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Connecticut Officials Use a Bear to Skirt Warrant Requirements, Spy on Landowners

An unusual civil rights case has been filed in federal court involving a state agency that affixed a camera to a bear to catch residents feeding it. The case may sound comical, but legal experts say it will be an important test about how far the government can go in conducting surveillance of citizens without…


Connecticut Officials Used a Bear to Skirt Warrant Requirements, Spy on Landowners

An unusual civil rights case has been filed in federal court involving a state agency that affixed a camera to a bear to catch residents feeding it. The case may sound comical, but legal experts say it will be an important test about how far the government can go in conducting surveillance of citizens without…


Ukraine Reports Limited Gains; Moscow Claims Kyiv’s Offensive Has Stalled

Two weeks after the de facto launch of a long-awaited Ukrainian counter-offensive, both sides are claiming battlefield victories in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. Kyiv claims its forces have successfully penetrated several miles beyond Russian defense lines and have retaken several strategic positions. Moscow, for its part, says Kyiv’s counter-attack has been stopped in its…


House Republicans Defend Parental Rights Groups Against ‘Extremist’ Label

House Republicans have submitted a resolution (pdf) in defense of parental rights organizations such as Moms for Liberty following their classification as “extremist” by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on a “hate map” alongside Ku Klux Klan chapters. The resolution, filed by Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) on June 15, asserts that it is not extreme…


Mama Osprey Braves Colorado Hail Storm to Protect Unhatched Eggs—Here’s the Live Camera Footage

Braving a hail storm in Colorado, a female osprey has shown an incredible motherly instinct by protecting her three unhatched eggs. The mama bird has her nest at the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont, Colorado. On May 9, between 10:30 and 11 p.m., two live cameras placed at the site by Boulder County Parks & Open…


He Was Destroyed by Gout, so She Learned Naturopath Medicine That Saved His Life—Here’s How

The doctors had no answers for why her husband was in agony. Piling up prescriptions for more pain medication, nothing worked. They were clueless, theorizing in vain, while Tim Kim’s pain only worsened. It started with some “minor foot pain” in 2016 when doctors “diagnosed him with plantar fasciitis and then metatarsalgia,” Tim’s wife, Sierra…


Boy, 10, Buys Antique Tractor With $2,800 Life Savings to Help Tend the 200-Acre Family Farm

A 10-year-old boy with ambitions to take over his family’s 200-acre beef farm in Wisconsin has invested his life savings in a rare antique tractor to help his parents. Hard-working Caleb Bergner is one of four siblings being raised on the Bergner Beef Family Farm in Pulaski, Wisconsin. Caleb attends a nearby Catholic school, but…


US Government Hit in Global Hacking Campaign

The nation’s cyber watchdog agency reported that the U.S. government was the target of a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used software on June 15. However, the agency does not anticipate the attack to have a significant impact. Eric Goldstein, the executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the U.S. Cybersecurity and…


Conservative Views Among Americans Are at Decade High, Poll Finds

According to the latest Gallup Values and Beliefs survey, a growing number of Americans identify as very conservative or conservative on social and economic issues. The study, conducted from May 1 to 24, revealed a significant increase in social conservatism, reaching its highest level since 2012. This trend coincides with ongoing debates on transgender rights,…


Wyoming Sorority Sisters Sue Fraternity for Inducting Biological Male As First ‘Trans’ Member

The younger woman spoke through tears, telling Patsy Levang how a biological male had been admitted into Kappa Kappa Gamma, the on-campus women’s sorority house where she lives at the University of Wyoming. The newly-minted male member has free access to areas where men are strictly banned: that includes hallways, lockless bathrooms, and changing areas….