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While in hospice care with her last days drawing closer, 55-year-old Laura Mullins needed help to fulfill one of her final wishes. After declining further medical assistance to extend her life, Mullins told one of her nurses at Kindred Hospice in Massachusetts thatshe had always wanted to see a lighthouse in person, according to CBS. Mullins, an Ohio native, had adorned her room at the hospice center with statuettes and photographs of the beacons, but had never seen one of the structures in person, and had no family in the area who would take her, the outlet said....

Title:ContributorEducation:Emerson College Title:Contributor Education:Emerson College Emy LaCroix is a veteran entertainment and lifestyle writer who has covered celebrities, fashion and beauty for more than a decade.She joined PEOPLE as a contributing writer in 2022.Emy previously worked as the deputy editor of Life & Style, In Touch and Closer Weekly, and her work has appeared on Us Weekly, HollywoodLife, TMZ, Bucket Listers and the websites for the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards and more....

This post contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode ofThe Masked Singer. But Wednesday night, Queen Cobra confirmed their status as a trio and revealed themselves as Rhona Bennett, 45, Terry Ellis and Cindy Herron-Braggs ofEn Vogue. Ellis, 58, tells PEOPLE that keeping the Queen Cobra member count a mystery “was the decision of the production.” “We were wondering, how are they going to throw people off?” she continues. “So we thought it was genius that they came up with a number of Queen Cobras, as opposed to just showing the three of us up there....

Spinal Tap in 1984.Photo: Pete Cronin/Redferns/Getty Get ready to turn it up to 12! DirectorRob Reineris returning to helm a sequel to his 1984 cult-classic “rockumentary"This Is Spinal Tap, titled simplySpinal Tap II,Deadlinereports. “For so many years, we said, ‘Nah.’ It wasn’t until we came up with the right idea how to do this,” he added. “You don’t want to just do it to do it. You want to honor the first one and push it a little further with the story....

Photo: Christian Schuit/Getty Zoo Miami is mourning the death of one of their younger residents. On Monday morning, a female African painted dog pup, died at the Florida zoo after an “equipment failure,” a statement from the zoo reveals. The female pup was part of a five puppy litter born at the zoo on January 23. The statement from the zoo about the animal’s death, which the facility,posted to Facebook, says that the pup was instantly killed “following equipment failure that subsequently led to a door collapsing on the animal....

Photo: Roosevelt Park Zoo The Roosevelt Park Zoo in North Dakota just welcomed three new members to its growing family. According toMinot Daily News, four-year-old Zoya was born at the Philadelphia Zoo and transferred to her current North Dakota home in Aug. 2019. The Amur tiger made the move after the Amur Tiger Species Survival Program (SSP) suggested that Zoya and Roosevelt Park’s male Amur tiger Viktor would make a good breeding pair....

New photos of the small monkey show the animal preparing for his new home at theWildlife Friends Foundation Thailand(WWFT) rescue center. WFFT responded to the call and took Plango to its wildlife hospital, where he was given a medical check-up and additional care, as he’s now “expected to make a full recovery.” The monkey was discovered in good health, but given his age, and lack of essential skills needed to survive in the wild, Plango can not fend for himself....

Photo: Yingboon Chongsomchai/ ZSL Thailand A ZSL team helped to save the animal from his dark beginnings and released the animal into wild in Thailand. But before ZSL could put the pangolin back in his native surroundings, they had to make sure Kosin was healthy enough to survive in the wild world. After rescuing the creature, who only weighed two pounds when he was taken from the poacher, ZSL transported Kosin to a safe place and put him through a health check....

Photo: MARTIN DIVISEK/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock A Czech zoo has a new addition! “The cub was born on the night of Thursday to Friday, basically exactly one week after the Russian invasion of Ukraine,” zoo Director Premysl Rabas said, according to a statement on thezoo’s official websitetranslated to English. He added, “The name is another expression of our support for the Ukrainian heroes.” Kyiv is “strong and healthy,” and his mother Eva is doing well caring for the calf, the facility shared, adding that thenew additionis one of 14 critically endangered eastern black rhinoceros currently living at the zoo....

Black rhino calf.Photo: Ron Magill/Zoo MiamiThis Florida zoo has something exciting to celebrate!On Thursday, Zoo Miami announced that on Feb. 24, their 21-year-old endangered black rhinoceros named Circe welcomed her fourth child — a male calf.“Mother and calf have remained off exhibit since the birth where they have been kept sheltered from external stresses and given time to properly bond,” the zoowroteon Facebook. “During that time, Circe has been a very protective mother, and the calf has been nursing regularly while growing rapidly and gaining strength for his public debut!...

Photo: Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens recently welcomed a new resident with startling peepers. “We have many reasons to celebrate this new infant. He or she will further enrich the social environment and experience of the zoo’s amazing mixed-species lemur group and strengthen the sustainability of the Blue-eyed black lemur population,” Tracy Fenn, the assistant curator of mammals, said in a statement. “The Madagascar team is elated to see this infant thriving in the care of the mother....

California Condor.Photo: Weili Li/ Getty Conservation plans for theCalifornia condorhave taken an exciting new turn.Although still consideredcritically endangered, the California condor population hascontinued to rise over the years. Now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services are hoping torelease a small number of condorsinto Northern California’s Redwood National Park every year.The initiative’s aim, which could begin as early as this upcoming fall, is to create a “nonessential experimental population” in the Pacific Northwest — where the birds haven’t lived in the wild for a century....

Photo: Newquay Zoo “We are thrilled to welcome this cute bundle of joy as it is a great effort towards the conservation of this endangered species,” said animal curator John Meek. The last time the zoo bred crowned lemurs was in 2016, according to the press release. “The population of crowned lemurs is dwindling due to habitat loss and poaching,” Meek added. “This, paired with the fact that they are native to only Northern Madagascar, means that there is a real possibility that the species could become extinct in the wild....