Young gorilla rescued from airplane cargo hold recovers at Istanbul zoo

A young gorilla rescued from a plane’s cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo, officials said Sunday, while wildlife officers consider returning him to his natural habitat. The 5-month-old gorilla was discovered in a box on a Turkish Airlines flight from Nigeria to Thailand last month. After a public competition, he has been named … Read more

Oleksandr Usyk: Heavyweight champion unsure what’s next as Jai Opetaia welcomes prospect of future fight | Boxing News

Oleksandr Usyk has remained tight-lipped about what his future holds, as Australian rising star Jai Opetaia set his sights on fighting the heavyweight world champion. Usyk and promoter Alex Krassyuk spoke to Sky Sports at Saturday night’s Ring Magazine Awards, just under a month after the Ukrainian boxer successfully defended his unified world heavyweight championships against … Read more

Fact check: LA fires drive falsehoods, including by Trump about water use | Climate Crisis News

President-elect Donald Trump and some social media users and pundits blamed Los Angeles’ deadly fires on California Governor Gavin Newsom, saying the Democrat’s environmental policies enabled the blazes’ danger and wreckage. As of January 12, authorities counted at least 16 people dead, more than 14,000 hectares (35,000 acres) burned and thousands of structures damaged or … Read more

JD Vance spells out what Trump’s process to ‘rectify’ ‘unfair’ Jan 6 prosecutions could look like

The focus on President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to pardon Jan. 6 protesters is sharpening, with his return to the White House just eight days away.  Vice President-elect JD Vance — who, like Trump, has been critical of a justice system allegedly weaponized against the protesters — laid out how their offenses might be weighed when … Read more