The Daily Populous

Saturday April 16th, 2022 day edition

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Police are looking for a woman who pepper-sprayed a man who was taking photos of his own children in Arlington, Virginia, authorities said.

The woman reported the man to a security officer Tuesday afternoon in the 1100 block of S. Hayes Street, which is the block where Pentagon City Mall is located, Arlington police said.

She believed the man didn’t know the children, police said.

The security guard communicated with the man and learned he was photographing his own children, police said.

The woman then used pepper spray on the man and ran away, police said.

The man was treated by medics on the scene.

Police are trying to figure out the woman's identity and say she's wanted for allegedly causing malicious injury by a caustic agent. »

Book banning efforts are inspiring readers to form banned book clubs

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Book banning -- or at least, book banning attempts -- appears to be having a resurgence.

For some banned book clubs, recent book banning attempts have been a springboard for wider discussions around censorship.

Joslyn Diffenbaugh, an 8th grader from Kutztown, Pennsylvania, started a banned book club after reading about banning efforts around the country. »

Dozens of guinea pigs dumped near adult novelty store

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CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – It was a sight that even seasoned animal control officers could hardly believe -- dozens of guinea pigs roaming around the parking lot at an adult novelty store.

It was a sight that even seasoned animal control officers could hardly believe -- dozens of guinea pigs hopping around the parking lot at an adult bookstore.

Dozens of guinea pigs dumped near adult bookstore. »

Finland "highly likely" to join NATO, its Europe minister says

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Why it matters: Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has galvanized Sweden and Finland, two historically neutral countries, into joining the defensive alliance.

Russia is threatening to bolster its defenses in the Baltic, including deploying nuclear weapons to the region, as retaliation.

"Not only to us Finns; it has to do with the whole security border in Europe.". »