A Toronto woman whose car was stolen three times in the past year — and who had a rental car stolen too — says nobody is taking the problem seriously enough. Kristin Shensel, a real estate broker, said her car, a 2019 Range Rover, was stolen three times since January 2023 from the street in front of her house. […]
One of the most polarizing and perhaps misunderstood, businesses on Wall Street is Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR). For years, the company was privately held and bankrolled by prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalists — most notably, Peter Thiel. Unlike other start-ups, Palantir remained somewhat elusive during its time as a private company. Very little was known […]
Over multidecade periods, Wall Street has proved unstoppable. But over shorter time lines, the stock market’s most prominent indexes have often been volatile and unpredictable — perhaps none more so than the growth-fueled Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC). Whereas the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average and benchmark S&P 500 have galloped to fresh, record-closing highs in […]
One of the world’s most prestigious wildlife photography awards has announced its winner – and it’s equal parts mesmerizing and adorable. The winner of the Natural History Museum of London’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year award is Nima Sarikhani, for her captivating image of a polar bear sleeping on sea ice. The photograph, called “Ice […]
PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) was once the top name in financial technology. It’s still the dominant player in the fintech field, but it has lost its luster. Investors haven’t been pleased with its progress, and PayPal stock is down 27% over the past year. There’s a lot of change taking place right now at the company […]
Some 7,300 trees would need to be removed to construct a planned, 4.25-mile extension of the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail through vulnerable and protected ecosystems near Lake Michigan and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Leelanau County, an independent analysis found. Even some supporters of the overall trail question “Segment 9,” a $14.5 million […]
The Museum of Life and Science euthanized an 18-year-old black bear last week after discovering an inoperable cancerous mass, the Durham museum announced Monday. Gus had been part of the museum experience since arriving as a cub in 2006. Staff had noticed a dramatic change in his behavior, according to a news release. Veterinarians from […]
Two California breakfast cafes have arrived, and one is already impressing Texans. Black Bear Diner, from the base of Mount Shasta in northern California, serves the kind of giant, hearty platters that give California a reputation for breakfast. Black Bear Diner chain locations now bookend Fort Worth. One is at 9501 North Freeway, near Heritage […]
A California bald eagle couple is now caring for three eggs as their loyal international following monitors the little family with bated breath. Jackie and Shadow have been taking turns keeping the clutch warm since Jackie laid the first egg on Jan. 25; the other two followed on Jan. 28 and 31. Their nest sits […]
There’s never a dull moment when investing on Wall Street. Over the last four years, the major stock indexes have bounced between bear and bull markets on a couple of occasions, with the growth-fueled Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) enduring the wildest swings. In 2022, the Nasdaq Composite dragged the broader market lower with a loss […]
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium announced Friday that it had to euthanize Joan, a black bear, because she was no longer able to use her hind legs and surgery was not an option. The 8-year-old bear had been with the Columbus Zoo since 2016. “The entire North America team is deeply saddened by the loss […]
A Florida sheriff’s deputy responded to an unusual call on December 5 after a man encountered a pair of unusually friendly bear cubs on a rural road in Okaloosa County in the early hours of the morning. The man who found the cubs near Baker noticed that they weren’t the black bears that are normally […]