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Animal rights activists and Australian hunters have clashed on hunting kangaroos for food and profit, The New York Times reported.

$3M PPP loans could get Texas man 20 years in fed prison Eastern District of Texas A Texas man pleaded guilty this week to filing fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $3 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. According to court documents, Fahad Shah, 44, admitted that he sought over $3 million in PPP loans from two different SBA-approved ...

Updated May 18 Richmond officials tell voters to focus on academics, not cost of stand-alone school district In order to withdraw from Regional School Unit 2, the town of Richmond needs 822 votes, more than 50% of voters from the last gubernatorial election. Share RICHMOND — In less than a month, town residents will be casting their votes on whether to withdraw from Regional School Unit 2. On Monday night, Richmond officials hosted the town’s public hearing on the withdrawal as part of the...

Vancouver City Council approves master plan for new HP campus Development would build 1.5 million square feet of office space on former industrial mine Published: May 17, 2021, 9:36pm Share: An empty lot at the northwest corner of the intersection of Southeast First Street and 192nd Avenue. The site sits at the southeast corner of the massive Section 30 area, a former mine which is now home to multiple major planned developments, including a new corporate campus from HP. (Joshua Hart/The C...

EXCLUDING heifers with smaller pelvic sizes prior to breeding can help avoid traumatic deliveries, increased vet costs and, in severe cases, cow and/or calf mortality, as well as the often-hidden interruption to cow fertility. This can all ultimately improve the productivity and profitability of beef farms. Difficult calvings bring layers of economic loss for beef farmers and genetics play an important part in calving ease. Pelvic size in cattle is a highly heritable trait and selecting hei...

Murder mystery part of “radio hour” fundraiser In an unusual mix of eras and technologies born out of pandemic necessity, the theatrical fundraiser for the West Falmouth Library this year will be a 1940s radio play that uses 2021 Zoom virtual capabilities. The library and writer/director Lisa Jo Rudy’s Not My Monkeys company will present “The Music and Murder Radio Hour,” a nostalgic virtual variety show featuring “vintage” ads, musical acts and a murder mystery/comedy. Not able t...

A discussion of live theater on the Cape and Islands, past and present.

State officials have agreed to a settlement with the former host of Iowa PBS "Market to Market" as part of a wage and sexual discrimination case. Delaney Howell, who hosted the agriculture business show for two years, alleged in a lawsuit in August that she received a lower wage than her male predecessor. She also said the networks managers restricted her outside work in a way that they hadnt for the previous "Market to Market" host, Mike Pearson. The State Appeal Board approved the settlement ...

“The letter speaks for itself,” he said. In it, he accuses Mullen of becoming “enraged,” and allegedly assaulting an officer while pulling him into his office on April 28. Padellaro wrote, in part, “The chief was so loud and abusive that other officers and personnel heard the commotion and expressed concern.” “We don’t tolerate violence in the workplace and we certainly aren’t going to tolerate a hostile working environment,” Padellaro added. “This chief went beyond the sc...