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Woman threatened to blow up school saying son ‘not adequately fed’
A woman living in Florida in the United States of America is embroiled in a controversy after being accused of threatening to blow up her son’s school.
The police, who identified the woman as Anaya Metoya Smith, said that she left the threat due to her believing that her son was not being adequately fed at the school’s cafeteria.
She has been charged with false report of bombing or arson against state-owned property, a felony, and disruption of an education institution, a misdemeanour according to news reports.
Metoya Smith allegedly sent a voicemail saying “if you don’t start feeding my … children better … I’m gonna come round … and blow that mother… up.”
A member of the school’s staff upon hearing the voicemail called the police and an evacuation and search was done of the entire school premises. This, however, did not yield any evidence of an explosive device.
While Metoya Smith did not leave her name on the voicemail, school authorities were able to cross reference the number it was called from using school records which listed it as the 41- year-old woman’s number.
The court documents have also confirmed that the woman’s son had got into a verbal altercation with a cafeteria worker in February with “regard to wanting extra food”. –ndtv.com
An Alberta baseball team hosted a Guinness World Record attempt involving an Australian shepherd jumping across the backs of 56 people.
The Edmonton Riverhawks, an amateur summer collegiate team in the West Coast League, hosted the record attempt for the most jumps between people by a dog in one minute during a June 14 game.
Chardonnay, a 4-year-old Australian shepherd belonging to dog trainer Jennifer Fraser, bounded across the backs of 56 fans arranged in a straight line in the outfield.
The record’s rules set a time limit of one minute, but Chardonnay managed to set the record in just 16 seconds.
Fraser said she trained Chardonnay to jump onto her back a few years ago, and her trick repertoire has since expanded.
“Jumping across backs is just one of her many skills,” Fraser said.
Firefighters and an animal control officer in San Francisco came to the rescue of a wild parrot that got its head stuck between panes of glass on a third-floor balcony.
San Francisco Animal Care & Control said on social media that Officer Mullen responded alongside the San Francisco Fire Department on Sunday when a parrot was spotted with its head stuck between two panes of glass on the balcony of an under-construction building.
Firefighters went to the roof of a building and lowered a ladder to the balcony, where they were able to slide the bird upward to free its head.
“They wrapped the bird in a towel and handed it off to Officer Mullen, who checked out the bird,” the post said. “Thankfully they were fine: their wings, legs and neck were all OK, so Officer Mullen released the bird.”
The parrot made its way to a nearby tree to rest on a branch. UPI.com
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