Wooden debris show remainings of the original location of the former tree house where Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II of England stayed the night her father, the King, died and became Queen in 1952, at the opposite side of the current building at Treetops Lodge in Aberdare Narional Park in Nyeri, Kenya, on April 10, 2021. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)
Noise pollution poses a long-term risk to tree populations and plant diversity that may persist even after the sources of excess noise are removed, according to research published Wednesday. x
Manmade noise from construction, industry and the building of infrastructures such as roads and pipelines has increased dramatically since the middle of last century, and biologists are increasingly concerned about their impact on plants and animals.
Murder charges filed against former classmate of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart in her 1996 disappearance
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif - San Luis Obispo prosecutors on Wednesday charged a former classmate of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart with first-degree murder in connection with her disappearance in 1996.
Smart s body has still not been found, but District Attorney Dan Dow hinted that authorities might know where it might be.
Sheriff Ian Parkinson on Tuesday arrested Paul Flores on suspicion of murder and his father, Ruben Flores, as an alleged accessory after the fact.
Dow said that Flores allegedly killed Smart as he was trying to rape her. But the statute of limitations for attempted rape has since run out.
First Thing: officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright resigns Molly Blackall
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The Minnesota police officer who shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright dead during a traffic stop resigned yesterday, along with her police chief. Authorities said that officer Kim Potter had meant to discharge her Taser on Wright to stop him driving away, and accidentally discharged a handgun.
The resignations came after two nights of protests in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, which has erupted into demonstrations since Wright, who is Black, was killed on Sunday.
Wright’s parents said they “could not accept”
he was killed accidentally, with his father, Aubrey Wright, pointing to the officer’s experience. “I can’t accept that, a mistake, that doesn’t even sound right,” he said. “This officer has been on the force for 26 years.”
LOS ANGELES The San Luis Obispo County district attorney said Wednesday that missing California college student Kristin Smart was killed in 1996 during an attempted rape by a fellow student and the suspect’s father helped hide her body. District Attorney Dan Dow said Paul Flores will be charged with first-degree murder and his father, […]