Rain likely in the Quad Cities Saturday with severe storms possible. Here's what to expect Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected ahead and along a cold front on Saturday. While not common, damaging wind and hail could occur in a few spots. Get the latest on the hazards and the ... 05/2/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Rescue Dog with a Huge Smile and 'Full Body Wags' Wins Hearts, But Is Still Looking for a Home (Exclusive) When pets are made VIP at Arlington Animal Services, we reduce their adoption fee and feature them in hopes of finding their forever homes quickly," the City of Arlington, Texas Animal Services ... 05/2/2024 - 10:28 am | View Link
Are our pets really happy? For pet owners, their dog or cat (or fish, or gecko, or bird) is a major source of joy. But is the relationship reciprocal? Are our pets as happy as they make us? 05/2/2024 - 4:49 am | View Link
Thinking Differently About Unhoused People and Their Pets Distrust between unhoused people and service workers makes it difficult to gather the real-world data on people and pets who lose their homes. Psychology Today estimates anywhere from 6 percent to 24 ... 05/1/2024 - 10:04 pm | View Link
Finding pets their forever homes As shelters care for adoptable animals, events like adoptathons are helping them find homes. At an adoptathon hosted by Petsense in Lebanon Saturday, eight animals were adopted from the shelters in ... 05/1/2024 - 4:59 pm | View Link
Stephen Colbert tests some new tech advances in robotics and AI. I'm not sure how I feel about the AI priest taking confession, but Sparkles the dog might be a good choice for Kristi Noem.
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The unlikable and simply terrible Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene took to the House demanding a vote to remove Speaker Mike Johnson.
Her chaos did not go over well as members from both party's catcalled and booed her.
"For what purpose does the gentlewoman from Georgia seek recognition?"
"Rule 9, I seek recognition to give notice to my intent to raise motion of the privileges of the House," Marge probably did not understanding the rules she's reading.
"The form of the resolution is as follows.
It’s become increasingly obvious that Donald Trump wants to stop being questioned on abortion. During a recent interview on local Fox 2 Detroit, when asked about his flip-flopping positions over the years on abortion, Trump generated a word-salad answer, revealing his desperation to change the subject.
Trump started with his standard “everything is great” response, citing states’ right to choose what rights women do or do not have.
(LOS ANGELES) — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to bank and tax fraud in a sports betting case in which prosecutors allege he stole nearly $17 million from the Japanese baseball player to pay off debts, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
The scandal surrounding Ippei Mizuhara shocked baseball fans from the U.
More than 321,000 children in the U. S. lost a parent to a drug overdose from 2011 to 2021, an alarming figure that shows the nation’s obligation to “comprehensively address the needs of individuals, families and communities” when tackling the growing overdose crisis, experts say.
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A new study published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA Psychiatry found that the rate of children who lost a parent to an overdose more than doubled in that decade span, jumping from 27 to 63 children per 100,000.
WASHINGTON — Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greenetried and failed in sudden action Wednesday to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, her long-shot effort swiftly and resoundingly rejected by Democrats and Republicans tired of the political chaos.
One of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress, Greene stood on the House floor and read a long list of “transgressions” she said Johnson had committed as speaker.