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At 09:00 LT (01:00 UTC) on Thursday, March 3, widespread power outages were affecting Taipei City, Kaohsiung City, Keelung City, New Taipei City, Hualien City, Keelung City, and Tainan City, according to Taiwan News.1 Many intersections have turned into chaotic scenes with traffic police quickly dispatched to direct vehicles, the outlet reported. Firetrucks have been dispatched across the streets of many cities to deal with emergencies such as people being trapped in elevators. Currently, whole districts of Tainan City and Kaohsiung City are suffering power outages, while rolling blackouts are also occurring in the central and northern parts of the...

NEENAH, Wis. (AP) -- Caretakers of the Oak Hill Cemetery noticed around Memorial Day that about 25 U.S. flags were missing from the graves of military veterans. But the haphazard pattern of theft and the fact that the wooden dowels remained intact led them to only one theory in the week since - the thieves aren't human. "It's a pretty solid conclusion that critters are stealing our flags," said cemetery foreman Mark Alberts. Apparently, it's been a problem all around the state. Squirrels took flags in Oshkosh and used them to line their nests a few years ago, and a...