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Banksy has seemingly wrapped up his week-long, fan-dubbed ‘London Zoo’ series with two final surprises over the weekend. On Saturday, a wild cat stretched across an abandoned billboard in Cricklewood, and on Sunday, a police box in London’s financial district transformed into a tank of bloodthirsty piranhas. Finally, the elusive artist revealed the meaning behind these works as explained in a new report by Artnet.

Banksy Reveals True Meaning Behind 'London Zoo' Works

The Independent

The latest artwork to be unveiled from Banksy has been defaced by a man wearing a black balaclava just hours after it went up.The street artist’s latest piece, a rhino mounting a silver Nissan Micra with a traffic cone on its bonnet, was revealed on Monday and a video obtained by BBC News shows a man walking up to the artwork and spray painting it, leaving a white tag on it.The crowd gathered at the piece, on Westmoor Street in Charlton, south-east London, are heard saying “Don’t do that” and as the person walks away, a voice from the crowd...

Banksy’s rhino artwork defaced by man in balaclava hours after being unveiled

Londoners react to the latest mural in a series of animal-themed works the anonymous artist has been creating throughout the city. CNN’s Christina Macfarlane reports. 

Banksy’s ‘fish tank’ is latest installment in London animal series

Banksy has posted an artwork of three monkeys as the third piece of a new animal-themed collection.It is the third black silhouette composition that the Bristol-based street artist has claimed credit for since Monday.On Wednesday he posted an image on Instagram of the monkeys looking as though they were swinging on the bridge of an east London tube station.It has been done in black, on a bridge over Brick Lane, near a vintage clothing shop and a coffee house in the popular market street, not far from Shoreditch High Street.His previous works had one animal on the first day, and...

Three monkeys artwork is third Banksy in days

A new Banksy artwork depicting a stretching cat on an empty, distressed advertising hoarding is to be taken down by hired contractors, hours after it was unveiled in north-west London.The elusive street artist confirmed he was behind the piece, a silhouette of a large cat with an upturned tail stretching out its body, by posting a photo on Instagram on Saturday .Hours later, men who said they were “hired” from a “contracting company” turned up in Cricklewood to take the hoarding down for safety reasons.A contractor, who only wanted to give his name as Marc, said they were going to...

Banksy’s cat artwork to be taken down by hired contractors hours after unveiling

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Herbie J Pilato

In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

NewsNinja

"They accidentally gave us 2 washers and a dryer when we only ordered 1 of each". Last month, Lowe’s experienced a glitch that lowered the price of its $2,300 Midea jumbo capacity refrigerator to just $169.

‘Lowe’s messed up’: Shopper says they got $2,300 fridge at Lowe’s for just $169

Canton, OH

The Associated Press

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The death of an Ohio man who died in police custody earlier this year has been ruled a homicide. The Stark County Coroner’s Office issued its finding Monday on the death of Frank Tyson, a 53-year-old East Canton resident who died April 18 after he was handcuffed and left face down on the floor of a social club in Canton while telling officers he couldn’t breathe. The preliminary autopsy report also listed a heart condition and cocaine and alcohol intoxication as contributing causes. The coroner’s office also stressed that its finding does not mean a crime was committed. Bodycam video released by police showed Tyson resisted while being handcuffed and said repeatedly, “They’re trying to kill me” and “Call the sheriff,” as he was taken to the floor. 

Death of Ohio man who died while in police custody ruled a homicide by coroner's office

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Winston-salem, NC

Town Talks

A North Carolina restaurant serves fried chicken in a “spicy, savory” sauce — and fans can’t get enough. So much so, the restaurant now ranks as the state’s No. 1 place to eat fried chicken.

Best fried chicken in North Carolina is at this restaurant, Yelp says. Why it’s No. 1

Orange County, NC

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A prisoner convicted of murder escaped from a van after arriving at a hospital in Orange County on Tuesday, authorities said. Ramone Alston broke free of his leg restraints and ran, still handcuffed, into the woods, shortly after 7 a.m., when he arrived for an appointment at UNC Gastroenterology, the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction said in a news release. The building is located in the UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus in central Orange County, near North Carolina Highway 98.

Prisoner convicted of murder in North Carolina escaped after arriving at hospital, authorities say

Blendon Township, OH

An Ohio police officer was indicted Tuesday on charges including murder in the shooting of Ta’Kiya Young. The Black mother was 21 and pregnant when she was killed by police in a grocery store parking lot last August. (AP Video: Patrick Aftoora Orsagos) COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer was indicted Tuesday on murder and other charges in the shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black mother who was killed after being accused of shoplifting last August. Young was suspected of stealing bottles of alcohol when Blendon Township police officer Connor Grubb and a fellow officer approached her car. The other officer ordered her out. Instead, she rolled forward toward Grubb, who fired a single bullet through her windshield into her chest. The daughter she was expecting three months later also died. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Grubb on charges of murder, involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault in the death of Young and her baby. He is scheduled to be arraigned in court Wednesday. A warrant for his arrest was issued as part of the indictment.

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Georgia State

Forest Park, GA

FOREST PARK, Ga. (AP) — Celery was used to conceal more than 2,300 pounds (1,043 kilograms) of meth that federal agents discovered in a truck at a farmers market outside Atlanta, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said. In what the DEA called one of the largest seizures of its...

More than 2,300 pounds of meth is found hidden in celery at Georgia farmers market

Florida State

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A manufacturer of “lab-grown” meat has filed a lawsuit challenging a newly enacted Florida law that bans the sale of the product, arguing the restrictions give an unconstitutional advantage to Florida farmers over out-of-state competitors.  “If some Floridians don’t like the idea of eating cultivated chicken, there’s a simple solution: Don’t eat it,” said Paul Sherman, an attorney at the Institute for Justice, one of the groups that filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. regulators first signed off on the sale of what’s known as “cell-cultured” or “cell-cultivated” meat in June of 2023. Sellers say the product is a more ethical and sustainable alternative to conventionally raised chicken, beef and pork. But lawmakers in Florida and Alabama have called cultivated meat a threat to their states’ agriculture industries and banned the sale of the product, which is made of animal cells that are fed a mix of proteins, vitamins and water and then formed into nuggets, sausages and steaks.

'Lab-grown' meat maker files lawsuit against Florida ban

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A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

Douglas, GA

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A local Walmart employee was recently arrested on a misdemeanor charge after allegedly stealing over $60 worth of merchandise from the store. Additionally, she faced a felony charge after officers discovered suspected methamphetamine in her locker during the arrest.

Douglas Walmart Employee Arrested for Methamphetamine Possession and Shoplifting

A Florida jury will determine whether a 60-year-old white woman was justified when she fired through the door of her central Florida apartment a year ago, killing a Black mother during an ongoing dispute over neighborhood children.

Trial begins in case of white woman who fatally shot Black neighbor during dispute

Los Angeles, CA

Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968, lived a troubled life, and died on January 7, 2023, at only 54 years old. This is his story. He lived in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles with his parents and younger brother. The Rich family resided for a time in Florida where Adam studied acting at the local gym.

A Look Back at the Tragic Life and Death of Former Child Star Adam Rich (TV's 'Eight is Enough')

Kate Jackson began her acting career as a silent ghost on TV's classic 1960s gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows but remains alive and well years after two horrific battles with breast cancer. Jackson went on to small screen prime-time stardom on police/detective/crime drama/comedies like The Rookies, Charlie's Angels, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and more. This is her triumphant story.

'Charlie's Angels' Star Kate Jackson Has Courageously Battled and Conquered Cancer Several Times

Denver, CO

Commerce City, CO

DENVER (AP) — Four men were fatally shot and a woman was hospitalized with gunshot wounds during a spate of weekend violence in the Denver suburb of Commerce City. A person of interest in one of the cases was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot, police said Sunday. Also in the Denver area over the weekend, a person was fatally shot and three others were injured during two separate altercations Sunday in the city of Aurora. In Denver itself one person was killed and six people injured in a string of weekend shootings and stabbings, police said. Commerce City Police Department spokesperson Joanna Small described it as “an incredibly violent weekend” for the fast-expanding community of about 70,000 people, which is located just northeast of Denver near the city’s airport.

Fatal weekend shootings jolt growing Denver-area suburb

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The long-unsolved 1986 killing of a young Southern California woman has been linked to a convicted serial killer who admitted the crime, authorities said Tuesday. DNA from the killing of Cathy Small, 19, matched William Suff, who was sentenced to death after being convicted in...

DNA investigation links California serial killer to 1986 killing of young woman near Los Angeles

The reason animals have been spotted around London for a week is now clear. Bansky’s ninth surprise artwork shows a gorilla lifting the shutter at ZSL London Zoo so that beasts and birds can escape.

Street artist Banksy’s latest work suggests animals escaping at London Zoo

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