Owner charged with animal neglect for abandoning dog at Iowa airport says he ‘knew someone would take her’
Bigsen Charles tied up his dog named Stella outside the Des Moines airport after being told he needed a kennel to get on his flight
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Republican areas saw ‘baby boom’ after Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential win
Researchers suggest Trump’s presidency increased Republicans’ economic optimism, motivating them to have more children
Brazil’s Lula pays respects to football great Pelé at packed stadium wake
More than 150,000 people including President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva paid their respects to the Brazilian soccer great Pele in the coastal city of Santos, filing past Pele’s open casket at the Vila Belmiro stadium to bid a final farewell.
Son of University of Northern Colorado president identified as man killed in avalanche while skiing
Nick Feinstein, 22, was buried in the avalanche on Sunday near Breckenridge
ABC producer’s widow charged with child endangerment after leaving children to rush dying husband to hospital
Dax Tejera, executive producer on ABC’s ‘This Week with George Stephanopoulos’, died aged 37 from a sudden heart attack back on 23 December
Trump used Diet Cokes as stalling tactic as he filmed video confirming he’d leave office, Jan 6 committee told
Former White House photographer says Trump was ‘very much against transition’
‘I feel at home here’: descendants of Galicia’s emigrés return to the old country
Spain’s poor western region is welcoming back heirs of those who once left it – especially from troubled ArgentinaGalicia has long been one of Spain’s poorest regions and since the mid-19th century Galicians have emigrated in their tens of thousands to…
Turkey inflation slows to 64% in boost to Erdogan
Official data show that inflation in Turkey has slowed in December thanks to a favorable base effect
Idaho murders – update: Suspect Bryan Kohberger arrives at court for extradition hearing
Bryan Christopher Kohberger is accused of murdering Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in Moscow, Idaho
Idaho woman documents horrific 19-day miscarriage after state’s near-total abortion ban blocked her from getting treatment
‘It’s a cruel and unusual punishment to have to carry around a dead baby’