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Los Angeles Zoo celebrates birth of first southern tamandua

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:57 GMT

The first southern tamandua pup born at the Los Angeles Zoo is seen in an undated photo. (Los Angeles Zoo) The first southern tamandua, or lesser anteater, successfully bred at the Los Angeles Zoo was born last month, officials announced Wednesday.The unnamed pup was born on Aug. 28 to 8-year-old Lou and 6-year-old Micah. The baby’s gender will be determined later through bloodwork, zoo officials explained.“The pup is the first for both parents and a milestone for the L.A. Zoo,” they said in a news release.“This is the first time L.A. Zoo visitors will have the opportunity to see the species as a neonate and observe its development over time. We are thrilled with this new addition to our zoo family and its arrival is a testament to the care and wellbeing provided by our entire team,” Mallory Peebles, senior animal keeper at the zoo, said. Southern tamanduas are found in forests, shrublands and savannas of Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Uruguay and Argentina, o...

Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run Collision near 59th Avenue [Phoenix, AZ]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:57 GMT

Suspect Still at Large after Hitting and Killing One Pedestrian near Camelback RoadPHOENIX, AZ (September 20, 2023) – Late Saturday evening, police responded to a hit-and-run collision near 59th Avenue and Camelback Road.The incident happened on September 9th just before 11:00 p.m. when a truck struck a pedestrian and crashed into another vehicle.Upon investigation, the officers learned that the driver of the truck headed northbound on 59th Avenue and ran over a red light at Camelback Road.Furthermore, a pedestrian walking along a crosswalk was struck by the truck, then the truck ended up hitting another vehicle.Unfortunately, the paramedics pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene.Moreover, the suspect vehicle came to a stop after crashing into a bus stop just north of Camelback, and the driver fled the scene, leaving an injured woman inside. Paramedics rushed the woman to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Meanwhile, the authorities were able to obtain the id...

Nicole White Killed in Pedestrian Accident on Loop 287 [Lufkin, TX]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:57 GMT

48-Year-Old Female Pedestrian Pronounced Dead after Fatal Collision near Denman AvenueLUFKIN, TX (September 20, 2023) – Monday evening, Nicole White tragically lost her life in a pedestrian accident that occurred on Loop 287.Authorities arrived at the scene at approximately 9:10 p.m., near the Denman Avenue overpass, just in front of Cafe Del Rio on September 4th.According to reports, Chad Chessher, aged 40, was behind the wheel of a pickup-truck and collided with 48-year-old White, who was attempting to cross the highway.Despite life-saving efforts, medical personnel pronounced 48-year-old White dead at the scene. Meanwhile, Chessher remained unharmed.For a brief period, emergency crews closed off the surrounding area to facilitate cleanup and initial investigative procedures. Additional information will be made available once it becomes accessible.No words can mend the broken hearts and sorrow felt during this delicate moment. Deepest condolences and sympathies are with the ...

Ethan Bishop, Elijah Bishop Killed in Plane Collision at Huntsville Municipal Airport [Huntsville, TX]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:57 GMT

Plane Accident at Huntsville Municipal Airport Left Father and Son DeadHUNTSVILLE, TX (September 19, 2023) – Tragedy struck Saturday, as a plane collision claimed the lives of two individuals, Ethan Bishop and Elijah Bishop, at Huntsville Municipal Airport.Police arrived at the Huntsville Municipal Airport just before 11:45 a.m., on September 26th.Authorities reported that a Cessna 150K departed from the airport and crashed shortly after takeoff.Emergency crews arrived and initiated rescue efforts. Despite their attempts, one victim was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other succumbed to their injuries on route to the hospital.The victims have been identified as 20-year-old Ethan Bishop and his father, 43-year-old Elijah Bishop.The circumstances surrounding the plane crash currently remain unclear. Officials closed the runway to facilitate cleanup and preliminary investigations. Additional information will be provided as soon as it becomes available.The team at Sweet James se...

The best rock concert you see this year may well be in a movie theater

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:57 GMT

“Stop Making Sense” is heading back to where it belongs:The big screen.The 1984 Jonathan Demme-directed masterpiece, which many consider to be the greatest concert film of all time, opens in IMAX theaters on Sept. 22. One week later, on Sept. 29, distribution widens to include other theaters across the country.In either format, the film — starring Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the Talking Heads at the very height of their powers — will be a great treat for rock fans. Yet, having had the chance to catch this new 4K IMAX restoration of the film during a special event screening earlier in the month, we implore music lovers to try to catch “Stop Making Sense” on the big, big screen.Seeing Talking Heads front man David Byrne tower over you on the IMAX screen, as he moves and shakes his way through such great songs as “Girlfriend Is Better” and “Crosseyed and Painless,” just underscores his uniqueness as a performer in ways that w...

Cookies and corpses: Inside the world’s biggest death convention

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:57 GMT

Jason Bracelin | (TNS) Las Vegas Review-JournalIt’s just past noon, and we’re learning how we can keep a dead relative in our pocket.“The average person is about 40-80 stones,” notes Justin Crowe, the slim, mustachioed founder and CEO of Parting Stone, a company that turns the remains of the deceased into rock-like formations of various shapes and sizes that you can hold in your hands without getting ashes on your fingertips, or maybe skip the dearly departed across their favorite lake some day.But a few feet away, Garrett Ozar details how his business turns human remains into gemstones.“What we do is we get a small amount of remains or hair from a family,” begins Ozar, co-founder and co-CEO of Eterneva, which creates memorial diamonds. “We extract carbon from that inside of a machine that emulates the Earth’s crust — it’s like 600,000 pounds of pressure, 3,000 degrees in temperature — and the carbon atoms literally bond together in a real diamond.”Over the P.A. system, a woman’s vo...

$10K Depression-era bill sells for $480,000

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:57 GMT

By Amarachi Orie | CNNA rare $10,000 bill dating back to the Great Depression has sold for $480,000 at auction.Issued in 1934, the Federal Reserve note was certified by Paper Money Guaranty (PMG) and was Exceptional Paper Quality (EPQ) graded, according to Dallas-based auction house Heritage Auctions.The Boston note, which features the face of then-President Lincoln’s Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, topped the house’s Long Beach Expo currency auction after selling for the record-breaking figure on Friday.“Large-denomination notes always have drawn the interest of collectors of all levels,” said Dustin Johnston, vice president of currency at Heritage Auctions, in a press release Monday.“The $10,000 trails only the $100,000 gold certificate issued in 1934, and of the 18 examples graded by PMG, this example is tied for the highest-graded,” he continued.The most a 1934 $10,000 bill had sold for previously was $384,000 in September 2020, a spokesman for the auction house told...

49ers sign radio color commentator Tim Ryan to extension

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:57 GMT

Coming off back-to-back NFC title game appearances, the 49ers still look like a contender that’s built to be one of the NFL’s best for a while.Now, the red and gold have locked up their team in the broadcast booth for a while, too.Tim Ryan, the 49ers’ longtime color commentator for their radio broadcasts, has signed an extension to stay in the booth through 2028, the team announced on Wednesday.Ryan is in his 10th season as the 49ers’ radio analyst and has worked alongside play-by-play man Greg Papa since 2019. Both Ryan and Papa are now under contract with the 49ers through 2028.Ryan was a standout offensive and defensive lineman at Oak Grove-San Jose before playing defensive tackle collegiately at USC. A third-round pick in the 1990 NFL Draft, he played for four years with the Chicago Bears before retiring and moving into broadcasting.Related ArticlesSan Francisco 49ers | Kurtenbach: The 49ers’ defense is figuring it out on the fly San Francisco 49ers | ...

World’s 50 best hotels for 2023 revealed

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:57 GMT

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill | CNNLondon  — It opened just over a year ago, but a luxurious 24-key Italian property has already been named the best hotel in the world.Passalacqua, which overlooks Lake Como, beat off stiff competition to receive the top spot on the first-ever edition of the World’s 50 Best Hotels list, which was announced at an awards ceremony in the UK on Tuesday night.Open since June 2022, the boutique hotel owned by the De Santis family – local hoteliers – was one of 21 Europe-based hotels included on the list, along with the Four Seasons Firenze in Florence, which came in ninth place.Asia also did well in the rankings, with 18 hotels from the region making the list, including second, third, fourth and fifth place, awarded to Rosewood Hong Kong, Four Seasons Bangkok at Chao Phraya River, The Upper House in Hong Kong and Aman Tokyo, respectively.‘Big recognition’Capello Bangkok took the No.11 spot and was also named Best New Hotel.( Capella Bangkok via CNN) Takin...

I went to Scare School to become a Knott’s Scary Farm monster

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:57 GMT

It’s been a lifelong dream to work alongside the undead monsters who roam the streets of Calico Ghost Town during Knott’s Scary Farm with a shared single-minded mission: Scare the living daylights out of anyone who dares wander into the fog.I’m finally going to get my chance to suit up with the Ghost Town monsters this Halloween — but first I had to make it through Scare School at the Buena Park theme park.The Ghost Town Streets scare zone is the premier playground of Knott’s Scary Farm monsters and the birthplace of the annual Halloween event that celebrates its 50th anniversary this Halloween season.If you can make it in Ghost Town, you’ve reached the pinnacle of Scary Farm monsterdom.Ghost Town “scareactors” go through slider certification during Scare School for Knott’s Scary Farm. (Photo by Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register/SCNG) SEE ALSO: Knott’s Scary Farm pays tribute to 4 former mazes with Cinema SlasherThe best of the best Ghost Town monsters are part of the Sli...