Hoisted with his own petard

A young coyote, his head stuck in a plastic jar, is wandering around south Seattle, drawing tons of attention from the media.

The coyote apparently found something attractive about the jar. Once he got his head into it, however, he couldn't pull it back out. He's been stuck in his self-inflicted trap for about ten days, floundering around the countryside irrationally. He can't eat or drink.

The jar obviously distorts his view of the world, but so far he's eluded capture. He's terrified of the animal experts who are his only hope of extrication before he dies of thirst and hunger.

Time may be running out for the young pup.

Meanwhile, he's causing a lot of commotion and a lot of anxiety in the community.

Turning now to national news, let's look at the Republicans in Congress ....