In Iowa, a 3-year-old dog named Beau won over the judges to triumph in Drake University’s annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest.
Exotic bird that killed Florida man could be yours, police K-9 recovering from porcupine encounter in Oregon, and moreJefferson County, the state’s most populous, will immediately end arrests for misdemeanors including the possession of small amounts of marijuana, officials announced Monday. Officers will begin issuing tickets for nonviolent misdemeanor offenses rather than taking people to jail, Capt. David Agee, a spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, told a news conference.
reports nearly 40 dead dolphins and sea turtles have been found in recent weeks. Two veterinarian pathologists from Mississippi State University have been performing necropsies on dead dolphins at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, looking for answers. The institute’s director, Moby Solangi, says he believes the deaths are linked to floodwater that has emptied into the Mississippi Sound from south Louisiana’s Bonnet Carre Spillway. The spillway opened Feb.
Link center. Link is a digital creative space that offers access to numerous state-of-the-art technologies. A $1.6 million gift for the Amanda E. Dixon Neighborhood Library means the site will have the latest interactive technology, including a professional music and video-recording studio, the Houston Chronicle reports. The reconstructed library will help expand the minds and imagination of the next generation of Houstonians, Mayor Sylvester Turner said in a statement.
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