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☆ Bird Photographer of the Year 2023: Winners announced
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A breathtaking image of a peregrine falcon attacking an enormous pelican with its bright orange talons won top prize in this year’s Bird Photographer of the Year competition. The contest, in its eighth edition, celebrates the beauty of birds while also raising awareness of the mounting pressures they face. Photographers from all over the world entered more than 20,000 images into the competition, all vying for the £5,000 ($6,280) grand prize. Other photographers were recognized for artistic and atmospheric shots, such as an image of a blackbird silhouetted against the moon taken by 17-year-old Anton Trexler, which won Young Bird Photographer of the Year. A Eurasian blackbird silhouetted against a red moon, taken by German photographer Anton Trexler at sunrise.

Persons: Jack Zhi, ”, “, Anton Trexler, Antonio Aguti, Will Nicholl Organizations: CNN, Young, BirdLife International, Bird Locations: California

☆ Apps Like Dipsea and Quinn are Redefining Pleasure for Women
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Sarah Diamond | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

AudioStories AreRedefiningPleasure forWomen Apps like Dipsea and Quinn have become popular destinations, particularly for some women who find them safe spaces to explore their sexuality. On average, subscribers for Dipsea are women between 18 and 34, the company said, while Quinn’s are women ages 18 to 24. I s w a l l o w e d a s m a l l m o a n . ” “ H m , c o m e h e r e t h e n . ” “ G e t i t o u t o f o u r s y s t e m s .

Persons: Quinn, Liz, Sevyn, Dipsea, Bloom, ”, Caroline Spiegel, Evan, “, ” Ms, Spiegel, Hannah Albertshauser, Michael, Albertshauser, you’re, Mal Harrison, Dominnique Karetsos, Karetsos, Dame, Gina Gutierrez, Faye Keegan, ” ‘ It’s, Liv Trexler, it’s, Trexler, “ It’s, ” Angela Sarakan, ” Olivia Taylor, that’s, ’, Ms, Taylor, Aisha Jordan, Jordan, Nicole Prause, Prause, Lone Wolf, Shannon Lin Organizations: Facebook, Center for Erotic Intelligence, Healthy, Group, Getty Images Locations: California, Germany, Brooklyn

☆ Hanover Township, N.J.: ‘A Nice, Family-Oriented Place’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Jill P. Capuzzo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Then they got word that the top offer on a house they’d bid on in Hanover Township had fallen through, and that their second-place offer — $60,000 over the $610,000 asking price — was now sufficient. In mid-June, they closed on the four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath split-level on 1.2 acres, and a few days later they were signing up for Hanover’s Bee Meadow Pool, library cards and new driver’s licenses. “Climactically and culturally, I just didn’t see us putting down permanent roots in California,” said Mr. Trexler, who grew up in nearby Summit, N.J. (Ms. Trexler, 46, grew up in East Hanover.) “It’s been so easy to reassimilate into what we had before. This Morris County township with about 15,000 residents has highly rated schools and some of the lowest property taxes in the area — and many buyers are scrambling to find a house there.

Persons: —, ”, Trexler, “ It’s, “ Locations: Hanover Township, California, Summit, N.J, East Hanover, North Jersey, Hanover, Morris County

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