All aboard everyone, we’re back on the funky-colored animal train – and this week’s flavor of choice is strawberry! Strawberry-patterned leopards, to be exact. They join bright blue lobsters, black lynx, and white orcas as among our favorite color morphs to be spotted (see what we did there?) in the wild.Strawberry leopards are true leopards (Panthera pardus) and not a separate species. They have a rare genetic mutation that, instead of dark spots and facial features, fades or completely removes the black coloring giving them a rare pink or golden hue. While the cause was previously thought to be linked to excessive production of red pigment as a result of erythrism, researchers have now discovered that the pathways to strawberry-colored fur might be more closely linked to albinism instead. Albinism is a genetic condition causing all-white individuals due to very low levels or the total absence of the pigment melanin within the skin. Larger numbers of strawberry leopards have previously been reported in South Africa. To explore more about strawberry leopards and assess how frequently they occur in the wild, a team of scientists deployed 319 paired camera trap stations across the Nyerere-Selous ecosystem in southern Tanzania. The cameras captured over 4,000 images of leopards, which could be identified by the team as 373 unique individuals. Just one of these 373 leopards turned out to have strawberry coloration. Compared to a typical leopard, the female has much lighter spots with a lack of black around her mouth, on her paws, and the back of the ears. However, the team consider the possibility that the female is not a true strawberry leopard and that her coloring is instead part of a natural color gradient. This theory would need further genetic testing to confirm. Far from being disadvantageous to the leopard, the authors write that such coloration could offer a benefit, such as being able to blend better into the landscape.Even the toe beans are affected by the genetic mutation.Image credit: Searle, C.E., et al, Ecology and Evolution 2024 (CC BY 4.0)There are two alternative theories as to how the genetic mutation arose in the Selous Game Reserve. One possibility is that the strawberry leopards from northern South Africa have spread the trait into the Tanzanian population; however, this is unlikely given the vast distance and geographical challenges separating the two. Or, the team explain, the mutation could be the result of inbreeding due to trophy hunting, the reason thought to be behind the higher levels of strawberry leopards observed in South Africa. The study is published in Ecology and Evolution. 

There are an estimated 1.2 million species in total, but which is the most dangerous animal in the world? More specifically, which animal is responsible for the most human deaths? Hollywood films often portray nature’s giants, like lions and crocodiles, as the deadliest animals to humans. However, many of these large predators are less lethal than you might think. For example, sharks only kill about 70 humans each year. Surprisingly, the most deadly creatures on Earth are often much smaller. They are more likely to kill through disease, venom, and other means, rather than by sharp teeth. The killer scorpion. Credit: Wikipedia Scorpions – 3,300 Deaths per Year These ancient, aggressive arachnids sting with their tails, injecting venom into their prey. Of the more than 2,600 scorpion species, only about 25 have venom powerful enough to kill humans. One of the most dangerous is the Deathstalker. These yellow carriers of death inhabit the dry, arid landscapes and deserts of North Africa and the Middle East. Underestimating them can be fatal. The venom of the Deathstalker is potent enough to kill individuals with medical conditions, including heart disease. While healthy adults, both young and old, can survive its sting, fatalities are still possible. Triatomine bugs typically live in the wall or roof cracks of poorly constructed homes in rural or suburban areas, becoming active at night, biting exposed areas of skin, then defecating close to the bite. Triatomine Bugs – 10,000 Deaths per Year Also known as “kissing bugs,” these insects are the primary spreaders of the deadly Chagas disease. These bloodthirsty predators pose a significant threat in Central and South America. Chagas disease is potentially fatal and is transmitted through the bite of a triatomine bug or the consumption of food and drinks contaminated by the insect or its feces, which carry the parasite. According to the Pan American Health Organization, Chagas disease is a devastating illness that affects the heart, as well as the digestive and nervous systems. Alarmingly, the disease can also be transmitted from mother to child through the placenta during pregnancy. The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a species of highly venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae. Snakes – 138,000 Deaths per Year Dangerous snakes can be found all over the world. They can kill people in various, often cruel ways. For example, a black mamba can kill a human with just two drops of its venom, while pythons can swallow an adult human whole. Most snake-related human deaths are due to venomous bites. However, according to health ministries worldwide, survivors of dangerous snake encounters often face amputations and other serious medical conditions. While 2022’s global murder rate was 6.1 (per 100k people), murder rates varied widely across the globe. Central America and the Caribbean were global hotspots, with countries such as El Salvador (61.7), Honduras (41), and Jamaica (56.4) posting murder rates up to 10 times higher than the global average. Humans – 400,000 Deaths per Year Humans are technically the second most dangerous animal on the planet when it comes to killing their own kind, primarily through homicide. According to global data, as of 2019, 0.7% of deaths worldwide were the result of homicide. Latin America has a particularly high homicide rate, with El Salvador experiencing homicide rates that account for more than 7% of deaths. Humans are not unique in killing their own kind; this behavior is observed throughout the animal kingdom. The mosquito is the world’s deadliest animal. Spreading diseases like malaria, dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, Zika, chikungunya, and lymphatic filariasis, the mosquito kills more people than any other creature in the world. Mosquitoes – 725,000 Deaths per Year Mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest animal, responsible for 725,000 deaths annually through diseases such as malaria. Only female mosquitoes bite, making them the most dangerous. This tiny flying insect has repeatedly shaped the course of human history, being crucial to events like American independence and the rise and fall of Rome. Malaria is particularly severe in Africa, where the region accounts for 95% of cases and 96% of deaths worldwide. It is best to take precautions against mosquitoes if you plan to travel to areas where these insects are prevalent. These five creatures highlight the diversity and severity of dangers posed by the animal kingdom. While some use venom or disease to kill, others, like humans, use physical force. Awareness and prevention are key to avoiding these deadly encounters. The post The Deadliest Creatures: Top 5 Animals That Threaten Humans appeared first on Anomalien.com.

Always a loyal foot soldier for the left, ABC’s Good Morning America was ebullient Monday in fluffing Vice President Kamala Harris being handed an “extraordinary moment” as the likely Democratic presidential nominee with “a flood of cash” and “history” on her side now that President Biden has dropped out against “felon” Donald Trump. Co-host Robin Roberts kicked things off in an opening tease: “Vice President Harris hitting the ground running. Dozens of top lawmakers and party officials quickly lining up behind the VP as she looks to make history again...The issues that define her and who could join her on the Democratic ticket?” Certainly relieved Biden’s not running, co-host and former Clinton official George Stephanopoulos told viewers this “was already the most unusual race in American history” as it originally consisted of a face-off “between two former presidents — one a convicted felon who tried to overturn an election he lost, then survived an assassination attempt.” ABC’s George Stephanopoulos opens ‘Good Morning America’ by talking about how Kamala Harris is running against “a convicted felon who tried to overturn an election he lost”. He can’t even say Trump’s name. pic.twitter.com/uVnNp88EnW — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 22, 2024 Not even going to say Trump’s name there, George? Perhaps the most loyal member of the White House press corps, chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce first commiserated with her guy, saying the decision to quit “was always Joe Biden’s to make and his alone, but ultimately, the pressure was just too much to bear” as he has “giv[en] up the job he spent a lifetime working towards.” Adding the Covid diagnosis was “another blow” following a slew of party defections, she said he finally “reckon[ed] with his political reality” and touted a gooey statement from son Hunter Biden (a convicted felon himself) She made sure to grease the skids for Harris (click “expand”): Harris, who’s been hitting the trail hard in recent weeks, praising Biden for making the difficult decision writing, “With this selfless and patriotic act, president Biden is doing what he has done throughout his life of service: putting the American people and our country above everything else.” Then making clear she’s all in, saying “my intention is to earn and win this nomination...We have 107 days until Election Day. Together, we will fight and together, we will win.” This morning, many top party leaders now swiftly rallying around Harris as she’s working the phones, reaching out to key Democrats. Bill and Hillary Clinton writing, “now is the time to support Kamala Harris and fight with everything we’ve got to elect her. America’s future depends on it.” Harris also securing endorsements from key constituencies, including the Congressional Black Caucus and several key governors like Gavin Newsom of California, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, and Roy Cooper of North Carolina all lining up behind her. The Biden campaign this morning now full steam ahead for Harris, even filing the paperwork. The campaign now officially Harris for President. Kamala Harris is now the frontrunner in this race. She could, of course, become the first black woman, the first Asian-American to top a ticket. But others could still jump in. Congressional correspondent Rachel Scott was also excited, claiming this was “ curve ball the Trump campaign was preparing for, but this is not one they wanted” and lamented Trump would dare to criticize Harris because he “just days ago said he wanted to focus on this message of unity.” ABC’s @RachelVScott on @GMA: “This is now a major campaign reset, today the least. With just over 100 days to go until the November election, It's a curve ball the trump campaign was preparing for, but this is not one they wanted. And Trump's playbook so far has been to attack,… pic.twitter.com/2SqYF9ulrR — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 22, 2024 Stephanopoulos then brought Bruce and Scott back alongside chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl, whom he declared “Biden really had no choice” but drop out. For his party, Karl bragged this was causing “an all-out meltdown” by Trump, as if to suggest Harris will be able to skate by. Stephanopoulos: “Jon, in the end, President Biden really had no choice. It's almost as if, in the days since the debate, the Democratic Party held another primary.” Jonathan Karl: “Absolutely, George. No choice at all. He was left as the leader of a party that no longer wanted… pic.twitter.com/C2WmbmaYHs — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 22, 2024 Scott doubled down on Karl’s talking points about Biden dropping out being a massive boon for Democrats and then Stephanopoulos said these recent twists have been “Shakespearean, biblical, unprecedented, historic”. Karl also implied the age issues will remain given Trump’s age: ABC insists it is Republicans who are melting down over Harris becoming the nominee after a “biblical” twist in the election with Joe Biden's cognitive decline.... ABC’s @RachelVScott: “[Y]ou could tell just how irritated and frustrated former President Trump is just by looking… pic.twitter.com/GrzvITKlUv — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 22, 2024 Senior White House correspondent Selina Wang also did her part for The Cause: ABC's Selina Wang, very excited by how much cash Kamala is raising to bully others from entering the race: “Vice President Harris has already raised a flood of cash. Since yesterday she's raised more than $49 million from small dollar donors. That is more than the Biden… pic.twitter.com/7Dqx7mP0Pi — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 22, 2024 The second-half hour led off with a nauseating puff piece from 20/20 co-anchor Deborah Roberts, but not before a lead-in from co-host Robin Roberts about Harris being granted an “extraordinary moment”. Deborah Roberts — the wife of NBC’s Today co-host Al Roker — swooned over Harris as “poised to possibly shatter that elusive glass ceiling in American politics” and one “she’s become familiar with” as her life has been defined by “blazing new trails in public service”. State-run media from ABC’s Robin Roberts and Deborah Roberts puffing Kamala Harris. They said Harris has “extraordinary moment” before her “after blazing new trails in public service” and is “known for her work on the Judicial and Intelligence committees, with a strong stance… pic.twitter.com/8lVe2lVfxj — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 22, 2024 “Harris became known for her work on the Judicial and Intelligence committees, with a strong stance on civil and abortion rights which she grilled future Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanagh...As Vice President, Harris has taken the lead on the abortion rights issue following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade,” she added. Ever the propagandist, she framed Harris’s work on the Biden crisis as marred by partisanship and puffed her personal life. Speaking of her gender, Stephanopoulos moments later used that to cue up Chris Christie to strongly imply Trump could go too far in attacking her (click “expand”): DEBORAH ROBERTS: She’s also taking on immigration. In 2021, President Biden tasking her to lead the diplomatic efforts with three Central American countries to address the root causes of migration. The White House praising her work, but after migrant encounters hit record levels before decreasing, Republicans hit Harris on the hot button issue.  [NIKKI HALEY CLIP] DEBORAH ROBERTS: Before her VP role, Harris had presidential ambitions, taking on former president Donald Trump. [HARRIS AD CLIP] DEBORAH ROBERTS: Married for ten years to lawyer Doug Emhoff, Harris is known as Mamala to her stepchildren, Ella and Cole. When she was chosen as Vice President, she reflected on the historic moment with Robin. (....) CHRISTIE: It changes it, George. But the real question is we don’t how it changes it. And what’s going to determine how it changes is how these two candidates now perform in this new dynamic, right? So, here’s Kamala Harris going from number two to number one like that. And it’s gonna take a real transformation on her part. And she’s going to have to perform. Everyone’s going to be watching her closely. Donald Trump’s not going to have a different dynamic. Eight years ago, he want against a woman for president. But when he did, Hillary Clinton was a more known quantity and, quite frankly, was disliked by a lot of voters. Kamala Harris is not personally disliked. There’s a question of respect and whether they respect her or not. And that’s going to be in her control now. If she performs well, she’s going to make this a very close race. To see the relevant transcript from July 22, click here.

Once Joe Biden knuckled under to tremendous pressure to drop out of the race, Biden's advisers went out to proclaim he was like...George Washington? That was former Newsweek editor, "historian" and Biden speechwriter Jon Meacham on Monday's Morning Joe. Joe Scarborough read from his New York Times op-ed and put the gushy words on screen for his hardcore-Democrat audience. "Mr. Biden has spent a lifetime trying to do right by the nation, and he did so in the most epic of ways when he chose to end his campaign for re-election. His decision is one of the most remarkable acts of leadership in our history. An act of self-sacrifice that places him in the company of George Washington, who also stepped away from the presidency." Willie Geist told Meacham he was interested in his take as a Biden friend and adviser, but "also has a historian." Out came the flowery oration:  MEACHAM: Well, we're commemorating here a remarkable act of political sacrifice, self-sacrifice by a man of great grace and a president of great consequence. And understandably, we're talking about what happens now. That's what the republic does, what democracy does, and it's an organic thing, and it’s at risk. And it’s vital, as Mika said, we stand for the Constitution, the rule of law, and the kind of decency and dignity President Biden embodied. There was an old Tennessee senator from my state who said that the only true cure for political ambition is embalming fluid. And so what you have here is someone who did assess reality.  He -- as he often says, he respects fate. One would, given the arc of his life, which is punctuated by great victory, immense achievement and immense tragedy. There is no more dreadfully overworked partisan life-story talking point than Biden tragically losing his family members. But then, Washington wasn't enough! Meacham found Biden parallels to Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 (he won in a landslide, but there was a Great Depression) and Abraham Lincoln in 1861:  And so this is a president who -- when people like me look back, we’re gonna look at someone who stepped into the breach in 2020, who defended democracy. You know, when you think about it, in many ways, the Biden presidency began on January 6th, 2021. And it was a moment where, remember how eerily empty the Capitol was once the protesters, the rioters, the insurrectionists were gone? He stood in that strangely quiet West front to step into a moment in which democracy itself was under the greatest siege it'd been since FDR had been there in 1933. And before that, since Abraham Lincoln had been there, both of them on the other side of the Capitol in 1861. And that's not overly grand. That’s not hyperbolic, as President Biden would say. It is, I think, a cold-eyed assessment of the reality of the history of the moment. Since this is MSNBC, it’s never hyperbolic to suggest that a Trump victory ends American democracy. Meacham has consistently beat that drum. The other completely preposterous note is that Biden unified us in an atmosphere of mutual respect. Don't the libs call that "Earth 2"? President Biden stepped in and he bent history in what I would argue, and I think most of the folks here would agree, is a very American -- you can disagree with the policy details, you can disagree with the emphasis here or there, but, by God, the American consensus in which we actually recognize and respect each other fundamentally, and are together enough to try to make this a more perfect union, we are a more perfect union because of President Biden. I think history is going to laud him for it, and I hope the president does, as well.

Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the presidential election, to the surprise of none but the truest of true believers. Biden delivered the news through a post on X, of all places, but promised to “speak to the nation later this week in more detail about my decision.” Notably, his letter made no mention of his successor. That came in a second post roughly 20 minutes later, practically as an afterthought: Oh, yes, by the way, he offered his “full support and endorsement” to Vice President Kamala Harris. Thanks for clearing that up, sir. Except the matter is hardly settled. The party mandarins decided that Biden could not beat Donald Trump this time around. They face the same question with Biden’s hapless running mate. Democrats gather in Chicago on August 19 for what could be the most contentious national convention in a century. In 1924, it took the party more than two weeks and 103 ballots to land on a nominee, John Davis, who went on to be crushed by Calvin Coolidge in the general election. “I belong to no organized political party,” the humorist Will Rogers quipped when the smoke finally cleared. “I am a Democrat.” Note the hedge: could be, as opposed to will be or even likely will be. The Democratic Party is far more adept at fixing fights than it was a century ago. Just ask Bernie Sanders, the socialist scourge of 2016 who only a week ago took to the pages of the New York Times, urging his erstwhile party to stick with Joe. “Enough!” the independent U.S. senator from Vermont wrote. “Mr. Biden may not be the ideal candidate, but he will be the candidate and should be the candidate.” Will be? Oh, Bernie, when will you ever learn? The party establishment says who the candidate will be. You know this. Saving “Our Democracy” requires nothing less. Real democracy — actual voting — is much too risky. The trouble with Kamala With that in mind, do not assume that Kamala Harris is the clear heir apparent or that her nomination is a mortal lock. The party mandarins decided that Biden could not beat Donald Trump this time around. They face the same question with Biden’s hapless running mate. Harris is not popular. Her approval rating has remained resolutely stuck below 40% all year and has peered over the 40% line only occasionally since 2022. She has not won a single party primary vote, let alone a presidential primary election. Remember, Harris dropped out of the running in December 2019 a few weeks before the Iowa caucuses. She consistently polls lower than her boss, though she might get a boost in the coming days as some voters come to terms with Biden’s exit from the race. Harris is, by many accounts, an insecure and erratic manager. A bit of a diva, as they say. Her office is reportedly a dysfunctional mess. A 2021 story in Politico described the atmosphere as “tense and at times dour.” “People are thrown under the bus from the very top, there are short fuses, and it’s an abusive environment,” said a person “with direct knowledge” of how Harris’ office was run. “It’s not a healthy environment, and people often feel mistreated. It’s not a place where people feel supported but a place where people feel treated like s**t.” Little seems to have changed in the interim. A February 2023 New York Times story, for example, described how Harris was “struggling to carve out a lane for herself” in the nation’s second-highest office more than halfway through her term. Her defenders dismiss Kamala’s struggles as the unfair result of “sexism” and “racism” — as well they might. In a party ruled by identity politics, Harris checks many boxes. It’s impossible to read a story about her without rehearsing the fact that she is the first woman, first African-American, and first South Asian-American to hold her position. (Look! It happened again!) Others blame the White House for her stumbles. “Many in the vice president’s circle fume that she’s not being adequately prepared or positioned and instead is being sidelined,” CNN reported in November 2021. Ignore her gaffes and guffaws, Kamala’s boosters say. Look at what she does. OK, let’s do that. Even as vice president, she has a record that Trump and Republicans can readily and easily attack. One in five voters earlier this year ranked immigration as their top issue. Immigration remains high on the list even now, competing with the economy and inflation. Democrats may pretend that the post-COVID economic rebound was of their making, but they — Harris, mainly — also must explain how the worst inflation since the late 1970s and early ’80s is not their fault. For one thing, inflation is cumulative. Don’t take my word for it. Read Carol Roth. Maybe more importantly, Joe Biden early in his administration placed Harris in charge of responding to the immigration crisis that he instigated. You might say she was not “adequately prepared or positioned” for such an assignment. The rebuttal from Democrats is that Harris was never the “border czar,” contrary to maniacal right-wing disinformation. Biden simply asked his vice president in March 2021 “to lead our efforts with Mexico and the Northern Triangle and the countries that help — are going to need help in stemming the movement of so many folks, stemming the migration to our southern border.” Great! So she wasn’t in charge, which is likely why she only visited the southern U.S. border once, in June 2021. The man in charge was and has always been the impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whom Democrats also defend as a competent leader who in no way abetted an invasion of military-age Chinese nationals and known Venezuelan gangsters. Harris was merely responsible for the failed diplomacy over the last three and a half years that resulted in 10 million or more people crossing the border illegally. Why is that so hard to understand? We’ll find out soon enough. Harris wants the Oval Office so badly. And she is manifestly not cut out for it. Could it be possible Harris isn’t very good? She seems incapable of speaking in anything other than platitudes and clichés. “You got to know what you stand for, and when you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for,” Harris told the New York Times in 2023. “What that translates to in tangible terms is less clear,” the Times writers deadpanned. (Media bias is real, comrades — even on the left. They don’t like her either.) We know Harris is to the left of Biden on socialized medicine and even abortion. Her instincts are to his left on immigration and national defense, too. If you thought Biden was too cozy with Iran, just wait until Harris takes the oath of office. She’s also an accomplished opportunist in a party brimming with them. She owes her entrance into politics to former California Speaker of the Assembly and later San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, with whom she was involved romantically in the mid-1990s. Brown gave her two lucrative appointments to state boards when he was speaker and was instrumental in her election as San Francisco’s first black district attorney in 2004. Recalling the maxim “there is no principle in politics,” Harris ran for California attorney general as a law-and-order liberal who was very happy to imprison black men — and keep them there past their terms — before it was uncool. Some years later, she helped pay for rioters’ and killers’ release on bail. Please don’t look for any consistency in it. She is exactly what she appears to be: a climber. An operative. A sycophant. A striver. A jobber. A hack. The first female, African-American, South Asian-American hack to achieve the vice presidency. She wants the Oval Office so badly. And she is manifestly not cut out for it. If not Harris, who? The next days and weeks will be a thing to behold. Future historians and poets will grasp for the vocabulary to describe the preposterousness and horror of it all. Some will not survive the ordeal. Reuters on Sunday reported that all 50 state Democratic Party chairs switched their loyalty from Biden to Harris. That remains to be seen. What do the donors say? NBC News on Friday reported that 300 major Democratic Party donors left a Zoom call with Harris dispirited, though they didn’t blame her exactly. “One person on the call referred to it as ‘mismanaged’ and ‘rushed.’ They added expectations had not been managed well and some participants left feeling admonished.” “During the call, Harris, who was asked to join the call by Biden’s senior advisers, praised Biden, according to campaign officials,” NBC News reported. So Harris lied about her boss. Until it was impossible to do so. And now she and her inept team attempt to rewrite the truth. In a clash of the titans, Harris is not “adequately prepared or positioned” to win. What do the Democrats have to offer other than Harris? The “contenders,” according to the conventional wisdom, include a bevy of governors: Gavin Newsom of California, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan all come up. Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota could make a Quixotic run. Never mind any of them. They’re ambitious and craven, but they’re not stupid — for the most part, anyway. The plain fact is that Biden is out of the running because Barack Obama wanted it so. Bill and Hillary Clinton might have had a word to say on the matter, too. The Clintons on Sunday released a statement supporting Harris for president. “We’ve lived through many ups and downs, but nothing has made us more worried for our country than the threat posed by a second Trump term.” That’s correct, prima facie. But if we learned anything from Bill Clinton’s career, it's that his statements must never be taken at face value. So the Clintons’ endorsement of Harris comes with an implied question and a massive caveat: Can she avert a second Trump term, or can’t she? If not, she’s out. And if so, why not the Democrats’ 2016 nominee? Why not the candidate they believe was robbed of the presidency? Why not her? Barack Obama, notably, has had nothing to say about Kamala Harris or her candidacy. His bride, Michelle, has said she isn’t interested in the presidency. But that was before Biden’s extraordinary, history-altering withdrawal. How could Michelle Obama possibly ignore history’s call? Imagine it. A 2024 Democratic National Convention battle like no other, between three larger-than-life women: Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and Michelle Obama. I wouldn’t presume to guess the outcome, but I would wager this much: In a clash of the titans, Harris is not “adequately prepared or positioned” to win.

A woman has been arrested in connection with the horrific shooting of a baby in a stroller in northeast Philadelphia.On Thursday evening, a suspect opened fire on a couple walking their 7-month-old son along the 4000 block of Meridian Street in the Holmesburg section of the city, as Blaze News previously reported. The shooting prompted the parents to run while the suspect walked away, video released by the Philadelphia Police Department showed.'You knew they had a stroller. What makes you walk up to someone with a stroller and shoot them?'One bullet struck the infant in the leg. Reports indicate that a neighbor took the boy to Nazareth Hospital in a private vehicle before officials transferred him to a trauma center at Jefferson Torresdale and then to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for further treatment. The boy remains in stable condition.Police have also spoken with the parents, who apparently hid for about an hour following the shooting on account of some "outstanding warrants," according to Lieutenant Denis Rosenbaum of the Philadelphia Police Department. Those warrants are believed to be for nonviolent offenses.The mother of the child is a juvenile, Rosenbaum confirmed.On Friday, police arrested 28-year-old Dominique Billips in connection with the shooting after an officer from a different squad recognized her from the police video. Tips from the public also were helpful, according to a police press release shared with Blaze News. The charges against Billips include aggravated assault and violation of the Uniform Firearms Act.For now, cops believe a $100 narcotics debt may have been the motive for the shooting."Luckily, [the suspect] missed. A 7-month-old baby might not remember that, but that story is always going to be there," Rosenbaum said. "You knew they had a stroller. What makes you walk up to someone with a stroller and shoot them?"Two years ago, Billips reportedly was the victim of a shooting that took place just a few blocks away from where Thursday's shooting occurred.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Trump took his time choosing a running mate, but when he finally announced Ohio Senator JD Vance as his choice for VP, “the reaction was spectacular,” according to Dave Rubin. What many may not know, however, is that Vance was a “never-Trumper in 2016.” So how did a man who not that long ago swore off Donald Trump become Trump’s well-received running mate? Dave Rubin and Arynne Wexler discuss the three things about JD that won the Trump base over. Did JD Vance Win Over Trump Voters? youtu.be 1. He knows what Trump symbolizes for Americans. In his RNC speech, Vance said to the cheering crowd, “President Trump represents America’s last, best hope to restore what, if lost, may never be found again.” Dave loves this powerful line because it captures the “restoration of wide-tent America coming together under freedom.” While we may “not all get what we want” under Trump, he stands for the preservation of true Americanism – something that is “precious and good and rare” and, as Vance points out, if lost to the radical left, may never be recovered. 2. He is a product of the American dream The American dream is what made this country different from others — and better than others. The idea that work ethic alone determined someone’s fate rather than their social class at birth was woven into the very fabric of America. But the radical left’s constant push for socialist principles is threatening the American dream. Who better to fight for its survival than JD Vance – a man who was born into poverty as a member of the working class but ended up writing a best-selling memoir, becoming a senator, and now being named Donald Trump’s running mate? “He is really the American dream,” says Wexler. “This is a guy who grew up in opioid-crisis Appalachia, moved to Ohio … and now is the vice president nominee. It's a crazy thing; it's beautiful.” 3. He attracts independent voters Being named Trump’s running mate after denouncing him in 2016 is a testament to Vance’s humility and his potential to gather the reformed never-Trumpers under the Trump base. “I love that he was a never-Trumper in 2016,” Wexler tells Dave. “When people are willing to change their minds … that is relatable to people.” As for MAGA members, they’re certainly not upset that more and more people are donning the red hat. Want more from Dave Rubin?To enjoy more honest conversations, free speech, and big ideas with Dave Rubin, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

There’s no denying that when it comes to isometric co-op RPG action, the Diablo series is hard to beat. But if you’ve ever wanted something similar with an aesthetic that’s a little less dark and gloomy, then Surfpunk could be for you. Despite the vibrant anime art style, this upcoming Steam ARPG offers intense co-op combat, procedurally-generated raids, loot, and of course, surfboards. Continue reading Surfpunk is a Diablo style ARPG but with hot anime surfers MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPG games, Best co-op games, Best anime games

After two decades of any online game, brand-new content and rewards are incredibly welcome. The best MMORPGs keep evolving, listening to player feedback, and introducing reasons to keep your subscription ticking over. The new Runescape Sanctum of Rebirth does exactly that. This new content is jam-packed with challenges, rewards, and ways to play alone or with friends - just be ready for a true gauntlet. Continue reading Runescape adds its first-ever boss dungeon, with loads of rewards MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best MMORPGs, The making of RuneScape, Runescape system requirements

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