Inside Look is a Star series that takes our readers behind the scenes of some of the most well-known and not-so-well-known places and events in Kansas City. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at InsideLook@kcstar.com. Citizens of the Kansas City metro are all set to celebrate their independence by setting things […]
To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls that are crowding out their smaller cousins. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday was expected to release its final plan […]
hibiki 21 suntory whisky – Sean Zanni/Getty Images If you’re lucky enough to live in a state where Costco sells spirits you ought to keep your eye out for bottles of the Hibiki 21-year-old. The Japanese blended whisky made by Suntory has earned the title of World’s Best Blended Whisky multiple times, which makes it one […]
A black bear cub was seen in Plumstead Township around 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to a post in a local Facebook group. The small bear was near Valley Park Road, which crosses a branch of Neshaminy Creek. There were several bear sightings in Central Bucks last month, including in Solebury, New Britain, and Peace Valley […]
An object visible on Google Maps appears to be the U.S. military’s new submarine drone known as the Manta Ray, located at California’s Port Hueneme naval base. The unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), shaped like the sea creature its named after, is part of a new program by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, part of […]
Video above: Black bear found shot to death in Florida neighborhood TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Residents in Florida have been urged to bring all pets indoors and steer clear from a bear after it was spotted heading toward a river on Sunday. The Cape Coral Police Department said the bear was spotted near Cornwallis Parkway […]
Cape Coral police reported an unwelcome visitor Sunday morning. A bear was spotted near Cornwallis Parkway “and headed toward the river,” Cape Coral police said on its Facebook page about 10 a.m. A juvenile black bear spent the morning, Tuesday, May 25, 2020 roaming through Fort Myers. It was eventually tracked down by members of […]
When Diesel the donkey ran away on a hike near his home outside Sacramento, California, five years ago, his owners assumed the worst. “He’s not aggressive, he’s a lover,” Terrie Drewry told CNN affiliate KOVR in 2019, days after Diesel’s great escape. “But right now, he’s scared.” Years passed without a sign of life from […]
Georgia vacationers beware: Officials are warning about a venomous pest spotted off the Georgia coast that can cause serious injuries to people who encounter them. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The City of Tybee Island said they’ve gotten reports of Portuguese Man O’War washing up beaches in recent days. Closely […]
Kristi Hart’s housemates happened to be looking out the window of their home Tuesday afternoon when they spotted a bear walking through their property. Hart and four others live in southeast Salem, near Kuebler Boulevard and Interstate 5. It’s the same area another person on the social media website Nextdoor reported a bear wandering the […]
Rishi Sunak was briefed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) after a Russian submarine, Kazan, was sighted off Scotland’s west coast last week near Britain’s naval base at Faslane. A meeting with the Prime Minister was called when Kazan, which did not enter UK waters, was identified by an RAF Poseidon P8 anti-submarine aircraft as […]
Amiee Dean and her family were fishing Wednesday at the Point on Cape Hatteras when they — and everyone else on the beach — had what’s likely a once-in-a-lifetime experience. “We were just sitting there fishing and they started jumping out of the water,” said Dean, whose 10-year-old son captured images of what appeared to […]