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• Thailand drops registration for visitors, outdoor mask rule Thailand is lifting a pre-arrival registration requirement for foreign visitors that was seen as onerous and a drag on the recovery for its ailing tourism industry. The government's COVID-19 center also said Friday that an outdoor mask mandate would be dropped as of July 1 except in crowded venues. The mask mandate was not controversial in Thailand and generally obeyed. Thailand began gradually easing entry requirements late last year. But through April, it still required even fully vaccinated travelers to…
• Family seeking community’s help to find missing Jacksonville teen The family of Jacksonville teen Ray Pita is asking for help finding him. They said the 18-year-old has been missing since Wednesday and they are concerned about his safety. His family told News4JAX the last time they saw him was when he took an Uber to the Museum Of Science & History near downtown on Wednesday around midnight. His sister and family said they have been placing fliers around the downtown area since his disappearance. He was last seen wearing…
• Up to the challenge? Gov. DeSantis launches 2022 Florida Python Challenge Registration for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge is open. The annual 10-day event will be held Aug. 5-14, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday. Over 600 people from 25 states registered to take part in the 10-day competition in 2021, and participants removed 223 invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades, more than double the number that was removed in 2020. “The Everglades is one of the world’s most prized natural resources, and we have invested record funding for Everglades restoration projects,…
• Gascón lawyers respond to veteran prosecutor’s lawsuit against DA LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for Los Angeles County and District Attorney George Gascón have responded to an amended lawsuit filed by a veteran prosecutor who alleges that he suffered a backlash for being a critic of Gascón, saying some of the plaintiff’s s claims were filed too late and that still others should be resolved instead in a workers compensation claim. The defense attorneys filed their court papers on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court in response to the amended…
• Squidge the penguin is Cornwall’s next up-and-coming artist Squidge the penguin is quite the creative genius (Picture: Cornish Seal Sanctuary / BPM Media)When people think of artists they tend to think of the grand works of Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh or Pablo Picasso. But one Cornish penguin pushing all the conventional boundaries is Squidge, whose ‘chaotic’ paintings are taking the art world by storm. Squidge lives at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary in Gweek, near Helston in Cornwall, and as part of efforts to secure his future…
• Menlo Park office building is bought by big Bay Area developer MENLO PARK — A half-century-old office building in the choice Silicon Valley tech and venture capital hub of Menlo Park has been bought by a veteran Bay Area real estate firm for a hefty price. Ellis Partners, acting through an affiliate, paid about $62.7 million for the office building, which is located at 200 Middlefield Road in Menlo Park, according to documents filed on June 8 with the San Mateo County Recorder’s Office. “We are thrilled to add this unique…
• How to bring up marriage counselling with your partner Give your partner time (Picture: Metro.co.uk/Getty)There’s no shame in having couples therapy, but it can be seen as a sign of failure in a marriage. Seeing a relationship counsellor to work things through with a spouse happens more often than you might think, but the taboo attitudes around it can mean one partner is less keen on trying it than the other. How do you raise the fact that you think your marriage could benefit from counselling to your husband…
• Testing underway on ‘white powder letter’ at FBI Jacksonville office The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and Jacksonville Fire Rescue and Department were called Friday to the FBI Jacksonville Field Office on the Southside “to assist in processing a white powder letter,” according to the FBI. Testing is underway, the federal agency said in a statement to News4JAX. “The FBI is following our safety protocols and all employees have been made aware,” the statement reads. At last check, no evacuations had occurred at the building on Gate Parkway. “We appreciate our partner’s…
• What’s next for the controversial confederate monuments in Jacksonville? Now that the Jacksonville city council unanimously decided not to take down the controversial confederate monuments immediately, what is next? The confederate monument in Springfield park is going to stay, but for how long? That’s still up in the air. There’s going to be much more debate and obviously there’s going to be more protest. A group of protestor from the Northside Coalition vowed Tuesday just before the council vote -- saying if it does not pass they will continue…