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The Justice Department says it has disrupted a long-running Russian cyberespionage campaign that stole sensitive information from computer networks in dozens of countries, including the U.S. and other NATO members.

A Pennsylvania man was nearly strangled to death by a giant snake, police said.

It was a close call for a 7-year-old Clay County boy who was bitten by a venomous snake.

The DreamWorks animated heist movie “The Bad Guys” was the top film in U.S. and Canada theaters for the second straight weekend, while the latest Liam Neeson thriller suggested the actor’s particular set of skills may be wearing thin with audiences.

We know Florida is strange and so was this call to police for help.

A selective python breeder accidentally bred this super unique ball python. It looks like it has the smiling emoji on its back, three of them. Justin Kobylka has been breeding snakes for almost two decades. Man breeds smiling emoji snake (Credit: Justin Kobylka) (Justin Kobylka)Kobylka says one in every 20 animals can have a smiley face on it, but he’s never seen one with three. He calls it an emoji ball python.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Florida woman says she's still shaken after discovering a python in her washing machine. She says she only realized it was a snake when she reached her hand inside. Emily Visnic was going to load her washer when she saw something that looks likes snakeskin. “I was really, really freaked out,” Visnic said. That leads animal control to believe it was traveling through the building’s vents.

An Australian man had the fright of his life fighting off a deadly snake while speeding down the highway. Police say the man, identified only as Jimmy, noticed an Eastern Brown Snake in his truck. The man killed the snake and police pulled him over as he was speeding to the hospital. The police called for help and paramedics said the man hadn't been bitten. Jimmy says he’s never been so happy to see red and blue lights.

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Published: May 5, 2020, 6:13 amORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A boy was bitten by a venomous snake Monday in Orange County, rescue officials said. The snake bite was reported near Chelwyn Court in Hunters Creek. Orange County Fire Rescue said the boy, estimated to be about 14 years old, was taken to Nemours Children’s Hospital in Lake Nona. No other details, including the boy’s condition, have been released.

Ron DeSantis has announced the dates for the 2020 Python Challenge Python Bowl in Florida. The competition at Everglades National Park allows people to hunt the invasive species. The 2020 Python Challenge Python Bowl will run from Jan. 10 through Jan 19. The competition will award prizes to the teams that catch the longest Burmese python, the heaviest snake and the largest number of pythons pulled during the 10-day period. Competitors are required to take an online course and in-person training session before the challenge begins.