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Bag of meth found in children’s Halloween trick or treat candy Parents are being warned after a bag of meth was found inside children’s trick or treat candy.   Police in Keshena, Wisconsin, said the powder discovered among Halloween sweets tested positive for methamphetamine. Officers warned children’s candy should be checked before eaten.  A spokesperson said: ‘Menominee Tribal Police Department received a complaint of a suspicious package located in a child’s Halloween Candy. A small yellow Ziploc type baggy containing crystalline powder was located. The crystalline powder tested positive for methamphetamine aka meth. ‘The parent reported the children Trick or Treated in the Keshena area on the Menominee Indian Reservation. ‘The Menominee Tribal Police Department is asking the community to check their children’s Halloween candy thoroughly. If anything suspicious is located please contact the Menominee Tribal Police Department at 715-799...

Robot becomes first in the world to be given citizenship Saudi Arabia has made history by becoming the first country to grant citizenship to a robot. The humanoid robot, Sophia, told the audience at a conference in Riyadh how ‘honoured’ she was at being made a Saudi citizen.  As news of Sophia’s citizenships began to spread, many people started to question whether she had more rights than women in the country.  She addressed the conference in English without wearing a headscarf and abaya, which Saudi women are obliged to wear in public. ‘Thank you to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I am very honoured and proud for this unique distinction,’ Sophia said. ‘It is historic to be the first robot in the world to be recognized with citizenship.’ Thousands of Twitter users began circulating an ironic hashtag in Arabic, which translated as ‘Sophia calls for dropping guardianship’. In the Middle East country, a guardianship system means every women has to have a male ...