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Woman allegedly said 'good boy' in disturbing CCTV footage found by boyfriend as police charge her for performing sex act on her dog

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  An American woman was arrested this week for performing a sex act on her dog after her ex discovered disturbing footage of the encounter on security cameras and turned it over to police. Brittany McClure, 30, was arrested for sodomy and animal abuse for the alleged assault of the couple’s dog Max, Fox 2 Detroit reported. The woman’s ex-boyfriend found a video of her performing the act on their dog while reviewing footage on surveillance cameras he set up in the living room of their shared home in Taylor, according to the outlet. Police said that the man turned the six minutes of footage, which he described as highly upsetting, over to investigators. “In that video, it shows defendant Brittany McClure lying on the living room floor on a mattress with a blanket. She opens the blanket and calls the dog over,” Taylor Detective, Philip Collop said in court on Wednesday, according to Fox 2. “She is heard saying ‘good boy’.” Another police with the Taylor police department s...

Trump says he won't sign pledge to support anyone who ends up as Republican party presidential nominee

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Former US President Donald Trump has vowed not to pledge to support the Republican party’s eventual 2024 nominee – a requirement in order to participate in the first GOP presidential primary debate, which he still hasn’t committed to attending.   “I wouldn’t sign the pledge. Why would I sign a pledge? There are people on there that I wouldn’t have. I wouldn’t have certain people as, you know, somebody that I’d endorse,” Trump, 77, told Newsmax host Eric Bolling during an interview on Wednesday, August 9. “I can name three or four people that I wouldn’t support for president. So right there, there’s a problem,” Trump said of the Republican National Committee’s loyalty pledge requirement. Signing the “Beat Biden pledge” is a requirement that has been put in place by Republican party Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel in an effort to prevent intra-party fighting during the primaries and general election. Candidates who have met the Republican National Committee’s polling and fun...

CAF to investigate Cameroon FA President Samuel Eto’o for improper conduct

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African football ruling body, Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said it has received written statements from football stakeholders in Cameroon to investigate FECAFOOT president Samuel Eto’o for alleged improper conduct. In a statement released on Wednesday, August 9, CAF said it is looking into these requests based on and in accordance with the its Statutes and Regulations. The football body stated that while the allegations are prima facie serious, Eto’o is presumed to be innocent until an appropriate judicial body concludes otherwise. CAF added that it will make no further announcement while the investigations are ongoing and will only make public statements when the proceedings have ended.. Last month amateur football clubs in Cameroon called for the resignation of Eto’o. The clubs cited “grave irregularities” in the organisation and has expressed concerns over several issues, including changes to the president’s mandate, the lack of publication of new statutes,...

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine arrested for failing to appear in court

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  Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was arrested in Florida on Wednesday night, August 9,  after failing to appear in court.  The rapper was brought to the Palm Beach County Jail, where he placed for his mug shot. He was later released after posting $2,000 bail.   TMZ reported that the arrest stems from 3 traffic tickets Tekashi received after he was pulled over by police in June for driving way over the speed limit.   He was reportedly going 135 mph in a 65 mph zone on the Florida Turnpike and this led to him being given a ticket for speeding. He was also issued citations for having an unregistered vehicle and no car insurance.   Tekashi failed to appear for a July court hearing to address the tickets, pushing a judge into issuing a warrant that resulted in last night's arrest.   The rapper has had many brushes with the law and is most notorious for cooperating with the feds in his 2018-2019 racketeering case in which he testified against members...

Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio shot and killed at a campaign event few days before their general election

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Ecuador presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, 59, has been assassinated less than two weeks before the country's general election. Villavicencio was shot dead at a Movimiento Construye political rally at a school north of the capital Quito Wednesday night, August 9. He was gunned down 10 days before the first round of the presidential election which was set to take place on August 20. Footage shared on social media showed Villavicencio, 59, being escorted out of the rally venue and into a waiting car. As he was getting into the back seat gunfire rang out. He was reportedly shot three times in the head.   Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated at a rally earlier today… Fernando Villavicencio was running a anti-corruption investigation into drug cartels link to the previous left-wing government… Extreme left governments are fast becoming a threat… pic.twitter.com/NOd7omDUMI — Pelham (@Resist_05) August 10, 2023   One suspect was...

'It should be at the service of humanity and the protection of our common home' - Pope Francis issues warning on artificial intelligence

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  Catholic Church leader, Pope Francis has issued a warning on artificial intelligence, urging those behind the technology to "be vigilant" during their work. The Pope made the statement in his message marking New Year's Day, which the Vatican traditionally releases far in advance. Francis, 86, has joked in the past that he is far from technologically savvy, but said Tuesday that AI must be used in a "responsible way."   "Pope Francis calls for an open dialogue on the meaning of these new technologies, endowed with disruptive possibilities and ambivalent effects. He recalls the need to be vigilant and to work so that a logic of violence and discrimination does not take root in the production and use of such devices, at the expense of the most fragile and excluded," the message on Wednesday, August 9 read. "The urgent need to orient the concept and use of artificial intelligence in a responsible way, so that it may be at the service of ...

Three Mexican drug lords sanctioned by US officials after trafficking deadly fentanyl into America

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  Three high-ranking members of the Sinaloa Cartel have been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for trafficking drugs, including fentanyl  into America.   The suspects identified as Alfonso Arzate, his brother, Rene Arzate, and Rafael Felix, all operate plazas for the transnational criminal organization that was co-founded by Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, according to Mail Online.   The sanctions made on Wednesday, August 9, block any assets the three men may have in the United States. In addition, U.S. citizens are prohibited from having any dealings with them. The Arzate siblings, who remain fugitive, reportedly run the cartel's operations in Tijuana and other neighboring cities, importing narcotics, including the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, to the United States. According to the Treasury Department, Alfonso Arzate and Rene Arzate have also participated in kidnappings and murders for the notorious cartel. Both men were separately indicted ...