The Daily Populous

Wednesday November 8th, 2023 morning edition

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A typical trip to the thrift store in Florida turned out to be an unusual one.

A shopper, who turned out to be an anthropologist, was strolling down the Halloween aisle of a North Fort Myers thrift store when the shocking discovery was made, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

The shopper recognized the skull to be human and alerted law enforcement.

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Deputies arrived at the store and recovered the skull that they too believed to be that of a human.

According to the store owner, the skull was found in a storage unit that was bought some years ago. »

An unimaginable humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Sudan

Authored by unhcr.org
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Across the country, an unimaginable humanitarian crisis is unfolding, as more and more people are displaced by the relentless fighting.

The overwhelming majority of the refugees (in some cases, as in the CAR, nearly 90 per cent) are women and children.

We are very concerned about them not having access to food, shelter, clean drinking water or other basic essentials. »

Biden announces $1.3 billion to build new power lines, upgrade aging electric grid

Authored by cnbc.com
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President Joe Biden announced Monday a $1.3 billion federal investment to build three new interstate power lines in an effort to upgrade the United States' outdated electric grid and transition it to clean energy.

The investment is a part of the Biden administration's larger effort to transition the U.S. to a carbon-free power sector by 2035.

Federal agencies, along with the Biden administration, have previously said they would work to expedite federal permitting processes to make grid infrastructure development more efficient. »