Fatou, the world's oldest gorilla in a zoo, is celebrating her 68th birthday in Berlin

BERLIN (AP) — Fatou, the oldest gorilla living in captivity worldwide, is getting ready for her 68th birthday in style. The Berlin zoo on Friday presented Fatou with a basket of fruit and vegetables ahead of her official birthday, which falls on Sunday. Fatou was born in 1957 and came to the zoo in what was then West Berlin in 1959. She lives in her own enclosure, apart from the zoo’s more boisterous other five gorillas, who range in age from 4 to 39. Fatou became the zoo's oldest resident last year, following the death of a flamingo that was believed to be at least 75.

Emaarion Boyd steals 6 bases without a hit, 1st minor league player to do it since at least 2005

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Emaarion Boyd became the first minor league player in at least 20 years to steal six bases in a game without getting a hit when he pulled off the feat for High-A Beloit against Cedar Rapids. Boyd reached on a fielder’s choice, walk and hit by pitch. He stole second and third base each time. Boyd was an 11th-round pick by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2022 Major League Baseball amateur draft. He was part of a December trade that sent him to the Miami Marlins. The 21-year-old has 98 steals in 203 minor league games.

A Masters' moment: Patton Kizzire crawls through shrubbery on hands and knees to find his golf ball

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Patton Kizzire provided the first viral moment of the 2025 Masters when his errant tee shot on the fifth hole sailed right of the fairway, prompting the American to crawl through some shrubbery on his hands and knees in an effort to find his ball and attempt to save par. It's not a sight patrons at the Masters see very often. But Kizzire was photographed on all fours in the bushes while assessing his second shot after finding the ball. He was able to find enough space to maintain a solid stance and slap the ball out into the fairway without any further damage, but wound up missing a par putt and made a bogey-5. Kizzire finished his opening round in last place.

Boris Johnson gets a surprise peck from an ostrich in Texas

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was pecked by an ostrich at a wildlife park in Texas. In an an Instagram video posted by Johnson's wife, the ostrich can be seen walking up to a car, poking its head through the window and pecking the former prime minister on the hand. In the caption of the video, Carrie Johnson says “Too funny not to share.” Johnson, who served as prime minister from 2019 to 2022, was also seen at a local restaurant in Texas over the weekend.

Man loses legal bid to cash in $59,500 in chips from now-defunct New Jersey casino

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A man cannot redeem nearly $60,000 in chips from a now-defunct casino that he bought at an online auction because they were “pilfered” by an employee of a company who was supposed to destroy them. That is the ruling handed down earlier this month by a New Jersey appellate court. The man had tried to cash in the chips in 2023 with a state agency responsible for redeeming outstanding chips from the Playboy Hotel and Casino, which had operated from 1981 to 1984. The agency declined, noting the chips had not been issued to patrons in the normal course of casino operations.

Garbage piles up on Birmingham's streets as a sanitation strike in the UK city enters its 5th week

LONDON (AP) — Stinky garbage is piling up on the streets of the U.K.'s second-largest city and causing chaos a month into a strike by trash collectors. The bags of trash accumulating on Birmingham sidewalks are being chewed by critters, making the litter problem worse. Talks to try to reach an agreement to end the strike were scheduled to resume Tuesday. Members of the garbage workers union walked off the job March 11 over the elimination of a job position and painful pay cuts. The council says it’s made a reasonable offer and pay cuts would only affect a small number of workers.

An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren't having it

NEW YORK (AP) — A man appearing before a New York court got a scolding from a judge after he tried to use an avatar generated by artificial intelligence to argue his case. The latest chapter in the awkward arrival of AI in the legal world unfolded March 26 at a New York appeals court, where a panel of judges was set to hear from a plaintiff in an employment dispute. The court had given Jerome Dewald permission to play a video with his arguments, since he had no lawyer. But the presiding judge halted things quickly when she realized the person speaking in the video wasn't even real. Dewald told The Associated Press he meant no harm.

Galapagos tortoises at Philadelphia Zoo become first-time parents at nearly 100

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AP) — A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. The zoo announced the arrival of four hatchlings on Friday, a first in its more than 150-year history. The babies are the offspring of female Mommy and male Abrazzo, the zoo’s two oldest residents. Mommy is the oldest first-time mom of the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos species. The hatchlings are being kept behind the scenes for now, with more eggs being monitored. A public debut is planned for April 23, the 93rd anniversary of Mommy's arrival at the zoo.

England’s Wrestling Church seeks converts with baptisms and body slams

SHIPLEY, England (AP) — Sitting under stained glass windows around a wrestling ring, churchgoers roared as burly wresters body-slammed and threw one another to the floor. This is Wrestling Church, which takes place each month inside St. Peter’s Anglican church in the northern England town of Shipley. It’s the creation of Gareth Thompson, a charismatic 37-year-old who says he was saved by pro wrestling and Jesus. He wants others to have the same experience. The Rev. Natasha Thomas, the priest in charge, says it's bringing new communities of people to the church. Church attendance in the U.K. has been declining for decades, and churches are having to get creative to survive.

Cheeseburgers and chicken so far fail to entice a rescue dog who's spent weeks on the run in Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A German shepherd-husky dog has evaded capture for nearly two months after being rescued from a California shelter and running away from her adoptive home in Alaska. The search for the shy and elusive Jackie has been something of a painstaking, trust-building exercise for those trying to bring her home. And time is of the essence: The pocket of forest in which she has seemingly settled since breaking free of her collar in mid-February isn’t far from a busy road. And black bears are emerging from hibernation, prompting a shift in strategy away from leaving food such as cheeseburgers or chicken out for her.