Brewers pitcher Jakob Junis hospitalized after being struck in the neck with a ball during batting practice Milwaukee Brewers said pitcher Jakob Junis was sent to the hospital for further evaluation on Monday after he was struck in the neck with a line-drive during batting practice. 04/23/2024 - 9:02 am | View Link
Beloved ostrich at Kansas zoo dies after swallowing worker’s keys: ‘Devastated by the loss’ A beloved ostrich at a Kansas zoo has died after stealing and swallowing a staff member’s set of keys, officials said. The Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center shared the sad news on social media ... 04/23/2024 - 7:36 am | View Link
"Vibrant and beloved ostrich" dies after swallowing zoo staffer's keys, Kansas zoo says Karen, a "vibrant and beloved ostrich" at the Topeka Zoo, died after swallowing keys she nabbed from a staffer, the zoo announced on Facebook last week. According to the zoo, Karen "reached beyond ... 04/22/2024 - 3:14 pm | View Link
Beloved Ostrich Dies at Kansas Zoo After Swallowing Worker’s Keys Karen, a 5-year-old known for her playful antics, reached beyond her enclosure, grabbed a staff member’s keys and swallowed them, the zoo said. Attempts to save her were unsuccessful. By Livia ... 04/21/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Pedestrian killed after being struck by large SUV while crossing northbound I-435 in KC A pedestrian died in an overnight crash after being struck by a silver GMC Yukon Denali while crossing northbound Interstate 435 on Kansas City’s East Side, a police spokeswoman said. 04/15/2024 - 10:16 pm | View Link
The Rockies, oh so desperately needed someone to make a big splash.
Two players delivered Friday night — one of them literally — in the Rockies’ 3-2 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.
Ryan McMahon led off the Rockies’ three-run sixth inning with a 445-foot homer that splashed down in the Allegheny River.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.