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Amy Lee Kite

Dogs and cats that were beaten, burned, tied up and left to die have a second chance at life -- this time a good one, thanks to PAWS Chicago. Nearly 80 animals who had suffered were about to be euthanized at a Carribbean shelter in Dominica when PAWS stepped in to help.

Dogs Burned, Beaten and Left To Die are Saved by PAWS

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Doswell, VA

Margaret Minnicks

This time of the year we see twinkling Christmas lights and beautiful decorations almost everywhere. We also hear the sound of Christmas music playing just about everywhere we go. Here is a place where you can see lights and hear beautiful Christmas music at the same time.

The longest drive-thru synchronized Christmas lights display is in Doswell, Virginia

Norfolk, VA

Tim Reid is an actor, comedian, producer, and director. He is best known for having starred in over 100 roles in prime-time television shows and movies from 1974 until now. Most people remember Reid starring as Ray Campbell on the sitcom Sister, Sister from 1994 to 1999 with Tia and Tamera Mowry as identical twin sisters separated at birth who were reunited as teenagers.

Native Norfolk, Virginia actor Tim Reid stars in a movie to be released in 2024

Detroit, MI

Erika Marie • OurBlackGirls

The disappearance of a Detroit couple has stumped authorities for over a decade. Two families have been searching for answers after Karen Young, 52, and her boyfriend, 50-year-old Randall Childs, disappeared from Detroit, Michigan, on June 7, 2011. This mystery has garnered several theories and speculative opinions on what could have happened to the pair.

Karen Young, 52: Detroit Woman & Boyfriend Went Missing After Argument In 2011

Florida State

Estero, FL

L. Cane

Some clothing stores that do business in Florida have been said to be on shaky ground this year. For example, in the spring of 2023, iApparel Journal listed the clothing stores Express, Kohl's, and The RealReal as retailers that may be "in trouble" financially.

Bankrupt Clothing Store Acquired By Coldwater Creek Is Closing In FL, Offering Up To 50% Off

Denver, CO

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David Heitz

Migrants will move out of the Raddison Hotel at 4849 Bannock Street in District 9 and traditionally unhoused people will move in under a plan by the mayor’s office. Denver homelessness czar Cole Chandler briefed the City Council on the hotel master lease during Tuesday’s mayor-council meeting. The city plans to master lease the hotel from Quebec Hospitality Inc. for $10.4 million through Dec. 31, 2024. The city has been leasing blocks of rooms. Quebec Hospitality Inc. also owns the Comfort Inn off Quebec where migrants have been staying.

Migrants will move, traditional homeless will move in at Denver Raddison

A man who owns property next to the Comfort Inn where Denver migrants are being sheltered said children frolic on his property, “riding on scooters unaccompanied” and climbing up buildings to play on the roof.

Denver migrant mayhem: ‘Kids on roofs, kids riding scooters unaccompanied’

I’m sure people wonder why anyone would want to live in a street encampment. It’s filthy, noisy, drug-ridden, and dangerous. Right?. It’s not always that way. I lived in an encampment directly across the street from the Salvation Army Crossroads homeless shelter. I was banned from the shelter for 30 days for smoking my medical cannabis outside, which I did not know was forbidden. That didn’t seem possible based on alll the other people who did it and never got into trouble. When I got thrown out of Crossroads, I went outside and never went back inside. That is, until the police arrested me, and I ended up at Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, and then later, Fusion Studios, where I live now.

Opinion: Encampment life brought community to homelessness in Denver

The Denver City Council will consider Monday awarding a $1.5 million contract to The Gathering Place to operate a homeless micro-community for women, transgender, and non-binary people.

Opinion: Transgender homeless micro community in Denver a good idea

The city of Denver has not based on science its policy to open warming centers and shelters only when it dips to 20 degrees and below or at least two inches of snow are forecast, a doctor said Wednesday during the Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee of the City Council.

Denver winter hard on south of border homeless migrants

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Zondy’s cafe opening in late October in Zondervan Galleria

Taylor University’s new cafe will replace a popular study spot in the Zondervan Library’s galleria and is projected to open in late October. The initial September...

Zondy’s cafe opening in late October in Zondervan Galleria

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