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Kitten resembling Baby Yoda rescued from California wildfires
This kitty has quite the doppelganger. A small kitten that was rescued from the California wildfires over the weekend has been dubbed “Baby Yoda” for her resemblance to the character on the Disney+ show, “The Mandalorian.” On Wednesday, the North Valley Animal Disaster Group posted a picture of the kitten right after she had been…
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Giant rat wins animal hero award for sniffing out landmines
LONDON — A rat has for the first time won a British charity’s top civilian award for animal bravery, receiving the honor for searching out unexploded landmines in Cambodia. Magawa, a giant African pouched rat, was awarded the PDSA’s Gold Medal for his “lifesaving bravery and devotion” after discovering 39 landmines and 28 items of…
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Novak Djokovic out at U.S. Open after hitting linesperson with ball
Novak Djokovic’s bid for a fourth U.S. Open title came to an abrupt end Sunday when he was defaulted for hitting a linesperson with a tennis ball. The number one ranked men’s player was disqualified near the end of the first set of his round of 16 match against Pablo Carreño Busta. After failing to…
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Facebook blocks man’s planned end-of-life broadcasts
LE PECQ, France — Facebook on Saturday blocked live broadcasts from a chronically ill bed-ridden man who appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron for a medically-assisted death and who wanted to show what he expects will be a painful end to his life after he announced that he was stopping all food and drink. Prostrate…
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US parents scramble to find affordable laptops
With schooling mostly online for many students this year, the latest wrinkle for parents in what has already been a draining back-to-school scramble is the hunt for a laptop, with many stores sold out of popular models. Brittany Longo, who has one child entering 5th grade and another starting kindergarten in Colorado Springs, Colorado, said…
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Teen who organized rally asked to pay $2,500 worth of police overtime
A New Jersey teen thought she was only exercising her First Amendment right when she organized a rally in support of Black Lives Matter. Not long after, she received a bill for thousands of dollars in the mail from the mayor, CBS New York reports. The mayor has since said he is rescinding it. Emily…
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Mother who tried to shoot kidnapper gets child back
A woman who tried unsuccessfully to shoot and fight off a kidnapper was reunited with her one-year-old boy Saturday, police in suburban Atlanta said. The kidnapping took place about 12:30 p.m. in Chamblee, Georgia, when an Acura SUV drove up to the victim, who was not identified, as she was walking home with baby Mateo…
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29 dead as resto collapses during 80th birthday party in China
BEIJING — A two-story restaurant in a northern China village that collapsed during an 80th birthday celebration for a resident, leaving 29 dead, authorities said Sunday as rescue efforts were called off. The Ministry of Emergency Management said another 28 people were injured, seven of them seriously, when the building in in Xiangfen county in…
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The rich and powerful are breaking COVID-19 rules
London (CNN) – When countries impose restrictions to combat coronavirus, there’s an implicit pact between the government and people: we’re all in this together. So when the powerful or influential break the rules, it provokes fierce public anger and puts society’s inequalities on full view. EU Commissioner Phil Hogan, who resigned from his post Wednesday…
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Medal for hero dog Kuno which saved soldiers’ lives
A military dog who charged through enemy gunfire to save the lives of British soldiers fighting al-Qaeda in Afghanistan is to be awarded the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. During a raid, the Belgian Malinois named Kuno tackled a gunman and was hit by bullets in both back legs. After losing one of his…