The Mirage hotel and casino in Las Vegas has temporarily closed its dolphin and wildlife attraction after an 11-year-old bottlenose dolphin died on Saturday, the venue’s third dolphin death since spring.
The resident cetacean, named K2, was the second dolphin to perish in September. The Mirage said the cause of death was a respiratory illness; the necropsy report will take about 30 days to complete.
Earlier this month, 19-year-old Maverick had been receiving medical care for a lung infection when he died; the company is awaiting the necropsy findings for his case. Read More...
This gives new meaning to bottom of the inning.
In the first inning of Monday night’s game between the A’s and Rays, Oakland’s Sean Murphy stuck out his backside as a ball thrown by Tampa pitcher Chris Mazza struck him in the rear.
The moment naturally caught social media’s attention with the masses soon weighing in on the catcher’s assets. “Sean Murphy’s booty is going to break the internet,” one fan quipped on Twitter, while another wrote, “For those who think baseball is boring, please allow Sean Murphy retort with this booty ball. Read More...
More than 100 wildfires in Virginia, West Virginia, the District and Maryland brought a smoky haze into the D.C. region Wednesday evening, and the fire threat lingered into Thursday because of a combination of strong winds and low humidity.
While most of the fires within a two-county radius of the District were contained by Thursday, many continued to rage in central and western Virginia and eastern West Virginia, where they were largest and most numerous. Read More...
