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July 26 (UPI) -- Australian ultramarathoner Natalie Dau has set a new record for the fastest crossing of Peninsular Malaysia on foot.

Dau covered over 700 kilometers from Kelantan in the north to Johor Bahru in the south in eight days and 46 minutes. This accomplishment adds to her growing list of ultramarathon achievements, which began with her debut race in 2019.

Dau was well-prepared for this challenge, with ten championship titles and races ranging from 50 km to 200 km. Her crossing was part of Project 1,000, a 1,000 km journey from Thailand to Singapore.

To tackle the course, she ran between 85 to 95 km daily, starting as early as 12:35 a.m. to avoid the heat, while managing an infection throughout the attempt.

"The last 20 km of each day were the hardest I've ever experienced," Dau said.

Dau went on this journey to raise money for a global charity that supports girls and women through sports called GRLS.

"There is a huge gender gap when it comes to exercising as females are 40% less likely to be active, and this number is even higher in underprivileged communities," she said. "It can be a lack of access to facilities, gender stereotypes, religious or cultural reasons that make it hard for females. GRLS work to breakdown these barriers."
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July 22 (UPI) -- A professional soccer game was suspended in Norway when fans threw fish cakes and other objects onto the field to protest the use of a Video Assistant Referee, or VAR.

The Norwegian Eliteserien game between Rosenborg BK and Lillestrom was initially stopped mere minutes after kickoff due to the fish cakes raining down on the field.

Players returned to the field from the locker room, but the game was stopped a second time when fans from both sides continued to throw fish cakes, and started adding tennis balls and smoke bombs into the mix.

The game was officially suspended after just over a half hour of play with the score 0-0.

The protest surrounded the use of VAR, which fans and even several supporter unions complain leads to referees taking too much time to make decisions, bringing games to long halts in the meantime. The league adopted VAR in 2023.
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July 22 (UPI) -- A Florida sheriff's office is reminding residents not to approach bears after onlookers were seen trying to snap selfies with a "depressed" bear at the side of a highway.

The Walton County Sheriff's Office said on social media the bear was spotted late last week on the north side of Highway 98 near County Road 83 in Santa Rosa Beach.
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July 20 (UPI) -- A listeria outbreak tied to sliced deli meats in a dozen states have killed two and hospitalized 28 more, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.

One death was reported in New Jersey and another in Illinois while at least 28 others were hospitalized from about May 20 to July 5 in a dozen states.

The CDC has not issued a recall of any particular deli meats and suggested contaminated deli equipment likely caused the outbreak in at least a dozen states.

"Many people in this outbreak are reporting eating meats that they had sliced at deli counters," the CDC said Friday. "Investigators are collecting information to determine the specific products that may be contaminated."

Seven cases were reported in New York and six in Maryland. Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey and Virginia each have reported two cases.

Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin each have reported one case.

The CDC says there likely are more unreported cases.

Most who became sick with listeriosis told CDC investigators they ate turkey or liverwurst. Some also said they ate ham.

Listeriosis is the nation's third-leading cause of death due to food-borne illnesses.

Listeria can contaminate commonly used deli equipment, especially slicers, and spreads easily among food, surfaces and hands, according to the CDC.

Pregnant women, senior citizens and people with compromised immune systems are especially vulnerable to listeria but rarely take ill, the CDC says.

Common symptoms include fever, aching muscles and tiredness among pregnant women.

Other common symptoms include headaches, a stiff neck, loss of balance, confusion, seizures.

Symptoms commonly occur within two weeks of eating listeria-contaminated food but might occur within a day or be delayed as long as 10 weeks, according to the CDC.

Refrigeration won't kill listeria, but reheating meats to suitably high temperatures will kill any germs that those meats might contain.

The CDC recommends heating deli meats that are sliced at any deli counter to an internal temperature of 165 degrees or until the meat is steaming hot.

Consumers also can protect against listeria by cleaning their refrigerators and any containers or surfaces that might have contacted sliced deli meats.


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July 19 (UPI) -- Lady Gaga is recording new music, and she is teasing the process on social media.

The 38-year-old singer and actress offered her fans a behind-the-scenes glimpse of her work in the studio, sharing a black-and-white photo carousel to her Instagram page.
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July 17 (UPI) -- A Stegosaurus that lived up to 161 million years ago and has been named "Apex" broke records Wednesday after its fossilized skeleton sold for nearly $45 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York.

"'Apex' lived up to its name today, inspiring bidders globally to become the most valuable fossil ever sold at auction," Cassandra Hatton, Sotheby's global head of science and popular culture said in a statement.
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Pudgy with a purpose: Fat cats could help humans better understand the way gut bacteria influences conditions like obesity and Type 2 diabetes, a new study claims.

Food-related changes in obese cats' gut microbiome have striking similarities to the way diet affects the gut of humans, researchers reported recently in the journal Scientific Reports.

As a result, pet cats might be the best source of information about the human microbiome, and whether altering gut bacteria could help battle obesity, researchers say.

"Being able to see changes in cats that come up in the context of obesity and Type 2 diabetes in people makes them a really good model to start looking at more microbiome-directed therapeutics for obesity in humans if we're seeing a similar shift," said lead researcher Dr. Jenessa Weston, an assistant professor of veterinary clinical sciences at Ohio State University.

"Animals share our beds. They share our ice cream. There are all these things that people do with their pets that highlight they are a naturally occurring disease model with similar environmental exposures as humans," Weston added in a university news release.
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It's long been known that popping the antibiotic doxycycline within 72 hours of a risky sexual encounter can greatly reduce a person's risk for a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

In fact, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally recommended this type of "morning after" strategy last month.

But what if folks at especially high risk for STIs simply took "doxy" daily -- similar to how some people now take HIV meds as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent that infection?

Two small new studies suggest that this so-called "DoxyPrEP" strategy may indeed keep STIs at bay.

Both reports are scheduled to be presented next week at the 25th International AIDS Conference in Munich.
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July 18 (UPI) -- A Nigerian man played mobile game Dream League Soccer 2023 for 75 consecutive hours, breaking a Guinness World Record.

The record-keeping organization said Oside "Khoded" Oluwole broke the record for the longest video game marathon playing a soccer game, besting the 50-hour record set by Englishman David Whitefoot in 2022.

Guinness said Oluwole is the first holder of the record to have used Dream League Soccer to seek the title, as previous holders have opted for FIFA or Pro Evolution Soccer.

Oluwole connected his iPhone to a TV screen for his gaming marathon, during which he was allowed a 5-minute break every hour, and he was allowed to bank his breaks for longer rest times.

"It wasn't an easy task, but I must say it was all fun," Oluwole told Guinness World Records. "It was such a great moment; the event was very interesting and I'm grateful to god that it was successful."
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July 18 (UPI) -- A Texas man legally changed his name to Literally Anybody Else to apply for a particularly difficult-to-get job: President of the United States.

The 35-year-old military veteran and middle school math teacher, formerly known as Dustin Ebey, said he is running for president to protest the current major-party candidates -- President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump -- and show his distaste for a system that his website states "often prioritizes partisan battles over real solutions."

Else is running a write-in campaign in Texas, where did he did not get the required 113,000 signatures to make it onto the ballot, and is expected to appear by name on the Tennessee ballot, where he said he did get the required amount of signatures.
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July 16 (UPI) -- A California auction house announced a pair of long-lost props from the original Star Trek series have been found after more than 50 years and are headed to auction.

Julien's Auctions, in partnership with Turner Classic Movies, announced the phaser and communicator will be auctioned as part of the co-branded event "Comic-Con Museum Presents: Julien's Auctions & TCM 2024 Spotlight Series."

The props were used by William Shatner on screen in his role as Capt. James T. Kirk.

Don Hillenbrand, a Star Trek prop expert, authenticated the items as the "hero" versions used on screen in multiple episodes of the series.

The props, made in 1966, were thought lost for more than 50 years before turning up in the collection of a recently-deceased man who worked in the Hollywood prop industry for many years. The items are now owned by the man's family and will be auctioned Nov. 9.
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July 17 (UPI) -- A pair of goats decided to give a stress test to a hiker's parked SUV on a Colorado mountain -- and the moment was caught on camera.

Mindy Williford, aka Superglamp on social media, returned to her Subaru SUV after hiking on Mount Blue Sky, about 45 miles west of Denver, and discovered the tell-tale signifiers of hoofed hijinks.

"Those are hoof prints! There was a goat on my car," Williford says in a video she posted to her accounts. "That is hilarious, and it went all the way on the top here too."

The post captured the attention of the official Subaru account.

"People have said we're the GOAT but didn't think this was what it meant," the company wrote in a comment on TikTok.

Williford says in her video, "I wish I could have seen that," and her wish came true thanks to wildlife photographer Michael Ryno.

Ryno's video, posted to Instagram, shows one goat walking across the vehicle's hood while a second stomps on the rooftop cargo box.

"OMG that's my car!" Williford wrote in a comment. "Thank you so much for capturing this."
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July 16 (UPI) -- The Washington State Patrol said a driver polled over for speeding in the high-occupancy vehicle lanes had a surprise in her back seat -- her passenger was a mannequin bust.

The WSP said on social media that a trooper stopped the car on southbound Interstate 5, near South 272nd Street, for going 80 mph in a 60 mph zone.

Officials said the woman was traveling in the HOV lane, but her only passenger turned out to be a mannequin bust propped up on a cooler and disguised with a jacket.

"The driver said this is her training aid and the reason it was positioned this way was to properly dry the hair," the WSP wrote.

The driver was released with a speeding ticket.
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July 17 (UPI) -- Colorado's Denver International Airport revealed the most unusual items to pass through its lost and found include elk meat and a circular saw.

The airport, which averages more than 2000,000 travelers each day, receives about 150 to 200 lost and found items daily, officials said.

Many items that arrive at the lost and found window come as no surprise, lost and found supervisor Noelle Aguirre said.

"The top five are bags, IDs, glasses and electronics and jewelry," Aguirre told KMGH-TV.

Other items are a bit more unusual. The lost and found is currently holding onto a circular saw and a forklift battery.

She said some of the department's past finds include elk meat, urns and dogs forgotten in the parking garage.

Lost and found items are held by the airport for 30 days.

"We're always trying our best to return these items back to the owner," Aguirre said.
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July 15 (UPI) -- A Rhode Island university president who bought a ticket for a Mega Millions drawing in February didn't discover until months later that it was worth $1 million.

Ioannis Miaoulis, who heads Roger Williams University, said he doesn't buy lottery tickets very often, but he decided to take his shot at the $333 million jackpot in the Feb. 2 Mega Millions drawing.

Miaoulis bought his ticket, bearing the numbers 11-22-42-64-69 and Mega Ball 19, from the Stop & Shop on Metacom Avenue in Bristol.

Miaoulis said he put the ticket in a drawer, and forgot about it for five months -- until he learned that a $1 million ticket from the drawing remained unclaimed.

He was surprised to discover he had matched the first five numbers from the Groundhog Day drawing, earning him a $1 million prize.

Miaoulis said his prize money will be saved for retirement.
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July 15 (UPI) -- An Irish man earned his second Guinness World Records title by riding his unicycle the length of Ireland -- 308 miles -- in 5 days, 5 hours and 23 minutes.

Eamonn Keaveney told Guinness World Records the title for the fastest crossing of Ireland by unicycle appealed to him because it "seemed like a perfect mix of daunting and ridiculous."

Keaveney, who previously earned the record for the world's longest barefoot journey in 2016 and followed it up by climbing 10 mountains barefoot in 10 days, said he had never ridden a unicycle until he started training for the title.

He said he traveled about 12 hours each day of his attempt.

"It was sometimes hard toward the end of the day to force myself up on to the unicycle for those last few miles," he said.

He said a swollen ankle toward the end of his trip made each turn of the pedals feel "like torture."

"As long as you are moving, you are pedaling. Hence my ankle swelling up from overuse," he said.
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July 16 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida are trying to solve the mystery of a plane found abandoned at the side of a Bay County road.

The Springfield Police Department said on social media that "a portion of a plane" -- the cockpit, nose and front propeller -- was found abandoned at the side of Transmitter Road.

The plane bears markings from ZooWorld in Panama City Beach, including giraffe logos on its seats, but the business said it got rid of the plane about a week ago.
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July 14 (UPI) -- Comedy Central has announced that "The Daily Show" will go dark Monday. and the rest of the week's shows will be taped in New York instead of Wisconsin ,where the Republican National Convention will he held.

The original plan was to tape the Jon Stewart-fronted show in Milwaukee from Monday to Wednesday, and then broadcast a live episode Thursday.

The plan changed, however, after an assassination attempt sent Republican nominee Donald Trump to the hospital with a bullet wound to the ear Saturday.

One spectator was also killed, while two others were critically injured.

Secret Service agents shot and killed the sniper.

"Our apologies for the inconvenience, but due to logistical issues and the evolving situation in Milwaukee, we need to reschedule our events on the ground in Wisconsin and will look to make those up in the coming weeks," the show's X feed said Sunday.
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July 12 (UPI) -- SeaWorld San Antonio continued its summer "baby boom" when a Pacific white-sided dolphin and a beluga whale were born just two days apart.

The Texas attraction said Piquet, a 36-year-old white-sided dolphin, gave birth June 26 to a 20-inch-long female calf weighing approximately 20 pounds.

Luna, a 24-year-old beluga whale, gave birth just two days later to a 4-foot-long male calf weighing about 130 pounds.

"Both calves and mothers are healthy and under the watchful eyes of animal care specialists and the park's veterinary staff as these new additions continue to nurse, bond with mom and work toward hitting normal growth milestones," SeaWorld said in the birth announcement.
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July 10 (UPI) -- NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said during a Wednesday press conference that they're confident the troubled Boeing Starliner spacecraft can carry them safely back home to Earth.

"We're absolutely confident," Wilmore said. He said a sheltering procedure test inside Starliner went well. It was conducted to determine if astronauts could quickly disconnect from the space station and shelter in the Starliner if needed.
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July 12 (UPI) -- Space crews on NASA's upcoming mission to orbit the moon in 2025 and land at its south pole in 2026 may have a solution to the age-old problem of urinating while suited up thanks to a novel U.S.-developed system that collects and recycles wastewater into potable water inside their spacesuit.

Inspired by the full-body "stillsuits" worn in the Dune sci-fi movies, scientists at Cornell University have designed a prototype urine collection and filtration system they say replaces the uncomfortable and unhygienic adult diaper-type maximum absorbency garment worn by generations of long-suffering astronauts since the late 1970s, according to a news release from the Frontiers research platform.
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Seventeen women in nine states have fallen ill after getting fake Botox shots, with 13 of them landing in the hospital and one requiring a ventilator, a new report warns.

In the report, published Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers provided alarming details of patients getting injections outside of a medical setting and then falling ill a few days later.

In one instance, four women attended a gathering at a relative's home in Tennessee to get Botox injected into their faces to smooth fine lines and wrinkles about three days before their symptoms began. An investigation later showed the injected product was counterfeit and was administered by a person who was not licensed to do so.

"In some cases, providers were concerned about patients' breathing to the point where they were admitting them to intensive care units to be able to monitor them more closely," report author Dr. Christine Thomas, a medical director at the Tennessee Department of Health, told NBC News.

If you do decide to get Botox, have it done in a medical setting by a licensed provider. Thomas recommended making sure providers are licensed appropriately ahead of time.

Don't be fooled by appearances: "People go in and see a person wearing a white coat. They see what purports to be professionals administering Botox. They're unwitting victims," Karavetsos said.

Pricing can be a big clue: One of the women treated in Tennessee "reported paying less for their injections than we know botulinum toxin costs," Thomas said.

The average price for Botox is about $15 a unit, so a reasonable charge would be $12 to $25 per unit, Dr. Kate Dee, a Seattle physician and spa founder, told NBC News.
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Restrictive gun laws can decrease suicide rates among children and teenagers, but they don't seem to lower their risk of being murdered, a new study says.

States with laws requiring safe storage of firearms and mandatory waiting periods had lower suicide death rates among kids younger than 18, researchers report.

However, no gun laws appeared to lower children's risk of being murdered by a firearm, even those that prohibit access for people at risk of harming themselves and others, result show.

"It was surprising to me that no laws appear to be impacting the rates of homicide in children, not even safe access," said lead researcher Dr. Krista Haines, an assistant professor of surgery and population health sciences at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C. "It's sad and shocking."

For the study, researchers analyzed data on more than 17,000 child firearm deaths that occurred between 2009 and 2020, including more than 6,700 suicides and more than 10,200 murders.

They compared 36 different state-level firearm laws to see if any appeared to reduce or increase the risk of suicide or homicide for children.

The analysis "suggests that we do actually have some laws that work," Haines said in a news release.

"But there are very few of these laws, and they only appear to work for suicide, not for homicide," she continued. "Our study clearly points to a need for more laws and controlled access to these guns, especially given the high rates of death among children in the United States."

Interestingly, "stand your ground" laws that protect people who use guns in self-defense appeared to increase children and teens' risk of suicide, researchers found.

Laws setting minimum ages for possession or purchase of firearms did not significantly reduce suicide death rates, results show.

The U.S. accounts for more than 90% of child firearm deaths worldwide, researchers said in background notes. More studies are needed to understand the risk to kids, they argue.

"This is a very early study, and we need to continue to use this kind of research to advance better policies," senior researcher Dr. Suresh Agarwal, chief of trauma, acute and critical care surgery at Duke University, said in a news release. "What we have in place now has limited impact, particularly with regard to homicides."

The new study was published Thursday in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.











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Secondhand smoke from cigarettes is much worse than that from vaping, in terms of exposing children to nicotine, a new study finds.

Children exposed to vaping indoors absorb less than one-seventh the amount of nicotine as kids exposed to indoor smoking, blood tests reveal.

Secondhand exposure to harmful substances in e-cigarettes likely would be even lower, researchers said, given that vaping contains similar levels of nicotine but only a fraction of the toxins and carcinogens found in tobacco smoke.
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July 12 (UPI) -- A California town is attempting to gather 10,000 people to break a Guinness World Record for the largest water balloon fight.

Splash Fest, organized by nonprofit Balloons over Bullets in Stockton, kicks off at 2 p.m. Saturday, and organizers are hoping to amass at least 10,000 people at the event to throw 209,000 water balloons.

Organizers are encouraging prospective participants to pre-register online.

"This record-breaking endeavor not only promises thrilling water-filled battles but also carries a powerful message of promoting unity, non-violence, and the importance of education and community engagement," the Splash Fest website states.

The festival will include other water-themed attractions including giant slip 'n' slides, a dunk tank and water games. There will also be food trucks and live music.

The current Guinness World Record for the largest water balloon fight was set by 8,957 people at the University of Kentucky in 2011.


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As much of the nation deals with sweltering conditions, officials are warning of the dangers of leaving children and pets in hot vehicles.

The temperature inside a car parked in a sunny spot rockets to dangerous levels in minutes. The rate at which temperatures rise the fastest occurs within the first 10 minutes, according to Kids and Car Safety, an organization dedicated to preventing these tragedies.

In the latest heartbreaking incident, a 5-year-old boy died after being left inside an SUV in Omaha, Neb. His death was at least the 10th child to die in a hot car nationwide this year and the 1st in Nebraska, according to Kids and Car Safety, which says three additional child fatalities -- as highlighted in the map below -- are likely hot car deaths pending autopsy results.

An Arizona girl died Tuesday after she was found unresponsive in a hot car amid record-breaking temperatures in the state. The 2-year-old girl's father reportedly told police that he left her in the car with the air conditioner on. When he returned, the vehicle was off, and she was unresponsive, leading him to call 911, local affiliate Fox 19 reported. This marks the first hot car death in Arizona this year.

In another incident Sunday, a 2-year-old boy lost his life after being left inside a vehicle in Little Rock, Ark. According to CBS News, the boy and three siblings were left in the car while their parents took another child into a hospital for "urgent medical treatment." The couple has been charged with capital murder following the death of their son and has pleaded not guilty.

Heatstroke can start when the body reaches a core temperature of 104 degrees. Death can occur at 107 degrees. Because a child's body temperature rises three to five times faster than an adult's, a hot car can quickly become dangerous.

Dogs left in cars face the same risk their only way to cool down is through sweat glands on their paws or by panting.

Hot car deaths continue to be a pressing concern across the country. Since 1990, at least 1,093 children have lost their lives after being left in vehicles, according to KidsAndCarSafety.org. An additional 7,500 children have survived with varying degrees of injuries. Nearly 90 of these victims are 3 years old or younger.

Kids and Car Safety is also monitoring three additional child fatalities pending autopsy results. The organization has tracked hot vehicle deaths for years and is pushing automakers to add more technology to prevent them.
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July 10 (UPI) -- Transit officials in California said a stretch of highway was closed for several hours when a truck overturned and spilled its load of tomatoes into the roadway.
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July 11 (UPI) -- A Texas longhorn steer used its horns to undo the latch on the back of a trailer and made a dash for freedom on a Pennsylvania highway.

Rhonda Collins said she and her family were on northbound Interstate 83 Wednesday afternoon in York County when they saw the steer in the trailer in front of them appearing to rub its horns against the door latch.

Collins said the doors swung open and the horned Houdini jumped out onto the highway near the Fishing Creek exit.

"He rolled around a little bit," Collins told the York Daily Record. "Then he got up like nothing happened."
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Colorado health officials on Tuesday confirmed a case of human plague in that state.

The infection -- which occurred in Pueblo County, in the southern part of the state -- was first reported Friday based on preliminary test results, while the source of the infection is still being tracked down.

"Plague can be treated successfully with antibiotics, but an infected person must be treated promptly to avoid serious complications or death," Alicia Solis, program manager of the Office of Communicable Disease and Emergency Preparedness at the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment, said in a news release announcing the case.

"We advise all individuals to protect themselves and their pets from plague," she added.

This is not the first case of plague that Colorado has seen: The state had 67 reported cases between 1970 and 2022, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the United States as a whole, an average of seven human plague cases are reported each year.

Worldwide, 3,248 human plague cases were reported between 2010 and 2015, the World Health Organization says.

Unfortunately, "a plague vaccine is no longer available in the United States," the CDC notes. "New plague vaccines are in development, but are not expected to be commercially available in the immediate future."

Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the plague is an infectious disease typically spread by fleas. Once known as "The Black Death," which killed millions in Europe during the Middle Ages, the plague circulates naturally among wild rodents and rarely infects humans today.

Anyone who develops symptoms of plague should see their doctor immediately, the CDC says. Typical symptoms include sudden fever and chills, severe headache, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting and, commonly, swollen lymph nodes with pain.

What can people do to avoid infection?

One way is to eliminate places where wild rodents can exist close to humans such as brush, rock piles, trash and piles of lumber around homes, garages, sheds and recreation areas, according to Colorado health officials.

Taking precautions around pets can also reduce risk of transmission. Health officials suggest treating dogs and cats for fleas, keeping pet food in rodent-proof containers and not letting pets roam in rodent areas or sleep in bed with you.
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July 9 (UPI) -- A reveler enjoying Fourth of July celebrations in Rhode Island ended up jumping into the Providence River to rescue a struggling rabbit.

Emily Swift, who was visiting Providence from New York, attended the Fourth of July WaterFire celebration and ended up catching the unusual rescue on camera.

Swift's video, which she posted to TikTok, shows a woman swimming in the Providence River to rescue a not-so-buoyant bunny that was struggling in the water.

The woman, who has not been identified, was rescued by a WaterFire boat captained by Christine Maino, a 26-year volunteer of the annual celebration.
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July 10 (UPI) -- Animal rescuers in Indiana are trying to solve the mystery of a "slithery surprise" after a large snake was found wandering outside of a home.

The Westfield Police Department said the "slithery surprise" was spotted "on Barley Circle" and the Exotic Animal Rescue and Pet Sanctuary was called in to collect what is believed to be a large Burmese python.

Police shared a photo on Facebook showing the yellow snake failing to blend in with some greenery right outside a home.

The snake is currently being cared for by the sanctuary.

"If thissssss guy belongs to you, please call them," police wrote.
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July 8 (UPI) -- Researchers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shared an unusual catch from a recent fish survey -- a longnose gar with a crooked back.

The FWC's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute said biologists were conducting an electrofishing survey in Silver Glen Springs when they found the 2.7-foot-long gar with a bend in its back making it resemble an upside-down letter V.

Researchers said it evoked memories of a recent discovery of a "squiggly" bull shark caught near Titusville that appeared to have scoliosis or a similar spinal deformity.

The FWC said there were some key differences between the fish.

"Unlike the bull shark with a spinal deformity that we shared a few weeks ago, this fish likely got its interesting shape from a spinal injury at some point in its life," researchers wrote.

The gar, which weighed in at about 10.6 pounds, was returned to the water.
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July 8 (UPI) -- An Idaho man threw chopsticks to burst 55 balloons in one minute to break a Guinness World Record -- his 180th concurrently-held title.

Serial record-breaker David Rush previously held the title for the most balloons burst with chopsticks in one minute when he managed to pop 24 balloons with his hand-thrown projectiles, but it was later broken by someone who popped 28.

Rush retook the record by bursting 41 balloons, but lost it again to a record-breaker who managed to pop 47.

The record-breaking master said he spent two months preparing for his latest attempt, throwing a total 10,000 chopsticks into cardboard boxes to fine-tune his speed and aim.

Rush successfully captured the title once again by popping 55 balloons in the 60-second time period.
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July 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Park Service is pleading with visitors to Yosemite National Park to put a stop to "a sight that's become all too familiar" by not leaving their used toilet paper behind.

NPS officials wrote on the California park's social media channels that rangers recently came across "used toilet paper waving hello near Rancheria Falls -- a full roll too!"

Officials wrote that the discovery is just the latest in a string of used toilet paper discoveries in the park.

The NPS asked visitors who bring toilet paper on their trips to make sure it also leaves the park with them.

"You can bring a sealable plastic baggie to stash it in, and even cover the bag in tape so you don't have to look at it," the post said. "Because really, nobody wants to stumble upon a surprise package left behind by an anonymous outdoor enthusiast."
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WILLIAMS, Ariz. (AP) — One way to help tell how a Tyrannosaurus rex digested food is to look at its poop.

Bone fragments in a piece of fossilized excrement at a new museum in northern Arizona — aptly called the Poozeum — are among the tinier bits of evidence that indicate T. rex wasn’t much of a chewer, but rather swallowed whole chunks of prey.

The sample is one of more than 7,000 on display at the museum that opened in May in Williams, a town known for its Wild West shows along Route 66, wildlife attractions and a railway to Grand Canyon National Park.

The Poozeum sign features a bright green T. rex cartoon character sitting on a toilet to grab attention from the buzzing neon lights and muffled 1950s music emanating from other businesses.

Inside, display cases filled with coprolites — fossilized feces from animals that lived millions of years ago — line the walls. They range from minuscule termite droppings to a massive specimen that weighs 20 pounds (9 kilograms).
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — For those of you who don’t celebrate World UFO Day, consider this:

A former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer told Congress last summer about a government program that retrieves and reverse engineers unidentified flying objects.

The Mexican Congress held an unprecedented session in September during which supposed mummies were presented as “nonhuman beings that are not part of our terrestrial evolution.”

And NASA now has a director of research for unidentified flying objects, or what it calls “unidentified anomalous phenomena.”

Never mind that the Pentagon denied the former intelligence officer’s claims; that Mexican researchers said the mummies “made no sense;” and that a NASA study found no evidence of extraterrestrials.

There’s still never been a better time to mark World UFO Day.
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The silver pocket watch was a prized possession of Theodore Roosevelt, a keepsake given to him by his sister and her husband in 1898 before he became president that would travel with him around the world and end up at Sagamore Hill — his home on Long Island, New York, and now a national historic site.

But in 1987, it went from museum piece to pilfered prize when someone stole it from an unlocked case at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, New York, where it was on loan.

It was mystery that endured 36 years until it turned up at a Florida auction house last year and was seized by federal agents. On Thursday, it was returned to public display at Sagamore Hill as the National Park Service and the FBI triumphantly announced it was back home during a ceremony featuring Roosevelt’s great-grandson, Tweed Roosevelt.
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July 8 (UPI) -- A herd of 45 escaped cows paraded through a neighborhood in North Yorkshire, England, creating a racket that "sounded like an earthquake" and leaving behind "quite a lot of poo."

Security camera footage recorded in the Ripon neighborhood shows resident Leon Box, 16, going out to investigate the sound and sprinting for safety when he spotted the herd of cows barreling toward him.

"My eldest had just got to the corner. A few of his friends has said there are some cows loose. They couldn't see any road just a load of cows," mother Jess Box, 36, told the Yorkshire Post.

She said her husband captured cellphone camera footage when he and the couple's two younger children went out to see the commotion.

"It sounded like an earthquake," she said.

The cows, which apparently escaped from a nearby farm by pushing their way through a gate, were rounded up over the course of several hours by North Yorkshire Police.
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July 6 (UPI) -- Pop star Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department is the No. 1 album in the United States for a 10th week in a row.

Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Gracie Abrams' The Secret of Us, followed by Morgan Wallen's One Thing at a Time at No. 3, Billie Eilish's Hit Me Hard and Soft at No. 4 and Peso Pluma's Exodo at No. 5.
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July 5 (UPI) -- A Nebraska woman scored a $220,000 jackpot from the Nebraska Lottery's Pick 5 drawing with a ticket that was printed by mistake.

Lori Sailors of Lincoln told Nebraska Lottery officials she bought an extra Pick 5 ticket that was printed by mistake at the Casey's store on N 48th Street in Lincoln.

"I don't let the mistakes go," she said. "I don't just let them sit there."

The ticket earned Sailors a $220,000 prize in the June 22 drawing.

Sailors previously won $54,000 from a Pick 5 drawing in June 2019 -- and she said that ticket had also been printed by mistake.
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July 5 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania police department is trying to find the owner of an unusual escaped pet found wandering loose -- an emu.

The Newtown Township Police Department said on social media that patrol officers "encountered an Emu wandering in the area of Stoopville Road/Rosefield Drive."

The post included a photo of the emu standing next to a resident's driveway.

The department said it is trying to identify the emu's owner "so we can return it home safely."
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July 5 (UPI) -- A Las Vegas man who works as a sideshow artist broke a pair of eye-popping Guinness World Records using the strength of his eye sockets.

Andrew Stanton appeared on Italian TV series Lo Show Dei Record in Milan and took on the records for the heaviest weight pulled with eye sockets and the heaviest weight lifted with both eye sockets while swallowing a sword.

For the first title, Stanton attached large metal hooks to his eye sockets and used them to pull a Cadillac and driver -- totaling 5,319.75 pounds -- across the TV show's stage.

He became the first holder of the second title by swallowing his sword and using the hooks in his eye sockets to lift his 129.63-pound assistant.
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July 3 (UPI) -- A Colorado dairy farm worker is the nation's fourth person to test positive for the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus, the Centers for Disease Control announced Wednesday.

The infected worker is employed on a dairy farm where cows tested positive for H5N1 and is the first person in Colorado to be infected by the bird flu.

The other three people who also have tested positive for the bird flu also work on dairy farms where cows tested positive for the virus.

Two dairy farm workers in Michigan and one in Texas also have tested positive.

The Colorado worker already has recovered after reporting eye symptoms and obtaining oseltamivir treatment.

CDC officials are closely monitoring potential bird flu cases in affected states and said there's no sign of unusual flu infections among people.

The CDC says there is a low risk that the general population might become infected with the bird flu.
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July 5 (UPI) -- Willie Nelson returned to the stage Thursday evening following his health issues in recent weeks.

The singer-songwriter, 91, performed at his 4th of July Picnic concert in Camden, N.J., after missing several shows due to illness.

Nelson performed more than 20 songs, including "On the Road Again" and "Always on My Mind," according to Consequence.

The appearance comes after Nelson canceled performances on his Outlaw Music Festival tour in late June due to illness.
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July 5 (UPI) -- Wildlife officials in Colorado are attempting to track down a long-legged South American rodent seen wandering loose in Lakewood's Bear Creek Lake Park.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife said officers are still searching for the Patagonian mara, which was first spotted Monday by several witnesses, including park rangers.

Patagonian maras grow to be about 2 1/2 feet tall.

"They are a larger species of rodent, even though they've got ears that are pretty long like a rabbit and legs that look almost like a deer," Kat Emanuel, Denver Zoo animal care specialist, told KUSA-TV.

The origins of the Argentina-native animal spotted in the park remain a mystery.

"I don't think it walked all the way from Argentina," said Emily Insalaco, senior director of animal care at the Denver Zoo.

She suggested the Patagonian mara, a species sometimes known as Patagonian cavies or Patagonian hares, may have been an exotic pet that escaped or was abandoned by its owner.

Patagonian maras are not legal to keep as pets in Colorado.
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July 3 (UPI) -- A town on New York's Long Island is aiming to clean up its chronic littering problem with an aggressive anti-littering campaign and steep fines.

The Town of Babylon's "Operation Clean" campaign was launched with an ad showing a serial litterer getting some "karma" in the form of a garbage truck dumping its load on his lawn.

The town has also erected anti-littering signs, which read: "Why are you littering? I am lazy. I don't care about natural areas. Mommy still cleans up after me. All of the above."

"Why do we have to have the moniker of being slobs? That's why we're literally getting in everybody's face now and saying, 'Enough is enough,'" Town of Babylon Supervisor Richard Schaffer told CBS New York.

The town said more than 250 tons of road trash has been picked up so far this year. Another 15,000 pounds of trash has been removed from the creeks that lead into the Great South Bay.

"We want to show people that if you are littering, you're doing something totally irresponsible and immature," Schaffer said.

The town said first-time offenders can face a fine of up to $1,000 for littering.
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