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Invasive yellow-legged hornet spotted in U.S. for first time

A new invasive species has been spotted in the U.S. for the first time. A living yellow-legged hornet, also known as an Asian hornet, was detected in Georgia, which state officials say could cause damage to its agricultural industry if left uncontrolled.

The Georgia Department of Agriculture said Tuesday the discovery has the potential to threaten honey production and native pollinators.

Earlier this month, a Georgian beekeeper discovered and reported the insect to the state. The yellow-legged hornet's identity was then confirmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

"Georgians play an important role helping GDA identify unwanted, non-native pests, and I want to thank the beekeeper who reported his sighting to us," said Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper in a statement. "Our experienced team of professionals will continue to assess the situation and are working directly with USDA APHIS and UGA to trap, track, and eradicate the yellow-legged hornet in Georgia. "

The next step for officials will be to set up traps to find out if there are more of these pests in the area. If they are able to find a colony, it will be destroyed, Georgia agriculture officials said. The hornet that has already been identified will be DNA tested so that scientists can determine whether the insect originated from Europe of Asia.

The yellow-legged hornet, which is identified as a social wasp species, is native to tropical and subtropical areas of Southeast Asia, and is also established in much of Europe, parts of the Middle East, and parts of Asia where it is not native.

The insect builds egg-shaped nests, often in trees, and can host up to 6,000 worker hornets.

The press release emphasized how important public reports of the insect will be in its eradication efforts. The GDA encourages people to take photos of any insects they believe to be yellow-legged hornets and file a report here. However, it is important to exercise caution around the hornets as they can be dangerous, the department said.

In 2019, a relative of the yellow-legged hornet — the "murder hornet," or Asian giant hornet — caused alarm after being found in Washington state. The invasive insects, which are now called northern giant hornets, were feared also because of their ability to rapidly kill domestic honeybee and hornet species. Washington state eradicated a giant nest of nearly 1,500 murder hornets in 2021.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/invasive-yellow-legged-hornet-spotted-010456694.html

>>19368893

Time stamp 941

6 hanging out there, without the J in front.

Anonymous ID: 2503f0 Aug. 16, 2023, 7:36 a.m. No.19368937 🗄️.is 🔗kun >>9112

"Sold His Soul to the Devil’: Barack Obama’s Estranged Brother Malik Shares Throwback Photo of the Former President, Calls Him a ‘Snake’ and a ‘Trader’ In Twitter Rant

Former President Barack Obama is no longer in office, but the disdain his half-brother Malik Obama felt for him during his two terms remains the same.

The self-proclaimed proud Republican renewed interest in the hard feelings he harbors towards Barack after firing off a series of tweets lambasting his sibling.

He began on Aug. 13 when he wrote, “Me and Fake a— a snake (President Barack Obama) when he was a nobody,” along with a throwback photo of them in Kenyan garb. The next day, he commented, “Before he became a SNOB,” on the post.

The vitriol spilled into more tweets that read, “I just wanted to be Fake a— a snakes (President Barack Obama)’s big brother but he rejected me. He (President Barack Obama) is fake as a snake and is a TRAITOR,” and “HE HAS SOLD HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL

One person concluded the rift between them was a byproduct of “Jealousy , plain old jealousy. @BarackObama sought out his family after losing his father. He found love but also a tangled web. They were each other’s best men. I speculate he expected too much of his brother,perhaps he was lent money for some hairbrained scheme & cut off.”

Another person told Malik, “You are just a loser, trying too use the LEGENDARY Barack Obama’s name to sell your book.”

When another tweeter offered to help facilitate a reconciliation, Malik responded, “That guy thinks he’s GOD. Trust me I TRIED!”

The men, who share a father, Barack H. Obama Sr., were once close, according to a 2013 GQ feature on Malik. Three years later, a shift had taken place. Barack was head of state from January 2009, when he was inaugurated, to January 2017, when Donald Trump became president.

In 2016, Malik told Fox’s Sean Hannity that he enjoyed a good rapport with his younger brother until he was elected president. He cited difficulties in communication and an inability to call him as part of the issue. Yet he also admitted to being invited to the White House at least once every year.

“Before he was running for office, he was everybody’s friend. I think that office has changed him,” said Malik as he claimed Barack had been sucked “into the matrix.” He went on to express disappointment in the former president’s alleged lack of humility.

In that interview, Malik also declared his vote for Trump. At the time, the Republican candidate was campaigning against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. One of Trump’s ploys to net reactions was to gain the support of those who opposed his detractors.

Malik was among those who Trump invited to his final presidential debate in Las Vegas that October. The native Kenyan attended. His support for the disgraced politician remains as Trump seeks reelection in 2024.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sold-soul-devil-barack-obama-113418179.html

>>19368936

Why are they getting donations at all? Are people really that gullible? Is the economy THAT great, that people have extra cash laying around, to just hand over to internet panhandlers?

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Anonymous ID: 2503f0 Aug. 16, 2023, 7:47 a.m. No.19368981 🗄️.is 🔗kun >>9002

>>19368962

> Webb

So many to choose from… Spider…

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein alleges financial abuse in lawsuit over her husband's estate

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has called to remove the trustees of her late husband’s estate, alleging that they committed financial abuse against her, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month.

Feinstein’s late husband, Richard Blum, died last year. According to the lawsuit, he established a trust in the 1990s that was supposed to be created for the California lawmaker after his death. The trust was required to be funded with $5 million in cash and other securities, with Feinstein’s income distributed to her in frequent installments.

The lawsuit alleges that the current trustees of Blum’s account − Michael Klein, Marc Scholvinck and Verett Mims − haven't funded or made any of the required income distributions to the 90-year-old senator, and have refused Feinstein’s requests to do so.

“The Trustees have committed financial abuse of Senator Feinstein… by wrongfully withholding distributions to which the RCB Trust entitles her in bad faith and diverting assets that they should have used" to fund the trust, the lawsuit says.

The filing marks the latest development in Feinstein’s legal struggle after her husband's death. She also filed lawsuits alleging similar misconduct in both June and July, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle.

The July filing alleged that Feinstein had “incurred significant medical expenses.” Feinstein spent nearly three months away from Congress after she was hospitalized with shingles in March earlier this year, and she has suffered other illnesses and health scares.

In response to that filing, Steven Braccini, an attorney representing Klein and Scholvinck, said in a statement that his clients had “never denied any disbursement to Senator Feinstein, let alone for medical expenses,” according to CBS News. The August lawsuit denies Braccini's claim.

A hearing for the June case is scheduled later this month and a hearing for the July case is scheduled for September, the Chronicle reported.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-sen-dianne-feinstein-alleges-125711682.html

Body of strangled 11-year-old Texas girl found hidden under bed after sex assault, police say

Police in southeast Texas are investigating after they say someone sexually assaulted and strangled an 11-year old Pasadena girl found hidden under her bed in her home over the weekend.

Pasadena Police Department Police Chief Josh Brugger said officers found the girl's body on Saturday inside an apartment after they were dispatched to the home just after 3 p.m. for a report of a girl not breathing.

Officer and paramedics responded to the scene where the 11-year-old girl was pronounced dead, Brugger said during a press conference on Monday.

The victim has been identified a Maria Gonzalez Xitumul. The Harris County Medical Examiner reported Maria died as a result of asphyxia due to strangulation and blunt force head and neck trauma.

Brugger said the child was also sexually assaulted.

The case is being investigated as a criminal homicide.

As of Tuesday, no arrest had been made in the child's slaying and police continued to search for her killer.

“We’re doing our level best to get out and solve this crime," Brugger told reporters. "As a parent of an almost-10-year-old myself, it certainly is a cause for concern.”

The apartment, which Brugger said is relatively small, is about 13 miles southeast of downtown Houston, and consists of a "fairly close-knit community" and is "a relatively quiet complex."

The chief said Maria and her 32-year-old father Carmelo Gonzalez, lived alone in the apartment and her dad left the home for work about 9:45 a.m. the day of the killing. Shortly after 10 a.m., he said, Maria messaged her father there was unknown person knocking at the front door.

"That was last communication he had with his daughter," Brugger said.

Soon after, Maria's father asked family members who also lived in the apartment complex to check on her, Brugger said.

"An aunt and uncle went into the apartment and did a cursory check and were unable to locate her," the chief said.

Police said her father came home from work about 3 p.m. and found his daughter's body concealed underneath the bed in her bedroom − purposely hidden.

Brugger said the father is not a suspect in the capital murder case.

Maria was not yet enrolled in school, Brugger said. She and her family, originally from Guatemala, had recently moved to Pasadena from Austin, he said, and had lived in Florida before that.

"It's certainly a very violent crime," said Brugger, who called the circumstances of the case brutal.

The case remained under investigation on Tuesday.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Pasadena police.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/body-strangled-11-old-texas-132408959.html

>>19369069

Zooming in on the Space Screen Pixels?

kek yeah….

Anonymous ID: 2503f0 Aug. 16, 2023, 8:14 a.m. No.19369118 🗄️.is 🔗kun >>9140

>>19369078

Who will file the Request for McCarthy to step down as Speaker?

Wasn't that the deal? ENOUGH FUCKERY ALREADY.

Everyone already knows the truth about Nancy et al's gig. It's beyond ridiculous to continue acting like no one knows. It's all some BIG secret. Its STUPID! Beyond B Rater Optics.

Who wrote this script?