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Anyone who has suspected that there are more women than men where they live, or vice versa, will find fodder for their suspicions in new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Whether it refutes or confirms their suspicions likely depends on where they live. Women outnumber men in the largest urban counties east of the Mississippi River, along the Eastern Seaboard and in the Deep South, while the West skews male, according to data released last week from the 2022 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, the most comprehensive source of data on American life. Those numbers were also backed up by age and sex figures from the 2020 census released earlier this year. There are limitations to what can be concluded from the data. Still, Nancy Averbach, 57, doesn’t find the numbers surprising. She lost her husband eight years ago, and has since found it hard to meet a compatible partner. Across the U.S. in 2022, the most recent year that figures are available, there were 96.6 adult men for every 100 adult women — and in the Atlanta suburb of DeKalb County, where Averbach lives, that ratio was 87.1, according to the survey. An equal ratio of men to women would be 100. “It’s really tough to find quality men who share similar values,” Averbach said. There aren’t many singles groups that cater to her age group, she says, and when such groups put on events, they usually attract more women than men. Her county has a low sex ratio, which means there are more women than men. A high ratio indicates there are more men than women. The sex ratio numbers don’t reflect sexual preference, gender identity or whether those surveyed are looking for partners. The figures also don’t reflect intersex people, who, historically, have had relatively scant data collected on them. The ratios vary by geography, in part because of the presence of certain institutions and industries with gender imbalances. In the most populous counties in the West, this is especially discernible. San Diego, for instance, has several male-dominated military bases, which is reflected in the sex ratio. In Austin, San Francisco, Seattle and San Jose there are plentiful jobs in tech, a sector where men account for around three-quarters of the workforce. This is in contrast to areas with large numbers of colleges or universities, which typically have more women, according to a Census Bureau report from May. Adding to the imbalance are the effects of historic racism in the U.S., including high rates of incarceration and the mortality gap, which have lowered the number of men in some communities, said Karen Guzzo, director of the Carolina Po[CENSORED]tion Center at the University of North Carolina. Among U.S. counties with 500,000 residents or more, the areas where adult women outnumber adult men most noticeably were in Baltimore, New York, Atlanta and Philadelphia, as well as Birmingham, Alabama; and Memphis, Tennessee; where the ratios ranged in the mid-80s. RELATED COVERAGE https://apnews.com/article/demographics-sex-ratios-cities-marriage-census-0c39c2f833abe29ed32d3c6f90585e46

Cannibalism is more common in the animal kingdom than you might think. Cannibalism is far from the ultimate taboo in nature, and animals have been eating their own kind for millions of years — the world's oldest known case dating back to trilobites half a billion years ago. Today, many creatures engage in this behavior. These cannibal animals don't eat fellow members of their species all the time and some only become cannibalistic in specific, rare scenarios. But from hungry hippos to self-sacrificing spiders, here are 12 animals that eat their own. Warning: This content may be upsetting to some readers. Monkeys Cannibalism in monkeys is usually associated with infanticide, or the killing of infants. For example, in 2019, researchers observed a group of Panamanian white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus imitator) cannibalizing a newborn in the Santa Rosa National Park in Costa Rica after the 10-day-old monkey fell from a tree. Researchers who observed the cannibalism suspected that an adult male pushed or attacked the infant, causing its death. Adult males of many different species will kill unrelated offspring for the chance to sire their own. Polar Bears Most cases of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cannibalism involve males killing cubs, sub-adults or — very occasionally — adult females. However, both male and female polar bears will scavenge on the carcasses of dead polar bears that have been killed and skinned by humans, according to a 2011 study published in the journal Arctic. The Guardian reported in 2020 that cannibalism was on the rise in polar bears in northern Russia, possibly due to a lack of food, as melting sea ice driven by climate change and human activity force them away from their normal hunting grounds. Jaguars A 2010 study published in the journal The Southwestern Naturalist documented the first case of wild cannibalism among adult jaguars (Panthera onca). Two male jaguars appeared to have killed and partially eaten a female jaguar. The researchers believed that with plenty of prey in the area, the violent encounter likely stemmed from the social stress of unfamiliar jaguars meeting each other in the forest. Jaguar cannibalism can also occur during infanticide, although it's rare. Sand Tiger Sharks Sand tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus) cannibalize each other before they've even left the womb. Researchers have long documented sand tiger shark embryos in the stomachs of other embryos, with pups attacking and eating their womb mates as they develop. This cannibalism means that only the biggest, strongest offspring survive. Competition may be driving sand tiger sharks to eat each other in the womb. Adult females can mate with multiple males, and the cannibalization might be between the embryos of different fathers. Researchers have found five to seven embryos from multiple fathers in the wombs of females early in their gestation, and two embryos from one father in the wombs of females later in their gestation. It's possible that offspring from the first male to mate with a female have more time to develop and the offspring of subsequent males are smaller, and become their food, but researchers aren't certain. Adult sharks will also eat smaller members of their own species. Tigers Researchers are still studying cannibalism behavior in tigers (Panthera tigris), but there's evidence that adults occasionally consume cubs and other adults. For example, a tiger killed and fed on an adult female tiger and later two sub-adults in Kanha National Park in India in 2019, the Times of India reported. With plenty of prey available in the area, the acts of cannibalism surprised wildlife officials and conservationists, according to the Times of India. Spiders Spiders engage in different forms of cannibalism. There are plenty of examples of female spiders devouring males after mating — some species of black widow — are famous for this behavior — to the point that one species of male orb-weaving spiders, Philoponella prominens, have evolved special adaptations to escape a post-coital demise. These males dramatically catapult themselves off females immediately after mating. Those that fail to escape are devoured. Male desert spiders Stegodyphus lineatus engage in infanticide by eating a female's egg sac before her offspring can hatch. And if the offspring do manage to hatch — they eat their mother. This suicidal maternal care is called matriphagy. Lancetfish Longnose lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox) are peculiar deep-sea cannibals that grow up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) long in tropical and subtropical oceans, often dwelling in the twilight zone around 650 to 3,300 feet (200 to 1,000 m) beneath the surface. Smaller lancetfish regularly show up in the stomachs of larger lancetfish, suggesting the creatures commonly eat each other. Researchers have even found lancetfish in the stomachs of lancetfish in the stomachs of other lancetfish, like a Russian doll of lancetfish predation. Hellbender Salamanders Male hellbender salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) are doting fathers with one drawback: They usually cannibalize around 14% of their offspring. This normally isn't a problem for the survival of their species, as the salamanders often consume offspring that had a low chance of survival anyway. However, deforestation is increasing their appetite. Researchers suspect that deforestation caused by humans is changing the water chemistry in salamander habitats and depleting their food supply, causing males to eat more of their young. Other species, including cane toads (Rhinella marina) and comb jellies (Mnemiopsis leidyi), also eat their own young. The practice is called filial cannibalism. Hippos Researchers thought hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) were strictly herbivores until the 1990s, when people started documenting them scavenging carcasses for meat — including the remains of fellow hippos. Cannibalism may have been partly to blame for an anthrax outbreak in a hippo po[CENSORED]tion in Uganda in 2004. The hippos potentially helped spread the disease by scavenging on the carcasses of infected individuals, New Scientist reported. https://www.livescience.com/animals/cannibal-animals-12-creatures-that-gobble-up-their-own-kind

The ban is for the European Union, but Porsche will keep selling in the other European markets. By: Adrian Padeanu It's usually stricter emissions regulations that lead to the demise of a car in the European Union. However, that's not the reason why the gas Macan is about to get the proverbial axe. The SUV is unable to meet upcoming cybersecurity regulations, so Porsche has no other decision but to pull the plug on its smallest crossover. A company spokesperson told Automotive News Europe that sales of the Macan will come to an end in EU countries next spring. When Porsche was developing this generation of the crossover, those regulations had yet to be finalized. According to the spokesperson, updating the vehicle to meet the new requirements would be too expensive. Autocar reports an automaker faces an up to €30,000 (nearly $33,000) fine for each vehicle it sells that doesn't comply with the upcoming UNECE WP.29 regulation. We've reached out to Porsche to learn more about the decision. As to which markets are about to lose the ICE Macan, the EU comprises the following 27 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. There used to be 28 but the UK officially left the EU on January 31, 2020. It's a huge blow for Porsche since the Macan was by far its best-selling product through October. In the first 10 months of the year, nearly 20,000 units were sold in Europe, based on the numbers gathered by research company Dataforce. The brand is months away from launching the second-generation Macan. However, it'll be an entirely different vehicle since it's going to be sold strictly as an EV on a new platform co-developed with Audi. The latter will sell its own version of the model, the Q6 E-Tron. The Macan isn't the only Porsche being replaced with an EV since the 718 is also going to lose its combustion engine. The Boxster and Cayman duo will go purely electric around 2025. Not only that, but a next-gen, electric-only Cayenne has already been announced, along with a bigger three-row SUV that'll do away with ICE power. https://www.motor1.com/photos/786114/2021-porsche-macan-gts-review/

Luton Town captain Tom Lockyer is "stable" after he suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch during the abandoned Premier League match at Bournemouth, his club confirmed. Both sets of players were taken off midway through the second half as Lockyer received medical treatment. The 29-year-old was responsive as he was carried off on a stretcher to applause and taken to hospital. Luton said Lockyer was "stable and currently undergoing further tests". "Our medical staff have confirmed that the Hatters captain [Tom Lockyer] suffered cardiac arrest on the pitch, but was responsive by the time he was taken off on the stretcher," Luton said. "He received further treatment inside the stadium, for which we once again thank the medical teams from both sides. "Tom was transferred to hospital, where we can reassure supporters that he is stable and currently undergoing further tests with his family at his bedside." Following confirmation the game was abandoned, both the Luton and Bournemouth players came back out on to the pitch to applaud the supporters, with Hatters manager Rob Edwards visibly emotional. Lockyer collapsed during the play-off final win against Coventry in May before being taken to hospital. He subsequently had heart surgery and was given the all-clear to return to playing in June. The Premier League said in a statement: "The match between AFC Bournemouth and Luton Town FC has been abandoned due to a player medical incident. "Our thoughts are with Tom Lockyer and all players involved in today's match." Luton called for players, staff and supporters "to come together" in support of Lockyer and his family. "We are sorry to all supporters present that players from both sides were in no state of mind to continue with the game after seeing their much-loved team-mate and friend taken off like that and staff could not carry on with managing the game in such circumstances," Luton said. "We thank everyone for the wonderful applause and singing of Locks' [Lockyer's] name inside the stadium at such a difficult time." Bournemouth responded to Luton's update on Lockyer's condition, saying: "We're relieved to hear Tom is responsive." The club added: "Our thoughts will continue to be with Tom and his family at this time. We'd like to thank all the medical staff for their quick action as well as everyone inside the stadium for their support and unity during a difficult moment." https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67738555

Left to right: Alon Shamriz, Yotam Haim and Samer Talalka By Hugo Bachega, Middle East Correspondent, BBC News, Tel Aviv Three Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza were shot dead while holding a white cloth, an Israeli military official says. The official said the case was "against our rules of engagement" and an investigation was happening at the "highest level". The hostages - Yotam Haim, 28, Samer Talalka, 22, and Alon Shamriz, 26 - were killed in Shejaiya on Friday. Israeli troops have been facing stiff resistance in the area near Gaza City. The case will add pressure on Israeli authorities to reach a deal for the release of captives who remain in Gaza. More than 120 people remain hostage in Gaza, after being abducted in the Hamas attacks on 7 October. The wait of their families has gripped Israel, as the military carries out its offensive against Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a news conference on Saturday evening that there would be no let-up in the Israeli operations. "Military pressure is necessary both for the return of the hostages and for victory. Without military pressure... we have nothing," Mr Netanyahu said. Hamas, for its part, said it had told mediators there would be no negotiations to release hostages "unless the aggression against our people stops once and for all". An Israeli military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said an initial investigation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) suggested the three hostages emerged shirtless from a building, with one carrying a stick with a white cloth. One of the soldiers, the official added, felt threatened, as the men were at a distance of tens of metres, declared them "terrorists" and opened fired. Two were immediately killed while the third, wounded, returned to the building. A cry for help was heard in Hebrew and the battalion commander ordered the troops to cease fire. The wounded hostage later re-emerged, and was shot and killed, the official said. The hostages had either been abandoned by their captors or escaped, the official added. Meanwhile a freed Thai hostage who was held with the three men recalled his time with them. Wichian Temthong, 37, said he was "very shocked" and "saddened" to learn of the deaths of the men he spent nearly 50 days in captivity with. He said they had no common language so they used hand signals to communicate and give each other moral support. Since the end of a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas earlier this month, the families have urged the Israeli government to reach a new truce for at least some of the captives to be freed. The initial deal led to the release of more than 100 hostages, in exchange for Palestinians held in Israeli jails. In Tel Aviv, thousands of people gathered outside the city's Museum of Art, in what is now known as Hostages Square, and called for a truce, chanting "Bring them home now". "It's our biggest fear what happened - hostages who were alive are now dead," Naama Weinberg, whose cousin Itai Svirsky is a hostage, said at the vigil. "We don't need bodies, or bags. Make a ceasefire until all hostages are back, alive. Every day that passes by we're just discovering more and more names of hostages that were taken alive and are now coming back dead." The war in Gaza, launched in response to the Hamas attacks that killed around 1,200 in Israel, has killed more than 18,000 people, according to the local health authorities, and pushed hundreds of thousands of others from their homes. Vast areas of the territory have been destroyed, and the United Nations has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe amid widespread shortages of basic supplies. Israeli authorities say the offensive's goal is to destroy Hamas and release the hostages. Amid mounting Palestinian civilian casualties, Israeli authorities have come under growing international pressure, including from the country's main ally, the US, but they have resisted calls for a ceasefire. Mr Netanyahu deflected the pressure again on Saturday. "Despite grief, despite international pressure, we continue until the end, nothing will stop us," he said. The BBC's Thanyarat Doksone in Bangkok contributed to this article https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67738111

By Davide Ghiglione in Rome & Mark Lowen, Rome correspondent BBC News A Vatican court has sentenced Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a former adviser to Pope Francis, to five-and-a-half years in jail for financial crimes. Becciu, 75, was the most senior Vatican official ever to face such charges and once seen as a papal contender himself. The trial centred on a London property deal that ended in huge losses for the Catholic Church. He strongly denied charges including embezzlement and abuse of office. Cardinal Becciu's lawyer said his client was innocent and would lodge an appeal. He was on trial with nine other defendants. All were convicted on some counts and found not guilty on others. The trial, which exposed infighting and intrigue in the highest Vatican ranks, had been going on for two-and-a-half years. After three judges spent more than five hours considering the verdict, Court President Giuseppe Pignatone announced that Cardinal Becciu had been convicted of embezzlement. The others, who included financiers, lawyers and ex-Vatican employees, were accused of various crimes, including fraud, money laundering and abuse of office. They all denied wrongdoing. "We reaffirm Cardinal Angelo Becciu's innocence and will appeal," stated Becciu's lawyer, Fabio Viglione, after the verdict. "We respect the ruling, but we will definitely appeal." The case - the first of a Cardinal standing trial in a Vatican court - was the stuff of intrigue and skulduggery. It involved allegations of financial impropriety at the top of the Vatican, cloak-and-dagger activity of the kind that has often characterised the secretive world of the Holy See. It centred around a building not in the Vatican, or even in Rome, but a thousand kilometres away in London - 60 Sloane Avenue in affluent Chelsea, a former warehouse belonging to the department store Harrod's. In 2014, the Vatican spent more than €200m ($220m; £170m) acquiring a 45% stake in the building, which was planned to be converted into luxury apartments. By 2018, the Vatican's Secretariat of State had decided to buy the property outright, sinking a further €150m euros into the purchase. Allegedly signing off on the whole deal was Cardinal Becciu, who was at the time the Vatican's Substitute for General Affairs - in effect chief of staff to the Pope. The money, part of which was intended to be used for charitable works, had been paid into a trust run by a London-based Italian financier Raffaele Mincione, who orchestrated the purchase. When the Secretariat later sought financial help from the Vatican's own bank, it sparked concern - and a raid by Vatican police that led to the charges against Becciu, Mincione, and eight others. But the investigation into Becciu's affairs wasn't limited to the London property deal. The cardinal was also accused of funnelling vast sums of money to his home diocese of Sardinia, some of which reportedly benefited his family. And it was alleged he paid almost €600,000 to another of the accused, Cecilia Marogna, to help free a nun kidnapped in Mali. Prosecutors said she instead spent much of the money on luxury goods and holidays. Marogna, who had offered her services to the Vatican as an intelligence expert, visited Becciu's residence on several occasions. Both denied claims of a sexual relationship. The charges against Becciu made him the first cardinal ever tried for financial crimes. It also prompted Pope Francis to strip him of rights including that of voting in a future conclave to select Francis's successor. After he was removed from office by the Pope in 2020, he gave a news conference to plead his innocence. "Until 6:02 p.m. on Thursday I felt like a friend of the Pope, a faithful executor of his will," Cardinal Becciu said. "Then the Pope says he no longer has faith in me." The whole affair became a test case for Pope Francis's aim of clearing up the Vatican's finances, which were long plagued by scandal, bedevilling the papacy of Francis's predecessor, Benedict XVI. The result of the case could have significant implications for Francis's legacy as a reformer. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67738595

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