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Scotland bids farewell to its giant pandas, who are returning to China after a 12-year stay

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:32:18 GMT

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Visitors to the Edinburgh Zoo had their final chance to see and bid farewell Thursday to a pair of popular giant pandas who are returning home to China after more than a decade in Scotland. Yang Guang and Tian Tian are leaving in early December after a 12-year stay. They have been a popular attraction since people lined the road outside the zoo to greet them when they arrived in 2011.They are the latest pandas to leave the West after exchange agreements have expired and not been renewed by China.The only U.S. zoo with pandas is in Atlanta and its agreement expires next year. Washington’s National Zoo sent its three pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub, Xiao Qi Ji — to China earlier in November. The black and white bears at the San Diego Zoo were sent home in 2019 and the remaining panda at the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee returned earlier this year. Veteran China-watchers have speculated that the People’s Republic is gradually pulling its bears from Ame...

Jaguars hope to shine against Bengals on ‘Monday Night Football’ after 12-year drought in TV spot

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:32:18 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Josh Allen remembers the moment he heard the Jacksonville Jaguars would be playing on “Monday Night Football.” He was working out in Arizona in May and picked up his phone to scroll through highlights of the 2023 schedule.“I screamed,” the pass rusher recalled Thursday.It meant that much to Allen. The primetime showcase might mean even more to the small-market franchise. The Jaguars (8-3) will return to the coveted spot for the first time in a dozen years when they host the reeling Cincinnati Bengals (5-6) to end the Week 13 schedule.Every team in the league has played on “Monday Night Football” at least seven times since Jacksonville’s 38-14 home loss to Philip Rivers and the then-San Diego Chargers on Dec. 5, 2011. Six teams — Chicago, New Orleans, the New York Giants, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle — have each played more than 20 times on “MNF” since.The Jaguars, meanwhile, kept getting overlooked — even after making the AFC title game in the 20...

¿Te dijo un familiar algo grosero? Así debes responder, según los expertos

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:32:18 GMT

(CNN) — La mesa está puesta, los amigos y la familia se acercan y ya sabes qué comentarios o preguntas te van a hacer.Puede que los comentarios se refieran a la comida, el peso, el dinero, las relaciones, la carrera profesional o los hijos… Sea cual sea el tema, la situación en la que te encuentres no es inusual.Para muchas personas, las fiestas no son necesariamente la época más alegre, a menudo porque anticipamos conflictos o interrogatorios inapropiados, dice la Dra. Roseann Capanna-Hodge, psicóloga establecida en Connecticut.¿Por qué salir de compras se siente como una adicción durante las festividades? Expertos lo explicanPero en lugar de enfurecerse en silencio o arremeter contra alguien, recomienda establecer límites.Establecer límites puede parecer el comienzo de una pelea, pero es solo una forma de comunicar cuáles son tus necesidades y con qué estás de acuerdo, dijo Kami Orange, un coach de límites con sede en el sur de Utah.Los límites son difíciles, sin embar...

Bulls stars LaVine, DeRozan miss game against Bucks because of injuries

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:32:18 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago stars Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan missed the Bulls’ game against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday because of injuries.LaVine was ruled out because of a sore right foot. DeRozan, who was a game-time decision, sat out with a sprained left ankle, leaving the Bulls without their two best players.LaVine, averaging 21 points, exited Chicago’s blowout loss at Boston on Tuesday. Coach Billy Donovan wasn’t sure how much time the two-time All-Star will miss.“I know he’s going to be out tonight, but that’s really kind of all I have at this point in time,” he said. “It’s just something that I think flared up for him in the Boston game and is still dealing with the soreness.”Guard Alex Caruso was available after being listed as questionable with a strained left toe. Chicago was 5-14 with five straight losses heading into the game. ___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBASource

More Israeli hostages freed and more Palestinian prisoners released under tenuous Gaza truce

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:32:18 GMT

A man smiles as he is welcomed after being released from prison by Israel, in the West Bank town of Ramallah, early Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. International mediators on Wednesday worked to extend the truce in Gaza, encouraging Hamas militants to keep freeing hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners and further relief from Israel's air and ground offensive. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)(AP/Nasser Nasser) A man smiles as he is welcomed after being released from prison by Israel, in the West Bank town of Ramallah, early Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. International mediators on Wednesday worked to extend the truce in Gaza, encouraging Hamas militants to keep freeing hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners and further relief from Israel's...

Bennet: US must disincentivize migrant-smuggling gangs

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:32:18 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Hundreds of migrants are currently staying in Denver shelters after nearly 29,000 asylum seekers came to the Mile High City in the last year. The influx has caused the city of Denver to spend more than $32 million in support. The federal government has reimbursed fewer than a million dollars, although it has promised up to $9 million in aid. Polis calls for local property tax relief U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet talked about the issue this week on “Colorado Point of View.”"We will continue to fight as we always have for communities that need that kind of reimbursement," the Democrat said.But he also looked ahead to long-term solutions."We've got to recognize that there is now a billions of dollar enterprise of these mostly Mexican gangs that are smuggling people from all over the world to the southern border of the United States," Bennet said.Bennet: US needs 'rational immigration process'He argues the federal government will need to disincentivize those gangs, adding i...

December brings arts explosion to SoFlo with events in Miami, Opa-locka aiming to draw big crowds

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:32:18 GMT

It’s that time of year again, when the art world and everyone associated with it descends upon Miami. Now, it might not be Art Basel, dahling, but there will be tons of events happening over the next few days — and since there are so many choices but so little time, Deco’s got a roundup that will make your choice on where to go a little easier.And the art beat goes on — as in Art Beat Miami.Marie Louissaint: “There’s musical performances, there’s beautiful sculptures, a great art gallery at every location. We’re at Brightline Miami, downtown and Overtown, we’re in Liberty City, we’re at the Caribbean Marketplace in Little Haiti.”And you can get your art, food, fashion and music on for five days.Haitian band Strings can’t wait to entertain the masses.Olivier Ambroise: “We play flamenco tropical. It comes from traditional Haitian rhythms and Spanish flamenco guitars. It’s very guitar heavy, very instru...

Worcester woman describes fighting back against man trying to break into her apartment

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:32:18 GMT

A Worcester woman told her story Thursday after she said she fought back against a man accused of trying to break into her apartment armed with two-double edged knives earlier this week.The Worcester Police Department in a statement said a 32-year-old man from Fitchburg was arrested after officers responded to Gibbs Street early Wednesday morning for a reported break-in in progress.Speaking with 7NEWS, Sara Kane said the incident started around 3 a.m. She said she heard a loud noise and went to her apartment building’s front door where a Ring camera captured the commotion. Kane said she fought the man off with a broom, ran back inside and called 911. “It’s scary,” she said. “At three o’clock in the morning, you’re woken up with banging and you don’t know what it is.”“I just took the broom and I just pushed him back,” she continued. Kane said the man grabbed her door and was shaking it. As police arrived, Kane said she directed them toward the man. She said ...

One of three Palestinian college students shot in random attack in VT shares his story

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:32:18 GMT

(CNN) — A Palestinian college student described how his training as an emergency medical technician helped him respond when he and his friends were shot in Vermont over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.Kinnan Abdalhamid spoke to CNN by phone Wednesday night, detailing a harrowing account of being shot with his friends Hisham Awartani and Tahseen Ali Ahmad. A gunman is accused of shooting the trio while they were taking a walk in a Burlington neighborhood after spending time with family and friends last Saturday night.“On the way back, we see this man on his porch essentially looking away from us. He turns around, looks at us, and without saying a word — it was almost surreal — he went down the steps, pulled out a pistol and shot my friend.“I heard the thud on the ground, and then he started screaming,” Abdalhamid recounted. “A split second later he shot my other friend, and I hear this thud on the ground.”He said he that he believed his friends were dead because they were ...

Increase in demand causes some Massachusetts Christmas tree farms to sell out weeks before Christmas

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:32:18 GMT

Weeks before Christmas, some farms in Massachusetts have been left in short supply, already closed for the season as of this week due to an increase in demand for fresh-cut Christmas trees. At White Gate Farm in West Newbury, owner Pat Kelly told 7NEWS all of the 18-acre farm’s 600 trees were gone in just the first two days of operation this season.Elsewhere, the Massachusetts Christmas Tree Association on Tuesday said more than a dozen farms across the state had also already sold out of trees.“We can’t grow them as fast as people want them,” said Massachusetts Christmas Tree Association spokesperson Dave Morin. “The word is finally getting out that no tree is fresher than the one you watch being cut right in front of you.”Kelly said nothing will get someone in the Christmas spirit quite like cutting down their own tree. After more than three decades running the White Gate Christmas Tree Farm, though, like many others in the business, Kelly said she doesn’t know what the ...