‘Barbaric’: wildlife advocates criticize Florida bear hunt proposal

Controversial plans could see the slaughter of almost 200 black bears, about 5% of the state’s estimated totalIt’s tough to be a bear in Florida these days, where only a year ago a Republican state congressman was accusing the ursine population of shooting up crack cocaine and trashing people’s houses.Then came a controversial new law that allows anybody to shoot and kill any bear perceived as a threat without fear of consequences, which animal advocates say could be bad news for any creature that inadvertently wanders into a back yard. Continue reading...

Comments

World news

Iran brought to standstill as regime ramps-up nuclear missile bid

Express

'I thought the plane would break apart': Ryanair flight makes emergency landing after turbulence throws passengers into ceiling

about 1 hour ago

Joe Biden health update as Donald Trump launches bombshell investigation

Express

Comments

World news

Iran brought to standstill as regime ramps-up nuclear missile bid

Ryanair passengers 'thrown against ceiling' during horror flight from hell

Canada wildfires: How to keep yourself safe as smoke from deadly inferno reaches Europe

Italy’s Meloni greenlights controversial laws targeting protests, squatters and cannabis

Ted Cruz leads senators in plan to designate June Pro-Life Month during Pride Month

Grenade launchers and Nazi flag found as veterans arrested for Army base hammer robbery

Who is Greg Monks? The ‘family man’ who went missing in Portugal after stag do

Russian drone strike in northern Ukraine kills five, including toddler, hours after Putin 'revenge' warning

'I thought the plane would break apart': Ryanair flight makes emergency landing after turbulence throws passengers into ceiling

Joe Biden health update as Donald Trump launches bombshell investigation

Shame on you, Labour. How can you still sell arms to Israel amidst all this horror?

The 45-page guide to staying safe at the Hajj this year

The Sports Bra, the first US bar focused on women’s sports, expanding to four more cities

Erin Patterson denies knowingly preparing death cap mushrooms in dehydrator she later dumped

Trump live: President signs travel ban on 12 countries with ‘hostile attitudes’ to US

Madeleine McCann search latest: Neighbour recalls ‘angry’ rows with suspect as third day begins in hunt for missing girl

US Marshals arrest a Dominican man sought in last year's killing of 4 people in New York

Russian strike kills 5 in Ukraine, including a 1 year old

China issues warrants for alleged Taiwanese hackers and bans a business for pro-independence links

South Korea's liberal-led legislature passes bills calling for special probes into Yoon and wife

Violent turbulence hits flight in Germany, forcing emergency landing and injuring 9

WWII veterans speak of sacrifice and freedom on France's D-Day battlefields, 81 years later

New Zealand Parliament votes for record suspensions of 3 lawmakers who performed Māori haka

Avoid new shoes and look after your mental health. How to be well at the Hajj

Baby among 5 dead as Putin unleashes strikes on Ukraine hours after revenge vow to ‘show middle finger to world’

Who was Greg Monks? Missing Brit last seen in Albufeira found dead

Soldiers dug my grave & raped my colleagues when I was taken hostage working as BA cabin crew… ordeal still haunts us

Japanese manga comic predicts ‘great disaster’ in July 2025 – what could it mean?

Bodies of husband and wife taken into Gaza by Hamas recovered after special operation by Israeli forces

Mystery as missing businessman found dead in hole without any trousers or shoes

Tragic final Greg Monks picture before he went missing on Portugal stag do

'I woke up one day feeling strange, then I didn't leave the house for six years'

Three Maori MPs suspended over 'intimidating' haka

Rare oil portrait of Mahatma Gandhi to be auctioned in London

Israeli military recovers two hostages' bodies in southern Gaza

3 World War II bombs are defused in a German city's biggest postwar evacuation

Europe Wants to Banish Russian Gas. The U.S. May Have Other Plans.

Tigers maul man to death after he jumps into zoo enclosure

Ukraine LIVE: Huge Russian drone strike kills toddler in devastating Pryluky attack

Madeleine McCann LIVE: Major search update as man who knew suspect makes huge claim

Russia economy in meltdown as Moscow rocked by record-high 21% interest rates

Operation Spiderweb: Satellite images show Russian bombers destroyed in massive Ukrainian drone attack

How your child’s unusual name will impact their life

My life shattered on a transatlantic cruise – this is why I’m going back

Pension annuities hit 16-year high – but you could miss out on hundreds more

Cancer patients facing critical treatment delays due to UK’s workforce crisis

What will happen to mortgages in the next month, according to experts

Ginny and Georgia is my favourite hate watch

Sell Casemiro, buy Mbeumo and find the next Heaven: How to fix Man Utd

Kendall: I’m giving 500,000 more children free school meals – hunger is a national disgrace

Trump’s tariffs look devastating – but there’s another story

I’ve seen the plans for R360 – there are five issues rugby must address

Thursday Briefing

In War-Torn Nations, Trump’s Travel Ban Brings a New Hardship

Dead Sea Scroll breakthrough as scientists find proof behind ancient manuscripts

Attack on Russian nuclear bombers captured in new Ukraine drone footage

Trump escalates vendetta against Harvard with fresh bid to ban foreign students

Karoline Levitt ditches religious necklace after Jon Stewart’s brutal joke: ‘Some sort of weird Pinocchio cross’

Election of Mexico's first Indigenous Supreme Court justice in 170 years raises hope and skepticism

Should I hold my cash in a stocks and shares ISA – or is a cash ISA better?