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‘Chonkosaurus,’ plump Chicago snapping turtle captured on video, goes viral

This photo provided by Joey Santore shows a snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago River. Footage of the plump snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago waterway has gone viral after Joey Santore, who filmed the well-fed reptile, marveled at its size and nicknamed it “Chonkosaurus.” (Joey Santore via AP)

CHICAGO (AP) — Footage of a plump snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago waterway has gone viral after the man who filmed the well-fed reptile marveled at its size and nicknamed it “Chonkosaurus.”

Joey Santore was kayaking with a friend along the Chicago River last weekend when they spotted the large snapping turtle sitting atop a large chain draped over what appear to be rotting logs.

He posted a jumpy video of the turtle on Twitter, labeling it the “Chicago River Snapper aka Chonkosaurus.”

In the video, Santore can be heard sounding stunned by the size of the turtle, which was displaying folds of flesh extending well beyond its shell.

“Look at this guy. We got a picture of this most beautiful sight. Look at the size of that … thing,” he says, using an expletive. “Look at that beast. Hey, how ya doing guy? You look good. You’re healthy.”

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Man sues Apple claiming iPhone turned him gay Published 4 October 2019

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A Russian man has launched a lawsuit against Apple, claiming an iPhone app turned him gay.

He says this comes after an incident involving GayCoin crypto-currency.

Saying he suffered moral harm, he is asking for one million rubles (£12,000), according to a copy of the complaint seen by the news agency, AFP.

Homosexuality was decriminalised in Russia in 1993, but anti-gay prejudice is still widespread.

In 2013, Russia passed legislation banning the spreading of what it described as gay propaganda.

This officially bans the “promotion of non-traditional lifestyles to minors” but in effect outlaws LGBT activism. A number of campaigners have been attacked and killed in the past year.

So what’s happened?

In a suit filed on 20 September, it is claimed a crypto-currency called “GayCoin” was delivered via a smartphone app, rather than the Bitcoin he had ordered.

Crypto-currency is basically virtual money – like an online version of cash – and Bitcoin and GayCoin are some of those currencies

According to the complaint, the GayCoin crypto-currency arrived with a note saying: “Don’t judge until you try”.

“I thought, in truth, how can I judge something without trying? I decided to try same-sex relationships,” the complainant wrote.

“Now I have a boyfriend and I do not know how to explain this to my parents.”

He adds that his “life has been changed for the worse” and he “will never become normal again”.

Apple “pushed” him “towards homosexuality through manipulation”, he claims.

“The changes have caused me moral and mental harm.”

Sapizhat Gusnieva says the company “has a responsibility for their programmes” despite the alleged exchange taking place on a third-party app.

The court will hear the complaint on 17 October, according to information on its website.

Apple has not yet responded to Newsbeat’s request for comment.

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A woman was arrested for killing her terminally ill husband at a Florida hospital January 21, 2023 7:52 PM ET

Police said they arrested an elderly woman after she killed her terminally ill husband at a Daytona Beach, Fla., hospital Saturday, as part of a pact the pair made weeks beforehand.

She could be charged with first-degree murder.

“Apparently, because he was terminally ill, they had a conversation about it, and they actually planned this approximately about three weeks ago, if he continued to take a turn for the worse,” Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said at a press conference. “He wanted her to end this.”

The authorities received an alert about the shooting on the 11th floor of the AdventHealth Daytona Beach hospital around 11:45 a.m. on Saturday. After the 76-year-old woman shot her 77-year-old husband in the head, police said, hostage negotiators spoke with the woman. They spoke with her until 3 p.m., when they were able to take her into custody after using a flash-bang grenade to distract her.

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Girl asks police to run DNA test on Christmas cookie for evidence of Santa Claus January 22, 2023 5:00 AM ET

A young girl’s note to the police department asked to test for evidence of Santa. Cumberland Police Department/Screenshot by NPR

A local police department in Rhode Island has received an unusual query: running a DNA test on evidence to prove the existence of Santa Claus.

The authorities in Cumberland, north of Providence, received a handwritten letter from a young girl earlier this month, according to a press release on Friday.

The young girl asked the police to run a DNA test on a partially eaten cookie and carrot remains presumably consumed by Santa Claus and some of his nine reindeer on Christmas Eve. The food remains were forwarded to the state’s Department of Health-Forensic Sciences Unit for analysis, police said.

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Train engineer in Minnesota bites hand of knife-wielding attacker who told him to ‘speed up, then jumps The attacker allegedly put his arms around the engineer’s neck and told him to ‘speed up and get out of town’Train engineer in Minnesota bites hand of knife-wielding attacker who told him to ‘speed up, then jumps

A man in Minnesota allegedly attacked a train engineer, who bit the man’s hand before jumping off the moving locomotive. 

Police charged Samuel David Hohman with second-degree assault and criminal property damage for allegedly pulling a knife on the engineer, FOX 9 reported. 

 

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This Giant Noah’s Ark Replica Is Stranded In The UK Because British Authorities Don’t Believe It’s Seaworthy

The floating museum can’t actually sail on its own and has to be towed wherever it goes. It has been trapped by an international stalemate over its status as a “non-certified floating vessel.”

Verhalen Ark/The Ark Museum/Facebook The ark was built in the 1960s. It took seven years to construct and followed biblical descriptions exactly.

Agiant replica of Noah’s Ark has been trapped in Ipswich, England for nearly two years — the result of an international bureaucratic nightmare of biblical proportions.

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‘Poop Patrol’ Aims To Combat The Astounding Amount Of Human Feces On San Francisco Streets

David McNew/Getty Images San Francisco’s growing number of homeless people has caused a problem with public defectation.

Number two is becoming San Francisco’s number one problem. The city has been experiencing a growing problem of public pooping on its streets by the local homeless population and it’s now becoming a major public health concern.

According to Forbes, a non-profit watchdog organization in San Francisco called Open The Books has been closely monitoring the state of the city’s “brownout” epidemic.

Based on data from the San Francisco Department of Public Works, the organization recently came out with an interactive map that shows every public defecation report that has come into the city’s 311 hotline since 2011 and how the incidents are distributed across the city’s neighborhoods.

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Alleged “Mad Pooper” Spokesman Says Pooping In Public Is First Amendment Issue

The Mad Pooper’s spokesman has compared her actions to breastfeeding in public.

The Mad Pooper

In case you missed it, a Colorado Springs neighborhood has been under attack from a woman dubbed the “Mad Pooper.”

The woman, a jogger who has recently been identified only as “Shirley,” has been terrorizing residents by stopping during her runs and literally pooping on their lawns, sometimes in front of their children. So far, authorities have been unable to catch her.

Yesterday, however, a man came forward claiming to be Shirley’s spokesperson, and explained her behavior in a video, which has since been taken down.

He said that Shirley is sorry for “desecrating people’s lawns” but that she can not be held accountable, as she is suffering from a traumatic brain injury. He added that she had also had gender reassignment surgery, and as a result is no longer able to control herself.

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