Biologists' fears confirmed on the lower Colorado River

For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he'd been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower Colorado River last week, when he spotted three young fish that didn't belong there. Minutes later, the park service confirmed their worst fear: smallmouth bass had in fact been found and were likely reproducing in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam.

Top Russian Official’s Crazed Threat: Alaska Takeover Could Be Next

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  Reuters

  Russia's Medvedev warns United States: messing with a nuclear power is folly

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  Reuters

  Russia's stated war aims begin catching up with reality

Canadian swimmer says she was drugged at world championships

Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged on the final day of the world aquatics championships and suffered a rib sprain and a concussion. Harvey said in an Instagram post that there is a four-to-six hour window where she has no recollection of what happened, and that she remembers waking up with the Canadian team manager and doctor by her bedside. She also posted photos of bruises on her body. Montreal's Harvey competed in the women's 200-metre individual medley at the world cham

Russian warships sailing near Taiwan puts Beijing in ‘an awkward position’, say analysts

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  South China Morning Post

  ‘Not a joint drill’: Chinese frigate ‘sent to monitor Russian warship’ near Diaoyus

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  Reuters

  U.S. counterintelligence warns of China stepping up influence operations

Elon Musk Secretly Had Twins With a Company Exec Last Year: Report

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  People

  Elon Musk Had Twins Last Year with Exec Shivon Zilis Just Weeks Before His & Grimes' Baby Was Born

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  The Daily Beast

  Elon Musk Reportedly Welcomed Twins in November With One of His Execs