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Boy Swims 2.5 Miles to Save Family; Zoo Welcomes First Elephant Birth in 25 Years; Catholic School Desecrated; and More
A 13-year-old boy was hailed as a hero in Australia after swimming 2.5 miles to shore to save his mother and two siblings who were swept out to sea, while in Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian's National Zoo celebrated the first elephant birth in nearly 25 years. Meanwhile, in California, a Catholic school was desecrated, prompting calls for prayer for the perpetrators.
Austin Appelbee, 13, swam 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) to shore after he, his mother Joanne Appelbee, 47, brother Beau, 12, and sister Grace, 8, encountered difficulties in the water off the Australian coast on Friday, according to CBS News. Naturaliste Marine Rescue commander Paul Bresland told Australian Broadcasting Corp. that Austin's efforts were "superhuman." Austin said he focused on "the happiest things in my head" to make it through the ordeal. "He swam in, he reckons, the first two hours with a life jacket on," Bresland said.
In Washington, D.C., a baby Asian elephant was born at the Smithsonian's National Zoo early Monday morning, marking the zoo's first elephant birth in nearly 25 years, Fox News reported. The 308-pound, 38.5-inch calf arrived at 1:15 a.m. inside the zoo's Elephant Trails exhibit, with animal care and veterinary staff monitoring the birth.
In Long Beach, California, Holy Innocents Catholic School was vandalized, with statues, images of Mary, and other religious figures destroyed, and a photograph of the pope knocked to the floor, Fox News reported. The leader of the school urged the community to "make many acts of reparation for this offense against God and Our Lady."
In New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Tuesday that he does not believe the Queens district attorney should prosecute Jabez Chakraborty, 22, a mentally ill man who was shot by police after charging at them with a knife on Jan. 26, according to Fox News. Mamdani argued that Chakraborty needs mental health treatment instead. NYPD officials said the officers repeatedly told Chakraborty to drop the knife before the shooting.
Finally, a former staffer of The Washington Post, Glenn Kessler, criticized owner Jeff Bezos, accusing him of prioritizing his survival during the Trump era over the newspaper's well-being, Fox News reported. In a piece titled "A Billionaire's Surrender," Kessler highlighted Bezos' increased net worth since buying the paper in 2013, coinciding with expected layoffs at the newsroom.
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