A baby sloth born last month at St. Paul’s Como Zoo has died, officials announced Friday.

“In the world of animal care, there are incredible highs and heartbreaking lows — and this week, we’ve experienced both,” the zoo said Friday on its Facebook page. “We are deeply saddened to share that the baby sloth … was found unresponsive” in its habitat.

The infant Hoffman’s two-toed sloth, whose April 2 birth by mother Sago was witnessed by surprised zoo visitors and staff, appeared to have died Sunday night or Monday morning, the post said.

“This loss has touched our entire team. A necropsy will help us better understand the cause, and until then, we are focused on supporting one another and the animals in our care,” the zoo said.

In the same post, the zoo said it was grateful to share a “joyful moment” and announced the birth of a baby Emperor tamarin, named Bleu.

The baby is the firstborn to mother Ilsamar and father Reggiano.

“Emperor tamarins are remarkable parents — the father plays a big role in raising the young, carrying the baby on his back for the first several weeks,” the zoo wrote. “Thank you for supporting us through the ups and downs.”

Bleu and family can be seen in the Primate Building.

Como Park Zoo and Conservatory is free to visitors and open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from May through September. Donations are accepted.

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By MARY CLARE JALONICK and DAVID KLEPPER

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House plans to cut staffing at the CIA and other intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency, Trump administration officials told members of Congress, The Washington Post reported Friday.

A person familiar with the plan but not authorized to discuss it publicly confirmed the changes to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

The administration plans to reduce the CIA workforce by 1,200 over several years, and cut thousands of positions at the NSA and other intelligence agencies. The Post reported that the reductions at the CIA include several hundred people who have already opted for early retirement. The rest of the cuts would be achieved partly through reduced hirings and would not likely necessitate layoffs.

In response to questions about the reductions, the CIA issued a statement saying CIA Director John Ratcliffe is working to align the agency with Trump’s national security priorities.

“These moves are part of a holistic strategy to infuse the Agency with renewed energy, provide opportunities for rising leaders to emerge, and better position CIA to deliver on its mission,” the agency wrote in the statement.

A spokesperson for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. Gabbard’s office oversees and coordinates the work of 18 agencies that collect and analyze intelligence.

The CIA and NSA have already offered voluntary resignations to some employees. The CIA also has said it plans to lay off an unknown number of recently hired employees.

The new administration has also eliminated diversity, equity and inclusion programs at intelligence agencies, though a judge has temporarily blocked efforts to fire 19 employees working on DEI programs who challenged their terminations.

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Trump also abruptly fired the general who led the NSA and the Pentagon’s Cyber Command.

Ratcliffe has vowed to overhaul the CIA and said he wants to boost the agency’s use of intelligence from human sources and its focus on China.

BOSTON — Edouard Julien ranged to his left and went into a slide, looking to corral a ball hit sharply his way. It looked as if the second baseman got his glove on it, but just as quickly, it popped up out of his mitt and dribbled a couple feet behind him.

By the time he got the ball and spun around back towards home, he could do nothing but watch David Hamilton slide in, representing the second run the Red Sox scored on the play.

The seventh-inning play, which would have been the third out of the inning and kept the score tied, was ruled a hit for Red Sox star Rafael Devers, though easily could have been ruled an error. And with it, the Twins fell into a two-run hole from which they wouldn’t recover.

The Twins lost their fourth consecutive game on Friday night, this one a 6-1 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park that further spiraled out of control from them an inning later when reliever Jorge Alcala gave up three runs.

The Twins offense couldn’t muster much of anything on Friday night off Red Sox starter Brayan Bello. Minnesota catcher Ryan Jeffers hammered a slider over the Green Monster in left field in the third inning, providing the only offense of the night off Bello and tying the game at the time. It would remain that way until the seventh inning.

Bello worked into the seventh inning and allowed just four hits, an effort that was nearly matched by Twins starter Joe Ryan, whose quality start the team could not capitalize on.

Fresh off an outing in which he struck out 11, Ryan turned in his second consecutive quality start. In this one, he worked six innings and allowed just one home run — a bomb to Alex Bregman in the first inning — in his effort.

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A St. Paul man was one of the victims in a shooting in Minneapolis on Tuesday that left four people dead and another injured.

Evan Ramon Denny, 27, of St. Paul, was among the people killed, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office said Friday.

James Duane Ortley (Courtesy of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office)

After a multi-day search by U.S. Marshals, the FBI, and Minneapolis Police, James Duane Ortley, 34, was arrested Thursday. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said Friday he’d been charged with three counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder.

Because a fourth person died Thursday, an additional second-degree murder charge will be sought, the county attorney’s office said. Ortley was also charged with one count of illegal possession of a firearm due to a past conviction for second-degree assault.

Police said they believe Tuesday’s shooting was targeted and may have been gang-related.

Shortly before midnight on Tuesday, Minneapolis police were called to the 1500 block of East 25th Street on reports of gunfire.

A witness later told police that “Little James,” identified by law enforcement as Ortley, was a friend of one of the victims. He was in a vehicle with the victims when he shot everyone inside, according to the criminal complaint.

Other people reported that the five victims were together at a family friend’s residence in South Minneapolis and their plans were to pick up “Baby J,” another nickname’s of Ortley’s. He was “known to be a close family friend to the victims,” the complaint said.

Ortley is associated with the Native Mob gang, according to the complaint, which didn’t give a motive for the shootings.

Along with Denny, the medical examiner’s office said the following people were killed: Joseph Douglas Goodwin, 17, and Tiago Antonio Gilbert, 34, both from Minneapolis, and Merelle Joan White, 20, of Red Lake.

Another woman who was also shot remains hospitalized. Her condition was not released by authorities on Friday.

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