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Seven village dogs stolen by thieves in northeastern China escaped captivity and trekked roughly 17 kilometers back to their owners — a remarkable journey that has now been reimagined in a viral ...

The illegal immigrant who killed Sheridan Gorman was released into the country by the Biden administration after being arrested by U.S. Border Patrol. Gorman, an 18-year-old student at Loyola ...

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Scientists have unveiled a breakthrough way to turn natural gas—long burned as fuel—into valuable chemical building blocks for medicines and other high-demand products. By designing a clever ...

A Pennsylvania judge declared a mistrial for a man accused of killing his neighbor’s yellow lab after jurors were caught mingling with a courthouse therapy dog that wandered into their room, according ...

11-year-old Sarah Sherman cast her ballot in the "Dog of the Year," in which her dog, Larry the Cable Dog Sherman, was a candidate. Credit: ALEXANDER RAPP / Monitor Sophie Sherman sat in a voting ...