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Tobias, leader of Denver Zoo’s African lion pride, euthanized after severe inection

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:03 GMT

The Denver Zoo’s African lion pride leader was euthanized Wednesday after a severe infection spread to his lung and bones, the Zoo announced Thursday.Tobias, the seven-year-old lion, had several other medical conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease and chronic kidney disease, when the veterinary team at the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Animal Hospital found the infection.“Our Animal Care Specialists and Veterinary Medicine team made the difficult decision to euthanize Tobias to relieve any suffering given the poor prognosis,” a post of the Denver Zoo’s Facebook page stated.Related ArticlesThings To Do | Denver’s toughest tickets: Good luck getting into these shows, restaurants or games Tobias was born at the Buffalo Zoo in 2016 and moved to the Denver Zoo in 2018 as part of a species survival plan to join Denver’s pride and support conservation efforts.Tobias had three adorable cubs at the Denver Zoo, Tatu, Oskar and Araali...

Denver weather: First freeze warning of season issued for metro area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:03 GMT

Denver and all of northeast Colorado are in for a night of freezing weather as temperatures drop as low as 25 degrees overnight Friday into Saturday.The first freeze warning of the season was issued for the Denver metro in effect from midnight to 9 a.m. Saturday. Temperatures in Denver are expected to drop to a low of 31 degrees Friday night.Freeze Warning for all of northeast Colorado late tonight through Saturday morning. #cowx pic.twitter.com/odkAUe56dw— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) October 13, 2023Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Boulder warn residents the freezing conditions could kill crops and vegetation and damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.Related ArticlesWeather | Colorado weather: First big mountain snow could bring double-digit accumulation Thursday night Weather | Colorado snow totals for Oct. 12, 2023 Weather | Colorado weather: First big mountain snow, Denver’s first freeze expected as cold front blo...

age1 VC Alex Colville says longevity field isn’t just for ‘rich old billionaires trying to live forever”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:03 GMT

Alex Colville had just completed his PhD in genetics at Stanford when he met Laura Deming, the wunderkind who dropped out of MIT at 16 and launched The Longevity Fund.At an age when most teenagers already believe they’ll live forever, Deming started a first-of-its-kind venture firm in 2011 to invest in revolutionary technologies that would attempt, at least, to prolong life. At the time, Deming was calling the scientific potential to slow the progression of time on the human body an “almost inconceivable notion,” “an almost terrifying truth.”Now, Colville, 30, and Deming, 29, are teaming up to try to push the technology even closer to reality, launching The Longevity Fund’s next generation: a new venture fund called age1. The firm, which started as an accelerator with backing from Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen in 2018, held an initial closing for $35 million targeting companies attempting to crack the code for extending human lifespans.Colville insists his genera...

Judge rules 14th Amendment lawsuit seeking to bar Donald Trump from Colorado ballot can proceed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:03 GMT

Determining whether a Civil War-era Constitutional amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from Colorado’s ballot holds enough public benefit that a lawsuit seeking to bar him as a candidate can continue, a Denver judge ruled this week.A group of Colorado voters, backed by a liberal watchdog group, is arguing the 14th Amendment bars Trump from Colorado’s ballot. The amendment prohibits people from holding office if they have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the country. The lawsuit, filed by Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters, cites Trump’s alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the nation’s Capitol, as meeting that bar.Trump’s lawyers argued in September that the lawsuit was an attempt to infringe on his First Amendment right to freedom of speech. They sought to dismiss the claim under a Colorado law aimed at protecting people from frivolous lawsuits for exercising that right.Without ruling on the merits of the case, Denver District Court Judge Sarah B. Walla...

Oakland PD asks for community help on 2009 unsolved homicide

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:03 GMT

(KRON) – The Oakland Police Department is asking for community assistance for the unsolved homicide of 17-year-old Desiree “Dezzy” Davis. Davis was fatally shot in the 1000 block of 54th Street on Sept. 7, 2009.  Oakland shooting suspects lead police on high-speed chase, arrested Davis’s mother, Dru Ann Davis, encourages individuals with any information to share with police, stating, “If you can provide information on any of these killers, please be brave and contact the Oakland Police. You may be the one to bring peace to the lives of Dezzy’s family.”Anyone with information is asked to contact the OPD's Homicide Section at (510) 238-3821 or the tip line at (510) 238-7950.

LeVar Burton will host National Book Awards ceremony, replacing Drew Barrymore

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:03 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — LeVar Burton will host next month’s National Book Awards ceremony, replacing the original choice, Drew Barrymore, who was dropped because of her decision to resume taping of her show during the writers’ strike.The National Book Foundation, which presents the awards, announced Burton’s selection Friday. Burton, a longtime advocate for reading known for his roles in the TV miniseries “Roots” and in “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” also hosted the ceremony in 2019.“It’s an honor to return as host of the biggest night for books, especially in a moment when the freedom to read is at risk and literature both needs and deserves our recognition and support,” said Burton, who earlier this month served as honorary chair of Banned Books Week, when stores and libraries highlight works that have been challenged or censored. The National Book Awards will take place at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on Nov. 15, when winners will be announced in...

Jurgen Klinsmann earns first home win as coach of South Korea’s national team

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:03 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Jurgen Klinsmann earned his first home win as coach of South Korea’s national team on Friday with a 4-0 victory over Tunisia in a friendly match.Klinsmann, a former Germany great who previously coached his country’s national team and the United States, won his second straight match with South Korea after starting with three losses and two draws.Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Lee Kang-in scored two goals only a week after winning a gold medal in soccer at the Asian Games.South Korea captain Son Heung-min missed the match because of a groin injury.The 22-year-old Lee scored his first international goal from a free kick in the 54th minute. He added another three minutes later after twisting and turning in the area and finding the net with a low shot.Hwang Ui-jo got the final goal for South Korea in added time after Yassine Meriah had scored an own-goal midway through the second half.Asian teams playing this week are gearing up for the start of World Cup qualif...

Cricket and flag football are among five sports nearing inclusion for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:03 GMT

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Flag football and cricket were among five sports that took their next step Friday toward inevitably being added to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.The International Olympic Committee executive board recommended all five sports — including baseball-softball, lacrosse and squash — that were formally requested Monday by organizers of the LA Games.The final elevation to the 2028 program should come Monday at a meeting of about 100 IOC members who typically rubberstamp the board’s views.“These proposals have been accepted as a package,” said IOC president Thomas Bach, who chairs the 15-member board, hailing a showcase of “iconic American sports to the world while bringing at the same time international sports to the United States.”Cricket is a big-ticket item for the IOC. The sport is expected to raise broadcast revenue from India by at least $100 million when the country’s favorite sport joins the Olympics.“For the Olympic movement, it is the opportunity to engage wit...

Victims of crime in DC tell Congress their stories during a hearing on Capitol Hill

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:03 GMT

Victims of crime in the District spoke before Republican leaders on Capitol Hill Thursday, telling the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance their stories and their concerns about the increase in crime in the city.During the hearing, Gaynor Jablonski, who owns the Valor Brewpub on Capitol Hill, showed a video of a DoorDash driver attacking him then pointing a gun at him as his 4-year-old son sat watching next to him.“As horrific as that video is, what happened after was even worse,” Jablonski said, criticizing how the case was prosecuted and the perpetrator’s sentence. “He gets eight months and I’m left explaining to my 5-year-old why I had to fight this man. And my 5-year-old tells me when I drop him off at school every day to, ‘Be safe.'”D.C. resident Mitchell Sobolevsky said that he was a victim of a robbery in the Shaw neighborhood in December of 2020.“He told me, ‘Do what I say and you ain...

NASA sends spacecraft on a six-year journey to explore a rare asteroid made of metal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:03 GMT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA sends spacecraft on a six-year journey to explore a rare asteroid made of metal.Source