Florida woman kills wild boar with mango. (This is not a meme.)
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Florida woman kills wild boar with mango. (This is not a meme.)

Politics tamfitronics Carol Etscovitz knows the exact moment she transformed into a Florida woman: the night she killed a boar with a mango.She’d just been wandering through Promised Land, the name of the 300-tree, 40-acre property she owns with her husband, David. Their tract of land is tucked away in the subtropical vegetation of Pine Island, Florida, a massive, mangrove-ringed barrier island just off Cape Coral on the state’s Gulf side.It’s full of razorbacks. Hundreds of boars and sows roam Pine Island, scrunching their snouts into burrows and feasting on fermenting fruit. Locals often patrol the island, sometimes shooting, sometimes trapping dozens of these feral pigs to get rid of them. (It’s legal to hunt and kill wild boars year-round in the Sunshine State.)Politics tamfitronics Why We Wrote ThisA story focused onFlorida calls itself a...
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UK politics live: Reeves refuses to rule out capital gains and inheritance tax raids as PM vows Germany treaty
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UK politics live: Reeves refuses to rule out capital gains and inheritance tax raids as PM vows Germany treaty

Politics tamfitronics NewsUKUK PoliticsPolitics tamfitronics Keir Starmer promised Labour will work towards a ‘once-in-a-generation’ Germany-UK treatyKeir Starmer and Olaf Scholz shake hands as prime minister arrives in BerlinSign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UKSign up to our Brexit email for the latest insightSign up to our Brexit email for the latest insightSir Keir Starmer has been greeted by Emmanuel Macron ahead of the Paralympics opening ceremony in Paris, after meeting in Germany with chancellor Olaf Scholz as the prime minister pursues his post-Brexit reset agenda.In a press conference in Berlin, the prime minister said a new treaty between Britain and Germany will help “deliver for working people” and create “deeper links on science, technology, development, people, business, and culture”.Sir Keir promised...
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3-fold increase in rent and old age prompt retirement for Bukit Merah hawkers behind noodle stall with 82-year history, Lifestyle News
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3-fold increase in rent and old age prompt retirement for Bukit Merah hawkers behind noodle stall with 82-year history, Lifestyle News

Lifestyle Faced with crippling rent and poor health due to old age, Bukit Merah lor mee and fishball noodle hawkers Wang Xueying (transliteration) and her family have hung up their aprons for good.The stall, which has an 82-year history, was open for the last time on Sunday (Aug 25).Xueying, 68, the second-generation owner of Zhong Xing Foochow Fish Balls & Lor Mee at Silat Avenue, told Shin Min Daily News that the stall was first started by her father, who came to Singapore from China when he was in his 20s.He'd set up a roadside stall at China Street selling noodles in 1942. Over the years, the stall relocated twice, first to Tiong Bahru, before moving into the Bukit Merah neighbourhood in 2010.The business did well over the years, and Xueying was roped in to work at the...
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