffs applauded reports that Mr. Biden is ready to derail the merger. "Our industry is best served by American companies that are committed to the long-term prosperity of domestic manufacturing, supported by good paying union jobs, under...

Cleveland-Cliffs reiterates offer to buy mills under closure threat by U.S. Steel

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Jarratt, VA

Boar's Head faces at least seven lawsuits following the August recall of millions of pounds of its deli meat after the food company's products were linked to a deadly listeria outbreak. The latest listeria outbreak has grown to 57 hospitalizations in 18 states linked to recalled products from Boar's Head plant in Jarratt, Virginia. At least nine deaths have been reported: two in South Carolina and one each in Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia, Florida, Tennessee, New Mexico and New York.The actual number of people sickened during the outbreak is likely higher than what has been reported, while people in other states...

Boar's Head faces multiple lawsuits after deadly listeria outbreak

Winder, GA

A day after the fatal shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, authorities are releasing more information about the gun used in the incident that killed two students and two teachers and wounded nine others.The suspected shooter, Colt Gray, was the latest to use a type of weapon that has been commonly used in mass shootings, including the deadly school shootings at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, as well as mass shootings at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket and on the Las Vegas Strip.Here's what to know about the gun authorities...

Where the suspected Georgia school shooter got the gun

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article.Journalist and author Steven Brill (whose company, NewsGuard, aims to identify and rate the credibility of online news and information sources) has written "The Death of Truth: How Social Media and the Internet Gave Snake Oil Salesmen and Demagogues the Weapons They Needed to Destroy Trust and Polarize the World – and What We Can Do" (Knopf). It explores how misinformation and conspiracy theories, spread via social media, destroy the common thread of facts and shared truths that holds a democracy together. Read an excerpt below, and don't...

Book excerpt: "The Death of Truth" by Steven Brill

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A Reddit post on the r/Cruise subreddit has caused a stir after a user uploaded a photo appearing to show a mannequin taking a picture from the balcony of Royal Caribbean's new ship, Icon of the Seas.

Is that a Mannequin? Image from Balcony of Largest Cruise Ship Raises Questions

Boston, MA

A former Mafia hitman was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday in the 2018 fatal prison bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger.Federal prisoner Fotios "Freddy" Geas was sentenced in federal court in northern West Virginia after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter and assault resulting in serious bodily injury.Prosecutors initially had said Geas used a lock attached to a belt to repeatedly hit the 89-year-old Bulger in the head hours after he arrived at the troubled U.S. penitentiary, Hazelton, from another lockup in Florida in October 2018. Defense attorneys disputed that characterization, saying Geas hit Bulger with his...

Hitman who killed Whitey Bulger sentenced to 25 years in prison

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Washington, DC

WASHINGTON - A Massachusetts doctor was sentenced to prison Thursday for her role in the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol in Washington, where she's accused of assaulting a police officer.Nine month prison sentenceJacquelyn Starer, of Ashland, will serve nine months behind bars along with 24 months of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution and fines. Starer previously pleaded guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers. She also pleaded guilty to six misdemeanors, including entering and remaining in a restricted building or...

MA doctor accused of assaulting officer during Jan. 6 riot gets 9 months in prison

Dallas, TX

Newly emerged film footage of President John F. Kennedy's motorcade speeding down a Dallas freeway toward a hospital after he was fatally wounded will go up for auction later this month.Experts say the find isn't necessarily surprising, even over 60 years after the assassination."These images, these films and photographs, a lot of times they are still out there. They are still being discovered or rediscovered in attics or garages," said Stephen Fagin, curator at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, which tells the story of the assassination on Nov. 22, 1963.RR Auction will offer up the 8 mm home...

JFK assassination video shows motorcade rushing president to hospital

Wyoming State

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Wyoming’s U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and Rep. Harriet Hageman handily staved off Republican challengers in Tuesday’s primary election. The Associated Press called the race at 8 p.m.

Barrasso, Hageman handily defeat Republican challengers

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Command Sgt. Maj. Harold “Ed” Jarrell has been relieved as the senior enlisted for the Army’s 1st Information Operations Command, an Army spokesperson confirmed, marking the third time within a month and the second within a week, that the Army has fired a command sergeant major of a brigade or larger unit as per Task and Purpose.

The Army Fires 3rd Command Sergeant Major in a Month: Command Sgt. Maj. Harold "Ed" Jarrel

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in an airstrike in the Iranian capital of Tehran, with Hamas blaming Israel, claiming a missile hit the house he was staying in. His death came just hours after Israel announced it had killed Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in a strike on Beirut. Debora Patta reports from Jerusalem.

Assassination of Hamas leader puts Middle East on edge

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