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A portion of a Florida county has been placed under quarantine as officials work to get rid of the giant African land snail, the state's agriculture department said. A portion of a Florida county has been placed under quarantine as state officials work to get rid of a giant African land snail (GALS), the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) said Tuesday. The quarantine comes weeks after state officials found the snail in the Miramar area of Broward County, Florida, according to FDACS. Giant African land snails are considered detrimental to agriculture, the FDACS said. MORE: Video Cricket invasion The snail is known to eat at least 500 different plant species that are deemed economically important, including, "breadfruit, cassava, cocoa, papaya, peanut, rubber, most varieties of beans, peas, cucumbers, melons and plants of horticultural, cultural and medicinal value," according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Mary Yong Cong,...

Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante was spotted in Pocopson Township about 1.5 miles away from Chester County Prison. Hundreds of authorities are searching for him. Convicted murder er Danelo Cavalcante, 34, was spotted in Pocopson Township, about 1.5 miles away from the Pennsylvania prison where he escaped from on Thursday. Cavalcante was captured on a residential surveillance camera at around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, according to the Chester County District Attorney. He was wearing pants, a light-colored t-shirt and white sneakers. He has long, back curly hair and was wearing a backpack. Cavalcante was convicted of first-degree murder on Aug. 16 for fatally stabbing his 33-year-old former girlfriend. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole last week. He was set to be transferred to a state correctional institution in four weeks before he escaped, according to Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan. In this photo released by the Chester County District Attorney's O...

Police investigating the University of Idaho murders are "confident" that the person in a white Hyundai Elantra spotted near the crime scene has "critical" information. Police investigating the mysterious murders of four University of Idaho students say they're "confident" that the person or persons in a white Hyundai Elantra spotted near the crime scene has "information that is critical" to the case. Authorities announced on Dec. 7 that they're looking to speak with the occupant or occupants of a white 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra that was in the "immediate area" of the victims' house in Moscow in the early hours of Nov. 13, when the crimes occurred. Police said they're investigating this surveillance video from a Moscow gas station that shows the white car that morning. Police are investigating the surveillance photo of a white car that was seen in surveillance video at approx. 3:45am in Moscow, Idaho on the morning ...