TORONTO (AP) – Canada’s last captive whales have received a reprieve from death after the government conditionally approved a plan Monday to export them to the United States.
Yale University is eliminating tuition and other costs for all new undergraduates from families earning less than $100,000 a year, joining a growing number of elite campuses that are slashing costs for middle- and lower-income families.
NEW YORK (AP) – Beth Brown was assigned to a major project at work when hardship struck. First, her 6-month-old daughter fell ill with COVID-19. A few days later, her mother passed away.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Animals at Rio de Janeiro’s BioParque zoo received popsicles and frozen treats Tuesday as the city faced another day of extreme heat during Brazil’s summer.
HARBIN, China (AP) – Each January, an odd and beautiful thing happens in the frigid northeastern Chinese city of Harbin.
Associated Press (AP) – A dog escaped from a rest stop along the New Jersey Turnpike and wandered for about 25 miles (40 kilometers) before she was found safe the next day with help from a drone.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved “super tusker” elephant whose long life in the wild came to symbolize the country’s increasingly successful efforts to protect the mammals from ivory poachers.
CISARUA, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesia’s conservation park on Tuesday released a video showing the progress of a giant panda cub, 40 days after his birth in the country. The panda named Satrio Wiratama and nicknamed “Rio” was examined for the first time outside the incubator. The video shows Rio’s growth from a tiny pink baby to a panda with black and white fur.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of extinction.
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