Oskaloosa News Recap For January 25th, 2021
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Neatly three dozen missing kids were rescued by authorities in Southern California during a human trafficking investigation.
Of the 33 children rescued, eight were being sexually exploited when authorities swooped in to save them, according to the FBI. One arrest was made and multiple investigations were launched as part of the probe.
In 2020, the FBI conducted 664 human trafficking investigations across the country, leading to the arrest of 473 traffickers.
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New York State lost 1 million jobs during the COVID crisis last year due to lockdowns and lack of tourism and business activity.
According to the state Labor Department NYC alone lost nearly 600k jobs from Dec. 2019 to Dec. 2020 that’s about 1 in 8 jobs or about 12%.
Bigfoot Hunting Season Lawmaker Gets Hit with Backlash from Both Believers & Non-Believers
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Bigfoot Hunting Season Lawmaker Gets Hit with Backlash from Both Believers & Non-Believers
The Bigfoot hunting season isn t as popular as Oklahoma Republican Representative Justin Humphrey hoped for.
Oklahoma Republican Representative Justin Humphrey is receiving backlash from believers and non-believers over his Bigfoot hunting season proposal. Humphrey says he is being called stupid for trying to initiate a bill that offers a $25,000 reward for capturing the ape-like creature. The Oklahoma lawmaker is receiving calls and social media messages condemning his behavior, though most of it is coming from people who do not believe that Bigfoot actually exists. He claims he has been called an idiot and says that many of the messages are profanity-laden.
State Rep. Justin Humphrey, a Republican, said a season for scoping out Sasquatch could pull visitors to his neck of the woods in the southeastern part of the state.