The Daily Populous

On or just before Thursday, one of the four-wheeled, shopping-cart-sized Furies assaulted a trench in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

“The Fury robot attacks the Russian positions and covers our defenders during the assault,” Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s innovation minister, wrote in May.

But it’s got a little high-tech help in the form of at least one gun-armed ground robot. »

The days of the perfect-looking yard -- often lawns that guzzle copious amounts of water to stay green -- may soon be gone.

Homeowners are increasingly opting to "re-wilding" their homes, incorporating native plants and decreasing the amount of lawn care to make their properties more sustainable and encourage natural ecosystems to recover, according to Plan It Wild, a New York-based native landscape design company.

As concerns for the environment -- as well as increasing utility bills -- grow, so do homeowners' preferences for how they decorate their yards. »

A California man has realised that he has inadvertently been paying his neighbor’s electricity bill – for at least the last 15 years.

“I’ve been trying to conserve electricity and lower my costs because it was getting really expensive,” Wilson said.

For now, however, Wilson is still paying his neighbor’s bill – as PG&E said it can only be changed in the next billing cycle. »

LOS ANGELES — Seeking to address an issue that has long dogged the agency, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna announced a department policy Wednesday formally banning so-called deputy gangs or cliques.

Department critics have alleged that such gangs have led to increased violence by deputies against Black and Hispanic residents.

Department officials said the policy was developed in consultation with various oversight bodies, and through negotiations with labor organizations. »