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Denmark recalls spicy South Korean noodles over health concerns

Jun. 13, 2024 08:51 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Food authorities in Denmark have recalled three types of spicy instant noodle products imported from South Korea over possible risks of “acute poisoning.” Consumers are asked to discard them or return the noodles to the retailer. The noodles are made...

A Florida law blocking treatment for transgender children is thrown out by a federal judge

Jun. 11, 2024 17:23 PM EDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a 2023 Florida law that blocked gender-affirming care for transgender minors and severely restricted such treatment for adults, calling the statute unconstitutional. Senior Judge Robert Hinkle said the state went...

This NYC vet makes house calls. In 'Pets and the City,' she's penned a memoir full of tails

Jun. 10, 2024 12:09 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — As a city kid, Amy Attas had big dreams of roaming the countryside, healing animals a la James Herriot's classic “All Creatures Great and Small.” How did it go? Well, the veterinarian made it from Queens to Manhattan, spending the last 32 years traversing the...

The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day and fallen friends and to cement their legacy

Jun. 04, 2024 23:44 PM EDT

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many American young men were cut down 80 years ago on D-Day. Veterans of World War II,...

A woman took her dog to a shelter to be euthanized. A year later, the dog is up for adoption again.

May. 24, 2024 19:34 PM EDT

Exhausted and short on options after consulting two veterinary clinics, Kristie Pereira made the gut-wrenching decision last year to take her desperately ill puppy to a Maryland shelter to be euthanized. So she was stunned last week to find the dog up for adoption at the same pet...

This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows

May. 01, 2024 17:42 PM EDT

The first calls that Dr. Barb Petersen received in early March were from dairy owners worried about crows, pigeons and other birds dying on their Texas farms. Then came word that barn cats — half of them on one farm — had died suddenly. Within days, the Amarillo veterinarian was...

Deaths at the Kentucky Derby bring changes ahead of the 150th edition at Churchill Downs

Apr. 30, 2024 14:37 PM EDT

Memories are made at the Kentucky Derby, most of them good. Whether cashing a winning ticket, sipping mint juleps or marveling at the horses, crowds pack Churchill Downs to experience a bucket list sporting event. Many left last year in tears, anger and questioning the safety of the...

Jill Biden launches bike ride for wounded service members, stresses need to support vets

Apr. 24, 2024 16:29 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden on Wednesday sounded a red horn to start the Wounded Warrior Project's annual Soldier Ride from the White House lawn, using the launch of the multiday bike ride to stress the importance of supporting service members. “My husband often says that we...

Ancient sea turtle housed at Boston aquarium for more than 50 years passes another physical

Apr. 09, 2024 17:38 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Apparently, it's pretty easy being green after all. That was the takeaway from Tuesday's physical examination of Myrtle, an ancient green sea turtle that has delighted visitors to the New England Aquarium in Boston for more than 50 years. Veterinarians...

Bob Woodruff Foundation: Where billionaires, celebrities, and the NFL go to support vets

Apr. 09, 2024 15:46 PM EDT

When billionaire philanthropists, celebrities, global embassies, and the National Football League want to lend a helping hand to American veterans, they increasingly turn to one source: the Bob Woodruff Foundation. Formed in 2006 to serve post-9/11 veterans and their families after...