After 5 lions kill zookeeper in Thailand, scrutiny on safari park’s animal treatment intensifies

[ad_1] A Thai zoo has temporarily closed its predator zone after lions mauled a zookeeper to death, wildlife officials said Friday, as scrutiny on the park’s animal treatment intensified. Safari World, which claims on its website to be one of Asia’s largest open-air zoos, is controversial for its staged shows featuring kickboxing orangutans and hula-hooping…

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Face the Nation: Frost, Salvanto

[ad_1] Missed the second half of the show? The latest on…Rep. Maxwell Frost of Florida has signed a letter urging Congress to return from recess to replenish relief funds, telling “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that although FEMA currently has enough funding, “why would we leave it up to chance” for the remainder of…

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Trump’s DOJ investigating whether ex-FBI officials mishandled Russia investigation docs, source says

[ad_1] The Justice Department is investigating whether former senior FBI officials mishandled classified documents that were found in a “burn bag” at the bureau’s headquarters, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News. The documents in question are related to the FBI’s probe into whether Russia influenced the 2016 election in President Trump’s…

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Pilot breaks altitude record for solar-powered plane, crossing paths with commercial airliner, his team says

[ad_1] Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 meters, or 31,237 feet, his team announced Wednesday. The SolarStratos plane made the landmark flight from Sion airport in southwest Switzerland on Tuesday, taking advantage of warm air thermals to go beyond…

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