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Around 500 armed demonstrators wearing all-black uniforms marched with the “Not Fucking Around Coalition” Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky, drawing hundreds of onlookers and rival militia counter-demonstrators. The NFAC describes itself as an all-black militia group committed to racial justice. The newly founded group has gained national attention in the past month for holding two armed marches in Georgia. The coalition assembled at Louisville’s Baxter Park, where at approximately 1 p.m., a single accidental blast from a firearm left three people injured. The shooter and all three victims were coalition members, according to Louisville Metro Police Department Deputy Chief LaVita Chavous.…

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A rash of vandalism at churches has left a statue of Jesus Christ headless and some set ablaze. The reports come amid a national debate over what to do about offensive and controversial statues. President Trump signed in executive order in June vowing criminal prosecution for anyone who damages a monument or memorial, including religious property. The incidents could be considered a hate crime, Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami said. He said he’s not surprised to see a wave of attacks on places of worship. “When we see acts of vandalism around the country, those acts of vandalism can result…

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Spain’s famous “Running of the Bulls” in Pamplona may have been canceled for the first time in two decades due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but one of the country’s architects recreated it with toy Playmobil figures. The world-famous “Encierro” (“Running of the Bulls”) usually takes place during the San Fermin Festival in the northern Spanish city in the first half of July. The event vaulted onto the world stage in American writer Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises.” The last time the San Fermin Festival was scrubbed was for bad weather conditions was in 1999, and heavy rain…

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A Dutch woman threatens to paint her “pop art style” mini “love hotel” completely white if she cannot find a buyer by Aug. 1. It is located in a building on the Gedempte Raamgracht in the northern Dutch city of Haarlem in the province of North Holland, just 25 minutes from Amsterdam and the seaside. Willemijn de Lint purchased the property which consists of a bedroom, bathroom kitchen toilet, and a small garden in 2016. She wanted couples to have a romantic break in her mini “love hotel.” De Lint viewed the project as a labor of love, she told…

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A shot at driving like a superhero could come courtesy of the U.S. Marshals Service, which is auctioning off a replica of the Batmobile. The sleek black 1995 Chevrolet customized to look like the car in the 1989 movie “Batman” is one of three replica movie vehicles confiscated by the service from a convicted fraudster. A 1981 DeLorean designed as the “Back to the Future” time machine and a 1959 Cadillac customized as the Ectomobile from the original “Ghostbusters” will also be on offer Aug. 1. The three cars were seized by the U.S. Marshals Service last year from Ryan…

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An elderly Taiwanese couple has become fashionistas using clothing left behind by customers at their dry-cleaning business in Taiwan. The fashion-forward couple, in the western coastal city of Taichung, has amassed 122,000 followers since their Instagram account, wantshowasyoung, went live two weeks ago. Part of their social media handle, “Want Show,” is a play on their shop’s name, Wansho, which itself contains elements from their names, Wan-ji and Sho-er. They’ve found themselves modeling for the Taiwanese editions of major global fashion magazines, including Vogue, GQ, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and the Hong Kong edition of Esquire. Pictures on their Instagram page show Wan-ji…

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Faced with the threat of ending up online forever over a bungled attempt to sell a stolen clock, a Dutch teenager opted for the chance to turn himself in before the deadline to find himself featured in a video. A police officer gave the teen the ultimatum after he was accused of selling a stolen antique clock. The officer showed the young man a pixelated video of the incident, warning that he had a week to give himself up before the video would be shared, without being blurred, on the internet. Many countries in Europe have strong restrictions on the…

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A Moroccan national accused of smuggling 4,000 pounds of hashish into Spain was arrested after an eight-order surveillance operation and police chase in Andalusia. The suspect, identified only as S.E.O., has been charged with smuggling, crimes against public health and road safety, and an attack on the integrity of law enforcement officers. The operation ended earlier this month with the arrest of the suspect and the seizure of 4,078 pounds (1,850 kilograms) of hashish, according to a statement from the Spanish Tax Agency and the Spanish National Police. Video by a customs surveillance unit detected a suspicious vessel approximately 24…

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An archaeological study inside a Mexican cave suggests humans inhabited North America up to 15,000 years earlier than previously believed. Researchers made the discovery in a cave in the central-northern Mexican state of Zacatecas. The findings of the scientific expedition, led by archaeologist Ciprian Ardelean of the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, were released Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature. Inside the cave, investigators found never-before-seen stone tools, as well as animal bone fragments, plant remains and environmental DNA, the report said. The results of laboratory analysis suggest the cave (christened by researchers Chiquihuite, which translates to a small, handleless woven…

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The brutal death of a pregnant elephant, after it was fed a pineapple stuffed with explosive firecrackers, has triggered outrage across India—the third worst-affected country by Covid-19. The shocking incident happened in the Pathanapuram forest range area in Kerala, the country’s most literate state. The elephant was offered a pineapple stuffed with explosives, which exploded in her mouth, breaking her jaw and leaving her unable to eat, said Surendra Kumar, principal chief conservator of forests and chief wildlife warden in Palakkad. The wild elephant had left the forests of Kerala’s Silent Valley, meandering into a nearby village in search of…

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