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103-year-old man goes hunting, shoots elk

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Gordon Blossom is nearly 104 years old, and he’s been hunting for almost a century. (Photo by Rod Blossom.)

THORP, Wash. – Gordon Blossom is not the average hunter.

“I always say I’m growing old. Now I change that. I am old,” Gordon says.

He’s nearly 104 years old, and he’s been hunting for almost a century.

He tells Action News he loves the outdoors.

“I think I was 10 years old when my folks bought me a .22 single shot.”

He says the shells for the gun cost about 15 cents at the time.

“In those days, a dime would get you a pretty good meal,” Gordon says.

His parents made him work for the money.

“I think it was five rabbits that I had to get with each box of shells before they’d give me the 15 cents to get another box.”

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Warning of possible hidden cluster as U.S. sees 2nd coronavirus death

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With two deaths confirmed in the U.S. and scientists warning the new coronavirus could already have spread much more widely than believed in one state, the disease that emerged in central China was taking a mounting toll on American nerves by Monday morning. Stores in regions with COVID-19 clusters were selling out of basic goods as people stocked up.

The virus has now spread to at least 12 states, with almost 90 cases in all. Both U.S. fatalities were in Washington state — residents of a King County nursing home where dozens more were sick and being tested for the virus. Both of the victims had underlying health conditions.

The disease has killed more than 3,000 people globally and infected almost 89,000, with the vast majority of cases and deaths in China. While the number of new cases recorded daily in that epicenter country has declined…

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Coronavirus cases top 80,000 worldwide: Live updates on COVID-19

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The Wuhan International Conference and Exhibition Center is being converted into a hospital for patients infected with the new coronavirus, seen here on Feb. 4, 2020.
The Wuhan International Conference and Exhibition Center is being converted into a hospital for patients infected with the new coronavirus, seen here on Feb. 4, 2020.
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A newly identified coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (formerly 2019-nCoV) has been spreading in China, and has now reached multiple other countries. Here’s what you need to know about the virus and the disease it causes, called COVID-19.

Update on Tuesday, Feb. 25 (ET): 

—In just days, cases of coronavirus in South Korea have skyrocketed to about 977, with 10 deaths there linked to the virus. More than half the cases there are members of, or somehow linked to, a secret religious sect called Shincheonji Church of Jesus, The New York Times reported. 

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We’ve Vastly Underestimated How Much Methane Humans Are Spewing Into The Atmosphere

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19 FEB 2020

Tiny bubbles of ancient air trapped in ice cores from Greenland suggest we’ve been seriously overestimating the natural cycle of methane, while vastly undervaluing our own terrible impact.

Methane is an ‘invisible climate menace‘ – roughly 30 times more potent as a heat-trapper than carbon dioxide  – and while some of this atmospheric gas is produced naturally, new research indicates humans are responsible for far more of it than we thought until now.

Before the industrial revolution, when humans began to extract and burn fossil fuels on the regular, natural methane emissions were an order of magnitude smaller than current estimates, the study suggests.

Today, this means our own methane emissions might be up to 40 percent higher than suspected.

“Our results imply that anthropogenic methane emissions now account for about 30 percent of the global methane…

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Third US case of coronavirus confirmed as China warns people can spread the virus before realizing they’re ill

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(CNN)Coronavirus has been confirmed in Southern California — making it the third case in the United States — as a top Chinese health official delivered some worrisome news about efforts to contain the fast-moving virus.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified Orange County health officials Saturday that a potential case of coronavirus tested positive.
The person who tested positive traveled from Wuhan, China — the epicenter of the outbreak — and is in isolation and in “good condition” at a local hospital, the Orange County Health Care Agency said in a statement.
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He killed five tigers and tried to hire a hit man on a rival. Now he’s going to prison for 22 years

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(CNN)He called himself Joe Exotic and once lorded over a popular exotic animal park in Oklahoma.

Then he shot and killed five tigers, sold baby lemurs and falsified paperwork to say they were donated, and tried to pay a hit man $3,000 to kill a rival.
Now, the man once known as the “Tiger King” is going to prison for 22 years.
Joseph Maldonado-Passage was sentenced Wednesday for the murder-for-hire plot and several wildlife violations.
A federal jury found Maldonado-Passage guilty in April of trying to hire someone to kill animal rights activist Carole Baskin in…

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Donald Trump Jr. Got Away With Killing This Animal Whose Species is on the Brink of Extinction

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  • recipient: The Government of Mongolia
There seems to be no end to the story of the Trump children using politics to get what they want in their personal lives. The latest installment in the saga? Donald Trump Jr. killed a Mongolian national treasure, met with President Khaltmaagiin Battulga, and was suddenly granted a permit for the killing – retroactively.

But apparently, Don Jr. is not the first hunter to be granted special privileges due to political sway. Sign the petition and demand that the Mongolian government make him the last and stop issuing ing permits to hunt the endangered argali.

The argali is a wild sheep native to Central Asia. The animals are beloved in Mongolia, but sadly extremely endangered. Don Jr. must not have known this, or more likely – he didn’t care. While on a hunting trip with his son…

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8-year-old becomes youngest hunter to kill a 400-pound elk in Michigan: ‘My dad hasn’t set a record before’

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This 8-year-old girl is a better hunter than both her father and grandfather.

The youngster was able to hunt down and successfully shoot a 400-pound elk. Not only does this give her bragging rights in her family, but it also makes her the youngest person on record to hunt an elk in the state of Michigan.

"It's cool for me because I've never set a record before, my dad hasn't set a record before, and my grandpa hasn't set a record before, so I'm like to them, 'Ha-ha,'" Braeleigh Miller told WNEM.

“It’s cool for me because I’ve never set a record before, my dad hasn’t set a record before, and my grandpa hasn’t set a record before, so I’m like to them, ‘Ha-ha,'” Braeleigh Miller told WNEM. (Gunnar Miller)

Braeleigh Miller was on the hunting trip with her dad when she made the shot, WNEM reports. Using the help of a guide, they were able to track a gang of elk they…

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Johnstown man accused of hunting under the influence in Laurel Ridge State Park

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A Johnstown man is accused by state game wardens of being under the influence of marijuana while he was hunting on Laurel Ridge State Park property this month, according to court papers.

David R. Bruner, 53, set out a mineral lick on Dec. 3 in St. Clair Township, wardens said.

Investigators were called to the park at 4 p.m. to investigate a complaint about a hunter using bait. They found Bruner in a tree stand with a loaded bolt action rifle, according to court papers filed last week.

After he climbed out of the stand, wardens said in court papers they could smell marijuana on him. Bruner admitted to smoking marijuana 30 minutes earlier, setting out the mineral lick and…

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One found dead after duck hunting accident

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MATAGORDA, Texas – One man confirmed dead after attempting to catch a drifting boat Tuesday morning, according to Game Warden, Chelsea Bailey.

A group of friends were duck hunting in Lighthouse Cove by Matagorda Island when the boat began to drift. Bailey explained that the owner of the boat tried to catch it, but his…

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