1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (264+ words) Hours after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of rescue workers from across the U.S. deployed to ground zero to help in search and rescue efforts. They were accompanied by an estimated 300 dogs. FEMA-certified and trained to detect the scent of living…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (223+ words) One lucky kitten has found its soon-to-be forever home after a good Samaritan noticed the furry feline had become stuck 20 feet down a utility pipe in Texas. El Paso Animal Services said in a Facebook post this week that they…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (278+ words) A Los Angeles animal rescue group is desperately trying to find a permanent home for a 6-year-old dog whose owners were swept up during an immigration raid. Macey, a shepherd-husky mix, was left behind when her family was detained during…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (323+ words) Overnight Tuesday, Canada slapped retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars worth of U.S. goods in response to President Donald Trump's taxes on Canadian imports last month. Canada enacted retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars worth of U.S. goods, following President Donald Trump's…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (154+ words) Elephant Butte, New Mexico's largest reservoir, is at just 1% capacity this Labor Day, highlighting the impact of ongoing drought conditions. NASA captured images showing the severity of the drought. The reservoir was last at full capacity in 1994, but water levels…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (314+ words) Oh deer! A wild call in Florida resulted in sheriff's deputies finding a large buck in a home's bathroom. Posting a body camera video to social media, the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office called it "a true deer-in-the-headlights moment" and…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (88+ words) On Monday at approximately 11:13 a.m., Albuquerque Fire Rescue was dispatched to the intersection of Comanche and Louisiana NE for reports of a motor vehicle accident with trapped occupants. Crews arrived and confirmed a two-vehicle collision with one vehicle on its side…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (709+ words) The mundane work of clearing grass and stones in a backyard has led to the discovery of Denmark's largest known hoard of Viking Age silver. The finder, a man based in the northern Danish municipality of Rebild who wishes to…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (192+ words) Like death itself, this was no joke. A grave-digging contest in a Hungarian cemetery may sound like the opening line of a comedy sketch. It proved to be anything but, as 38 competitors grabbed picks and shovels on Saturday. The Hungarian…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (232+ words) Rescuers in Nepal pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country, as teams continued searching for thousands of people still missing. The man was rescued from a hydropower tunnel,…...