Mitchell G. Patton

Workers at the Tampa International Airport discovered a 4-foot boa constrictor inside a passenger's luggage, authorities said Friday.The coiled reptile was discovered as the luggage was going through an X-ray machine, the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement. Images published by the agency. he showed the animal near a pair of shoes and what appeared to be a laptop.A 4-foot boa constrictor was recently discovered in a passenger's carry-on luggage at Tampa International Airport.TSA via Instagram"Our officers at Tampa International Airport didn't find it hysterical!" the agency said.The agency He says routinely screens pets, but animals should never be…

An Italian man who authorities say used a sophisticated scheme to steal unpublished works from authors pleaded guilty Friday, prosecutors said.Filippo Bernardini, who worked for Simon & Schuster UK, stole more than 1,000 unpublished manuscripts between August 2016 and January 2022, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. said in a statement.They posed as real people in the literary world using fake email accounts, the office said. Those impersonated included talent agencies, publishers, and headhunters.Bernardini, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud, prosecutors said. Sentencing is up to a judge, but a plea agreement…

Army hockey player Eric Huss suffered a serious injury from an involuntary skate to the neck in a game against Sacred Heart on Thursday. Huss received a skate to the neck in the second period of a 5-0 defeat of the armyaccording to The Associated Press. The NCAA logo on the ice behind a goal prior to the NCAA Frozen Four final between the Denver Pioneers and the Minnesota State Mavericks on April 9, 2022, at TD Garden in Boston. (Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Coach Rachel Leahy rushed into action, controlling Huss's bleeding, and Army hockey coach Brian…