Northern California wildfires prompt evacuations, burn homes
About 3,000 residents were forced to evacuate their homes in Northern California after two wind-driven wildfires broke out over the weekend. One fire grew to 4 square miles (6 square kilometers) while the other fire was smaller at about half a square mile. The smaller wildfire had destroyed nearly a dozen homes and buildings. No cause for the fire has yet to be determined. Officials claimed that the fire has been 20 percent contained and no injuries or deaths have been reported.
Philippine president slammed for calling God ‘stupid’
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte spoke in a televised speech Friday questioning why God created Adam and Eve and publicly stated that God is “stupid,” sparking outrage amongst people in the Philippines, the country with Asia’s largest Catholic population. “Who is this stupid God?” Duterte said, regarding why God created Adam and Eve only to allow them to succumb to temptation that destroyed their purity. “You were not involved but now you’re stained with an original sins … What kind of a religion is that? That’s what I can’t accept, very stupid proposition,” he said.
Supreme Court declines to hear ‘Making a Murderer’ case
The Supreme Court announced its decision to not look at the case of Brendan Dassey, a 16-year-old boy whose story was shown on the Netflix series “Making a Murderer” for confessing to helping his uncle rape and murder photographer Teresa Halbach before burning her body in a bonfire. Dassey’s attorneys claim that he is borderline intellectually disabled and was manipulated by police into accepting their story of how Halbach’s murder went down. Wisconsin courts ruled that Dassey’s confession was voluntary and reasonable, meaning no release or retrial.
Richard Harrison, also known as the ‘Old Man’ on TV series “Pawn Stars,” has passed away at age 77. People on Twitter are paying tribute to him.
RIP Richard Benjamin Harrison (known as ‘The Old Man’ to Pawn Stars fans the world over) this morning. He was surrounded by loving family this past weekend and went peacefully. pic.twitter.com/7jM15P4NlZ
— ⚔🖤 𝚊𝚑𝚕𝚎 🖤⚔ (@un_candadito) June 25, 2018
The YouTube channel Brave Wilderness posted a video that is #4 on Trending. On this episode, Coyote and his crew search for Lions on the African Savannah to help field veterinarians collect critical biometrics and health data on a very specific pride of big cats!
