Authorities in Maine are investigating a report that an Amazon customer received 250 unmarked ballots inside her order. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said on Monday that the town of Ellsworth reported to Maine’s authorities that they were missing a shipment of 250 absentee ballots. That same day, a woman located in Newburgh, roughly 40 miles away, found 250 ballots wrapped in plastic in the same box as her Amazon delivery. State law enforcement and the FBI launched an investigation into the claims with the help of Amazon, Bellows said. “I have full confidence that law enforcement will determine who is responsible,” Bellows said, adding that there may have been “bad actors” who attempted “to interrupt the distribution of ballots and ballot materials.” The investigation is underway just a few weeks before the state’s Nov. 4 election.
It’s official, Ernie the Giant Chicken is finally, truly, definitely and definitively dead. Show producer Alec Sulkin said the beloved recurring Family Guy character, and chief antagonist of the Griffin family patriarch, has gone “the way of all flesh.” Despite his well-known fight scenes with Peter Griffin, it would appear to have in fact been Peter’s daughter, Meg, who shunted him off into the small screen’s great beyond more than 25 years after his first appearance in the animated series. Sulkin clarified that while the creators felt they’d given Ernie as solid a run as he might ever have hoped for, there were also practical reasons behind his evidently brutal final goodbye. “Honestly, I feel like we got so many great set pieces out of the giant chicken fighting with Peter that they became hard to top,” Sulkin explained. “It’s a lot to ask of our production crew, and we may have just gotten the best out of that character.”
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A woman has been dragged into a river by a crocodile that then took off with her half-eaten remains in its jaws. Soudamini Mahala, believed to be in her late 50s, had been washing in the Kharasrota River in Odisha, India, on Monday when the beast lunged at her. The Times of India reports the killer was a saltwater crocodile, the world’s largest reptile, capable of growing to 20 feet in length. Cops said villagers scrambled to save her, but there was nothing they could do. Authorities have now retrieved her remains, but not before the croc paraded them through the water. Eyewitnesses captured the horror on camera. “The woman was taking a bath in the Kharasrota river around 4 p.m. on Monday. A crocodile dragged her into the high stream of the river. Villagers present on the riverbank tried to chase the reptile but failed to rescue her,” police said, according to The Daily Mail. The Times reports assistant conservator, Santosh Kumar Pati, said: “We have seized the body and sent it to the government hospital in Jajpur for an autopsy. The forest department will soon provide a compensation of Rs 10 lakh ($11,200) to the family members.”
Kristin Davis apologized to Bridget Moynahan for her rude behavior on the Sex and the City set. Davis, 60, who played Charlotte York, admitted she is not proud of how she treated Moynahan, 54, when the Blue Bloods actress played Mr. Big’s wife Natasha on the original show and the spin-off And Just Like That. Moynahan’s posh character played the nemesis of Carrie Bradshaw, played by Sarah Jessica Parker. On iHeartRadio’s Are You A Charlotte? podcast, Davis shared that she would normally go out of her way to be friendly to guest stars, who she said were usually men. Davis admitted that she unintentionally felt protective of Carrie as she was playing her best friend. “I don’t think I was that nice to you. I feel really bad about that” Davis said. Moynahan laughed and assured her that she did not hold any grudges. She later went on to admit she was confused why Davis was “being so nice” when they later bumped into each other at the gym. Davis explained, “By then, we weren’t in our characters anymore, and I could just be a normal person.” She acknowledged how ‘silly’ she felt when she realized she was behaving as her character in her real life.
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North Korean hackers have stolen a record-breaking $2 billion in cryptocurrency this year, accounting for approximately 13 percent of the country’s total GDP. The Lazarus Group, Pyongyang’s state-sanctioned hackers, have for years targeted major crypto firms for high-profile heists, stealing millions in untraceable digital tokens. However, the group has expanded its focus this year and is increasingly targeting high-net-worth individuals, who have fewer security measures in place and are less likely to report losses. “The weak point in cryptocurrency is now human, not technological,” said cybersecurity firm Elliptic, pointing to an increase in phishing, fake job offers, and compromised social media accounts being used to gain access to users’ wallets and private keys. Elliptic says they have worked with victims this year who have been robbed of tens of millions of dollars worth of crypto, with one individual reporting a $100 million loss. “Other thefts are likely unreported and remain unknown as attributing cyber thefts to North Korea is not an exact science,” said Elliptic founder Dr Tom Robinson, who said the actual total could be even higher. In March, hackers swiped $1.4 billion from crypto exchange ByBit in what is believed to be the largest cryptocurrency heist in history.
Rod Stewart’s ex-wife has been hospitalized with a “stubborn” lung infection that left her in need of an IV. Alana Stewart, 80, said in a post on Instagram on October 6 that she’s at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center in California after taking antibiotics for an extended period. “I’ve been getting IV antibiotics for this infection I’ve had in my lungs for a really long time,” she said. “I’ve been on every kind of oral antibiotic and it hasn’t gotten rid of it, so now I’m doing two weeks of IV antibiotics.” She added: “I can’t say that it’s fun, but I’m really hoping that this is going to work and I’m going to feel 100 percent great and healthy again.” According to People, she came down with COVID last month. The former actress and model said in the caption of the post that she’d “been off the radar for a bit,” due to a “stubborn lung infection.” She and the “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy” singer have two children together, Kimberly, 46, and Sean, 45. They were married from 1979 until 1986.
The winner of the Nobel Prize for medicine was “living his best life” on an “off the grid” hiking trip, and missed calls announcing his big win. Illinois-born Dr.Fred Ramsdell was on a digital detox in the Montana Rocky Mountains when his wife, Laura O’Neill, suddenly started shrieking. Initially thinking a bear had attacked her, he rushed to her side, only for her to reveal she had just regained cellular service and had been bombarded with hundreds of messages informing her of her husband’s win. “You just won the Nobel Prize!” she told the disbelieving scientist, who later told The New York Times that the prospect of winning the prestigious prize “never crossed my mind.” The couple had also missed a 2 a.m. call from the Nobel Committee in Stockholm informing Ramsdell of the award. A friend and lab colleague told them he was “living his best life and was off the grid on a preplanned hiking trip.” Ramsdell was one of three recipients of this year’s award for medicine, along with Mary E Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi, who were recognized for their research on the human immune system.
A retired air force marshal died mid-flight en route to Nigeria from the U.K., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. The victim, Osita Obierika, said to be in his 80s, was returning home on the British Airways flight after cancer treatment in the U.K., according to a Nigerian Outlet. The former Air Vice Marshal of the Nigerian Air Force fell ill and died two and a half hours into the trip, which departed London’s Heathrow Airport at 11 p.m. on Sunday and scheduled to land by 5 a.m. on Monday at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. The pilot called in a medical emergency and diverted the plane to El Prat Airport in Barcelona, which reportedly caused passengers to panic and a pregnant woman to have a medical emergency. Her current condition is unclear. The airline arranged another aircraft to take the passengers to their final destination in Nigeria; however, that flight was delayed by 50 minutes. British Airways reportedly said in a statement to passengers that they should reach out to its “Live Chat Feature” for further assistance.
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Amazon Prime Video has swiftly reversed a controversial change to its James Bond artwork in the U.K. after fans noticed the secret agent’s iconic firearm had been digitally removed from promo posters. The alterations, which coincided with ‘James Bond Day’ on October 5, sparked accusations of “cultural vandalism” and allegations that Amazon was seeking to erase the character’s history after paying more than $1 billion to acquire the rights to the franchise earlier this year. Some of the posters, such as those for Sean Connery’s Dr. No and Pierce Brosnan’s GoldenEye, had the guns literally airbrushed out of the original image, while others were more subtle. A picture of Roger Moore in A View to a Kill had the actor’s arm elongated to push the firearm offscreen, while Daniel Craig’s weapon in Spectre was cropped out of sight. Following the backlash, the promo images have been changed to include stills from the actual movies, although they have once again been conveniently selected and cropped to avoid any depictions of firearms.
An ancient marble tombstone dating back to the Roman era has been discovered in the yard of a Louisiana couple doing some gardening. Tulane University anthropologist Daniella Santoro and partner Aaron Lorenz were going through the weeds at their home in New Orleans in March when they stumbled across the 1,900-year-old artifact. On it, they recognized Latin writing. Santoro reached out to fellow academics, creating the informal “team tombstone.” Together, they determined it was dedicated to a Roman sailor called Sextus Congenius Verus. They traced it back to the Civitavecchia museum in Italy, which was missing an artifact matching the tombstone’s description. The institution was badly damaged by Allied bombing during the war, and much of its collection was lost. Now, the team is trying to determine exactly how it ended up in Louisiana. Their findings have been documented by D. Ryan Gray, a University of New Orleans archaeologist, in the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans. It “reflects a wonderful intersection of a homeowner’s curiosity ultimately bringing to light something unexpected and historically significant,” he wrote. The team also got in contact with the FBI’s art crime team, with efforts now underway to repatriate the slab to Italy. The museum plans to host a celebration when the stone is returned.