The Daily Populous

Monday June 26th, 2017 morning edition

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Nathaniel Boehme is serving with the Air National Guard out of Portland, but on Sunday he will make history when he becomes the first active-duty gay military member, with permission from the Pentagon, to march in uniform in Seattle’s Pride Parade.

Thousands will make their way to Seattle this weekend for the annual Seattle Pride celebration and when they do many will be witnessing history.

Nathaniel Boehme is currently serving with the Air National Guard out of Portland, but on Sunday he will make history when he becomes the first active-duty gay military member, with permission from the Pentagon, to march in uniform in Seattle’s Pride Parade.

Boehme enlisted just six days before the September 11 terror attack, and for years he served quietly as a gay man.

He is now married to his husband and after three years of work he received the permission he needed to march in the parade.

Not long ago he received a letter approving the effort from a Lieutenant General at the Pentagon.

As he gets ready to march in the parade, he shared these thoughts for any current, past, or future LGBT military member. »

Anti-poaching drive brings Siberia’s tigers back from brink

Authored by theguardian.com

It was left crippled, unable to hunt, and died of starvation while seeking shelter under the car.

It is harrowing scenes such as these that conservation groups are hoping will become increasingly rare in the years to come.

The goal is to increase the world’s tiger population in the wild to more than 6,000 by 2022, the next Chinese year of the tiger. »

Woman driving while praying with eyes closed crashes into house

Authored by nydailynews.com
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A Florida woman who ran a stop sign and drove into a house was taken to hospital for evaluation after she told cops she had been praying with her eyes closed at the time of the crash.

There's a time to pray with your eyes closed -- and it ain't behind the wheel of a moving car.

Nobody was injured in the accident, and the woman was hit with reckless driving and property damage. »

Alabama rape victim committed suicide after being ‘bullied’ by police protecting wealthy alleged attacker

Authored by rawstory.com
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The family of an honors student who was, “mistreated by Tuscaloosa police, the university, and DCH Regional Medical Center” before committing suicide, will be suing the University of Alabama.

“Sweet T” allegedly referred to to T.J. Bunn, Jr. of the ST Bunn Construction family, who claim to have paved every street in Tuscaloosa.

“‘Was it consensual?’ Megan’s friend asked her when she picked her up that night, the friend told investigators. »

Fungal Toxins Easily Become Airborne, Creating Potential Indoor Health Risk

Authored by asm.org

Washington, DC – June 23, 2017 – Toxins produced by three different species of fungus growing indoors on wallpaper may become aerosolized, and easily inhaled.

The findings, which likely have implications for “sick building syndrome,” were published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

The impetus for the study was the dearth of data on the health risk from mycotoxins produced by fungi growing indoors. »