For eons, roly-polies have rightfully dominated the rolling space, at least in our imagination. The crustaceans' astonishing ability to transform from a legged arthropod into a perfect sphere, a behavior called volvation, earned the bugs their nickname. But the bugs are far from the only rollers in the animal kingdom. Pangolins, hedgehogs, echidnas, and armadillos do it too, curling up their bodies into defensive balls. So does the Venezuelan pebble toad, which tucks in its head and tumbles down slopes to escape tarantulas. The Mount Lyell salamander rolls too, coiling itself into a wheel and bouncing down steep rocks. None of these animals become quite as Platonic a sphere as the roly-poly, but they do well enough. But becoming a ball is not the only way to roll. The dwarf reed snake has found another way to roll away from danger, not by becoming a ball but by becoming something like a hoop. This peculiar motion, the mechanics of which are analyzed in a new paper in Current Biology, raises an important question: What is more sinister, a snake slithering in the grass or a snake rolling itself like a possessed wheel?

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The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office announced on Monday. “Today, the Office of the Attorney General announced it has completed the review of a June 14, 2026 incident in Senatobia involving one officer with the Senatobia Police Department,” the Republican attorney general’s statement said. “In this incident, the Attorney General’s Office found the use of force was justified. Pursuant to Section 45-1-6 of the Mississippi Code, the review followed an investigation by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.” Officers were responding to a shoplifting call alleging that Wiley’s mother, Vellesiya Wiley, and Latoya Ferrell had stolen a pack of diapers. The women exited the store with the child as officers arrived, entered their vehicle and began to leave the parking lot. Officers drew their weapons, and Vellesiya Wiley lifted her son up to show the officers that a child was in the car. One officer fired into the vehicle, killing the baby as she held him. A bullet also wounded Ferrell.

The death was confirmed by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who said the 56-year-old Mexican national was found unresponsive in his cell. He’s the seventh person to die while detained by ICE this year.

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Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and severely beat Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine.

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President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice ramped up threats to directly interfere with California’s midterm election on Tuesday with two letters it sent to state officials demanding they review a list of alleged noncitizen voters and take steps to prevent them from casting ballots or face repercussions. The letters were sent by Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Dean Logan, Los Angeles County’s registrar-recorder and county clerk, claiming the federal government has identified a list of noncitizen voters who were sent vote-by-mail ballots to illegally participate in the Nov. 3 midterm elections. McCotter said he also sent a password-protected thumb drive to Logan with the names of the alleged noncitizen voters, though the department said it has identified thousands more potential ineligible voters statewide and that the effort is not limited to Los Angeles.

Under ERO ONE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 142 intelligence contractors with top secret clearances and deploy them in cities across the country.

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Both the speaker of the city council and the mayor have expressed support for ending the practice.

A federal agent from Texas was allegedly shot after a family feared for their lives early Friday. Fresno police said they received 911 calls about a single gunshot fired in the area of East Dudley and North Broadway Street, and also received a ShotSpotter activation of a one-round shot in the area. When officers arrived, they found a man in handcuffs with a gunshot wound to his midsection. The man was identified as 32-year-old David Gonzalez, an off-duty federal agent assigned to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, police said. Police detectives investigated the incident and said that a resident in the neighborhood arrived home to find Gonzalez sleeping on her front lawn. She notified her 72-year-old father, who was inside. The father went outside to tell Gonzalez to leave. Police said that when Gonzalez woke up, he appeared intoxicated and agitated. Gonzalez then allegedly assaulted the man, causing him several injuries as he was forced to the ground, according to police. The daughter tried to intervene, but Gonzalez allegedly attacked her, causing her to fall to the ground, according to police. The victim, in fear for the physical safety of himself and his daughter, produced a gun and fired one shot at Gonzalez, police said.