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Coyotes seen approaching Salem residents who are walking their dogs: Police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

Coyotes have been reportedly approaching Salem residents while they are out walking their dogs, according to police who are educating people about ways to avoid coyote encounters.This comes in the wake of a coyote problem in Nahant, where the town recently hired trained rifle experts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services to destroy a hostile coyote pack. The aggressive coyotes in Nahant have attacked dog walkers and their pets.Coyote sightings are being reported “with increased frequency throughout Salem and surrounding communities,” Salem Police wrote on social media on Friday.“This includes several recent reports of coyotes approaching people while walking their dogs, particularly in the South Salem/Pickman Park area,” police added. “In some cases, it has been reported that coyotes appear comfortable around people.”Police listed tips to help people avoid problems with coyotes and to make their property less attractive to coyo...

Peer into the San Diego Zoo at home with these live cams

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- From burrowing owls to waddling penguins and swimming polar bears, sights from the San Diego Zoo can be enjoyed at home via live cams. Though nothing quite compares to the wonder and discovery of exploring the more than 650 species and subspecies of the zoo's 100 acres at Balboa Park, there's something personal about peering into the lives of these animals directly. Cloned ‘The Last Wild Horse’ to join Safari Park There are a number of live cams that are available for viewing on days that you can't make it to the zoo or Safari Park. Here's a list of habitats to choose from.-- Koala Cam-- Baboon Cam-- Polar Bear Cam-- Ape Cam-- Tiger Cam-- Platypus Cam-- Giraffe Cam-- Owl Cam-- Condor Cam-- Penguin Cam-- Hippo Cam-- Elephant Cam-- Panda CamThe good news is, you can go to the zoo without going to zoo any day of the week! These live cams can be watched daily with some of them taking pauses during the dark hours of the night, zoo officials said. ‘Private Bruno’ becomes ...

Jordan: Israel arrested lawmaker on arms-smuggling charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday said a Jordanian lawmaker has been arrested by Israel on suspicion of smuggling weapons and gold into the occupied West Bank.The ministry’s spokesman, Sinan Majali, said Jordanian officials are following the case “to find out the merits of the situation and address it as soon as possible.” The lawmaker was identified as Imad Al-Adwan.Israel’s Foreign Ministry declined comment.The incident threatens to further strain what already are tense relations between Jordan and its neighbor Israel.The West Bank has seen a surge in violence over the past year. Israel says the area has been flooded with illegal weapons, including guns smuggled from neighboring Jordan. Over 90 Palestinians and 18 Israelis have been killed in the West Bank and east Jerusalem this year. Israel says most of the Palestinians were wanted militants, but stone-throwing youths protesting army incursions and people not involved in confrontations ha...

Wahoo! ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ is No. 1 for third week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” continued to rack up coins at the box office, leading ticket sales for the third straight weekend, as the animation hit neared $1 billion after just 18 days in theaters. The weekend’s top new release, the horror reboot “Evil Dead Rise” debuted solidly, launching with $23.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. But that was no match for Universal Pictures’ “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which grossed $58.2 million in its third weekend. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is setting a torrid pace for an animated movie. This week, it became the highest-grossing animated released of the pandemic era, with domestic ticket sales up to $434.3 million through Sunday and its global tally at $871.1 million. When “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” soon passes $1 billion worldwide, it will be just the fourth film of the pandemic era to reach that benchmark, following “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Top Gun Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water.” “Evil D...

Scholz party paves way for new center-right mayor in Berlin

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Members of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party have narrowly approved a local coalition deal in Berlin with Germany’s main center-right opposition party, a decision which should pave the way for the capital’s first conservative mayor in more than two decades.The Social Democrats’ Berlin branch said Sunday that 54.3% of members who voted in a ballot backed the agreement. A convention of the center-right Christian Democratic Union is expected to approve it on Monday, the last step before Christian Democrat Kai Wegner can seek election as mayor by the state legislature.The expected change of government follows a state election in February, a rerun made necessary by serious glitches in the previous vote in 2021. The CDU emerged as the biggest party, making big gains as the three parties in Berlin’s left-wing government all lost supporters.Outgoing Mayor Franziska Giffey’s center-left Social Democrats have led Berlin since 2001. They took much...

Canada suspends consular services in Sudan as diplomats evacuated

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

Canadian officials say they are temporarily suspending operations in Sudan with plans to get diplomats out of the country.“The situation in Sudan has rapidly deteriorated making it impossible to safeguard the safety and security of our staff in Khartoum,” says a statement released Sunday by Global Affairs Canada. “Canadian diplomats will temporarily work from a safe location outside of the country.The New York Times reports that U.S. special forces evacuated six Canadian diplomats, while the BBC says Canadians are among a group evacuated by sea to Saudi Arabia. Global Affairs did not immediately confirm those reports. There was no mention in the statement about the fate of some 1,600 Canadian citizens who are trapped in Sudan as fighting between rival generals rages on. We made the decision to temporarily suspend our operations in Sudan. Our diplomats are safe and working from a location outside of the country. We remain in regular contact with Canadians affected by thi...

Armenia says soldier killed, but Azerbaijan rejects claim

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

Armenia’s defense ministry said Sunday that one of its soldiers was killed by an Azerbaijani sniper near the border, but Azerbaijan denied the claim and separately reported that its soldiers had come under fire from Armenia in another part of the border area. Tensions further rose on Sunday when Azerbaijan announced it had opened a checkpoint at the start of the road that leads from Armenia to the ethnic Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh that is within Azerbaijan. Armenia claimed that such a checkpoint violates the pact that ended fierce fighting between the countries in 2020.Nagorno-Karabakh, which had substantial autonomy under the Soviet Union, came under control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by the Armenian military in 1994 at the end of years of separatist fighting. Armenian forces also took sizable territory surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh itself.Azerbaijan regained most of the surrounding territory and pieces of Nagorno-Karabakh itself in the six-week 2020 war that killed a...

2 East Chicago men dead after Hammond crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

HAMMOND, Ind. — Two men are dead after a crash early Sunday morning in Hammond, Indiana, according to the Lake County Coroner's Office.The crash happened around 4 a.m. in the 1100 block of Gostlin Street. Cicero man arrested after crashing into Indiana trooper’s car at crash scene Diego Villa, 18, of East Chicago, and Fernando Soto, 18, of East Chicago, died in the crash, according to the coroner's office. 3-year-old girl shot inside Gary home Both died of multiple blunt force injuries, the coroner's office said. Autopsies are scheduled for Monday.Additional information about the crash hasn't been released.

Kawhi Leonard's sister sentenced to life in prison after fatal casino robbery

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

(KTLA) – The sister of Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for her role in a 2019 murder at a Southern California casino.Kimesha Williams, the elder sister of Leonard, and another woman named Candace Townsel were convicted in February of first-degree murder, robbery and elder abuse, ESPN reported. Townsel also received a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Kawhi Leonard’s Sister Among 2 Charged in Fatal Robbery of 84-Year-Old Woman at Pechanga Casino In September 2019, the women followed an 84-year-old into a bathroom at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula. They robbed her and left her in the bathroom unconscious.Assad suffered a broken skull in the attack, according to ESPN, and she died five days later. Williams' relationship with Leonard was confirmed to The Press-Enterprise by relative Denise Woodard in 2019, though Woodard stressed that Leonard "didn’t have anything to do with ...

Manager allegedly steals nearly $49K from McDonald's

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:00 GMT

DUNMORE, Penn. (WBRE/WYOU) — The manager of a Pennsylvania McDonald's restaurant is accused of taking nearly $50,000 over the course of six months.According to the Dunmore Police Department, officers were called to the borough's McDonald's for a reported theft.The owner of the restaurant told police they believe an employee, Stephanie Vansickle, had been stealing from the business due to discrepancies with the deposits that she handled. McDonald’s making these 4 changes to its burgers by 2024, company says Through further investigation, detectives came to believe the thefts were committed by Vansickle between the beginning of September and the end of March. Police said discrepancies were seen between amounts deposited and what cash register printouts show should have been deposited.According to the arrest affidavit, it began with a deposit on Sept. 6 that was short $20.35 of what the register printout showed it should be. A couple of days later, the business was short $400.76.By t...