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This Sweet Little Chihuahua With So Much Love to Give Is Ready for a Fresh Start

Cooper, a six-year-old Chihuahua weighing just 10 pounds, is ready to travel north and find a loving home, according to Small Dog Rescue of New England. The rescue describes him as “a sweetheart who will stand up for a treat” and says he is fully vetted and available for adoption.

Rhode Island · 2d

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A flood of Chinese soda ash has Wyoming’s industry swimming in troubled waters

After decades of quietly chugging along as the state’s largest global export commodity, reaping an annual $1.3 billion, Wyoming’s trona mining and soda ash industry is navigating troubled waters.

Wyoming · 1d

Thomas Smith

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Check Your Freezer: Walmart Recall Now Covers 26 States and Puerto Rico

Before you reach for frozen berries for your next smoothie, check the bag. A recall involving Walmart's Great Value Organic Triple Berry Blend now covers select stores in 26 states and Puerto Rico because of possible E. coli contamination.

Puerto Rico · 16d

Dianna Carney

He’s 5 Pounds of Hope: Tinman the Friendly Tiny Dog is Still Waiting for a Home

Small Dog Rescue of New England reports that Tinman, a five-pound, five-year-old small dog currently in Texas, is seeking adoption and may be able to travel to the Northeast at the end of the month. According to the nonprofit volunteer organization, Tinman “greets everyone with a smile” and is “an energetic boy who does well with other dogs,” making him a potential fit for a home looking for a small, social companion.

Texas · 20d

CJ Coombs

Missing since 2020 from Weatherford, Texas: Tristan Cole Walker was 15 when he vanished

Tristan Cole Walker has been missing from Weatherford, Texas (Parker County), since September 29, 2020, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). He would now be 20 years old.

Weatherford, TX · 12d

Greg Wilson, CFA

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22 Retro Home Trends That Are Perfectly Back in Fashion

This article was originally published on ChaChingQueen.com, a site my wife and I own. AI was used for light editing, formatting, and readability. But a human (me!) wrote and edited this.

CJ Coombs

Missing since 2024 from Gary, Indiana: Ja'Niyah Aubrielle McMichael was only 13 when she vanished

Ja'Niyah McMichael has been missing from Gary, Indiana, since August 11, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). She was only 13 years old. She would now be 15. What happened to Ja'Niyah?

Gary, IN · 2d

Dianna Carney

Meet Midge: The Sweet Little Shadow Hoping to Follow You Home

Midge, an affectionate dog awaiting a forever home, needs an adopter with Frenchie or similar breed experience, according to Sandy Paws Rescue Inc. The Massachusetts foster-based rescue describes her as a devoted companion who loves being close to her people and says she may be happiest in a home ready for plenty of cuddles, continued training and supervision.

Massachusetts · 4d

Dianna Carney

12 Pound Little Dash is Still Waiting For a Forever Home

Dash, a 12-pound, one-year-old dog, is ready to meet the person who will give him a home of his own. Small Dog Rescue of New England says Dash is in Rhode Island and is friendly with other dogs. He’s ready for a meet-and-greet, and hoping someone will share his story.

Rhode Island · 1d

CJ Coombs

Missing since 2015 from Columbus, Ohio: 6-month-old Deklon Ford and his 28-year-old mother vanished

Deklon Ford disappeared from Columbus, Ohio (Franklin County), on May 6, 2015, with his mother, Brittany Anne Ford (pictured below), according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Deklon's photo above (far right) has been age progressed to 8, though he would now be 11. His mother would now be 40.

Columbus, OH · 7d

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No Mollie’s Pack, Yellowstone wolves killed, state reports after hunt area’s quick close

EVANSTON—Yellowstone National Park’s last original wolf pack, Mollie’s Pack, emerged unscathed from a hunting season that opened last week and has already closed, Wyoming wildlife officials announced Monday.

Wyoming · 8d

CJ Coombs

Missing since 2019 from New Orleans, Louisiana: Eriel Mack-Mariscal vanished when she was an infant

Eriel Lynette Mack-Mariscal has been missing from New Orleans, Louisiana, since July 27, 2019, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). She would now be seven years old.

New Orleans, LA · 17d

Dianna Carney

Local Pup Still Searching For Loving Home After Spending Over Year in Rescue

A loving young pup named Freckles is more than ready to start the next chapter of his life. Great Dog Rescue New England (GDRNE), a dedicated foster-based dog rescue in Massachusetts, recently highlighted Freckles, who has been in their care. The Rescue says, as if in Freckles’ own words, “What's more important is that I've been waiting for a home since LAST WINTER! That's like 7 winters in dog years!!! I took over writing this post because ya boy is desperate to get out of the shelter and into a good home. I don't even want much!”

Massachusetts · 2d

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Mississippi Mud Potatoes Are the Side Dish Everyone Devours

Mississippi Mud Potatoes coat tender diced potatoes in a creamy mixture of cheddar, cream cheese, and sour cream. As the casserole bakes, the sauce melts around every potato and the top develops bubbling, golden patches. Bacon can bring smoky crunch, while onions or green onions add savory freshness. The finished dish is rich, cheesy, and substantial enough to challenge the main course for attention.

Dianna Carney

Chihuahua Mix Puppy Who Was Dumped by Owners Still Looking For New Home

A local and dedicated foster-based dog rescue in Massachusetts, Great Dog Rescue New England (GDRNE), would like you to meet Rolo Candy, a loving young puppy who has been in their care. According to the rescue, “The CANDY litter are a mix of adorable pups who were dumped at a ferry landing in Tennessee. They're excited to leave the stray life behind and find their way to candy land!” He has been living with a loving foster family where he has reportedly been “doing great!”

Massachusetts · 11d

CJ Coombs

Missing since 1963 from Hartford, Connecticut: Raymond Carey was only 16 when he disappeared

Raymond Gardner Carey Jr. has been missing from Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County), since October 25, 1963, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). His photo above is an age-progressed likeness of how he might have looked at 72, though he would now be 79.

Hartford, CT · 25d

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7 Immigrant Comfort Dishes American Grandkids Called 'Regular Food'

I use AI to help draft these articles. Every recipe and every fact in them is checked before publishing. Every dish on this list arrived in America inside someone's memory. Not a written recipe, just the way a mother learned it from her mother, carried across an ocean and rebuilt in a Chicago three-flat or a South Florida kitchen or a New Jersey row house where something was always on the stove. By the time the grandkids sat down to eat, nobody at the table called it Hungarian or Greek or Czech. It was just dinner.

16d

Dianna Carney

This Sweet German Shepherd Is Waiting for the Person Who’ll Make His Tail Wag Forever

Guinness, a playful German Shepherd Dog with a love of tennis balls, outdoor adventures, and people, is looking for a forever home, according to Sandy Paws Rescue Inc. The Massachusetts foster-based rescue explains he would thrive with a secure yard where he can safely roam, sniff and explore.

Massachusetts · 4d

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7 Suppers American Mothers Had Waiting on the First Day of School

I use AI to help draft these articles. Every recipe and every fact in them is checked before publishing. The first day of school had its own smell, something savory and onion-forward that filled the space between the front door and the kitchen and meant summer was officially over. The backpack landed on the floor, the shoes came off, and for the next hour a family packed a whole day of news around a kitchen table that had not been this loud since June.

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Fulton Sheen, a Staunch Defender of the Second Vatican Council and the Poor, to Be Beatified

Thank you for reading! Letters from Leo is a reader-supported publication and the fastest-growing Catholic community in the country. To receive new posts and support this movement, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

St. Louis, MO · 5d

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“Even the Nuns Are Mad” — Indianapolis Archbishop Excuses Catholics From Mass as ICE Surges Into Indiana

Indianapolis, IN · 22d

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7 Christmas Eve Dishes Different American Families Swore By

I use AI to help draft these articles. Every recipe and every fact in them is checked before publishing. On December 24th, the question was never what to cook for Christmas Eve supper. It was already decided, usually before anyone in the house was born. In Texas, that meant tamales. In Minnesota, lutefisk. In New Mexico, a pot of posole that had gone on the stove that morning. Each family treated the meal as settled law, and each was absolutely certain their version was the correct one.

22d

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7 Rural Southern Church-Supper Dishes Still Worth Making

I use AI to help draft these articles. Every recipe and every fact in them is checked before publishing. A Midwestern potluck and a rural Southern church supper look similar from a distance: long folding tables, covered dishes, somebody's mother's dessert at the end of the line. Get closer and the resemblance fades fast. In much of the rural South, food was organized by type and the dessert table stood apart, treated almost as its own room. Brunswick Stew came in a cast iron pot the size of a washtub, tended by men who had been at the fire since before the service started. Cornbread baked in the church kitchen and got cut into squares before it hit the table. Banana Pudding traveled layered in a glass bowl, not a pan, because presentation on that table was its own kind of statement.

Brunswick, GA · 23d

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7 After-Funeral Dishes Neighbors Brought Without Being Asked

I use AI to help draft these articles. Every recipe and every fact in them is checked before publishing. When somebody in a neighborhood loses a person they love, the food shows up fast. Not ordered food, not catered food - someone's own pan, still warm from their own oven, left on the porch or handed through the screen door with barely a word. It happens before the family has thought about eating. It happens before anyone has had to ask. In churches, in small towns, in apartment buildings where people know each other well enough to notice when a hearse was parked outside, this is how the community speaks.

Texas · 18d

Dianna Carney

Tiny Dog, Huge Heart: Meet Haven the 9‑Pound Survivor Ready for Love

PAWS New England, a 501(c)(3) all-breed dog rescue, is seeking a home for Haven, a 1-year-old, 9-pound Yorkie/Dachshund mix currently in a southern foster placement, according to the organization’s recent post. PAWS New England describes Haven as a people-loving dog who greets everyone enthusiastically and “gives out kisses like it is her full-time job,” and says she is good with kids, dogs, and cats.

Massachusetts · 27d

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7 Dishes From 1950s–70s Confirmation and First Communion Parties

I use AI to help draft these articles. Every recipe and every fact in them is checked before publishing. The ceremony wrapped up before noon. Then came forty minutes of photographs on the church steps, and everyone drove back to the house where two tables had been pushed together and covered with the good cloth. The aunts came through the door first. The grandmothers came second, holding things.

Dianna Carney

Meet Bob: The 7-Pound Shih Tzu Mix Still Waiting for the Home He Deserves

Small Dog Rescue of New England, a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization based in New England, is asking the public to help spread the word about a small dog named Bob who is looking for a home. In a recent post shared by Small Dog Rescue of New England, the group introduced Bob as an “adorable boy."

Rhode Island · 18d

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7 Thanksgiving Side Dishes That Divided American Families

I use AI to help draft these articles. Every recipe and every fact in them is checked before publishing. The turkey was always fine. Nobody argued about the turkey. The fights broke out over the side dishes, every single year, because the sides were the part of the table that told you who somebody was and where they came from. Creamed onions meant old New England stock. Giblet gravy meant a grandmother who saved every scrap and stretched every pan dripping. Cornbread dressing meant the cook was from somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon and did not trust a white-bread stuffing any more than she trusted canned cranberry sauce.

16d

Dianna Carney