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.
Cheddar News checks in with your coast-to-coast weekend weather forecast for Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.
Astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly, who helped bring the crew of Apollo 13 back to earth after an explosion threatened their lunar mission, has died at 87.
A former Pennsylvania nurse who was accused of killing two people at a nursing home now faces additional murder charges.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel to press for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into besieged Gaza.
Desmond Mills Jr. became the first of five officers charged to reverse course.
The 31-year-old was convicted on all seven counts and faces up to 110 years in prison at his sentencing hearing in March.
Thursday's one good thing.
A wildfire in southern California doubled in size as firefighters battled flames fueled by the Santa Ana winds.
Cheddar News checks in with your mid-day coast-to-coast forecast for Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.
A wildfire in southern California doubled in size as firefighters battled flames fueled by the Santa Ana winds.
