Aimee Ortiz

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Meet Dozens of Gecko Species at a Tiny Brooklyn Zoo

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Aimee Ortiz

A Chinese crocodile lizard, which typically live in Vietnam and China. The Gecko Gallery NYC, created by two gecko lovers, hosts species from across the globe in a range of environments. A Chinese crocodile lizard, which typically live in Vietnam and China. Credit... If you head to the basement of an unassuming building in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and keep going straight past the Bone Museum, you'll find what might possibly be the world's smallest gecko zoo.
Tariffs Threaten U.S. Market for Traditional Chinese Medicine

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Aimee Ortiz

Dispensary owners say a protracted trade war would harm a niche but popular sector in which imported herbs are prescribed to treat colds, pain and other ailments. Kamwo Meridian Herbs in Manhattan claims to be the largest traditional Chinese medicine dispensary on the East Coast. Many of the herbs it sells can't grow outside China and must be imported. Credit...
Father Whose Son Was Shot by Police Hits Deputy With Car, Killing Him

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Claire Fahy |Aimee Ortiz

NowCincinnati police fatally shot an armed 18-year-old. The next day, his father killed a sheriff’s deputy, authorities sayCNN — A Cincinnati sheriff’s deputy was fatally struck by a car driven by the father of an armed 18-year-old man who was shot and killed by police a day earlier, authorities say.
Father Whose Son Was Shot by Cincinnati Police Hits Deputy With Car, Killing Him

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Claire Fahy |Aimee Ortiz

The man had viewed footage of the fatal shooting of his 18-year-old son in Cincinnati hours before deliberately crashing into a sheriff's deputy in Hamilton County, Ohio, the authorities said. An Ohio man drove his car into a sheriff's deputy, killing him in what the authorities said appeared to be an intentional act that happened the day after the driver's 18-year-old son had been shot and killed by the Cincinnati police. The man, Rodney L.
Ashley Buchanan, Kohl's CEO, Is Fired for Policy Violation, Company Says

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Christine Hauser |Aimee Ortiz |Jordyn Holman

A company investigation found that Ashley Buchanan, who started the job in January, had a "personal relationship" with a vendor that was not disclosed. Kohl's, one of the largest department stores in the United States, is searching for a new chief executive after firing its current chief, Ashley Buchanan, who had been on the job since only Jan. 15, the company said on Thursday.
‘Conclave’ Streaming Numbers Jump After Pope Francis’ Death - The New York Times

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Aimee Ortiz

Experts said that the 2024 film accurately portrayed the papal selection process.
Little plastic bricks fetch thousands of dollars in the Lego back market

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Aimee Ortiz

It’s one Lego kit, a collection of small plastic bricks and related accessories. What could it cost? The answer, it turns out, could be thousands of dollars. Lego kits and minifigures, figurines that are a little over 1.5 inches tall, are commanding high prices on the secondary market, with some, like the LEGO San Diego Comic-Con 2013 Spider-Man, valued as high as $16,846. The children’s toys have even become something of an investing opportunity for those savvy enough to know what to look for.
More than 400,000 wireless phone chargers recalled over fire hazard

1 month ago | sfexaminer.com | Aimee Ortiz

More than 400,000 Casely wireless phone chargers were recalled Thursday over concerns that they could pose a fire hazard, officials said. Casely, a company based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, received 51 reports of lithium-ion batteries inside the power banks overheating, expanding or catching fire while consumers were charging their phones, causing at least six minor burn injuries, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a notice.
A Fireball Near Mexico City Lit Up the Sky and the Internet

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Aimee Ortiz

The glowing object was a bolide, fireballs that explode in a bright flash, according to experts. It streaked across Mexico's predawn skies on Wednesday. The bright object that streaked across the sky is called a bolide. Credit Credit... Webcams de Mexico, Associated Press For a few brief moments on Wednesday, a bright fireball lit up the predawn skies near Mexico City. The display awed residents and online viewers alike as videos of the object quickly spread.
3 People Believed to Have Drowned in Missouri River

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Aimee Ortiz

Share Rescue workers in Nebraska searched the Missouri River on Wednesday for three people believed to have drowned after going into the water on Tuesday evening, fire officials said.One of the three is an 11-year-old girl and the other two are 18-year-old women, said Coby Werner, the fire battalion chief for the Omaha Fire Department.

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