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 A 10-day contest held to raise awareness of the dangers the invasive snakes bring to the state's ecology saw a 19-year-old South Florida resident capture 28 Burmese pythons. The yearly challenge attracted 1,000 competitors from 32 states, Canada, and Latvia, including Matthew Concepcion, according to a news release from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The competition resulted in the removal of 231 undesirable pythons. Concepcion received the $10,000 Ultimate Grand Prize as thanks from the Bergeron Everglades Foundation for his work. The longest python was removed by Dustin Crum, who received a $1,500 grand prize. It measured just over 11 feet (3.3 meters). A group of researchers caught the largest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida earlier this year. According to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, that female python measured approximately 18 feet long (5 meters), weighed 215 pounds (98 kilograms), and had 122 developing eggs. Since Florida's ant...

Tuesday marked Rishi Sunak's inauguration as the 57th prime minister of the United Kingdom. He has promised to correct the errors committed by his predecessor, Liz Truss, and has moved rapidly to establish a stable and enduring administration. Mr. Sunak chose Jeremy Hunt to continue serving as chancellor of the Exchequer in one of his most significant appointments. Early this month, Ms. Truss attempted to calm the market turbulence brought on by her massive tax cut plan by appointing Mr. Hunt to the position. He promptly retracted almost all of her suggestions. James Cleverly, who backed Boris Johnson in the most recent leadership election, was retained as foreign secretary by Mr. Sunak. Ben Wallace, the defense secretary with a prominent reputation, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, who has established a strong reputation, continues in his position. In the leadership contest, Wallace had backed Boris Johnson. Suella Braverman, who abruptly resigned from her position as home secretar...