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family, colleagues and myself, so I feel it’s best at this point to resign my seat in the House and focus on my personal situation and those I love.”

Evans had recently been sworn into West Virginia House of Delegates as the Republican representative from Wayne County. A fervent Trump supporter, Evans live-streamed himself on Facebook forcing his way into the Capitol last Wednesday surrounded by dozens of other rioters.

In one video, Evans can be heard shouting, “We’re in, we’re in! Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!” while walking through an open door leading into the Capitol. In another clip that has since gone viral, the lawmaker predicts “a riot” on his way to the rally.

Evans now faces charges of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building, and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol Grounds. He appeared before a federal magistrate judge in West Virginia on Friday and was released on bail.

News that a state lawmaker took part in the assault sparked an uproar in his home state as both Republicans and Democrats demanded that he be expelled from the legislature. West Virginia House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, a fellow Republican, called Evans’ behavior “appalling” and said that he was happy that he resigned.

“Delegate Evans was unfortunately a part of the events this week that threatened what has historically made America a beacon for the rest of the world: the peaceful transfer of power,” Hanshaw said after Evans’ resignation became public.

“Earlier today, Delegate Evans made the decision to resign from his position in the West Virginia House of Delegates. Now, we return to the work of rebuilding our nation’s political climate.”

Spacey Samosa

Attempting to reach for the stars, a restaurant in Britain used weather balloons to send a samosa to “space.” Unfortunately, due to a phenomenon called gravity, the fried pastry ended up crashlanding in France.

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Niraj Gadher, owner of the Chai Walla eatery in Bath, England, said he came up with the idea to send the samosa to space as a means of bringing some excitement to what has been a difficult time.

“I said as a joke once that I would send a samosa into space, and then I thought during this bleak times we could all use a reason to laugh,” Gadher told Somerset Live.

“The feedback is that it’s brought a lot of laughter from people, and that’s what we wanted really – to spread joy.”

Gadher and his friends attached the samosa to a weather balloon outfitted with a GoPro camera and a GPS tracker so they could follow the food item’s journey. Shortly after launch, they discovered the GPS was malfunctioning. The next day, though, the GPS started working again – and showed that the balloon had landed in Caix, Picardie, France.

Someone in France heard of Gadher’s expedition and went out to search for the tasty dish. To his amazement, he found the balloon and the box containing the GoPro and the GPS hanging from a tree in a field. Unfortunately, the samosa was no longer there. Apparently, wildlife in France enjoy British pastries.

It’s unknown how high the samosa ended up traveling, but a clip recorded by its GoPro camera shows it being passed by an airplane.

“We’ve kept in touch with the guy that found it and he’s said when the world is more normal, he’ll come over to Bath and meet us,” Gadher said.

And maybe get a sample of what the whole fuss was about.

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Food became political when customs officers in the Netherlands started seizing ham sandwiches and other food items from drivers as they attempted to enter the country from Britain. The officers nabbed the offending fare as a result of Brexit regulations that ban personal imports of items including meat, dairy, and produce.

Due to the fallout of the food “fight,” the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued guidance suggesting drivers “use, consume, or dispose of” any personal food items in their vehicles before attempting to enter the European Union from Britain.

“From 1 January 2021 you will not be able to bring POAO (products of an animal origin) such as those containing meat or dairy (e.g., a ham and cheese sandwich) into the EU,” the department said.

Talk about stirring the pot.

Ice Swimming

Yekaterina Nekrasova is on a freezing cold winning streak.

The Moscow swimmer broke the Guinness World Record for longest under-ice swim this week when she plunged into Lake Baikal for 280 feet under the ice without surfacing for air.

The 40-year-old wore just a onepiece swimsuit when she torpedoed through the freezing cold waves in just one-and-a-half minutes.

Nekrasova beat the previous world record of 230 feet, which was set by South African swimmer Amber Fillary in Norway in 2020.

Sounds like she didn’t get cold feet while accomplishing this feat.