LOTR-INSPIRED BUTTERFLY
If you're a fan of Lord of the Rings, you may have heard of its arch villain Sauron. Well, now a new butterfly species with eye-like spots on its orange wings has been named after the evil entity. It's called the saurona triangula butterfly, and a team of international scientists identified two species of the butterfly and say there are likely more out there. It's also not the first time scientists have named a new species of butterfly or insect after a celebrity or fictional character. The aleiodes gaga is named after — you guessed it — Lady Gaga, and the aleiodes shakirae is named after Shakira because of the way it twists its abdomen.
MARK ZUCKERBERG: JIU JITSU CHAMPION
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg won a gold and silver medal on Saturday at a Brazilian jiu-jitsu championship. The CEO shared photos from a tournament in Redwood City, California on his Instagram page. He said it was his first time competing in a jiu-jitsu tournament. Zuckerberg reportedly started training during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The New York Police Department found a trap door and drugs at a Bronx daycare where a one-year-old child died after being exposed to suspected fentanyl.
A poll showed that a majority of Americans support the recent strikes involving writers, actors and auto workers.
A new piece of legislation could legalize gay marriage in Navajo Nation.
A Northern California coroner's office confirmed that actor Angus Cloud died of an accidental drug overdose in July.
The school building where 17 people were shot and killed in Parkland, Florida will be demolished next year.
A contractor from Ethiopia working for the U.S. government has been arrested on espionage charges.
A bus carrying high school students to band camp crashed Thursday in upstate New York, leaving two dead and over 40 injured.
Cheddar News checks in with the coast-to-coast weather forecast for Sept. 22, 2023 and the upcoming weekend.
A man died after being stung by a swarm of bees in Kentucky.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.
