Day: August 29, 2023

Giant pandas to leave Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, DC, in December

8:11 pm August 29, 2023

The three giant pandas at Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., will be returned to China by December 7, the zoo announced in statements released on both Monday, August 21, and Sunday, August 27. The announcements came in the birthday press releases for panda Xiao Qi Ji’s third birthday on August 21 — and for […]

Florida braces for Hurricane Idalia, authorities warn Gulf Coast residents to leave: ‘unprecedented event’

8:09 pm August 29, 2023

Florida is bracing for Hurricane Idalia to hit its shores early Wednesday, with multiple counties under a state of emergency and residents living in vulnerable areas being warned to pack up and leave. By Tuesday afternoon Idalia was churning in the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 1 storm, but it was projected to come […]

Dutch prosecutors want 12-year sentence for cricketer accused of placing bounty on populist figurehead Wilders

7:14 pm August 29, 2023

Dutch prosecutors demanded a 12-year prison sentence Tuesday for a former Pakistani cricketer accused of incitement to murder firebrand anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders. The suspect, identified by Wilders as Khalid Latif, is accused of offering a bounty of some 21,000 euros ($23,000) to anybody who killed Wilders. Latif did not appear in the high-security courtroom […]

Florida AG warns new residents, potential looters ahead of Hurricane Idalia landfall: ‘Law and order state’

7:13 pm August 29, 2023

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued warnings for new residents experiencing a hurricane for the first time, as well as any “bad actors” looking to profit off the storm, in speaking with Fox News Digital Tuesday, a day before Hurricane Idalia’s anticipated landfall in the Sunshine State. “As you know, Florida leads the nation in […]

UNC-Chapel Hill shooting suspect Tailei Qi appears in court

7:11 pm August 29, 2023

Tailei Qi, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ph.D. student charged in the fatal shooting of an associate professor on Monday afternoon, appeared in court for the first time on Tuesday. Qi allegedly murdered Zijie Yan, an associate professor in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences, with a 9mm pistol Monday afternoon, prompting […]