Florida business owners allegedly scattered 1,500 mothballs on beach to scare off endangered birds

Two Florida business owners have been charged with third-degree felonies after allegedly spreading about 1,500 “toxic” mothballs across a beach in hopes of keeping an “imperiled” bird species from nesting there. If convicted, they could each face up to five years in prison, fines of up to $5,000 and up to five years of probation. The problem started in late April when beachgoers noticed mothballs on the white, sugary sand on St. Pete Beach in St. Petersburg, Florida. Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and bird-loving volunteers from the Audubon Society mobilized. They plucked about 1,000 of the…

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10 Ways Small Businesses Can Use AI To Grow–And Even Hire More Workers

A quartet of witnesses testifying this week to the House Small Business Committee disputed the commonly-held belief that artificial intelligence will displace human workers and insisted that small businesses which use AI are likely to wind up having to hire more employees–because they’ll grow.Already, a majority of small businesses are…

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Jorge Messi, Lionel Messi’s Father And Longtime Agent, Dies At 68

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jorge Messi, the father of soccer star and Argentina captain Lionel Messi, died Saturday at a hospital in the central Argentina city of Rosario. He was 68.The Rosario-based Club Atlético Newell’s Old Boys announced his death in a social media post that…

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Schumer caves, hands Republicans shutdown win after months of uncertainty

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Senate advanced its solution to avert a government shutdown on Saturday, capping off several months of hand-wringing that, if given the chance, Senate Democrats would use a shutdown to score political points in November.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his…

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Frankie Grande Promises to Have Sister Ariana’s Back ‘Until the End of Time’ Amid Break News

Ariana Grande can always count on her older brother, Frankie Grande — no matter what. “Family forever. I will have your back until the end of time,” Frankie, 43, wrote via Instagram on Friday, August 7, sharing footage from the final night of Ariana’s Eternal Sunshine Tour. “I am so proud of you and so happy for you.” He continued, “Last night was a beautiful celebration of your artistry and the magnificent eternal sunshine family you have built and created. It was a magical night. You are magical. You are my everything and I am so so happy I was…

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