Tag: Recreation and leisure

Watching for birds & diversity: Audubon groups pledge change

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BOSTON — When Boston socialites Minna Hall and Harriet Hemenway sought to end the slaughter of birds in the name of 19th century high...

Rehabbed mama manatee and her calf set free in Florida river

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ORANGE CITY, Fla. — A baby manatee and its injured mother are now swimming in Florida's St. Johns River after undergoing four months of...

Biden ends large-scale logging on huge Alaska rainforest

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Thursday it is ending large-scale, old-growth timber sales on the nation's largest national forest — the Tongass National...

Video games coming to Netflix? Latest hiring offers a clue

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SAN RAMON, Calif. — Netflix has hired veteran video game executive Mike Verdu, signaling the video streaming service is poised to expand into another...

Baby Giraffe Stanley named after Tampa Bay Lightning Cup win

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TAMPA, Fla. — Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is welcoming a new baby giraffe, named Stanley in honor of the Tampa Bay Lightning's second consecutive...

Disney opening campus in Florida, moving some SoCal workers

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The Walt Disney Co. said Thursday it planned to build a new regional campus in central Florida to house at least...

Halloween Horror Nights returning to Universal theme parks

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ORLANDO, Fla. — After a pandemic-related absence of a year, Halloween Horror Nights are back with haunted houses based on the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”...

Johnson & Johnson recalling sunscreens due to benzene traces

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Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that it is recalling five of its sunscreen products after some samples were found to contain low levels of...

Chinatown museum re-opens with anti-Asian racism exhibit

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NEW YORK — A New York City museum dedicated to telling Chinese American history marked its reopening to the public on Wednesday, with an...

France cautiously celebrates Bastille Day, clouded by virus

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PARIS — Bastille Day is back, sort of. France is celebrating...