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Wild boar roams into Berlin mall, prompting police response with blowgun, riot shields

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A wild boar wandered into a Berlin shopping mall’s home decor shop on Friday, sparking a police response that drew in officers and veterinarians equipped with a tranquilizer gun, shields and even a blowgun but ended peacefully. Police said they were alerted to the porcine intruder around 9 am when it slipped through sliding glass … Read more

Virginia passes legislation prohibiting schools from teaching falsehoods about Jan. 6 riot

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Virginia’s legislature has passed a bill prohibiting schools from teaching what it considers to be falsehoods about the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including portraying it “as peaceful protest.” The General Assembly approved the measure Thursday, as a first-of-its-kind legislation to combat false statements by supporters of President Trump. The bill says that school … Read more