## National Guard called in to deal with ‘crime emergency’ in DC are now picking up trash outside the White House

Authored by independent.co.uk

The National Guard, called in to deal with a “crime emergency” in DC declared by Donald Trump, have been spotted picking up trash.

Troops were seen donning yellow marigolds and orange high-visibility vests over their camouflage gear Tuesday as they picked up litter in Lafayette Park, just outside the White House.

According to officials, the military was deployed as part of a "beautification and restoration mission" in Lafayette Square, the National Mall, and the Tidal Basin.

open image in gallery Members of the U.S. Army and the National Guard collected trash along the Tidal Basin near the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. Monday ( National Guard Bureau ).

open image in gallery The troopswere seen tidying up DC parks ( FOX 5 Washington DC ).

open image in gallery The White House announced Tuesday there have been 465 arrests in D.C. since the start of the crackdown on August 7 ( Getty ).

On Monday, the Associated Press reported that some National Guard units patrolling the capital have started carrying firearms. »

### Japanese online flea market app bans the sale of ultrasound photos

Authored by soranews24.com

It’s always amazing what you can find on Japan’s leading flea market app Mercari.

This, of course, begs two questions: why ultrasound photos are being sold online, and why the selling of said photos would need to be banned.

This person not only found ultrasound photos but “novelty” positive pregnancy tests for sale. »

### Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing

Authored by theguardian.com

View image in fullscreen Hermann Göring in a prison cell in 1945 during the Nuremberg trials.

The AD reporter Cyril Rosman said: “As I opened the link the next morning, I started scrolling through the interior photos of the property.

“My family aims to bring back every single artwork robbed from Jacques’ collection, and to restore his legacy,” von Saher said. »

### 'Powerful explosion' rocks Russian oil pipeline supplying Moscow, intelligence source claims

Authored by kyivindependent.com

An explosion on Aug. 26 started a fire at the Ryazan-Moscow oil pipeline, a key petroleum product supply route for the Russian capital, a source in Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent.

Russian Telegram channels claimed that a loud blast could be heard at a section of the main pipeline.

Since 2018, the pipeline has been repurposed by Transneft, a state-run pipeline operator, to supply automobile gasoline to Moscow. »

### Mark Zuckerberg gifted noise-canceling headphones to his Palo Alto neighbors because of the nonstop construction around his 11 homes

Authored by yahoo.com

Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg has been rankling his neighbors in Palo Alto as he works on expanding and modifying the 11 homes that he has purchased in the area.

To smooth over tensions, the New York Times says Zuckerberg gifted his next-door neighbors noise-canceling headphones as a peace offering.

Zuckerberg similarly added a 5,000-square-foot underground structure to his compound in Hawaii, which he insists is not a “doomsday bunker.”. »

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