An Irvine dog trainer who operated Happy K9 Academy was convicted of killing 11 dogs by keeping them in small crates in a hot van and lying to the pets’ owners about the deaths, authorities said.
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Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Though crates, boxes and moving vans will not be present, the first day of July is like moving day in college football.
Multiple trees of the yew species are vying for the rank of oldest, but scientists have trouble dating them because the trees split into several different hollowed-out trunks that make one tree appear to be several different trees.
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Karina Zaiets,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
Every Brazilian fan — in Philadelphia to watch their national team play Haiti on Friday at the World Cup — that stopped for a snapshot or a selfie with the 9-foot-11, 1,300-pound beast left the statue dressed in only his bronze trunks and boots.
Despite being a town renowned for its textile crafts, Lagartera’s finest works are too elaborate for everyday use, hidden away in wooden chests or closets and reemerging for special occasions.
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Catherine Tansey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
McAfee, not fully grasping why people would want to drink milk that was unpasteurized, nonetheless went to his silo, filled half-gallon containers and packed them in ice chests.
Wyndham Clark made headlines last year by damaging lockers at the historic Oakmont Golf Club after missing the cut at the US Open.
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Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Under current District 65 policies, elementary and middle school students are not allowed to use cellphones in classrooms and are expected to keep them in lockers or cubbies during the school day.
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Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
The men found information on target businesses and used pry bars and sledgehammers to break into buildings and open safes that stored pull-tab proceeds, the complaint states.
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Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
28 May 2026
The safes had been seized in a pot shop raid, a source within the sheriff’s office said.
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Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
Branwell’s coffin was carried from the house and placed next to the other family caskets.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
The Associated Press and USA Today reported that the churchgoers honored the children by wearing pink, purple and blue, visiting their white caskets with photos of each of the children — some alongside their favorite Disney characters — as well as praying and singing as a group.
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