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As It Happens6:08This rare loon brought the Bellagio Hotel's famous Vegas fountain show to a haltWhile it's common to see crowds of people gathered outside the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, they're not usually there for birdwatching. But recently, a rare juvenile yellow-billed loon took up residence in the hotel's artificial lake, putting the Bellagio's famous fountain show on temporary hiatus. "He's been big news for the last week," Kurt Buzard, senior recreation assistant at the Henderson Bird Viewing…

An invasive species of crayfish that reproduces by cloning itself was discovered last summer in a Burlington, Ont., park — the first time the marbled crayfish has been identified in the wild in North America.Since then, a group of experts has been working to stop the species from spreading. The crayfish are in City View park, on Burlington's southwest border with Hamilton.Brook Schryer, a member of the working group responding to the detection, told CBC Hamilton that it seems the population was contained after the pond…

Artist illustration of Nanotyrannus attacking a juvenile T. rex. Credit: Raul MartinNanotyrannus was a smaller, longer-armed relative of T. rex, with a narrower snout.A new analysis of fossils believed to be juveniles of T. rex now shows they were adults of a small tyrannosaur, with narrower jaws, longer legs, and bigger arms than T. rex. The species, Nanotyrannus lancensis, was first named decades ago but later reinterpreted as a young T. rex.The first skull of Nanotyrannus was found in Montana in 1942, but for decades,…

Warming ocean temperatures caused by climate change will provide favourable conditions for Atlantic halibut, according to a new study, although what happens to their prey is uncertain.A paper published in the journal FACETS links an exponential increase in Atlantic Canadian landings over the past decade to warming ocean temperatures and predicts that trend is likely to continue under low- and high-warming scenarios in coming decades."Under both of those scenarios, we see similar trends. Even in the higher emission…

On the cusp of a Fourth of July weekend likely to leave many young Americans freshly panicked about student debt and other ills, let Juvenile lift your spirits instead.The 48-year-old New Orleans rapper — an elder-millennial favorite for tacks like “Slow Motion” and “Back That Azz Up” — came through with the set of the summer for his Tiny Desk concert. Alongside legendary Cash Money producer Mannie Fresh, he enlisted a cracking live band and horn section for a 10-song set to remind fans of the deep jazz, R&B and soul…

Hello, it’s Wednesday, May 24, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today:TOP STORIES L.A. County to move nearly 300 youths out of ‘unsuitable’ juvenile hallsState regulators on Tuesday gave Los Angeles County two months to move roughly 300 youths out of its two troubled juvenile halls, taking the unprecedented step after finding the county had done little in the last month to come into compliance with a long list of state regulations.The unanimous decision by the Board of State and Community Corrections leaves…

A teenager was found dead of an apparent overdose inside one of L.A. County’s juvenile halls Tuesday morning, just weeks after a state oversight board declined to shut the troubled facility down after years of concerning reports, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation.The teen was found unresponsive in his room sometime Tuesday morning at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, according to multiple probation department officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of…

Juvenile offenders face stigma once released. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Globally, about one million children are held in police custody annually; 410,000 of them are held in detention and remand centers. On any day, it is estimated, remand homes around the world hold about 160,000 to 250,000 children. Time in prison can have…

Juvenile is taking his musical stylings to the NPR offices; and it’s all thanks to his Twitter followers.The New Orleans rapper announced the bigs on social media Wednesday, shortly after a fan urged the outlet to book Juvenile for their popular  Tiny Desk Concert—the music series that features hip-hop acts like Run the Jewels, Trina, the Roots, Denzel Curry, and Royce da 5’9”. Juvenile initially dismissed the demand, insisting he had no idea what Tiny Desk was; however, he quickly had a change of heart, and claimed he…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study from Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work Melissa Villodas found that for Black youth who interacted with the juvenile justice system, mental health symptoms worsened during transition to adulthood (when youth were about ages 19-20). This highlights the transition to adulthood as a key time to provide supportive interventions that reduce mental health challenges.…