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Yellowstone grizzly bears no longer endangered species

Yellowstone grizzly bears no longer endangered species

Grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region will be stripped of their Endangered Species status because numbers have sufficiently recovered to allow hunting outside national park borders. In 1975 only 136 animals were left in the area located in parts of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Now around 700 bears roam the Yellowstone region.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May says offer on rights of EU citizens is fair and serious

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May says offer on rights of EU citizens is fair and serious

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on 23 June that the offer she had made on the rights of EU citizens to live in Britain after Brexit was very fair and very serious and that her government would set out more detailed proposals later. EU leaders greeted the offer made during a summit in Brussels late on 22 June with a degree of scepticism and said many questions remained.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
I dont want you to get shooted 4-year-old daughter of Philando Castiles girlfriend tells mother

I dont want you to get shooted 4-year-old daughter of Philando Castiles girlfriend tells mother

Minnesota police have released a new video that shows the four-year-old daughter of slain Philando Castiles girlfriend begging her mother to cooperate with the police, out of fear she would also get shot.I dont want you to get shooted, the little girl told Diamond Reynolds as they were being held in the back seat of a police vehicle immediately after Castile, a black man, was shot and killed by a police officer in July 2016.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Police drag away protesters in wheelchairs from Mitch McConnells office

Police drag away protesters in wheelchairs from Mitch McConnells office

Capitol Police removed protesters, many of whom are disabled and wheelchair-bound, from outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnells office after text of the GOP Senate health care bill was released Thursday. Protesters were organized by a group called ADAPT, which identifies itself as a non-profit for people with disabilities.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Police drag away protesters in wheelchairs from Mitch McConnells office

Police drag away protesters in wheelchairs from Mitch McConnells office

Capitol Police removed protesters, many of whom are disabled and wheelchair-bound, from outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnells office after text of the GOP Senate health care bill was released Thursday. Protesters were organized by a group called ADAPT, which identifies itself as a non-profit for people with disabilities.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Philippine troops rescue Filipino ship captain abducted by militants

Australia joins ASEAN to suppress ISIS in Southern Philippines

Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne says that the "Philippines accepted our suggestion that two Austrailian Air Force P-3 Orion aircraft will be allowed to operate in Mindanao as the battle is going on in Marawi City."
Jun 23, 2017
By Noel Tarrazona
Canadian sniper breaks world record for longest kill shot

Canadian sniper breaks world record for longest kill shot

A Canadian snipers bullet traveled 3,450 meters—over two miles—and took less than 10 seconds to reach its target: a fighter for the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in Iraq. A member of Canadas Joint Task Force 2—part of the U.S.-led coalition that is taking the fight to Isis in Iraq—made the kill during an operation that took place within the last month in Iraq, sources told The Globe and Mail. The identity of the sniper and his observer was kept anonymous for operational security reasons.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Canadian sniper breaks world record for longest kill shot

Canadian sniper breaks world record for longest kill shot

A Canadian snipers bullet traveled 3,450 meters—over two miles—and took less than 10 seconds to reach its target: a fighter for the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in Iraq. A member of Canadas Joint Task Force 2—part of the U.S.-led coalition that is taking the fight to Isis in Iraq—made the kill during an operation that took place within the last month in Iraq, sources told The Globe and Mail. The identity of the sniper and his observer was kept anonymous for operational security reasons.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Family pay emotional tribute to Finsbury Park victim who died in van attack

Family pay emotional tribute to Finsbury Park victim who died in van attack

Family members paid tribute on June 22 to the man who died of injuries in a van attack on Muslim worshippers in London. Makram Ali, 51, had fallen ill at the scene just before the attack, and police initially said it was unclear whether he had been killed in the incident or had died of other causes. Police said on Thursday the preliminary findings of a post mortem had concluded he died of multiple injuries.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Activists rescue nearly 1,000 dogs and cats heading to slaughterhouses in China

Activists rescue nearly 1,000 dogs and cats heading to slaughterhouses in China

Activists from Humane Society International rescued nearly 1,000 dogs and cats from a truck headed to local slaughterhouses in southern Chinas Guangdong Province on June 20.The rescue took place one day before the annual Lychee and Dog Meat festival, which is held in Yulin in Chinas southwest Guangxi province.
Jun 22, 2017
By Staff Reporter