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Animal welfare advocates will plead with Texas lawmakers to help cities control stray pet population
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The phone calls at Yaqui Animal Rescue were non-stop. On the other end of the phone were requests to help with abandoned puppies or pick up stray dogs roaming the streets. The Rio Grande Valley ranch used to temporarily house and care for animals was getting hourly requests...
Feel-good parkruns have raced past their humble beginnings and now draw millions for fitness and fun
LONDON (AP) — On a weekend morning in the fall of 2004, 13 runners lined up in a London park for an informal race — unaware they were taking the first steps in what would become a global movement. Paul Sinton-Hewitt had simple ambitions: to provide a free, weekly 5-kilometer...
A man in south Lebanon cares for pets left behind as residents flee Israeli strikes
BEIRUT (AP) — A dog clings to Hussein Hamza inside a car as he pans his camera around to show the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon. “Poor thing. Look at this, he’s clinging to me out of fear,” Hamza says in the video he posted online. “A missile hit...
Two foreign tourists, a baby and his grandmother, are missing after floods hit central Italy
ROME (AP) — Two foreign tourists, a 5-month-old baby and his grandmother, were missing on Tuesday after floods hit Italy’s central Tuscany region overnight, firefighters said. Rescuers searched for the two on Tuesday using divers, rescue dogs and drones. The...
Stray puppy that brought Hamlin bad luck gets to stay after driver advances in NASCAR playoffs
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The dog can stay — at least for another round of NASCAR's playoffs. The future of little Lulu, the stray puppy Denny Hamlin's daughters found under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis in June, has been in doubt ever since Hamlin decided the addition to his...
A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19's origin
LONDON (AP) — Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people, an effort they hope could allow them to trace the outbreak back to its source. Researchers analyzed genetic material gathered from the...
False reports of explosives found in a car near a Trump rally spread online
NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement officials on Long Island worked quickly on Wednesday to publicly knock down social media posts falsely reporting that explosives had been found in a car near former President Donald Trump’s planned rally in New York. The false reports of an...
Dogs bring loads of joy but also perils on a leash
NEW YORK (AP) — The cuddles. The loyalty. The worshipful eyes. There's a lot of joy in having a dog, not the least of which is heading out for a brisk walk. And therein lies a peril some dog people should pay more attention to. Over the past 20 years, injuries related to dog...
Revered by teammates, captain and U.S. fans, Lexi Thompson hopes for a win in her final Solheim Cup
GAINESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Lexi Thompson worked her way down the rope line between the second and third holes at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club on Thursday, signing dozens of hats, flags and golf balls. The fans on the other side, worried they would miss their chance with the U.S. Solheim Cup team's...
Poland thanks military dogs for their service by giving them army ranks
NOWY DWOR MAZOWIECKI, Poland (AP) — The new privates received their ranks amid military pomp in a town near Warsaw where a Napoleonic fortress attests to a long military history. The group was made up of a German shepherd, a Dutch shepherd and two Belgian Malinois. The dogs —...
