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A mom called 911 to get her son mental health help. He died after police responded with force

Mar. 28, 2024 10:56 AM EDT

Taylor Ware’s mom just wanted to get her son the help he needed. But her home was 400 miles away and Ware was deep into a manic episode at an interstate rest stop in rural southern Indiana. “I need someone to come, OK, so that he can get help at a mental hospital....

Robotic police dog shot multiple times, credited with avoiding potential bloodshed

Mar. 27, 2024 18:07 PM EDT

BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — A robotic dog is being thanked by state police in Massachusetts for helping avert a tragedy involving a person barricaded in a home. The robotic dog named Roscoe was part of the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad and deployed on March 6 in a Barnstable...

West Virginia animal shelter pleads for help fostering dogs after truck crashes into building

Mar. 27, 2024 16:56 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia animal shelter put out an urgent plea for people to foster its dogs after a vehicle plowed into its building Wednesday, shelter officials said. The Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association said on Facebook that a rental truck struck the...

A year after deadly Nashville shooting, Christian school relies on faith — and adopted dogs

Mar. 26, 2024 08:51 AM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nearly a year after a shooting at a Christian elementary school in Nashville that left three adults and three children dead, the students and their families have formed tight bonds out of their shared suffering. They’ve also adopted a lot of dogs. Among...

Firefighters in New Jersey come to the rescue of a yellow Labrador stuck in a spare tire

Mar. 25, 2024 23:03 PM EDT

FRANKLINVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters in southern New Jersey came to the rescue of a dog who got stuck in a spare tire. The Franklinville Volunteer Fire Company crew found Daisy, an 11-month-old yellow Labrador, when they responded to a Franklin Township home last Thursday. Her...

Animal chaplains offer spiritual care for every species

Mar. 25, 2024 18:26 PM EDT

(RNS) — Sarah Bowen says she’s been doing the work of an animal chaplain since she was 6 years old. Raised in the Midwest as a Presbyterian preacher’s kid, she was often hauled to hospice facilities and funeral homes but noticed that the chipmunks and other animals crumpled by...

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

Mar. 25, 2024 07:22 AM EDT

Lincoln Journal Star. March 21, 2024. Editorial: Legislature takes 2 steps back on needles, Dreamers In the past two weeks, the Nebraska Legislature has reversed course on a pair of measures. One would have allowed the children of immigrants who entered the country...

Police find 30 pounds of cocaine and $3 million in secret compartments in NYC apartment

Mar. 24, 2024 16:34 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement officials found nearly 30 pounds of cocaine and $3 million in cash stashed in secret compartments throughout a New York City apartment used by a major cocaine distributor, the city Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor said Friday. A 60-year-old...

Deaths of dog walker, 83, and resident of a remote cabin possibly tied to escaped Idaho inmate

Mar. 22, 2024 22:20 PM EDT

Authorities said Friday they believe the deaths of an 83-year-old man who was walking his dogs and a 72-year-old man who lived in a remote cabin are connected to the escape of an Idaho white supremacist prison gang member and an accomplice after a Boise hospital ambush. The escaped...

Lawsuit from family of Black man killed by police in Oregon provides additional details of shooting

Mar. 21, 2024 17:49 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police officers in Oregon shot and killed a 24-year-old Black man in the back and then instead of providing medical care, mocked his lifeless body, threw explosives at him and sent a dog to attack his corpse, his family alleges in an updated lawsuit filed Thursday with...