Ailing humpback whale stuck in New York bay is euthanized

EAST MORICHES, N.Y. (AP) — An ailing 25-foot humpback whale that became grounded on a sandbar off New York has been euthanized. Officials with the Riverhead Foundation of Marine Research and Preservation and others say the whale died Wednesday afternoon. The whale weighed between 15 and 20 tons. It got stuck in Long Island’s Moriches […]