When Bryson, an 8-year-old boy from Lebanon, Virginia, adopted Bruce, a now 4-month-old black lab mix puppy, they quickly became best friends.
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‘I will protect my brother’s name’: Family of Minneapolis man killed by deputies demand accountability
While authorities did not immediately release the man’s name, family and friends identified him as Winston Smith Jr., a 32-year-old father of three.
Two sheriff’s deputies fatally shot man during arrest attempt, prompting new wave of unrest in Minneapolis
The man, ID’d by family and friends as Winston Boogie Smith Jr., was wanted on a state warrant for illegal possession of a firearm, U.S. Marshals say.
US companies can mandate vaccinations, federal agency says; Vietnam says new variant is highly contagious. Today’s COVID-19 updates
U.S. companies can mandate that employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Friday.
He tried to warn his co-workers, then he was shot: Loved ones mourn victims of shooting at San Jose rail yard
As a gunman opened fire at a San Jose light rail yard, Taptejdeep Singh rushed out of an office to help others escape, his co-workers told his family.
‘A special kind of baby boom’: Tasmanian devils born in mainland Australia for first time in 3,000 years
Seven Tasmanian devils have been born in mainland Australia, according to a wildlife conservation group.
‘She had to hold her little boy as he died’: 6-year-old’s family, California police seeking shooter in road rage death
The boy, identified by family as Aiden Leos, was in the backseat of his mother’s car when another driver shot and killed him, authorities said.
2 dead after 10 shot in downtown Minneapolis, police say
The three men and five women injured were transported to local hospitals, where one is in critical condition.
Hundreds line up outside abandoned California gas station for whiff of rare, smelly ‘corpse flower’
Amorphophallus titanum, also called corpse flowers, can grow up to 10 feet tall and stink like rotting flesh.
Texas family killed an innocent man while chasing down a suspected vandal, police say
Four family members are facing murder charges after being accused of shooting and killing a neighbor they suspected vandalized their home.