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Thursday August 29th, 2024 evening edition

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Belarus uses aircraft to down Russian attack drone that flew into Belarus for first time.

For the first time, Belarus may have used aircraft to shoot down a Russian kamikaze drone that has flown into Belarus again.

Source: Belaruski Hajun, a Belarusian independent military monitoring project.

Details: The analysts noted that during another Russian attack on Ukraine on the night of 28-29 August, one of the Shahed attack drones flew into the territory of Belarus in Yelsk district.

Quote: "Therefore, this is probably the first recorded case when a fighter jet of the Belarusian Air Force attempted to destroy a real military target in the sky, which was a Russian Shahed kamikaze drone.".

Background: On the night of 28-29 August, Russia carried out another large-scale attack on Ukraine.

Ukrainian air defence destroyed 60 kamikaze drones and two air-to-surface missiles out of 79 targets that Russia launched. »

Salmon will soon swim freely in the Klamath River for first time in a century once dams are removed

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Yurok tribal members lead a redwood canoe tour on the lower Klamath River in Klamath, Calif., on June 8, 2021.

As the salmon of the Klamath have dwindled, the Yurok tribe has turned to alternative revenue like eco-tourism and canoe tours to support its people.

Gilbert Myers takes a water temperature reading at a chinook salmon trap in the lower Klamath River in California on June 8, 2021. »

Army says Arlington National Cemetery worker was 'pushed aside' by Trump aides

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The statement comes a day after Trump shared a TikTok video including footage from Arlington National Cemetery that likely violates a federal law against using military cemeteries for campaigning purposes.

NPR reported Trump campaign staffers had a physical altercation with an Arlington National Cemetery staffer on Monday over the restriction.

In the aftermath of the visit to Arlington, the Trump campaign response has taken on a tone of nastiness. »

'Baywatch' Star Jeremy Jackson Admits Sniffing Female Costars' Swimsuits

Authored by tmz.com

Jeremy Jackson, the former child star best known for playing David Hasselhoff's son on "Baywatch," may be oversharing a bit about his NSFW antics while filming the action drama.

As Jeremy put it ... he coped by breaking into his castmates' trailers and sniffing their bathing suits.

Jeremy made a similar confession in 2011, when he told Howard Stern he once pleasured himself while getting a big whiff of Pamela Anderson's red one-piece. »

I’ll jail Zuckerberg if he interferes in election, warns Trump

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Donald Trump has warned that Mark Zuckerberg will “spend the rest of his life in prison” if Facebook illegally influences the outcome of the US presidential election.

In a book to be published next week, Trump alleged that the billionaire tech chief “steered” Facebook against him during the 2020 campaign.

According to Politico, Trump wrote: “He told me there was nobody like Trump on Facebook. »