## Doorbell prankster that tormented residents of German apartments turns out to be a slug

Authored by theguardian.com

At first they had suspected the so-called klingelstreich (bell prank), a sometimes popular pastime among German youths.

Ding dong ditch, knock-a-door run, or knock-down-ginger as it is variously referred to in English, it typically involves children or youths ringing on a doorbell then running away before they are caught.

“We’d gone to bed … but we don’t tend to answer the door after 10pm, so when the bell rang, I tried to ignore it.

I thought it might be the kids from the abandoned house over the road,” Lisa, 30, a shop sales assistant told the tabloid Bild.

“But then my sister in law who lives upstairs called, and asked whether our bell was ringing, as hers wouldn’t stop.

It kept ringing even as we telephoned and despite the fact no one could be seen at the door.

Together residents and police discovered the slug traversing the door entry panel. »

### Top Biden-era official warns US could stumble into ‘disastrous’ intervention in Venezuela

Authored by theguardian.com

On Wednesday, the secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, told Fox News the attack was designed to send a clear message to Venezuela’s authoritarian leader.

“I think they ultimately want to try to get the US in a situation where there’s a conflict with Venezuela.

“Venezuela just is far bigger, far more complex and does have the seeds of an insurgency,” Isacson said. »

### Even a GOP senator thinks JD Vance’s line on war crimes accusations is ‘despicable’

Authored by msnbc.com

Were the 11 people on the boat actually members of the Tren de Aragua gang, as the president claimed?

Was it legal for the Trump administration to use lethal force against a civilian boat in international waters?

He didn’t say the accusations related to tyranny were wrong; he instead suggested the accusations were irrelevant. »

### Appeals court upholds E. Jean Carroll's $83 million judgment against Trump

Authored by nbcnews.com

A federal appeals court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's appeal of writer E. Jean Carroll's defamation verdict against the president, leaving him on the hook for the $83 million judgment.

Carroll's lawyer had told the appeals court it should stand because "the president is not above the law.".

Circuit Court of Appeals also affirmed last year the $5 million verdict in Carroll's first suit. »

### Hyundai plant raid: In a quiet Georgia town, the silence is deafening after nearly 500 workers were taken

Authored by cnn.com

They are not yet the long-settled family men whose sudden absence, in other towns, has torn holes in the fabric of civic life.

At Ken’s IGA around 9:15 a.m., a grocery clerk acknowledged he’d heard something about a raid but had no idea what had happened.

James Rim, president of the Korean American Association of Southeast Georgia, is a builder who has hosted such workers at Airbnbs. »

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