The Daily Populous

Saturday July 3rd, 2021 morning edition

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The home of an Alabama state senator was shot at 23 times on Thursday morning, The Associated Press reports.

The home, belonging to state Sen. Vivian Davis Figures (D) was attacked around 5 a.m., according to neighbors.

"I looked out of all the windows to see if I could see anybody walking around or driving but I didn't see nothing.

Figures, who has been a member of the state Senate since 1997, was not home during the incident.

Local police report that no one was harmed as a result of the gun shots.

The Mobile Police did not immediately respond to The Hill's request for comment. »

Ten churches vandalised in Alberta on Canada Day

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Dominion subpoenas Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Mike Lindell in its $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News

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Dominion subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Mike Lindell in its lawsuit against Fox News.

The voting-machine company Dominion Voting Systems subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in its $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News.

As part of that lawsuit, Dominion subpoenaed Giuliani, Powell, and Lindell on Monday, a filing in state court in Delaware showed. »

One animal destroying the planet could also be critical to saving it

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What’s new — Cow guts, like our own, are teeming with microbes like bacteria, fungi, and other microbes.

The team thus tested how well cow rumen could degrade or break down three common polyester materials found in plastic:.

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) — A lightweight plastic that is found in many common types of packaging, including water bottles. »

California high school stripped of basketball title after tortillas were thrown at opposing Latino players

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(CNN) A mostly white high school basketball team in Southern California has been stripped of its regional title after tortillas were thrown at a predominately Latino opposing team following a championship game last month, officials announced Wednesday.

Based on investigations of the incident, "The 2021 Southern California Boys Basketball Division 4-A Regional Championship is vacated," the release states.

On June 19, Orange Glen High School's predominantly Latino team lost the championship game to largely white Coronado High School. »