The Daily Populous

Wednesday July 8th, 2026 day edition

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Two teens who engaged a Waymo car for an afternoon of carousing were busted after the vehicle delivered them to the San Mateo police.

The 15-year-olds allegedly were drinking alcohol and shooting water beads from a toy gun as they rode in the driverless car Monday, the police’s social media post said.

Waymo stopped the car in a parking lot and notified the police, who detained the teens.

Police photos show five officers, one with a dog, surrounding the car at a shopping center just south of the interchange of El Camino Real and Highway 92.

The police post allowed “there was some ingenuity to this scheme” but said underage drinking and brandishing of even toy guns to strangers are “bad ideas.”.

Waymo cars have interior cameras, and the images can be monitored by the company’s employees.

In “more urgent circumstances,” the support team “may access live video during a trip,” Waymo’s support page says. »

ICE agent fatally shoots motorist during traffic stop in Houston

Authored by theguardian.com

A federal immigration agent fatally shot a driver in Houston on Tuesday morning, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) has said.

His son, Ronaldo Salgado, told Telemundo Houston that his father had been out that morning looking for workers in the area.

According to ICE, Salgado Araujo “weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer”. »

Nintendo Switch 2 With A Removable Battery Set To Launch In Europe

Authored by gameobserver.com

Nintendo has officially confirmed that a revised version of the Nintendo Switch 2 with a user-replaceable battery will launch in Europe this Fall.

Nintendo is also updating several other products, including the Joy-Con 2 controllers, the original Switch Joy-Con, the Switch 2 Pro Controller, and the Nintendo 64 and GameCube controllers.

Meanwhile, the revised Joy-Con controllers for the original Nintendo Switch will only add a removable battery, with no other changes. »

Donkey Firefighters in Spain Have Kept a National Park Fire-Free for Nearly a Decade

Authored by happyeconews.com
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Donkey firefighters in Spain have kept Doñana National Park free of wildfires for nine straight years by grazing dry scrub daily across areas that vehicles cannot reach.

Doñana National Park, located in southern Spain, sits at the heart of one of Europe’s most vital wetland ecosystems.

Despite a sharp increase in wildfires across Spain in recent years, Doñana has not recorded a single wildfire in nine years. »