Connecticut man Raymond Neuberger arrested for beating cat to death
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Connecticut man Raymond Neuberger arrested for beating cat to death

ByNews Polite

A Connecticut man with a history of animal abuse who twice ran for office was arrested Tuesday for allegedly pouring bleach onto a cat and beating it to death, police said. Raymond Neuberger, of Fairfield, was charged with animal cruelty and other crimes in connection to the feline’s August death….

Supreme Court hears arguments in key case on Alabama redistricting map
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Supreme Court hears arguments in key case on Alabama redistricting map

ByNews Polite

​The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday over whether Alabama’s new congressional map disenfranchises black voters — a case that could have repercussions across the country.​ At issue is a map of the state’s seven House districts based on the 2020 Census, which civil rights and other liberal groups contend…

Chinese artist Siyuan Zhuji turns COVID-19 tests into art to represent pandemic in China
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Chinese artist Siyuan Zhuji turns COVID-19 tests into art to represent pandemic in China

ByNews Polite

For most of China’s 1.4 billion people, regular COVID-19 tests have become a way of life. Siyuan Zhuji is trying to turn them into a work of art. Since March, the 33-year-old multi-disciplinary artist from Jiangsu province has been filming his own nucleic acid tests with a small camera in his…

Floridians stranded on Pine Island after Ian cuts off road access
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Floridians stranded on Pine Island after Ian cuts off road access

ByNews Polite

The US Coast Guard is organizing a “waterborne operation” to rescue residents of Pine Island, Florida who were cut off from the mainland when Hurricane Ian knocked out its only bridge. Paramedics and volunteers have already removed some of those stranded there, but are asking the remaining residents to arrive…

Russians attack civilian convoy, killing 10 children
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Russians attack civilian convoy, killing 10 children

ByNews Polite

Russian forces killed 20 people, including 10 children, in a close-range attack on a six-car convoy of civilian vehicles fleeing southeastern Ukraine Saturday, according to reports. The strike followed another missile hit on a different convoy in Zaporizhzhia province on Friday, which resulted in the deaths of 30 civilians. Oleh Vasylovych…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill restricting use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill restricting use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials

ByNews Polite

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to restrict prosecutors from using rap lyrics as evidence against criminal defendants in California. Newsom signed on the dotted line of a new bill — the Decriminalizing Artistic Expression Act, also known as AB 2799 — on Friday, which advocates say will help protect…