For pet owners, watching a beloved dog show signs of cognitive decline due to dementia can be a heartbreaking experience. Paola Kulsrud of @3crazyhuskies on TikTok is going through this difficult reality with her 15-year-old husky Mehkia. In a viral TikTok video with nearly 10 million views, Kulsrud shared footage of her oldest dog,...

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China is taking back the last four giant pandas in America. Zoo Atlanta will return Lun Lun and Yang Yang and their twins, Ya Lun and Xi Lun, to China by the end of the year as a 25-year agreement that brought  Lun Lun and Yang Yang to Atlanta expires,...

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A Chicago woman experienced firsthand the consequences of the city's failures to ensure its citizens have police protection. The woman, only identified as "Michelle," waited for hours for a police response Wednesday after experiencing a home invasion, according to WMAQ-TV, the NBC station in the Windy City. The suspects entered...

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Last week, Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas had a little go 'round with Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene as the two exchanged words during a House committee hearing. Now, Crockett is raising campaign funds off the feud with a t-shirt sale, only she missed one (major) problem with her...

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In several parts of New York City, the first response to a shooting or other serious crime reported to 911 will soon be to launch a drone. The “Drone as First Responder” program will be tested in five NPYD precincts,  NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry told the U.S....

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On Wednesday, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis shut down local climate alarmists in one fell swoop, signing a handful of legislation that denies foreign influence and maintains the Sunshine State's energy economy. "The legislation I signed today—HB 1645, HB 7071, and HB 1331—will keep windmills off our beaches, gas in...

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A former Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader isn't happy with Harrison Butker. Stefanie Hillhouse, who cheered for the team between 2018 and 2024, called out the kicker in a Thursday TikTok video. Hillhouse assailed Butker in a profanity-laced video, according to the liberal website HuffPost -- and even claimed Butker might...

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Rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is now sorry he kicked and hit then-girlfriend Casandra Ventura after a 2016 video of the incident has been leaked. The video shows Combs knocking Ventura to the floor and kicking her on multiple occasions. The video matched allegations of abuse that were contained in...

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This article is sponsored by His Glory. A Texas man says in the new documentary film “Capitol Punishment 2: The War on Truth” that it's only by the grace of God that he and likely some of the FBI agents who raided his home in June 2022 did not die that...

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Iran has now confirmed that the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed Sunday in a remote and rugged part of the Islamic Republic. According to CNN, officials said they have made contact with two who were on board along with Raisi, but did not reveal names. Iran has said...

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The owner of a massive billboard that collapsed last week leading to 16 deaths was arrested after a three-day manhunt across India. On Monday, a huge billboard collapsed during a fierce storm, crushing multiple structures and a gas station, as well as killing 16 people and leaving more than 75...

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Courts in England are debating whether to stop requiring wigs as part of the dress code for barristers. The discussions come after complaints from several black barristers who alleged that the archaic piece of dress code for the country’s lawyers is discriminatory against those with Afro-Carribean hair, the U.K. Telegraph...

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Every ethical person has an innate sense of morality that induces indignation in the face of unfairness. Witnessing a bully tormenting a defenseless child on the playground or an employer unnecessarily denigrating a subordinate elicits a visceral reaction of disgust and opposition to such injustices -- again, for ethical people....

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Violence flared Sunday in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo as what officials are calling a coup attempt crumbled, leaving the purported leader of the attempt dead, according to reports. Army spokesman Sylvain Ekenge said Christian Malanga, a Congolese politician based in the U.S., was killed after he...

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Multiple students at Morehouse College turned their backs on U.S. President Joe Biden while the president delivered his commencement address Sunday at the historically black college in Atlanta, Georgia. “I support peaceful nonviolent protest,” Biden said in his speech to the graduates, while many of them turned their faces away...

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If you're an auto racing fan, the 2024 NASCAR All-Star Race was a bit of a bore. Joey Logano dominated in his Team Penske Ford, winning the million-dollar prize after leading for 199 of the 200 laps. If you're the kind who watches stock car racing for the crashes, however,...

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Denver Nuggets head coach Mike Malone sneered at a reporter who asked him how he felt after his team got eliminated in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals on Sunday night. The shocking loss occurred at Denver's Ball Arena, where the Nuggets -- the defending NBA champs -- blew...

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Of all the forms of howling outrage Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has unleashed by sticking up for traditional Christian family values, I'll give Peter Hamm this much: At least his howling outrage was novel. Hamm is one of the many offering Very Serious Opinions™ on Butker's viral commencement...

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Authorities in South Carolina have ruled the death of Boeing Whistleblower John Barnett a suicide after a more than two-month-long investigation. The 62-year-old Barnett's body was found in his orange 2015 Dodge Ram on March 9 during a welfare check by workers at the Charleston Holiday Inn where he was...

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South Korea is facing an immense crisis -- and it is taking action. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has announced the creation of a government ministry to tackle the country's concerningly low birth rate, something he called "a national emergency," the Los Angeles Times reported. The new ministry will "establish policies...

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A former crime victim coordinator for a Texas district attorney has pleaded guilty to smuggling illegal immigrants across the Texas-Mexico border. Bernice Annette Garza, formerly of the Starr County District Attorney’s Office, pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of conspiring to transport people in the country illegally, according to KURV-TV....

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