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| Wildlife officials want people to murder fish. The Ukraine controversy gets dicey. And Ed Sheeran asks for a little respect – for gingers. |
| Here's the news you need to know today. |
| But first, a hockey pup: NHL teams are officially adding "team dogs" to their rosters. We'll take 10 of those doggo jerseys, please. |
Have you seen this fish? Kill it |
| There's an invasive fish in Georgia that can apparently breathe air (?!) and survive on land (?!?!). It's on a hit list, too. If you find one, wildlife officials have a simple request: Kill it. Like, now. A Georgia resident found a northern snakehead in a pond on private property recently, marking the first time the invasive fish has been found in the state. The Georgia wildlife department's advice for what residents should do upon finding one? "Kill it immediately (remember, it can survive on land) and freeze it." According to the Department of Agriculture, the northern snakehead "preys on and competes with native species." |
 | | Invasive snakehead fish can survive on land, anglers urged to 'kill it' | | Getty | |
Two people who helped Giuliani go after Biden were arrested |
| Two Ukrainian-born business partners, who showered Republican campaign committees with nearly $500,000 and dined with President Donald Trump at the White House, were charged in connection with alleged schemes to funnel foreign money to U.S. political campaigns, authorities said Thursday. Hours after the arrests of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, who helped Rudy Giuliani's effort to investigate Trump rival Joe Biden's activities in Ukraine, the two were subpoenaed by House Democrats as part of its impeachment inquiry. |
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Cuba Gooding Jr. slapped with a new charge |
| Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. was indicted Thursday by a New York grand jury in his groping case – and another charge was added. What's the new charge? We don't know – yet. The details will not be unsealed until Gooding's arraignment on the indictment next week. The actor was charged in June after a 29-year-old woman accused him of groping her at a New York City bar. Gooding pleaded innocent and denied the allegations. |
 | | Cuba Gooding Jr., arrives at court in New York for a proceeding on his groping case, Oct. 10, 2019. | | JOHANNES EISELE/ AFP via Getty Images | |
Simone Biles: *Drops mic* |
| Bow down to the GOAT, people. Simone Biles won her fifth all-around title at the world gymnastics championships, extending her own record, and did it by her largest margin yet. It was her 22nd medal at the world championships, 16 of which are gold. Still she found a way to make it memorable. At the end of her high-flying floor routine, Biles flashed a saucy smile and pretended to drop a mic. And it was oh, so appropriate. |
 | | Simone Biles. World champion, again. | | Matthias Schrader, AP | |
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2009 Christmas Day underwear bombmaker killed |
| The man who built the infamous underwear bomb that a confessed terrorist wore aboard a Detroit-bound airplane on Christmas Day 2009 was declared dead. The White House said Thursday that Ibrahim al-Asiri, a senior al-Qaida bombmaker and terrorist coordinator, was killed two years ago in a counterterrorism operation. . According to the White House, al-Asiri built the explosive devices that a 23-year-old Nigerian college student took on the plane, hoping it would explode over U.S. soil. The plot was foiled, and the would-be bomber is serving a life sentence in a Colorado prison. |
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