A Seattle organization that trains search and rescue dogs and also assists law enforcement agencies in searches offered a unique perspective last week into how the dogs operate when they are put into service. A video shared on social media demonstrated how one dog in training that was being tracked by a GPS device located a person and alerted its handler to their presence in a search area of 34 acres. The non-profit organization King County Search Dogs posted the video to its Facebook page last week and it quickly went viral. KCSD shared a time-lapse video of a Google map that had a person des...
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Two former California high school students who were expelled after being accused of wearing “blackface” seven years ago are walking away from a lengthy legal battle with plenty of cash to show for it. The families of the two students sued their San Francisco-area Catholic high school, which expelled them without hearing their side of the story in 2020 when an image posted online showed them donning dark coloring on their faces. The coloring ended up being a sediment mask for acne prevention and treatment, but that did not stop the teens from being hit with "blackface" allegations. According to...
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A three-judge panel on Thursday denied Hunter Biden’s efforts to block a trial on charges that he lied on a federal form when he purchased a gun. The members of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit wrote that, "This appeal is DISMISSED because the defendant has not shown the District Court’s orders are appealable before final judgment,” the ruling said. "The defendant in this criminal case appealed three pretrial orders entered on April 12, 2024, denying his motions to dismiss the indictment," the ruling wrote. One part of Hunter Biden’s arguments was that his legal team had agreed ...
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It's safe to say that not everyone is on board with the Boys Scouts of America's decision to rebrand the organization. In a news release issued on Tuesday, BSA announced that the organization will soon become known as "Scouting America." The change will go into effect on Feb. 8, 2025, the Boy Scouts 115th anniversary. “Though our name will be new, our mission remains unchanged: we are committed to teaching young people to be Prepared. For Life,” said Roger A. Krone, president and chief executive officer of BSA. “This will be a simple but very important evolution as we seek to ensure that every...
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Are greedy passengers exploiting Southwest Airlines' preboarding system? The large volume of passengers who board before everyone else is spurring concerns of abuse, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Some believe their fellow Southwest customers are falsely claiming disabilities in order to preboard. "Frequent fliers see it as a devious way to game the open-seating system for good seats and the pick of overhead bins without paying extra," the Journal said. Steve Maziarka, a Southwest frequent flier, said he identified no fewer than 30 preboarding passengers on a Thanksgiving weekend fl...
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A state audit into the office of former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is currently in limbo because Missouri officials who are investigating how she handled public money say they cannot find her. The far-left former prosecutor of the city resigned from her job last May under pressure from state lawmakers. Nearly 12 full months later, Gardner is reportedly dodging state officials who are trying to get an accurate account of what went on behind the scenes under her leadership. Gardner was criticized during her tenure as DA for being soft on criminals and notoriously came into office in ...
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If anyone still thought that President Joe Biden was fit for his office after watching his CNN interview on Wednesday, he or she is far beyond help. Throughout the interview (which lasted barely more than 15 minutes), the president was his usual dishonest, forgetful and confused self, unable to provide a straight answer to even the simplest of questions. But there was one question from the interviewer, Erin Burnett, that seemed to truly anger Biden. She began saying, "So, when you talk about the economy, of course, it is by far the most important issue for voters. It is also true right now, Mr...
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Peacock has confirmed that a spinoff of the iconic series "The Office" is in the works. More than a decade after the final episode of the comedy series aired on NBC, a new crew will be cast to continue where Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak and company left off. Filming and production of the untitled spinoff are set to begin in July, according to Variety. It said the official logline described the show this way: "The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midweste...
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Another day, another piece of bad election-year news for proponents of Bidenomics. The Department of Labor on Thursday released its weekly report of seasonally adjusted data on new unemployment claims through May 4, reporting a total of 231,000 jobless claims. That number was both up from the previous week's 209,000 and higher than the 214,000 claims Dow Jones had anticipated, according to CNBC. In fact, it was the highest number since August, spurring CNBC to label the report "a potential sign that an otherwise robust labor market is changing." Continuing jobless claims were up 17,00o from th...
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If you are praising North Korea, your movement has lost the plot. As agitators continue to occupy college campuses in support of Palestinian terrorists, footage from the social media platform X posted on Sunday of a student-led teach-in at New York University on Saturday shows one woman singing the praises of North Korea. "The DPRK has actually never recognized the state of Israel," the woman said, using the initialism for North Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. "They have always upheld the right of Palestinian people to self-determination and resistance. And th...
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