“A Minnesota woman running for U.S. Senate, accused of throwing a live tarantula onto a staircase leading to where her then-tenant was staying, has been convicted in the 2024 incident,” CBS News reports.
Senate Candidate Guilty in Tarantula Throwing Incident
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