Humane Rescue Alliance urgently seeking adopters by New Year’s day The Humane Rescue Alliance (HRA) is hoping for 100 of its dogs to find a home by New Year’s day. The HRA said its shelter is at maximum capacity with 200 dogs in its care and an additional 60 dogs in ... 12/23/2024 - 9:20 am | View Link
Beatrice Humane Society: Keeping your pet merry this season Tis the season to be jolly, but nothing can spoil good cheer like an emergency trip to the vet. Follow these safety tips to keep your pets safe and happy ... 12/21/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Judge rules San Diego Humane Society’s policy of returning cats to community violates law The San Diego Humane Society’s policy of turning away domesticated cats roaming outside and instead returning them back to where they were found without ensuring they have a caretaker violates the law ... 12/21/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Fox Valley Humane, Pawffee Shop urge adopters to think before taking a pet home for the holidays Fox Valley Humane Association and The Pawffee Shop Cat Cafe are urging prospective animal adopters to think long and hard before taking a new pet home during the holidays. 12/20/2024 - 8:55 pm | View Link
Wayne County Humane Society gets major funding for new shelter The Humane Society of Wayne County received a $1.5 million donation from billionaire Tom Golisano and $689,438 from Wayne County’s 2025 budget to build a new animal shelter. This funding, drawn from ... 12/20/2024 - 7:44 am | View Link
With only a month to go in his term as president, Joe Biden is making sure that he is known as a nasty, vindictive loser who cares nothing about the country or the people in it.
Greenland’s prime minister said Monday the autonomous island is not for sale after President-elect Donald Trump said owning Greenland “is an absolute necessity” for the U. S., The Hill reports.
Said Prime Minister Múte Egede: “Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale.”
“President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a defense bill that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China’s growing power and boosts overall military spending to $895 billion despite his objections to language stripping coverage of transgender medical treatments for children in military families,” NBC News reports.
“President Joe Biden has vetoed bipartisan legislation that would have added dozens of new federal judge positions in the coming years,” Politico reports.
“The president had threatened to veto the bill because he didn’t want to give the president-elect new appointment opportunities, according to one of the outgoing president’s closest allies.”
Colorado state officials and the Union Pacific Railroad reached a tentative agreement on the future of the 100-year-old Moffat Tunnel — and, in the process, set the stage to expand passenger rail service in the mountains between Denver and Craig, officials announced Monday.
Barring any major hiccups between now and the formal signing in May, the state will extend the 99-year lease allowing Union Pacific to use the tunnel for another 25 years.