
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of the most popular government-run tourist attractions in the nation’s capital are ready to begin welcoming guests again. The Smithsonian has announced that the National Zoo in Washington D.C. will reopen on Friday. The zoo will have limited hours to help fight the
Continue Reading »JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming woman has turned her experience in salvaging food discarded at grocery stores into a program to feed people in need. Ali Milburn says she used to rummage through grocery store dumpsters in Jackson searching for food. Milburn tells the Jackson Hole News & Guide
Continue Reading »SWANTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police troopers have returned to its rightful owner a shotgun stolen during a burglary in 1994 in the town of Albany. Police say they learned last Monday that the shotgun in possession of a Swanton resident had been stolen during the burglary 26 years ago.
Continue Reading »BOSTON (AP) – There were plenty of acorns this spring, and now the chipmunks are driving people nuts. Their frenetic activities can be entertaining. But this summer in New England, the varmints are making a nuisance of themselves, darting to and fro, digging holes in gardens, and tunneling
Continue Reading »LAWSON, Mo. (AP) — A dog named Cleo who disappeared from her home in Kansas earlier this month turned up a few days later at her old home in Missouri, about 50 miles away. Colton Michael told television station KMBC this week that the 4-year-old Labrador retriever-border collie mix showed up on
Continue Reading »MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) — A stray billy goat has made himself the guardian of a church in southwestern Mississippi. People in the McComb area are calling it the “Holy Goat.” The Enterprise-Journal reports that the animal has been hanging out on the steps of Rose Bower Missionary Baptist Church.
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