The Daily Populous

Tuesday March 14th, 2023 day edition

image for A Black man was found dead after he told his mother he was being chased. Police said there's ‘no reason’ to suspect foul play.

On Nov. 2, authorities said they found his remains in a wooded area south of Taylorsville, Mississippi.

Rasheem Carter with his mother, Tiffany Carter, at his college graduation in 2016.

It's unclear what prompted authorities to search the wooded area or what led them to determine initially that foul play was not suspected.

"He was in so many different pieces," said Yokena Anderson, a cousin to Carter’s mother, Tiffany Carter.

"They wanted to tell us that he went there and fell dead and the animals were feeding off him.".

"When I went on the scene, the Holy Spirit hit me and said this is foul play," she said.

Carter, a welder from Fayette, Mississippi, was in Taylorsville, about 100 miles away from home, working a short-term contracting gig. »

Regime change in Moscow 'definitely' the goal, Joly says, as Canada bans Russian steel, aluminum imports

Authored by nationalpost.com

Regime change in Moscow 'definitely' the goal, Joly says, as Canada bans Russian steel, aluminum imports Canada's politicians 'don't want to recognize ... that the current Russian policy is supported by the ultimate majority of the nation,' Russia's Ambassador countered Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images/File.

Article content OTTAWA — Canada is banning the import of Russian steel and aluminum as part of its sanctions regime, as Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly raises the possibility of regime change in Moscow.

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DeSantis and other prominent Republicans blame 'woke' politics for Silicon Valley Bank's collapse instead of bankers miscalibrating risk

Authored by businessinsider.com

Economists say the bank was squeezed by high interests rate and a balance sheet laden with Treasury bills.

The GOP has increasingly portrayed itself as against "wokeism" in all aspects even when the definition is unclear.

While companies may be investing in "woke" priorities like clean energy, it's because they're making money from doing so. »

Texas Researchers Use Okra to Remove Microplastics from Wastewater

Authored by southernliving.com

But thanks to a new study from researchers at Tarleton State University in Fort Worth, Texas, the small-but-mighty pods are now being seen in an entirely new light.

Researchers discovered that food-grade plant extracts from okra have the power to remove microplastics from wastewater.

The study found that polysaccharides from okra and fenugreek were best for removing microplastics from ocean water, while a combo of okra and tamarind worked best for freshwater. »