Human remains found in Florida park amid search for Gabby Petito's fiance -FBI

(Reuters) -Partial human remains were found on Wednesday in a Florida wilderness area where authorities were searching for Brian Laundrie, the fiance of Gabby Petito, a young woman who vanished on a road trip with Laundrie, the FBI said on Wednesday. The Sarasota County Medical Examiner's Office was called on Wednesday morning to the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park where the search for Laundrie was under way, a spokesperson for the office said earlier. FBI investigators were working at Carlton Reserve, which is near the park, the agency's Tampa division said.

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  Human remains, 'items of interest' found in Florida park amid search for Gabby Petito's fiancé

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  Human remains found during search for Brian Laundrie in Florida

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Liberal poll worker proves instance of voter fraud and collects bounty from Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick

The lieutenant governor of Texas cut the check on his first bounty for voter fraud evidence to a poll worker in Pennsylvania, but it wasn't the proof he was expecting. Almost a year after Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced that he would pay for evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, someone has received their payout. Patrick sent a $25,000 check to Eric Frank, a Democratic poll worker from Chester County, Pennsylvania, who reported a 72-year-old Republican for voting twice.

Elephant Makes Rare Fatal Attack To Protect Her Baby

Nadav Ossendryver, founder of Latest Sightings, which posted the footage, told HuffPost that in his 10 years of sharing wildlife moments, he had never seen an elephant pounce on a croc. Elephants can lift up to 770 pounds with their trunks, according to FactAnimal.com, so the croc proved to be no problem. The tons of crushing pressure from the elephant “resulted in the inevitable death” of the crocodile, Latest Sightings wrote in the video description.

I know what can happen to a woman after she’s spiked on a night out

Rape myths permeated my brain, telling me maybe no one would believe me, or they'd blame me. Pointing a finger at the victim for what happened, expressing disbelief and believing that only certain “types” of women are targeted, all uphold rape myths.

Restaurateur whose business was raided by sheriff gets $5M

Maricopa County officials approved a settlement Wednesday with a restaurant owner in metro Phoenix who claimed in a lawsuit that then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office had defamed him and violated his rights about seven years ago when investigating whether employees at his restaurants used fraudulent IDs to get jobs. The $5 million settlement with Uncle Sam's owner Bret Frimmel came weeks after officials signed off on a separate $400,000 settlement to resolve similar claims brought by Uncle Sam's manager Lisa Norton. Frimmel and Norton were arrested by Arpaio's office in January 2014 on employment-related identity theft charges that were dismissed after a judge ruled one of Arpaio's detective recklessly disregarded the truth in affidavits used to get search warrants and ultimately found that there was no probable cause to back up the warrants.

Paulina Porizkova Shows Off Her Gorgeous Long Legs in Bed in This Sultry New Nude

Paulina Porizkova took a much-needed social media break at the end of September, but she announced her return to Instagram with a new nude photo — and it is stunning. The supermodel spent three weeks on a “top-secret, grand adventure” that she's keeping under wraps until “next spring. That's much as she's going to reveal about the project, but Porizkova is coming back to her Instagram account strong with her latest photo.

A Capitol riot suspect who said he was 'invincible' because he was wearing a mask has now been arrested

Landon Mitchell boasted that he would likely evade detection because he was "masked up," a complaint said. A Capitol riot suspect who said he wasn't worried about being caught because he was "masked up" on January 6 has been arrested after a friend identifed him. The FBI arrested Landon Mitchell on Wednesday, HuffPost reported, on multiple charges including obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.

Russia scrambles fighter jets to escort U.S. strategic bombers over Black Sea

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia scrambled two Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets to escort a pair of U.S. B-1B strategic bombers over the Black Sea, Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday, an incident that coincided with a visit to the region by the U.S. secretary of defense. The supersonic U.S. Cold war-era planes were originally designed to carry nuclear bombs and missiles but now carry conventional payloads. "Russian fighter crews identified the aerial targets as two U.S. Air Force supersonic strategic B-1B bombers, accompanied by two KC-135 refuelling planes, and escorted them over the waters of the Black Sea," the defence ministry said in a statement accompanied by video footage of the U.S. aircraft in flight.

5 veterans on an advisory board to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema quit in protest, calling her 'one of the principal obstacles to progress'

Five members of a veterans' advisory council to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema have resigned in protest. The veterans said Sinema has "become one of the principal obstacles to progress" in the Senate. Five members of a veterans' advisory council to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema have resigned in protest over her holding up President Joe Biden's massive social spending package and some of her other positions, The New York Times reported.

Jen Psaki's Response To Peter Doocy's Question Leaves Him Momentarily Speechless

Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy seems to pride himself on asking hard-hitting questions of White House press secretary Jen Psaki. However, on Tuesday, Psaki was the one who asked a question that left Doocy momentarily speechless. It happened when Doocy asked about the possibility of “tons” of police officers and members of the military quitting to avoid COVID-19 vaccination requirements.

Don Lemon lashes out at Biden and Democrats for not getting their message out: 'You are weak!'

During an extra long cross-talk segment Wednesday on Don Lemon Tonight, the host chatted with fellow CNN anchor Chris Cuomo about how the Senate Republicans voted against a motion to debate voting rights legislation earlier in the day. Lemon, who grew increasingly more frustrated during the talk, said it isn't the Republicans' fault this is happening, but rather the Democrats who can't seem to get their message out. “Why are you so bad at politics, Democrats?” Lemon asked.

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Paris Hilton Recounts Being ‘Strangled,’ ‘Slapped,’ and ‘Watched in the Shower’ While Calling for Troubled Teen Industry Reform

The entrepreneur and reality star was in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to advocate for accountability alongside survivors, advocates, and group of Democratic lawmakers including Senator Jeff Merkely (D-Ore.) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.). Merkely and Khanna are co-sponsoring the new Accountability for Congregate Care Act, which will soon be introduced in both houses of Congress. “I'm confident that this bill will create a world where all youth have the support and opportunity to heal, thrive, and not just survive,” Hilton said Wednesday of the ACCA.

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  Paris Hilton meets with members of Congress to urge reform in the ‘troubled-teen industry’

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  Paris Hilton calls on Biden and Congress to take action against the 'troubled teen industry'

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He was asleep in his car. Police woke him up and created a reason to kill him.

But Luke's case was tossed out of federal court because that same situation had not previously been considered in court – so Luke's constitutional rights in that situation were not clearly established in the eyes of the court. In practical terms, that means so long as officers continue to violate people's rights in unique ways, courts will not hold them responsible. Mussallina Muhaymin: My brother wanted to go to the bathroom.

Bride nearly burns down her own wedding reception after jaw-dropping accident: 'I would’ve left'

What was always going to be a memorable wedding nearly took a turn for the worse when a bouquet caught on fire. TikTok user @emilyljackson shared footage of her special day with her audience. A quick-thinking photographer named Molly Stevens (@forthewestandwildphoto) fearlessly grabbed the blazing bouquet and threw it on the ground.

A billionaire who supported Trump in 2020 says he talks to Joe Manchin every week and urges him to 'stay tough'

Billionaire investor Nelson Peltz told CNBC that he phones Sen. Joe Manchin weekly. Peltz says he offers Manchin encouragement as the senator seeks to whittle down Biden's climate and social bill. Progressives say Manchin is in the pocket of big money donors, a claim he denies.

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  Billionaire Trump Donor Says He Has Joe Manchin’s Ear: ‘I Call Him Every Week’

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Women across the UK say they're being injected with needles in nightclubs and waking up with no recollection of what happened next

Police in Nottinghamshire, West Yorkshire, and Scotland have all received reports of spiking with injections and are investigating the incidents, the BBC reported. One 20-year-old man in Nottingham has been arrested and released on bail in connection to a report of a needle-spiking incident on October 16, Superintendent Kathryn Craner of Nottinghamshire Police told Insider. Zara Owen, a first-year student at Nottingham University, told The Independent that she blacked out during a night out and woke up with a "pinprick" on her leg, which caused her "sharp and agonizing pain."

Taliban praise suicide bombers, offer families cash and land

The Taliban praised suicide bombers who died during the war against the former government and its Western allies and offered their families sums of cash and promises of land, the movement's interior ministry said in a statement. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the acting interior ministry who has a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head as a "specially designated global terrorist", met the families at a ceremony at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, which was itself targeted by suicide bombers in 2018. Official photographs of the meeting on Tuesday obscured his face.

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  Top Taliban minister praises ‘sacrifices’ of suicide bombers, offers $125 and plot of land for their family

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  Taliban acting interior minister and US-designated terrorist praises suicide bombers and rewards families

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Condoleezza Rice spars with The View host while discussing Capitol riot

Condoleezza Rice won't be interrupted. The former secretary of state appeared Wednesday on The View as a guest host, but it didn't take long for her conversation about the Capitol riot to get heated. "We will find out," Rice said regarding the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol building, where Capitol Police fatally shot 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt as she and hundreds of rioters trespassed.

One of the world's deadliest snakes found in shipping container sent from India

South Essex Wildlife Hospital received a call from a local British stonemasonry firm about a long, spotted snake they found in a shipping container from India. Turns out, the snake is a saw-scaled viper, one of the deadliest snakes in the world, according to South Essex Wildlife Hospital on Twitter. South Essex Wildlife Hospital is a wildlife rescue, treatment and rehabilitation charity​ in the U.K. While most snakes are harmless to humans, the saw-scaled viper is a dramatic exception.

Stephen Colbert Bestows Steve Bannon With A Horrifying Description You'll Never Forget

Stephen Colbert's audience cheered over the news that a House committee had voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress. Bannon, a former aide to Donald Trump and a recipient of a last-minute pardon from his old boss, refused to comply with a subpoena from the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “It's possible that my prayers are about to be answered,” Colbert said as he described how that means Bannon could face criminal contempt charges.

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  Jan. 6 committee votes unanimously to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress

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  Jan. 6 committee votes to refer Bannon to DOJ for criminal prosecution

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Retired pope hopes to soon join friends in 'the afterlife'

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has said he hopes to soon join a beloved professor friend in “the afterlife,” in a sign that the 94-year-old pontiff is not only accepting his eventual death but welcoming it. Benedict penned an Oct. 2 letter to a German priest, thanking him for letting him know of the passing of the Rev. Gerhard Winkler, a Cistercian priest and academic colleague of the former Joseph Ratzinger. “Of all my colleagues and friends he was the closest to me,” Benedict wrote, according to the letter reproduced in German media.