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How birdlife in the East differs from the West

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:52 GMT

I’ve been spending the last week or so out East. While I’ve been visiting my wife’s family in Pennsylvania, I’ve naturally taken a little time out to look at the local birds. How does the birdlife in the East compare to the birds back at home in California?The East has chickadees, but not our Pacific coast specialty, the chestnut-backed chickadee. Photo by Mick ThompsonI’ll start with some concessions to the locals: cardinals are nice, those shockingly red and crested birds that don’t come any closer than Arizona. I’ve also been amused by the abundant presence of catbirds, dark gray mockingbird relatives with a distinctive whining call. Finally, the East is admittedly richer in warblers than California. Although I’ve been visiting outside of the real warbler migration seasons, perhaps my favorite of the songbirds I’ve seen on my trip is the lovely black-and-white warbler.When it comes to many of the common neighborhood songbirds, Californians might find the East similar but dif...

30-year-old Michigan woman charged with having sex with a dog

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:52 GMT

A 30-year-old woman has been charged with having sex with a dog after the act was captured on a home security camera.Brittany Ann McClure was arraigned Wednesday afternoon before 23rd District Judge Joseph Slaven and charged with one count of sodomy with a dog and one count of cruelty to an animal.Brittany Ann McClure (Photo courtesy of Taylor Police Department) McClure’s former boyfriend filed a criminal complaint on Aug. 7 at the police station’s front desk. According to Taylor police, the man produced surveillance video of McClure committing a sex act with his dog in the man’s living room.“The complainant alleges he was randomly reviewing his home’s security video when he came across the footage,” police Lt. Frank Canning said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | DA: Northern California teen admits fault in shooting death of 13-year-old friend Crime and Public Safety | Marine charged with sexual assault of missing 14-year-old girl found in Cam...

Horoscopes Aug. 14, 2023: Halle Berry, protect your position

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:52 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Mila Kunis, 40; Halle Berry, 57; Jackee Harry, 67; Steve Martin, 78.Happy Birthday: Do your due diligence before you embrace change. Trial and error will take its toll if you aren’t precise in assessing situations. Look for an alternative; having a backup plan in place will put your mind at ease and give you wiggle room to adjust as you move forward. Protect your position, reputation and finances by keeping up with the times and being open to what’s possible. Your numbers are 9, 14, 21, 29, 31, 36, 48.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t deny yourself happiness for the sake of someone pressuring you to do something that doesn’t appeal to you. Embrace life your way and pursue what you feel passionate about, and you will master skills that allow you to follow your dream. 5 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Follow the dots and see where they lead before you participate. Recognize the difference between opportunity and being used. Make deci...

Bridge: Aug. 14, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:52 GMT

Cy the Cynic continues to struggle with his weight, and the holidays are no help. Cy says that at two a.m. on Thanksgiving morning, he will set his bathroom scale back 15 pounds.When you’re declarer, you get one chance; you don’t get a re-set. When Cy was declarer at today’s four spades, West led the jack of clubs. The Cynic played the three from dummy — and was happy he had when the king appeared from East.Cy took the ace and led a trump, but West won and led the ten of clubs. East ruffed dummy’s queen, and West got his nine and eight at the end: down one.FIRST CLUBCy blew his one (and only) chance. He did well to play low from dummy on the first club but must let East’s king win.Suppose East shifts to a heart, and Cy wins and leads a trump. If West wins and leads a second club, dummy will play low, and even East ruffs, he will only be ruffing one of Cy’s club losers. Cy can play low from his hand and lose no more tricks — three in al...

Word Game: Aug. 14, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:52 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — EMANATE (EMANATE: EM-uh-nate: To come out from a source.)Average mark 17 wordsTime limit 25 minutesCan you find 21 or more words in EMANATE? The list will be published tomorrow.SATURDAY’S WORD — CELADON candle cane canoe clad clan clean clod clone coal coda code coed cola cold cole cone elan eland lace lade laden lance land lane lead lean lend load loan lode loden lone aced acne aeon aloe alone anode dale dance deacon deal dean decal dole done ocean olden once noel nodeTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexu...

In search for cause of Hawaii’s wildfires, lawyers probe power lines

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:52 GMT

By Mark Chediak and Jef Feeley | BloombergWhile the cause of the deadly Maui fires remains under investigation, lawyers are sending experts to the island to look into utility power lines as being a possible source of ignition.Attorneys with Watts Guerra, Singleton Schreiber, and Frantz Law Group said they have been collecting evidence, interviewing eyewitnesses and reviewing reports that indicate that damaged power infrastructure owned by Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. created the spark for the flames.“All evidence — videos, witness accounts, burn progression, and utility equipment remaining — points to Hawaiian Electric’s equipment being the ignition source of the fire that devastated Lahaina,” said Mikal Watts, a Puerto Rico-based plaintiffs lawyer at Watts Guerra who has won millions of dollars in settlements in other wildfire cases, including against California utility giant PG&E Corp.Hawaiian Electric said it doesn’t have information on what caused the fires, according t...

LadRx: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:52 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LOS ANGELES (AP) — LadRx Corporation (LADX) on Monday reported earnings of $3.1 million in its second quarter.On a per-share basis, the Los Angeles-based company said it had profit of $6.45._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on LADX at https://www.zacks.com/ap/LADXSource

JinkoSolar: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:52 GMT

JIANGXI PROVINCE, China (AP) — JIANGXI PROVINCE, China (AP) — JinkoSolar Holding Co. (JKS) on Monday reported earnings of $180.1 million in its second quarter.The Jiangxi Province, China-based company said it had profit of $3.06 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $3.36 per share.The solar power product maker posted revenue of $4.23 billion in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on JKS at https://www.zacks.com/ap/JKSSource

Matan a una leona en peligro de extinción después de que escapó de una granja en Corea del Sur

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:52 GMT

(CNN) — A una leona en peligro de extinción le dispararon fatalmente en Corea del Sur este lunes, un hora después de escapar de una granja privada, según funcionarios locales.La leona escapó de su jaula este lunes por la mañana en el condado de Goryeong, en la provincia de Gyeongsang del Norte, a unos 300 kilómetros al sur de la capital, Seúl, según un funcionario del condado. Es una zona montañosa con poco más de 30.000 habitantes.El escape provocó una operación de búsqueda que involucró a 127 policías y 26 miembros del personal del departamento de bomberos, según el servicio de bomberos regional. Las autoridades emitieron una alerta instando a los residentes a mantenerse alejados de la cercana montaña Bukdu.Una cebra escapó de un zoológico y se paseó por las calles de Seúl, mientras sus cuidadores hicieron una maratónica búsquedaAproximadamente una hora después de que se informara sobre la fuga, la leona fue muerta a tiros en el bosque, a unos cuatro o cinco kilómetros de la...

Nestlé recalls some Toll House chocolate chip cookie dough bars due to wood chips

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:52 GMT

Nestlé recalled some Toll House chocolate chip cookie dough bars due to the potential presence of wood fragments. Nestlé recalled some Toll House chocolate chip cookie dough bars due to the potential presence of wood fragments. (CNN) — Nestlé USA announced a voluntary recall of some Nestlé Toll House chocolate chip cookie dough bars due to the potential presence of wood fragments.The announcement on Thursday applied to two batches of the “break and bake” bar products that were produced in April, the company said. A “small number” of consumers contacted Nestlé USA about the wood fragments, the company said. Although no illnesses or injuries have been reported, Nestlé issued the recall “out of an abundance of cautio...