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Will Hurd, 33, a Republican, and Beto O’Rourke, 44, a Democrat, two Texas congressmen who represent different parts of El Paso, set out Tuesday on a 1,600- mile drive from San Antonio to Washington, D. C., and are live- streaming their discussions ranging from politics to favorite movies.

Thomas Pesquet, a French astronaut aboard the International Space Station, revealed on social media that he got a surprise delivery when a SpaceX cargo ship carried up a saxophone, which was kept hidden by his crew mates until his 39th birthday on Feb. 27.

Hunter Reed of Ocala, Fla., said she doesn’t want to be the person who finds a 2- foot, tan and yellow monocle cobra on the loose in the neighborhood and she didn’t know that a neighbor was licensed to keep the venomous snake, which escaped when an apprentice handler opened its cage, allowing it to jump at him and slither away.

Tammy Banack, 45, of Kirkville, N. Y., was charged with grand larceny regarding the use of more than $ 67,000 in state pension checks sent to her mother, who had died more than five years ago, to cover her living expenses, prosecutors said.

Idris Allen of Newark, N. J., pleaded guilty to grabbing candy and brandishing a knife when he robbed the same 7- Eleven store three times in four days in December 2015, prosecutors said.

Julian Wittington, sheriff of Bossier Parish, La., said deputies used a drone equipped with a thermal- imaging camera to quickly locate three teens hiding in some woods near Camp Minden who had escaped at night from a military- style training program.

Don Talbert, 45, of East Liverpool, Ohio, thought he was attacking a drug dealer he spotted sitting in a car parked in his neighborhood but was charged with assault, resisting arrest and drunken driving when his victim turned out to be an undercover police officer, authorities said.

Sue Martin, a blind woman from Franklin, Maine, said she and her service dog, Quan, were kicked off an American Airlines flight from Washington to Dallas after she requested a different seat so her German shepherd could have more room even though a man flying first class had offered her his seat.

Jeri Huber, 67, of Lakewood, Texas, tried to stop a utility company crew from trimming a pecan tree on her property by climbing the tree but came down when told the utility was getting a restraining order so the crews could work.