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Faces of Homeless Youth: Getting Off the Streets
No one wants to be homeless, but breaking the cycle of homelessness is a vertical climb. Still, it’s possible. MORE STORIES: Faces of Homeless Youth
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‘Tough Game for Women': Female Jockeys Missing Again at Triple Crown
Mike Smith will ride Justify for a shot at the Triple Crown in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. He’ll compete against nine other horse/jockey combinations — and all nine other jockeys will be men. In fact, over the past 48 years, more than 300 jockeys have ridden in Triple Crown races, and only six have been women. A female jockey hasn’t competed...
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Pet Adoption 101: What to Do Before, During and After a Shelter Visit
Welcoming a furry addition to a home can be a fun and exciting event. But ensuring a smooth transition for the pet – and the family – takes some preparation and work. Here are some tips from animal shelters about what to do before, during and after the adoption.
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50 Animals Rescued Following Animal Cruelty Complaint
Authorities say about 50 animals living in overcrowded, filthy conditions have been rescued in New Hampshire and have been relocated to the Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals in Stratham following an animal cruelty complaint.
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Woman Caught on Camera Choking, Tossing Puppy: SPCA
A New York woman is facing animal cruelty charges after authorities said she was caught on camera choking and throwing a 6-month-old puppy.
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‘She Had to Come Home With Me': Memorable Moments From #ClearTheShelters
It was her ears! Mandy Rickman visited an animal shelter in the rural Maryland along the Eastern Shore by chance today. She had just finished grocery shopping when she decided to stop by a shelter to look for a playmate for her dog at home. She walked into the Baywater Animal Rescue when a partial litter of puppies were let...
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'We Just Want to Say Thank You': Fund the Shelters Challenge Raises $1.56M for Animals
Ahead of the fifth annual Clear the Shelters animal adoption initiative, NBC and Telemundo stations teamed with Michelson Found Animals for a month-long fundraising campaign. The Fund the Shelters Challenge raised almost $1.6 million for animal welfare groups across the country. The money will help offset the cost of offering reduced or waived fees during Clear the Shelters, as well...
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‘Tell Me What the Reality Looks Like': Trying to Stop Suicides as Social Media Explodes
When Dese’Rae Stage interviews survivors of suicide attempts for a website she created, she asks herself a question news reporters may not always consider: How much did it hurt? A survivor herself, she wants to be sure that readers of her website “Live Through This” come away with a real picture of suicide — no romance, no facile explanations and...
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Aurora Pantry Braces Itself For Possible Changes in SNAP Program
One of the largest food pantries in the Chicago area is bracing to serve more people if the Trump Administration’s proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) becomes a reality.
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Exploiting the Exploited? Insiders Accuse Charity Of Cashing In On Sex Trafficking Concerns
After allegations have been raised about Saved in America’s operations, NBC 7 Investigates sat down with the charity’s founder to discuss the nonprofit’s mission, rescue figures, and use of funds.
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Pritzker Vetoes Tax Break for Private Jet Manufacturers
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has vetoed a plan to forgive $50 million in past-due taxes from private jet manufacturers. Pritzker vetoed the legislation Monday. It would also extend the breaks through 2024. The Democrat says it “is not the right fiscal decision.”
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3 Maryland Men Exonerated After 36 Years in Prison
Three men incarcerated for 36 years in Maryland were exonerated Monday in the slaying of a Baltimore teenager after a review of their case. Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart were released from custody hours after a judge cleared their convictions and prosecutors dropped the charges. They were teenagers when they were sentenced to life in prison in 1984....
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Famed NYC Bakery's Immigrant Workers Defy Trump
Immigrant workers at a famed New York bakery who are threatened with being fired if they don’t produce legal work papers defied the government outside President Donald Trump’s Manhattan home on Saturday.
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New Documents Show Contacts Between Giuliani and Pompeo
Newly released documents show Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in contact with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the months before the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled. The State Department released the documents Friday to the group American Oversight in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. They show that Pompeo talked with Giuliani on...
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Divided US House Committee Backs Pot Decriminalization
A divided U.S. House committee approved a proposal Wednesday to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, a vote that was alternately described as a momentous turning point in national cannabis policy or a hollow political gesture. The House Judiciary Committee approved the proposal 24-10 after more than two hours of debate. It would reverse a longstanding federal prohibition...
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Divided US House Committee Backs Pot Decriminalization
A divided U.S. House committee approved a proposal Wednesday to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, a vote that was alternately described as a momentous turning point in national cannabis policy or a hollow political gesture. The House Judiciary Committee approved the proposal 24-10 after more than two hours of debate. It would reverse a longstanding federal prohibition...
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Illegal Pot Farms on Public Land Create Environmental Hazard
Two months after two men were arrested at an illicit marijuana farm on public land deep in the Northern California wilderness, authorities are assessing the environmental impact and cleanup costs at the site where trees were clear-cut, waterways were diverted, and the ground was littered with open containers of fertilizer and rodenticide.
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Climate Change Damaging Lifelong Health of Children Across the World, Medical Officials Warn
Climate change is already damaging the health of children, and its impacts will harm the entire generation with serious health problems throughout their lives, according to a new report from the medical journal The Lancet. Scientists and health experts from 35 academic institutions and United Nations agencies said that children will suffer from a rise in infectious diseases, malnutrition and...
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Google Digitizes Artworks in Puerto Rico for 1st Time
The 1953 painting by Rafael Tufiño Figueroa features his mother with a red scarf on her head, a determined look on her face and heavy expression lines, a depiction of a working-class woman that broke from conventional portraits of the time that focused largely on wealthy men.
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More Than 450 Oklahoma Inmates Walking Out of Prison Doors
More than 450 inmates walked out the doors of prisons across Oklahoma on Monday as part of what state officials say is the largest single-day mass commutation in U.S. history. The release of inmates, all with convictions for low-level drug and property crimes, resulted from a bill signed by new Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt. The bill retroactively applied misdemeanor sentences...