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Sydney attack victims include a mother who saved her baby, a Chinese grad student and an architect

Apr. 15, 2024 09:19 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — The people killed and wounded by an assailant at a Sydney shopping mall were mostly women. A police officer shot and killed the man who had attacked people at the busy Westfield Bondi Junction mall, and his family said he had a long history of schizophrenia, lacked...

Serbia's only horse sanctuary has cared for dozens of tortured, old and neglected animals

Apr. 10, 2024 01:13 AM EDT

LAPOVO, Serbia (AP) — Zeljko Ilicic saved his first horse from certain death 12 years ago and found his calling. The Serbian, now 43, set up the Balkan country's only horse sanctuary in 2015 on a small piece of land in Lapovo in Central Serbia. Around 80 horses have since passed...

US judge in Nevada hands wild horse advocates rare victory in ruling on mustang management plans

Mar. 29, 2024 19:39 PM EDT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — In a rare legal victory for wild horse advocates, a judge has ruled U.S. land managers failed to adopt a legal herd management plan or conduct the necessary environmental review before 31 mustangs died during the roundup of more than 2,000 horses in Nevada last summer. ...

Wild horses facing removal in a North Dakota national park just got another strong ally: Congress

Mar. 12, 2024 17:41 PM EDT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Advocates for some 200 wild horses roaming North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park are hoping a signal of support from Congress will prevent the removal of the beloved animals from the rugged landscape. A National Park Service decision is expected...