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- Associated Press
Some urge boycott of Wyoming as rural angst over wolves clashes with cruel scenes of one in a bar
As Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming opens for the busy summer season, wildlife advocates are leading a call for a boycott of the conservative ranching state over laws that give people wide leeway to kill gray wolves with little oversight. The social media accounts of Wyoming's tourism agency are being flooded with comments urging people to steer clear of the Cowboy State amid accusations that a man struck a wolf with a snowmobile, taped its mouth shut and showed off the injured animal at a Sublette County bar before killing it. While critics contend that Wyoming has enabled such animal cruelty, a leader of the state’s stock growers association said it's an isolated incident and unrelated to the state's wolf management laws.
- The Telegraph
Israel on the brink of Rafah invasion as Hamas prepares for full-scale attack
Amid 40-degree heat, key players from the UN gathered in a tattered compound in Rafah to hear the organisation’s most senior security official brief them on what is expected to be a traumatic and bloody few upcoming weeks and months in southern Gaza.
- Benzinga
US Energy Stocks Fall Following Oil Giants' Subdued Earnings Reports
Shares of major U.S. energy companies experienced widespread declines in the first hour of trading on Friday, subsequent to the recently released subdued earnings reports from oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX). The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLE), a gauge for energy sector performance, experienced a 1.7% drop, setting it up for its worst session since the end of January. Chart: Energy Stocks Witness Their Sharpest Decline Since Late January As Major O
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