General Dynamics Land Systems delivered the first XM30 “Wolf” prototype to the U.S. Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, on August 22, opening the field-test phase of a roughly $45 billion competition to replace the M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle.Engineered to outrun tomorrow’s challenges. Built for those who answer the call. The Wolf XM30 delivers […]
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news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeJ.C. Penney Co. removed some fur-trimmed coats from its racks around Christmas after animal-rights activists objected that the fur came from wild dogs in China.Last week, the department-store company put the coats back on the racks — but only after directing employees to use marker pens to […]
Clear skies. Low 54F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.. Clear skies. Low 54F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Updated: September 5, 2026 @ 3:46 pmSound healing facilitators Bahareh Yousefian, back center, and Huiliang Amy Hsiung, back right, guide participants in a sound bath at the Natural History Museum’s wellness event, “Mindfulness […]
Hayden Leigh, a forensic science graduate at the University of Staffordshire, has been studying the hair of Boris the bearA student has been using hair from a 120-year-old museum exhibit to help find new ways of solving wildlife crime.The taxidermy bear, known as Boris, is a popular feature at the Museum of Chelmsford and is […]
NoshArtsBusinessCityCityCOVID-19Crime & SafetyEventsHousingNeighborhoodsSchoolsObituariesOpinionBerkeleyside Nonprofit news. Free for all, funded by readers. People seeking fur goods in Berkeley will have to get them second hand following a council vote Tuesday on a fur ban designed “to promote community awareness of animal welfare.”The agenda item was the final vote of a long night focused on homeless services, an urgency ordinance […]
A museum bear named Boris is now helping fight wildlife crime. His fur is being studied for microscopic and genetic characteristics. This research aims to improve identification methods for illegal trafficking. It could offer a cheaper alternative to expensive DNA testing. Old museum specimens provide valuable material for modern forensic science. Explore More StoriesCanadian centenarian […]
APThere’s a fur fight in California, and it’s spreading.A bill that would ban the sale of fur coats, hats, handbags, gloves and earmuffs, accessories with fur trim and most other uses is whipping through the California legislature, on the heels of similar bans in the state’s two largest cities — Los Angeles and San Francisco.On […]
Image ID: 807837On June 27, a plaque marking the site of New York City’s main 18th-century slave market was unveiled in Lower Manhattan by Mayor Bill de Blasio. Reflecting on 300 years of local history, he drew a comparison between black life then and now: “It was true two, three centuries ago, even though it was never acknowledged. It […]
On a gray early March morning in Sonoma County, everything is dripping. Somewhere, out of sight, in hollow trees and rocky caves, tiny American black bear cubs nurse in the dark. Born at less than a pound only a few weeks before, they won’t emerge until spring. But adults—ones that haven’t given birth this year—might be […]