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> An Okaloosa County woman was arrested Monday after she allegedly drowned her roommate’s pet spider, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. > > According to an OCSO Facebook post, 43-year-old Ilena Renae Rasmussen of the Crestview area admitted she drowned her roommate’s pet jumping spider in ginger ale on July 15 at a home on Pansy Avenue. Prichard, Mobile County officials vow to end gang violence after 3 shootings within hours > The pet jumping spider reportedly cost $70, and the owner could not find the spider or its enclosure. > > Rasmussen faces misdemeanor animal cruelty and petty theft charges. https://archive.ph/MYzPg
>John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot former President Reagan in a failed assassination attempt, denounced violence in the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Trump last weekend. > > “Violence is not the way to go. Give peace a chance,” Hinckley wrote Wednesday on social platform X. https://archive.ph/n6oxq
