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Survivors and sniffing dogs joined hundreds of people at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat on Sunday for a march against landmines after the US decision to send anti-personnel mines to Ukraine. Participants, including landmine victims and deminers, repeatedly chanted for “a mine-free world” during the four-kilometre (2.5-mile) walk around the famed temple complex in Siem Reap. The […]
Pearl Jam covered Temple of the Dog’s “Hunger Strike” for the first time in a decade during a concert in Sydney, Australia on Saturday. The band had last covered the song live in October 2014 at Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit, teaming up with Temple of the Dog’s late frontman Chris Cornell. Cornell passed away […]
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New data has revealed that at least 16 dogs are seized every day in the UK, with experts warning that dangerous dog bans on breeds may not be the way to solve the maulings epidemic. Since November 2023 just under 6,000 dangerous dogs have been seized by 27 forces, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request found, […]
Robot dogs, startup lawsuits and bouncing back from snubs: Philly tech’s biggest stories of the year
The Philadelphia tech scene saw its fair share of controversies in 2024, but there were also several wins. Many companies faced layoffs, including delivery service Gopuff and email platform Fastmail, and major institutions shuttered, such as University of the Arts and Benefits Data Trust. The struggles, however, don’t overshadow the strong foundation of the ecosystem […]
Hambone Jr. was the beloved canine companion of the U.S. Army’s 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Division during World War II. The “scruffy little terrier” brought delight and distraction for the American soldiers stationed in Alresford in 1944 as they prepared for the D-Day Landings. Tragically, as the troops who so adored him were preparing to […]
Beneath the blazing Egyptian sun, crowds at the Giza Pyramids gazed up at the ancient wonders, but some had their eyes peeled for a new attraction. “There he is,” one Polish tourist told his wife as they spotted a scrappy dog perched on one of the stones. They were talking about Apollo, a stray who […]
Carlizze Brashears, age 11, is on the mend. He’s back in school but, speaking only to News4, his grandmother said he still needs painful rabies shots. He was riding a bike in an alley in Northeast D.C. when two dogs viciously attacked him. Every day in the District, an average of two people are bitten […]
Route 135 through Ashland, Massachusetts is a relatively quiet area dotted with residential neighborhoods, businesses, offices, and other establishments. However, once a day in April, this road is packed with thousands of people who run in the Boston Marathon cheered on by spectators. There are several historical markers commemorating the event but one located directly […]
Speaking of which, my friend Dan Williams, a retired preacher, professor and marriage therapist who lives in Tennessee, noted that nearly every congregation has a “cat lady.” He joked that he told one such woman that “dogs will go to heaven, and cats will go the other direction.” “When she started to protest, I said: […]