The week that was: Five squirrels got disentangled and a church weed-seller got snared
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By From the Star’s wire services
Thu., Sept. 20, 2018
UNCROSSING: Five squirrels. After five young siblings got their tails fused together, the Wisconsin Humane Society cut them free with scissors, under anesthetic, the BBC reports. “You can imagine how wiggly and unruly (and nippy!) this frightened, distressed ball of squirrelly energy was,” said the animal rehab centre.
CROSSING: People born in New York City who don’t identify as male or female. They now have the option of changing their birth certificates to “X” under city council’s legislation. Parents can also choose the option for newborns, and adults can more easily change their own designations.
What a tangled tale these five baby squirrels will tell one day. (Wisconsin Humane Society)
CRACKING: The relationship between China and Sweden. The latest episode involves a man named Zeng and his parents who were forced to wait late at night when a Stockholm hostel was closed for check-in. Things spiralled, police were called, and China’s embassy claimed the three had been “brutally abused by the Swedish police.”
HEALING: Burt Bacharach. The 90-year-old songwriter and crooner has collaborated with Rudy Perez on “Live to See Another Day,” a ballad inspired by the massacre in Parkland, Fla., and other school shootings. Two Florida teens sing the vocals, with proceeds to the anti-gun-violence Sandy Hook Promise Foundation.
DONATING: The Duchess of Sussex, a.k.a. Meghan Markle. She has chosen a charity cookbook that helps families hurt by the Grenfell Tower fire as her first solo project as a royal. The Together: Our Community cookbook has recipes from women in the Grenfell community.
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SELLING: Two Georgia women who chose an inopportune location to hawk edible marijuana products. The Savannah Morning News reported two arrests at a church event, where entrepreneurs had set up booths to sell various items. Undercover agents made a purchase, and made arrests.
STAKING A CLAIM: Indicted U.S. Rep. Chris Collins, to his New York state district. Collins decided this week to remain on the November ballot despite previously suspending his campaign, thus annoying fellow Republicans. Collins pleaded not guilty to insider-trading charges. It wasn’t clear if he would actively campaign.
CLAIMING A STEAK: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. He feasted on expensive steaks and smoked cigars at a restaurant in Istanbul. With his country in economic collapse, the videos posted by Turkish celebrity chef Nusret Gokce, known as Salt Bae, set off the anti-Maduro crowd back home and around the world.
By Daniel DaleWashington Bureau Chief Thu., Sept. 20, 2018 WASHINGTON—Canada and the U.S. are still unable to resolve their NAFTA differences. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was expected to leave Washington late on Thursday without an agreement. There was no set plan for additional meetings. Speaking in Washington on Thursday, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland […]
By Tassanee VejpongsaThe Associated PressKaweewit Kaewjinda Fri., July 6, 2018 MAE SAI, THAILAND—The rescuers trying to help a youth soccer team stranded in a Thai cave suffered a disheartening loss Friday with the death of a former SEAL diving in the flooded passageways to deliver supplies, as authorities raced against worsening weather and lessening oxygen […]
BEIJING—The United States hiked tariffs on Chinese imports Friday and Beijing announced it was retaliating against American goods in a technology dispute between the world’s two biggest economies that President Donald Trump says he is prepared to escalate. Washington imposed 25 per cent tariffs on $34 billion (U.S.) worth of Chinese imports, a first step […]
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