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Wish You Were Here: Uganda gorilla adventures

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:10 GMT

Our globetrotting readers have been reporting in from their travels in New Zealand, Quebec and beyond. Today, a Moraga couple are sharing the experience of a lifetime in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest of Uganda.Wish You Were HereUGANDA: Moraga residents Nancy Moser and Steve Sears spent two weeks in Uganda in March on an adventure that included a visit to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, pictured. “We went to see the mountain gorillas and chimpanzees but came home with so much more,” Nancy says. “The Uganda people are warm, friendly and excited to share their culture with others. There is a lot of wonderful nonprofit work being done there, including tracking the health of the mountain gorillas and other wildlife, working with the local communities and empowering women to develop their own businesses.” Bonus: “The food and accommodations were amazing.” Related ArticlesTravel | Wish You Were Here: New Zealand mountain adventures, sans hobb...

Aerosmith brings farewell tour to Bay Area, L.A. with cool opening act

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:10 GMT

Aerosmith has announced dates for its final tour.So get ready to say goodbye to one of the most popular rock ‘n’ roll acts of all time when the Boston bad boys launch their Peace Out tour in September.Aerosmith will be performing a trio of dates in the Golden State — Dec. 1 at Chase Center in San Francisco, Dec. 4 at SAP Center in San Jose and Dec. 7 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood (Los Angeles area).The Black Crowes, another highly acclaimed and platinum-certified American rock act, certainly makes for a formidable opening act on the tour.Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. May 5, ticketmaster.com.“Fans will see one of the most significant American rock bands in history one last time during this not-to-be-missed final tour,” according to a news release. “Every night will celebrate the five decades of Aerosmith’s groundbreaking hits as they celebrate 50 years as America’s greatest rock band.”Related ArticlesMusic | What song was Bob Seger...

4 dead in Mojave Desert community after shooting report

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:10 GMT

MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Four people were slain late Sunday in the Kern County community of Mojave, the sheriff’s office said.Deputies responding to a report of a shooting at 11:20 p.m. in a cluster of homes west of Highway 14 found the four “suffering from traumatic assault injuries,” the Kern County Sheriff’s Office said in a brief press release. Three of the people died at the scene and one was pronounced dead at a hospital, the office said.A sheriff’s lieutenant told Bakersfield TV station KGET that the victims were men in their 20s or 30s.No information on suspects or motive was immediately released.Mojave is in the high desert about 70 miles north of Los Angeles.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Manhunt continues for Texas shooting suspect, reward offered Crime and Public Safety | Texas mass shooting suspect could be anywhere, sheriff says Crime and Public Safety | Colorado governor signs 4 gun control bills aft...

After more than a half-century in public office, Cardin won’t seek reelection in 2024

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:10 GMT

This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today.Ben Cardin (D), Maryland’s senior U.S. senator and one of the longest-serving elected officials in American history, does not plan to seek reelection in 2024.By the time he retires from the Senate in January 2025, Cardin, 79, will have served in elective office for 58 consecutive years. He was elected to the House of Delegates in 1966 at the age of 22, while still in law school, filling a seat based in northern Baltimore City that had been held for decades by his uncle (his father had also briefly been a state lawmaker, then served as a judge).His decision to end his political career is sure to set off an immediate scramble in the Democratic Party to replace him — and create a domino effect in Maryland politics.Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) and U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-6th) have already assembled political te...

Grains mixed, Livstock lower.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:10 GMT

dCHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures mixed Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May fell 9.50 cents at $6.0525 a bushel; May corn was up 13 cents at $6.37 a bushel; May oats gained 4.50 cents at $3.0450 a bushel; while May soybeans rose 14.75 cents at $14.46 a bushel.Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.Jun. live cattle fell .62 cent at $1.6485 a pound; May feeder cattle lost 1.40 cents at $2.1050 a pound; May. lean hogs was off .23 cent at $.7887 a pound.Source

NYPD officer dies 33 years after he was shot in a robbery

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:10 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer who spent more than three decades in a vegetative state after being shot in the head during a botched robbery has died, officials said.Detective Troy Patterson, who was off duty when he was shot on Jan. 16, 1990, died Saturday, Detectives Endowment Association President Paul DiGiacomo said Monday.Patterson was washing his car on a street in Brooklyn when he was approached by three young men who demanded $20, police said. One of the robbers, who was 15 years old, shot Patterson.Patterson suffered a catastrophic injury and spent the next 33 years in what news reports describe as a vegetative state, though supporters held out hope that he would regain consciousness.NYPD Assistant Chief Judith Harrison said during a vigil for Patterson last year that she was “hoping for a miracle” more than 30 years after the shooting. DiGiacomo, who visited Patterson in his rehabilitation facility, said the wounded detective could respond with body movemen...

Lordstown warns it may fail as investor Foxconn gets jumpy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:10 GMT

Lordstown Motors warned Monday that it is in danger of failing as the electronics company Foxconn wavers on a $170 million investment in the commercial electric vehicle startup.The Ohio company said in a regulatory filing on Monday that Foxconn it had received notice from Foxconn on April 21 that it was in breach of their agreement because it had received a delisting warning from Nasdaq two days earlier. “As a result of these uncertainties, there is substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern,” the company wrote. Lordstown is in danger of being delisted from the Nasdaq because it’s share price closed below $1 on March 7 and it has not recovered since. Foxconn told Lordstown that it may unwind the agreement if Lordstown did not resolve its listing issues. Shares of Lordstown Motors Corp., based in Lordstown, Ohio, tumbled 28% in midday trading on Monday, to 13 cents each. Shares traded for as much as $29 in 2020. Lordstown said it’s notified Fox...

DeSantis board approves suing Disney in latest tug-of-war

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:10 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Days after Disney sued Florida’s governor in federal court for what it described as retaliation for opposing the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, members of Disney World’s governing board — made up of Gov. Ron DeSantis appointees — authorized a lawsuit Monday against the entertainment giant.Members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District voted unanimously to sue Disney in state court in the Orlando area, as well as defend itself in federal court in Tallahassee where the entertainment company filed its lawsuit last Wednesday.The Disney lawsuit against the governor, the board and its five members asks a judge to void the governor’s takeover of the theme park district previously controlled by Disney for 55 years. The oversight board’s lawsuit seeks to maintain its oversight of design and construction in the district that governs Disney World’s 25,000 acres after the previous Disney-controlled board signed o...

Review: Japan bestseller ‘Honeybees’ is an ode to creatives

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:10 GMT

“Honeybees and Distant Thunder” by Riku Onda (Pegasus Books)The Yoshigae music competition will never be the same after this year’s pianists push the boundaries of the art form, leaving judges to wonder if a particular contestant is a gift from the music gods or a ticking bomb.Riku Onda’s “Honeybees and Distant Thunder” is a meandering ode to music, to the artists who create it and the nature that inspires it. The novel pops between a slew of characters as they witness breathtaking performances and nervously wait for results at the end of each round, from a preliminary trial in Paris to the finals in Japan.Onda’s passion for music is immense and infectious, bursting out of each of her characters with their unique views of the craft.Competition judge Mieko has an anti-establishment rebellious streak in her. Juilliard student Masaru sees athleticism in piano playing. Former child prodigy Aya cherishes the musicality of nature. Akashi wants to prove that musical performance is fo...

Deal reached for most federal workers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:36:10 GMT

The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has announced that tentative agreements have been reached for over 120,000 Treasury Board workers who had been on strike all throughout last week. Members of the PA, SV, TC and EB bargaining groups were set to return to work Monday, with only workers at Canada Revenue Agency remaining on strike. PSAC says the wage increases secured are above the recommendations of the Public Interest Commission as well as those negotiated by other federal bargaining agents, with national president Chris Aylward saying they made important gains for members. “During a period of record-high inflation and soaring corporate profits, workers were told to accept less – but our members came together and fought for better,” said Aylward. “This agreement delivers important gains for our members that will set the bar for all workers in Canada.”Workers will receive wage increases totaling 12.6% compounded over the four year agreement, retroact...