Giant crocodiles once roamed northeastern British Columbia. A recent article in Historical Biology presents the first detailed fossil footprints ever reported for giant crocodiles. The sites come from the Peace District of northeastern British Columbia, north of Tumbler Ridge. Trail fossils include traces of swimming, made when crocodiles scraped the muddy bottoms of lakes and river canals with their claws. Some of these swimming tracks showed remarkable detail, including the parallel streaks representing scale patterns on the crocodile legs....

Treize personnes ont été interpellées dans la nuit du lundi 28 mars au mardi 29 mars à Sevran, Aulnay-sous-Bois et Tremblay-en-France (Seine-Saint-Denis) pour incendie, dégradations et violences, expression d’une colère née après le la mort d’un habitant, a été tué par des tirs de la police samedi. Lire aussi Riot Nights en Seine-Saint-Denis Plus calme que les deux nuits précédentes, la nuit a été marquée par plusieurs incendies dans les trois communes....

All four people are related to each other, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. Officers from the Lynn Police Department responded to a report of shots fired at 98 Rockaway St. just before 3 a.m. Tuesday and found two men, ages 34 and 66, dead from apparent gunshot wounds, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett told WCVB. A neighbor reported hearing up to 20 gunshots at the scene. Police have identified a 31-year-old woman as a possible suspect, Blodgett said....

The two crime scenes gave little indication, although visitors inside Tushar’s home told detectives they heard intruders asking to know the location and combination of his safe. Investigators from the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office had this granular surveillance video, which recorded what happened on Tushar Street as three shadowy figures entered the neighborhood and headed for his home. A few minutes later, Toussaint appears to be running and then receives a tackle....

The Defense Ministry intelligence unit said in a Facebook post on Saturday that citizens in Kharkov baked poisoned cakes for the troops of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of Russia. Two Russian soldiers died after eating the food and another 28 were taken to the intensive care unit, the agency said. The condition of the hospitalized soldiers remains unclear. “The Ukrainians are resisting the occupiers by all means available,” the agency said....

The regions contain the largest number of “energy crisis centers,” where communities are most at risk of severe economic hardship as a result of unaffordable energy costs, according to Friends of the Earth. An analysis by the environmental group identified almost 9,000 ‘hotspots’ across England and Wales where energy use is high and typical household income is below the national average. The report found that these neighborhoods housed a higher percentage of children than other areas and that people of color were also twice as likely to live in them....

Kwasi Kwarteng, the Minister of Enterprise, has proposed the targets as part of the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) plans for inclusion in the forthcoming White Paper on Energy Security. The document was delayed because the cost of approving at least six nuclear power plants as part of an extension of the UK’s renewable energy strategy was discussed at the Treasury. BEIS targets include increasing solar energy from its current capacity from 14GW to 50GW, offshore wind power from 11GW to 50GW, terrestrial wind power from 15GW to 30GW and nuclear power from 7GW to 16GW, according to Financial Times....

The latest figures, published by climate charity Possible, reveal the significant increase in costs between a parking permit, used for vehicles such as cars and trucks, and the cost of parking posts for others to use the space aims. It is 115 times more expensive to secure a parking space in the UK, at an average weekly cost of £158.06, than to pay for a parking permit, which costs an average of £1....

Zelensky said that “something prevented them from determining where their homeland is” and “they violated the military oath of allegiance to the Ukrainian people.” According to Zelenskyy, one of the generals was in charge of internal security at the SBU, the main intelligence service. He said the other general was the head of the SBU in the Kherson region, the first major city to fall to the Russians. Zelensky said nothing about the two generals’ fortunes other than deducting their rank....

Comment CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — At home in Kyiv, Yaroslav Yemelianenko it was stuck a secret live stream of the gateway to Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. In disbelief, he watched the Russian tanks roll by the yellow information booth advertising his company, Chernobyl Tour, and drove south toward the capital. Hours had passed since the first day of the war, February 24th. Publicly, Ukrainian leaders said Russian troops had not yet crossed over there....

Using the nickname Natalya, the 33-year-old mom told the Times of London that troops raided her farmhouse on the outskirts of the capital Kiev on March 9 – even though she had a white sheet at her gate “to show it there. “It’s just a family here and nobody wants anything bad.” Natalia – whose rape was officially investigated by Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova – said they were forced to flee their home with their arms raised after the invading soldiers first shot their dog....

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian president said his country’s defense against the Russian invasion was at a “turning point” and again pushed the United States for more help hours after Kremlin forces refused to pledge to restrict some of their operations. Russian forces bombed areas around Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv and intensified attacks in other parts of the country on Wednesday, adding to already deep doubts about any progress towards ending the punitive war....

Article écrit par Publié le 23/08/2022 21:30 Mis à jour le 23/08/2022 21:30 Temps de lecture : 1 minute. Un adolescent de 16 ans a été enlevé à son domicile de Parentis-en-Born (Landes) dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche, avant d’être emmené dans le coffre d’une voiture et battu dans une forêt à Sore, rapporte France Bleu. Gascogne le mardi 23 août. Le jeune homme a été repéré par des gendarmes, nu et le corps tuméfié, sur une route en lisière de forêt dimanche matin....

The Spanish Civil Guard and US federal agents boarded a yacht at the Marina Real in the port of Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the Balearic Islands of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea. Associated Press reporters at the scene saw police getting in and out of the boat Monday morning. The seizure was confirmed by two people familiar with the matter. People could not discuss the matter in public and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity....

A press release issued by Crime Stoppers states that a woman, wearing a pink top and a black hood with a white logo on the front, was immortalized by video surveillance entering a vehicle and taking objects from the back seat. Anyone with information about this incident is kindly requested to contact Crime Stoppers at 705-942-7867, 1-800-222-8477 or online.

Damien Rieu, ancien adjoint parlementaire du Rassemblement national (RN) et candidat à la députation sous l’étiquette Reconquête, accuse Garde des Sceaux d’organiser cette activité de cartels “avec vos impôts”. Une critique entendue dans le coeur par la fachosphère et par la députée RN, Hélène Laporte. “La prison de #Fresnes organise des activités estivales pour les détenus : karting, piscine, etc. […] Les contribuables seront contents de voir où va leur argent !...

Energoatom, Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear power company, said yesterday that soldiers had received “significant doses of radiation” after building trench fortifications in the Red Forest, a highly toxic area around the abandoned plant. The site got its name when tens of square miles of pine trees turned red after absorbing radiation from a 1986 explosion at a reactor, one of the worst nuclear disasters in the world. Russian troops “panicked at the first sign of illness,” which “appeared very quickly,” and began preparing to leave, Energatom said....

Richard Williams wird von Will Smith verdrängt Pinkett Smith leidet an partiellem Haarausfall. Sie beschloss, es nicht zu verbergen, sondern offen über ihren Zustand zu sprechen und sich die Haare zu rasieren. Es ist wahrscheinlich nicht richtig, sich darüber lustig zu machen. Aber Gewalt ist nicht die Antwort – und so löste Will Smiths Angriff auf seine Kollegen eine Internet-Debatte aus. Auch viele Prominente haben sich zu dem Vorfall geäußert. Jemand, der von Will Smith abtritt, ist Richard Williams, der Vater der Tennisspielerinnen Serena und Venus Williams....

Even if Russia agrees, the obstacles remain in Brussels. The reaction when Kyiv submitted an urgent application for membership at the beginning of the war said it all. There was the initial enthusiasm and desire to show solidarity. But a few days later, Brussels made it clear that there would be no quick entry. Some Member States, including France, are known to have reservations about Ukraine’s hasty entry into the bloc....