Month: June 2023

BOSTON — You could say it’s an example of one brother helping another. Dinari, a 14-year-old male lion at the Franklin Park Zoo, will undergo a medical procedure Thursday in hopes of helping his brother, Kamaia, who has serious health problems, zoo officials said. The zoo’s veterinary team will draw blood from Dinari to determine if it is a match with Kamaia, who has severe anemia, so they can give a blood transfusion, zoo officials said. “While there is always a risk whenever anesthesia is administered, Dinari is in good health and the team believes his risk is minimal for…

Like dense smoke of forest fires The burn in Canada continued to blanket parts of the US Wednesday from Minnesota to Massachusetts, and as far south as North Carolina, with forecasts suggesting air quality won’t improve substantially for several more days. “We’ve been in a blocked pattern across North America all week,” Weather Channel meteorologist Jen Carfagno told CBS News in an email. “This kept an upper-level low pressure area stuck to the northeast. The flow around the low pressure has been guiding wildfire smoke from Qeubec into the northeast, the Great Lakes and even the Ohio Valley and down…

Should Justine Gonzalez win her bid next year for a seat in the Los Angeles Assembly, she could be one of the first transgender members of the California Legislature and one of the first bisexual women to serve in Sacramento. Gonzalez, a resident of her city’s Silver Lake district, is running to represent the 52nd Assembly District. The seat will be open next year as the incumbent, Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles), seeks to unseat embattled Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León, her former ally. Caught on tape making racist comments, a recording of which was leaked last year,…

Rep. David Trone (D-6th), right, chats with former state Sen. Victor Ramirez on June 6 at the Riviera Tapas Bar. Prince George’s County Councilman Edward Burroughs is in the back. Photo by William J. Ford. In his continuing push for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, Rep. David Trone (D-6th) sought to galvanize a growing demographic bloc in the state to support him. And he did it on the turf of one of his main rivals. Trone served as the guest speaker Tuesday evening at a meeting of Prince George’s County Latino Democrats at Riviera Tapas Bar in Riverdale….

Spain experienced the hottest spring on record and the second driest on record, according to the country’s meteorological agency.The scorching temperatures observed this year follow the trend of exceptionally high temperatures in 2022, which marked the hottest year on record in Spain.The Spanish government has earmarked $2.4 billion for drought response measures, including support for urban water reuse and help for struggling farmers. Spain recorded its hottest spring on record and the second driest on record this year, the state weather agency said on Wednesday. Rubén Del Campo, spokesman for weather agency Aemet, said the latest data shows a continuation…

HOLDEN, Mass. – A suspect is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder, in connection with an “arson” that destroyed a Holden home Tuesday night. Evan Kelley, 32, of Holden, was arraigned in Leominster District Court on multiple charges including arson, attempted murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a person 60 years of age or older , threatening to commit a felony and malicious damage to a motor vehicle, according to Worcester District Attorney Joeseph Early. Firefighters responded to the area of ​​25th Street at Juniper Lane shortly after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, where crews observed heavy fire engulfing…

WASHINGTON (AP) – The years-long feud between congressional Republicans and the FBI is reaching a new level of rancor as lawmakers prepare a resolution to hold bureau director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress. Rep. James Comer, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has scheduled a committee vote for Thursday morning on the contempt resolution against Wray. He says the FBI has failed to comply with a subpoena for an FBI record documenting an unverified tip about President Joe Biden. The resolution to hold Wray in contempt, which would have to be approved by the full House, is…

Mike Pence is the most conservative candidate running for president. The former vice president wants to ban abortion from the point of conception. He is the only major candidate calling for cuts to Social Security and Medicare. And it is the one with the most brutal foreign policy, especially regarding the confrontation with Russia. Being the most conservative used to matter in Republican presidential primaries. Not anymore. The president Mr. Pence served, Donald J. Trump, transformed the Republican electorate, making the path to a Pence presidency visible only to true believers. Mr. Pence hasn’t changed much since he was governor…