Demonstrators against President Nicolás Maduro’s government clash with police Monday in Caracas, Venezuela. The protests have claimed 59 lives since March. TURMOIL CONTINUES IN VENEZUELA
TIGER KILLS FEMALE ZOOKEEPER IN ENGLAND
Police said a tiger killed a female zookeeper Monday at a zoo 80 miles north of London.
“A tiger had entered an enclosure with a keeper. Sadly the female zookeeper died at the scene,” Cambridgeshire Police said in a statement.
Police said they were called to Hamerton Zoo Park late Monday morning.
TEXAS LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS AMID SCUFFLE
A raucous end to a divisive Texas legislative session erupted Monday when a large protest over a “sanctuary cities” crackdown provoked a heated scuffle between lawmakers on the House floor, including a Republican lawmaker saying he told a Democratic colleague he would “shoot him in self-defense.”
The animus was a fitting finish to a combative 140-day session splintered by tensions over immigration, transgender rights and an escalating power grab within the Texas GOP between uncompromising social conservatives and Republican moderates.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signaled Monday he might quickly order lawmakers back to Austin for unfinished business — which could include reviving a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people — instead of letting the Legislature adjourn until 2019 as scheduled. Abbott said he will announce a decision later this week.
GREAT WHITE SHARK LAUNCHES ITSELF INTO BOAT
An Australian fisherman was injured over the weekend after a massive great white shark launched itself into his boat.
Terry Selwood, 73, was fishing off the coast of Evans Head in New South Wales when the 8.8foot-long shark flung itself into his boat, the Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported.
Selwood, who was rescued after using his radio to call for help, told ABC he saw a “blur of something ” and felt the shark’s pectoral fin cut his forearm.
“I was losing a fair amount of blood; I was stunned,” he said. “I couldn’t register what happened, and then I thought ‘oh my God, I’ve got to get out of here,’ ” he said.
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Alaska’s Bogoslof Volcano erupted Sunday, sending a plume of ash at least 35,000 feet into the air and temporarily triggering the highest aviation alert, scientists say. The Bogoslof Volcano in the Aleutian Islands erupted at 2:16 p.m. Sunday, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory.