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Amber Heard admitted the poop in her shared bed with Johnny Depp was 'a horrible practical joke,' a security guard testified

Johnny Depp testified earlier in the trial that Amber Heard blamed the poop on her small teacup Yorkies.
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  • Amber Heard is said to have owned up to the poop found on a bed she shared with Johnny Depp.
  • A security guard for Depp on Thursday testified that she called it a "practical joke gone wrong."
  • Depp said earlier in his defamation trial against Heard that she had blamed the poop on her dogs.

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this I didn't expect..................

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Pope Francis Says NATO Started War in Ukraine by ‘Barking at Putin’s Door’

Claudio Peri/Pool/ReutersROME—Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis has floated the idea that he wants to take a trip to Kyiv to try to broker a ceasefire. But now he says he would prefer to go to Moscow to try to talk some sense into Vladimir Putin, who he has not...
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“I feel that before going to Kyiv I must go to Moscow,” he told Corriere Della Sera in an interview that ran on Tuesday. But the meeting would not exactly be to condemn Putin, based on what he told the paper. He said that the real “scandal” of Putin’s war is “NATO barking at Russia’s door,” which he said caused the Kremlin to “react badly and unleash the conflict.”
He has spoken twice by phone to Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky, but mostly to urge him not to fight back. He also went to the Russian embassy to the Holy See days after the invasion began to “register his concerns” about what was happening.
 

Putin's 'Doomsday' plane which allows him to continue ruling Russia if nuclear war breaks out is seen flying near Moscow​

  • The Il-80 Maxdome has been passing low over the outskirts of Moscow
  • Russia says it will be showcased in the Victory Day parade on Monday
  • It has not been used in the parade since 2010
 

Chinese food delivery driver, 45, is shot dead in New York City as cops hunt 'customer whose argument with restaurant staff over DUCK SAUCE turned into a campaign of harassment that saw him pull a gun on workers'​

  • Zhiwen Yan, 45, was making a delivery on his scooter in Forest Hills at around 9:30 pm, cops say, when he was fatally shot in the chest by an unnamed suspect
  • The altercation, police say, saw Yan and the suspect briefly exchange words before he was shot once in the chest near 108th Street and 67th Drive
  • Cops say the incident transpired immediately after Yan - a father-of-three who moved to New York from China more 22 years ago - had dropped off a delivery
  • According to his family, the Chinese-born New Yorker had been working seven days a week when his life was snuffed out, trying to support his wife and kids
 
Flamingos, it's what's for dinner...

Wild Fox Kills 25 Flamingos and a Duck at the National Zoo​

The fox, which escaped, had apparently gnawed a softball-size hole in the metal mesh surrounding the birds’ outdoor yard, zoo officials said.

When a curator of the bird collection at Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington came to work on Monday morning, she was startled to see a wild fox leaving the flamingo habitat.
By then, it was too late.

The fox had killed 25 American flamingos and one northern pintail duck, apparently after gnawing a softball-size hole in the metal mesh surrounding the birds’ outdoor yard.

“I can’t even imagine the effort,” Brandie Smith, director of the National Zoo and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, said in an interview, adding that it was most likely the work of “a very determined fox” that may have been trying to provide for its young, known as kits.

Now, the zoo is toughening the security measures around its bird exhibits in case the fox, which escaped, strikes again.

The zoo called it “the first predator mesh breach” at its flamingo exhibit, a 9,750-square-foot expanse with a heated pool and barn, which has remained largely unchanged since the 1970s. Three other flamingos were injured in the attack and were being treated at the zoo’s veterinary hospital.

“This is a heartbreaking loss for us and everyone who cares about our animals,” Dr. Smith said in a statement. “The barrier we used passed inspection and is used by other accredited zoos across the country. Our focus now is on the well-being of the remaining flock and fortifying our habitats.”

Renowned for their bright pink plumage and elegant one-legged stance, flamingos can live for about 40 to 60 years, and the zoo still has 49 in its collection. Though not considered endangered, they are relatively rare in the United States. But they have been known to defy the odds.

In March, an African flamingo known simply as No. 492 was spotted by a fishing guide in Port Lavaca, Texas, 17 years after it flew away from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kan.

Foxes have also been known to prowl Washington. Last month, a fox roaming Capitol Hill bit at least nine people, including a member of Congress, before it was caught, euthanized and tested positive for rabies. The fox’s three kits were also euthanized because of their exposure to their rabid mother.

Officials at the National Zoo said that employees check the perimeters of the bird exhibits twice a day to ensure they are intact, and that nothing was amiss when the outdoor yards surrounding the Bird House were last inspected at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

But after the birds were found mauled on Monday morning, zoo workers noticed a small hole in the mesh enclosure, which was last replaced in 2017 and passed an accreditation inspection by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

Dr. Smith said that the zoo was now adding more wire mesh around the flamingo area and other bird enclosures, and installing more electrified fencing to repel foxes and other predators, such as raccoons, that live near the zoo.

Zoo workers, she said, were also setting up live traps to catch wild animals, and digital cameras with infrared motion sensors to monitor the movements of any creatures that might be nosing around the zoo grounds at night.

The surviving flamingos have been moved indoors to their barn and the remaining ducks to a covered, secure outdoor space, zoo officials said. But zoo workers who tend to the flocks were still devastated, Dr. Smith said.

“This is an incredible staff of people who had to respond to the death of the flamingos, and also make sure the rest of the flamingos and every other bird was protected,” she said. “The whole team is still in shock.”
 

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