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CTV News
3 days ago
- Health
- CTV News
Polar bear at Assiniboine Park Zoo dies at age 30
Agee, a polar bear who has been living at Assiniboine Park Zoo since 2022, has died at age 30. A senior polar bear at Assiniboine Park Zoo died at the end of last week. In a Facebook post, the zoo announced the passing of Agee – a 30-year-old polar bear who came to Winnipeg from British Columbia in 2022. Agee turned 30 in January, which is a senior citizen in the world of polar bears. During her time at Assiniboine Park Zoo, she dealt with several age-related conditions, including kidney failure, dental problems and mobility issues. The Facebook post said Agee seemed to be doing well over the past month, but last week experienced a 'sudden, onset, severe deterioration in her health.' The zoo believes she had a significant decline in kidney function, which may have been associated with an infection. Despite medical intervention, Agee did not make it. Agee lived a private life and was not seen by visitors of the zoo. However, the zoo noted, she was deeply bonded to the team who cared for here. 'She loved to swim and spent much of her time cruising around in her personal pool,' the zoo said. 'She would often take enrichment items and food to her bed (aka her nest) and could be spotted cuddling with her toys.' Further investigation into the sudden decline in Agee's health is underway, including postmortem examinations. Results of these tests may provide more insight into Agee's condition at the time of her death.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Yahoo
Jury acquits Pensacola 20-year-old in 2023 killing of Angel Bailey
An Escambia County jury took just a few hours June 11 to acquit a Pensacola man charged with murdering 32-year-old Angel Bailey in 2023. The jury found Nathaniel Cunningham Jr. not guilty of second-degree murder at the end of a two-day trial June 10 and 11. Following Cunningham's acquittal, his attorney Greg Whibbs told the News Journal this case was a "big win" for his client as it kept Cunningham from a potential life sentence in a Florida prison. According to Willie Agee, the owner of the Mission Road home in which the incident took place, the shooting occurred after an argument about Bailey's cellphone. "Agee stated he was in his room watchin TV when Bailey and Cunningham Jr. came to his room arguing because Bailey was accusing Cunningham Jr. of stealing her iPhone," a report said. "Agee stated that he let Bailey borrow his phone so that she could call to report her phone stolen." Agee told law enforcement he heard gunshots roughly four to five minutes later. During Agee's recorded 911 call in 2023, he told the operator that he thinks his grandson "Nate" killed Bailey. In another 911 recording McGraw played during the trial, Bailey is speaking with a dispatcher about reporting her phone as stolen. During the call, Bailey begins screaming and saying, "No! Please don't shoot me." Throughout the trial, Whibbs asked questions of witnesses pertaining to the person named "Nate" from the 911 call made by Agee. Whibbs told the jury there were multiple people who use the nickname "Nate" who were at or near the Mission Road home March 25, 2023, when the shooting occurred. That coupled with the fact crime scene technicians did not find any DNA evidence or fingerprints at the scene directly linking Cunningham to the shooting seemingly led the jury to acquit the 20-year-old. Evidence presented during the trial showed that Cunningham's cellphone saved tracking data that placed him at the 2900 block of Mission Road just minutes before the shooting took place, but Whibbs argued that evidence does not prove anything beyond a reasonable doubt as that just shows a phone's location, not who is in possession of the phone. This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Nathaniel Cunningham not guilty of murdering Angel Bailey
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Bronzeville Arts Center project site to be cleared by fall. That will help raise funds, backers say
Bronzeville Center for the Arts' planned development site will be cleared by September − which project backers say will help their fundraising efforts. The center, an African American art and culture museum, is to be developed at 2312 N. King Drive. A 50,000-square-foot center, featuring exhibitions, education and immersive artistic programming, is planned for that 3.4-acre site. It's now occupied by a former Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources regional office. That building, which Bronzeville Center for the Arts bought from the state in 2022 for $1.6 million, will undergo demolition starting in June, according to a May 19 presentation to the Milwaukee Bronzeville Advisory Commission. The demolition is "a good signal the project is moving forward," said John Russick, center managing director, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in an interview. That will help with fundraising as those efforts are heightened, Russick said. He said the center has so far raised around $30 million for the roughly $55 million project. That includes a $5 million grant provided by Gov. Tony Evers through American Rescue Plan Act funds. That grant must be spent no later than Dec. 31, 2026, according to the governor's office. Around $800,000 from that grant will pay for the demolition, said Deshea Agee, vice president at Emem Group LLC. That design-build firm serves as Bronzeville Center for the Arts' project representative. The cleared site will include green space, art displays and space for communities activities before the new center is constructed, Agee said. Meanwhile, the center's architectural team, led by Michael Ford, continues to work on design plans. Ford's BrandNu Design Studio is partnering with HGA and Hood Design Studio. Both the center's design and use of the interim green space will be determined in collaboration with community stakeholders, Agee and Russick said. 'This is more than a demolition — it's the beginning of a transformative journey for Bronzeville and for Milwaukee,' said Kristen Hardy, center board chair, in a statement. While there's been strong development activity throughout Bronzeville in recent years, Agee told the commission, "the part that was missing was the arts." The planned museum is part of a new focus on that sector, Agee said. (This story was updated to add new information.) Tom Daykin can be emailed at tdaykin@ and followed on Instagram, Bluesky, X and article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Bronzeville Center for the Arts development site to be cleared by fall Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
USC's Saint Thomas and others left in limbo by murky NCAA eligibility rules
When Saint Thomas applied last month for a waiver with the NCAA for a fifth season of eligibility, the USC forward figured he had a compelling case. As a sophomore at Loyola Chicago, he'd fallen into a depression so deep that he considered suicide. Unable to find the help he needed, he left the school midway through the season to address his mental health, unsure if he'd ever play basketball again. Two years after that dark stretch, Thomas hoped that the NCAA might help him get that lost season back. After an up-and-down senior year with USC, he wanted another chance to prove himself before going pro. USC officials, he says, told him a medical waiver would be a sure thing. Advertisement But last week, Thomas' request for a waiver for mental health reasons was denied by the NCAA. 'My head was kind of all over the place,' Thomas said. 'I'm not a kid that's just saying they have a mental health problem, or a kid that's just asking for another year to play college basketball. I feel like I really deserve it. I'm a real advocate of mental health now. I speak on it in interviews. I'm open about it. I think I can be a helping hand.' Thomas is one of many college basketball players with no remaining eligibility who have entered the transfer portal in recent days, hoping that either the NCAA grants them a waiver or a potential court ruling in one of several cases upends the NCAA's five-year eligibility rules. Fellow USC forward Rashaun Agee, who followed Thomas into the transfer portal Tuesday, was among those also keeping his options open, hoping the courts would clear the way — in his case, for a seventh year at the college level. His case for another year of eligibility centers around the season he spent at Casper College, a junior college in Wyoming. Advertisement Read more: USC lands highly coveted Rodney Rice but loses Desmond Claude to transfer portal Both have yet to find resolution with the NCAA. But Thomas has since filed an appeal that he says provided more answers about his mental health struggles. 'I'm just really hoping they feel some sympathy for me,' Thomas said. The door could be open for a return to USC for Thomas or Agee, if either is able to secure a waiver for another season. Though that door won't stay open forever. Thomas said he still hopes USC will pursue him. But he also understands that Eric Musselman, USC's coach, can't hold spots on the roster out of hope that he'll get a waiver. He's also aware of the new players who have been added to the team, many of whom play similar roles to what he would bring. Just one of USC's scholarship players from last season's roster — forward Terrance Williams — is currently slated to return, while seven transfers have committed to the Trojans. Advertisement 'I just want all of my options open,' Thomas said. 'I talked to the coaches about it, and they still said they'd want me back on the team.' Agee, in the aftermath of USC's Big Ten tournament loss, made clear that he also hoped to return to USC if he could. That path has yet to be cleared. 'Hopefully it all works out for me,' Agee said then. Read more: Promising USC guard Wesley Yates III enters the transfer portal As lawsuits continue to pile up challenging the NCAA's five-year eligibility rules, it's not out of the question that the courts could deliver for players like Agee who are crossing their fingers for another season of eligibility. In New Jersey, a federal judge is believed to be considering a preliminary injunction in a case that challenges the NCAA's rules regarding athletes completing their eligibility within a five-year window. That's the primary issue holding Agee back from another season. Advertisement For Thomas, any hope of playing again at USC lies with the NCAA. And its track record with granting waivers for mental health reasons is mixed. 'I'm just trying to be as hopeful as I can,' Thomas said. 'But I know there's a hundred other kids through the process I am. It's just this big gray cloud over everything right now. The transfer portal closed Tuesday night, but the Trojans' roster situation remains fluid. Musselman currently has 10 players for 15 available roster spots, and with those five openings, it's unclear how much USC would be willing to offer Thomas in a name, image and likeness package. So for the time being, Thomas is left in limbo, lingering in the portal like so many others without eligibility, left to wait on word from the NCAA or cross their fingers for the courts, wondering where their basketball careers could take them next. Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
23-04-2025
- Health
- Los Angeles Times
USC's Saint Thomas and others left in limbo by murky NCAA eligibility rules
When Saint Thomas applied last month for a waiver with the NCAA for a fifth season of eligibility, the USC forward figured he had a compelling case. As a sophomore at Loyola Chicago, he'd fallen into a depression so deep that he considered suicide. Unable to find the help he needed, he left the school midway through the season to address his mental health, unsure if he'd ever play basketball again. Two years after that dark stretch, Thomas hoped that the NCAA might help him get that lost season back. After an up-and-down senior year with USC, he wanted another chance to prove himself before going pro. USC officials, he says, told him a medical waiver would be a sure thing. But last week, Thomas' request for a waiver for mental health reasons was denied by the NCAA. 'My head was kind of all over the place,' Thomas said. 'I'm not a kid that's just saying they have a mental health problem, or a kid that's just asking for another year to play college basketball. I feel like I really deserve it. I'm a real advocate of mental health now. I speak on it in interviews. I'm open about it. I think I can be a helping hand.' Thomas is one of many college basketball players with no remaining eligibility who have entered the transfer portal in recent days, hoping that either the NCAA grants them a waiver or a potential court ruling in one of several cases upends the NCAA's five-year eligibility rules. Fellow USC forward Rashaun Agee, who followed Thomas into the transfer portal Tuesday, was among those also keeping his options open, hoping the courts would clear the way — in his case, for a seventh year at the college level. His case for another year of eligibility centers around the season he spent at Casper College, a junior college in Wyoming. Both have yet to find resolution with the NCAA. But Thomas has since filed an appeal that he says provided more answers about his mental health struggles. 'I'm just really hoping they feel some sympathy for me,' Thomas said. The door could be open for a return to USC for Thomas or Agee, if either is able to secure a waiver for another season. Though that door won't stay open forever. Thomas said he still hopes USC will pursue him. But he also understands that Eric Musselman, USC's coach, can't hold spots on the roster out of hope that he'll get a waiver. He's also aware of the new players who have been added to the team, many of whom play similar roles to what he would bring. Just one of USC's scholarship players from last season's roster — forward Terrance Williams — is currently slated to return, while seven transfers have committed to the Trojans. 'I just want all of my options open,' Thomas said. 'I talked to the coaches about it, and they still said they'd want me back on the team.' Agee, in the aftermath of USC's Big Ten tournament loss, made clear that he also hoped to return to USC if he could. That path has yet to be cleared. 'Hopefully it all works out for me,' Agee said then. As lawsuits continue to pile up challenging the NCAA's five-year eligibility rules, it's not out of the question that the courts could deliver for players like Agee who are crossing their fingers for another season of eligibility. In New Jersey, a federal judge is believed to be considering a preliminary injunction in a case that challenges the NCAA's rules regarding athletes completing their eligibility within a five-year window. That's the primary issue holding Agee back from another season. For Thomas, any hope of playing again at USC lies with the NCAA. And its track record with granting waivers for mental health reasons is mixed. 'I'm just trying to be as hopeful as I can,' Thomas said. 'But I know there's a hundred other kids through the process I am. It's just this big gray cloud over everything right now. The transfer portal closed Tuesday night, but the Trojans' roster situation remains fluid. Musselman currently has 10 players for 15 available roster spots, and with those five openings, it's unclear how much USC would be willing to offer Thomas in a name, image and likeness package. So for the time being, Thomas is left in limbo, lingering in the portal like so many others without eligibility, left to wait on word from the NCAA or cross their fingers for the courts, wondering where their basketball careers could take them next.
