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New River Valley community comes together to find lost dog
Read full article: New River Valley community comes together to find lost dogFor many dog owners, they do not even want to imagine their four-legged friend going missing. Now, add being in an unfamiliar place, and that is exactly what happened to one truck driver who was passing through the New River Valley.
Ghanian girl cuts through jargon, delivers message at COP27
Read full article: Ghanian girl cuts through jargon, delivers message at COP27During a session at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt, 10-year-old Nakeeyat Dramani Sam told attendees that rich nations should compensate developing countries' climate impacts.
Panthers' Darnold carted off field with sprained ankle
Read full article: Panthers' Darnold carted off field with sprained anklePanthers backup quarterback Sam Darnold and kicker Zane Gonzalez were both carted off the field in the third quarter of Carolina’s preseason game Friday night against the Buffalo Bills.
Feeling great on this first weekend of Fall!
Read full article: Feeling great on this first weekend of Fall!Happy Saturday! We are kicking the first weekend of Fall off with below average lows in the 40s and lower 50s! Over the course of the next few hours, temperatures will gradually warm up into the mid-to-upper 60s around lunchtime.
Sam Transitions To A Powerful Post-Tropical Cyclone Over The Far North Atlantic Between Newfoundland And Iceland
Read full article: Sam Transitions To A Powerful Post-Tropical Cyclone Over The Far North Atlantic Between Newfoundland And IcelandAt 900 AM GMT (0900 UTC), the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Sam was located near latitude 51.0 North, longitude 39.4 West. The post-tropical cyclone is moving toward the north near 23 mph (37 km/h),...
US consumer confidence returns to pre-pandemic levels
Read full article: US consumer confidence returns to pre-pandemic levelsU.S. consumer confidence rose sharply for a second straight month in April, hitting the highest level in more than a year as consumer sentiment was boosted by a more rapid rollout of the vaccines and another round of support payments.
Consumer confidence surges in March to highest point in year
Read full article: Consumer confidence surges in March to highest point in yearU.S. consumer confidence surged in March to the highest reading in a year, helped by increased vaccinations and more government economic support. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)WASHINGTON – U.S. consumer confidence surged in March to the highest reading in a year, helped by increased vaccinations and more government economic support. The Conference Board said Tuesday its consumer confidence index rose to 109.7 in March, the best showing since it stood at 118.8 in March of last year as the pandemic was beginning to hit the United States. Most economists are forecasting strong growth in coming quarters, powered by a surge in consumer confidence and consumer spending, which accounts for 70% of economic activity. “This should support hearty consumer spending and pave the way for a mini-boom in economic activity this spring and summer.”
Man who played Duke Chapel bells for 50 years dies
Read full article: Man who played Duke Chapel bells for 50 years diesIn this 2018 photo provided by Duke University, Sam Hammond, university carillonneur, plays the Duke Chapel carillon at the university in Durham, North Carolina. Hammond, who retired as university carillonneur in 2018 after playing the bells at Duke Chapel for five decades, died Thursday at age 73 in Durham, the university said in a news release. When the basketball team played its archrival from the University of North Carolina, he played the Duke fight song. The university said he played music on the bells an average of 300 times a year, estimating his performances exceeded 15,000. In 1986, he was named university carillonneur, becoming the second person to hold that position.
The Latest: 3 Mavericks players out under COVID-19 protocols
Read full article: The Latest: 3 Mavericks players out under COVID-19 protocolsThe people say one was because of a positive test for COVID-19 and the other two for contact tracing protocols. On the women’s side, the Cavaliers remain in COVID-19 protocols and haven’t played since Dec. 13 with four straight games postponed. LSU will visit Mississippi on Saturday night after both teams had their originally scheduled games postponed. ___Defender Matthijs De Ligt is the third Juventus player to test positive for COVID-19 in a week. ___The Georgia State men’s basketball team postponed games against Troy on Friday and Saturday and paused all team activities following multiple positive COVID-19 tests.
'Daybreak' and 'Looking for Alaska' unleash streaming teen troubles
Read full article: 'Daybreak' and 'Looking for Alaska' unleash streaming teen troubles(CNN) - Every demographic gets its own slice of the streaming pie, but teenagers remain one of the highest-profile niches. Enter a pair of series devoted to teen troubles, Hulu's "Looking for Alaska," adapted from a young-adult novel; and Netflix's "Daybreak," a strange construct set in a post-apocalyptic world. Alaska and her buddies love pulling pranks, much to the chagrin of the school's headmaster ("Veep's" Timothy Simons). Amid that glut, neither "Looking for Alaska" nor "Daybreak" seems destined to resonate much beyond narrow bases, but stranger things -- and "Stranger Things" -- have happened. "Looking for Alaska" premiered Oct. 18 on Hulu.
Woman goes to shelter, asks for dogs there the longest
Read full article: Woman goes to shelter, asks for dogs there the longestKGPE, KSEE via CNNA woman walked into a humane society in North Carolina and asked to take home the two dogs that had been there the longest, and the ones with the most special needs, WITI reported. According to a Facebook post, the woman, Leslie, was introduced to Sam, who had extensive medical issues, and 13-year-old Brutus, who has severe separation anxiety. We vowed to find these two amazing dogs their second chance, no matter how long it took, the Asheville Humane Society said. Leslie brought the two dogs home on July 26. There they will have 2 acres of fenced-in yard to spend their golden years, she said.
Bald eagle, unable to fly after being shot, victim of birdnapping
Read full article: Bald eagle, unable to fly after being shot, victim of birdnapping(CNN) - The Quogue Wildlife Refuge in New York is one resident short after Sammy the bald eagle was stolen from his habitat. The Suffolk County SPCA released surveillance video from the night of the birdnapping that shows a person walking through the parking lot with some sort of package and driving away. "Our main concern is the eagle's safety and welfare," Quogue Wildlife Refuge Assistant Director Marisa Nelson said in a statement. Quogue Wildlife Refuge Quogue Wildlife Refuge Posted by Suffolk County SPCA on Sunday, July 21, 2019The Suffolk County SPCA, the Nassau County SPCA and Suffolk County Crime Stoppers have banded together to offer a $15,000 cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. The possession of a bald eagle is a federal offense and punishable by fines and prison time.