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VIDEO: Shark Shows Up At NJ Beach Club During Hurricane Erin — And Won't Leave: Report VIDEO: Shark Shows Up At NJ Beach Club During Hurricane Erin — And Won't Leave: Report
Video: Shark Shows Up At NJ Beach Club During Hurricane Erin — And Won't Leave: Report A small sand shark swam up to the outdoor host stand at Bird & Betty’s in Beach Haven late Thursday night, Aug. 21, after flooding from the storm pushed it out of the bay, NJ Advance Media reported. “Fish are friends… but not usually our customers,” the club joked in an Instagram post, adding that Beach Haven police “had to save the local wildlife tonight instead of verifying ID.”  Video shows an officer scooping up the shark and carrying it back to the water. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bird and Betty’s (@birdandbet…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
500,000 Bees Killed By Trespasser In Midnight Massacre At Virginia Honey Farm 500,000 Bees Killed By Trespasser In Midnight Massacre At Virginia Honey Farm
500,000 Bees Killed By Trespasser In Midnight Massacre At Virginia Honey Farm Someone snuck onto a Virginia bee farm in the dead of night, locked the gates behind them with heavy-duty chains, and poisoned more than 60 beehives—killing thousands of pollinators and sparking a criminal investigation. Deputies in Stafford County were called to Rock Hill Honey Bee Farms on Pinto Lane around 4 p.m. Monday, April 14, after the property owner made the gruesome discovery.  Officials confirmed that at least 50 hives had been hit and said the investigation is active and ongoing. Farm officials say that 500,000 bees were killed. The farm says the attack happened late Sunda…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Amazon Workers Go On Strike, Protest In 20 Nations, Including US Amazon Workers Go On Strike, Protest In 20 Nations, Including US
Amazon Workers Go On Strike, Protest In 20 Nations, Including US Amid the busiest shopping weekend of the holiday season, workers for Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, have gone on strike. Protesting under the banner of “Make Amazon Pay.” employees have walked off the job across six continents in 20 countries, including the United States. The strike is scheduled to last from Black Friday on Nov. 29 through Cyber Monday, Dec. 2, the UNI Global Union announced, saying protests will be held in majors cities in the US, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, India, Brazil and elsewhere. The strike could cause customers' holiday deliveries …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Domestic Terrorism Charges For 3 Mass Protestors Arrested In Atlanta 'Cop City' Protest Domestic Terrorism Charges For 3 Mass Protestors Arrested In Atlanta 'Cop City' Protest
Domestic Terrorism Charges For 3 Mass Protestors Arrested In Atlanta 'Cop City' Protest A group of people protesting the construction of a $90 million police training facility in Atlanta, dubbed "Copy City," were arrested for domestic terrorism as part of what has been called a "months-long escalation of policing tactics." On Sunday, March 5, a group of 35 people called either "forest defenders" or "violent agitators" were detained for what police call a coordinated attack on construction equipment and police officers, according to the Atlanta Police Department.  Of those detained, 23 were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism, including Alexis Paplai, Ayla King, and T…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Lifestyle
Here's How Many Minutes Of Your Life Eating A Single Hot Dog Can Cost You, New Study Says Here's How Many Minutes Of Your Life Eating A Single Hot Dog Can Cost You, New Study Says
Here's How Many Minutes Of Your Life Eating A Single Hot Dog Can Cost You, New Study Says There's some news that may be disappointing to many lovers of one of America's favorite dishes. And frankly speaking -- make that frank-ly speaking -- it's not good. Eating a hot dog could cost a person 36 minutes of healthy life, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan. Researchers looked at more than 5,800 foods and ranked them "by their nutritional disease burden to humans and their impact on the environment," News Medical reported. The ranking was based on the Health Nutritional Index, which calculates the net beneficial or detrimental health burden …

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by Nicole Valinote
Lifestyle
Burning Energy: Video Conferencing's Pollution Problem - And How To Clean It Up Burning Energy: Video Conferencing's Pollution Problem - And How To Clean It Up
Burning Energy: Video Conferencing's Pollution Problem - And How To Clean It Up Zoom and other video conference calls may not be as much of an environmentally-friendly alternative to in-person meetings as many people assumed, according to a new study. But there’s a simple trick to make video conferencing even greener - turn off your camera. Despite a record drop in global carbon emissions in 2020, a pandemic-driven shift to remote work and more at-home entertainment still presents a “significant environmental impact” due to how internet data is stored and transferred around the world, according to a study by Purdue University, Yale University, and the Massachusett…

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by Kristin Palpini