Last week, a dog was rescued from a quarry in Connecticut after having survived a 50-foot fall. In a Facebook post, the North Canaan Animal Shelter touched upon the rescue of a Terrier mix named Rippy. The pup had been lost for days and was luckily heard by a man passing the quarry. Dog rescued […]
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Johnson Survives Greene’s Ouster Attempt as Democrats Join GOP to Kill It
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday easily batted down an attempt by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia to oust him from his post, after Democrats linked arms with most Republicans to fend off a second attempt by GOP hard-liners to strip the gavel from their party leader. The vote to kill the effort […]
US House Speaker Johnson survives ouster attempt, but future uncertain
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson wakes up on Thursday having survived an attempt to push him out, but he still faces an uncertain future as leader of a Republican caucus locked in civil war. Johnson was a little-known member of the House of Representatives until October, when […]
Kyren Wilson survives Jak Jones fightback to win world snooker title at Crucible
Kyren Wilson survived a stirring fightback from qualifier Jak Jones to win the world snooker title for the first time at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Wilson struggled to contain his emotions as he wrapped up an 18-14 triumph over Jones, who fought valiantly after losing the first seven frames of the final, and reeled […]
Pennsylvania pastor survives shooting attempt during sermon after gun jams
A Pennsylvania man tried to shoot a local pastor in the middle of a Sunday sermon, but the attacker’s gun jammed, giving a congregant and the minister a chance to subdue him without anyone being hurt. The harrowing encounter was caught on the church’s live stream before authorities found a man shot to death at […]
Seattle man survives a metal beam thrown off I-5, into his windshield
A local man says he is having second thoughts about his route to work because of this, a metal beam tossed onto his vehicle. He could’ve died. The Seattle man was driving northbound on I-5 Tuesday morning on his way to work when eyewitnesses say someone threw a 51-inch metal beam off the 164th Street […]
Japan’s moon lander survives third long freezing lunar night
Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, the country’s space agency said, after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the surface. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) said the lunar probe responded to a signal from Earth on Tuesday night, confirming it has survived another […]
Man kills wife, 3 kids in murder-suicide mass shooting; 4th child survives unharmed: Police
A man killed his wife and three of his children in an apparent murder-suicide mass shooting at a home in Oklahoma, according to police. Oklahoma City police said they were notified around 9:35 a.m. Monday and responding officers found the five bodies inside the house. Jonathon Candy, 42, allegedly fatally shot his wife, 39-year-old Lindsay […]
Kennedy survives first effort to boot him from the ballot
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. survived the first legal challenge to his ballot access from the Democratic Party. Hawaii’s state Democratic Party “failed to meet its burden of proof” to boot Kennedy’s newly formed “We the People Party” from the ballot, according to an order from the Office of Elections late Friday. While Hawaii’s four electoral […]
Florida woman survives traumatic crash after getting blood transfusion on the scene, deputies say
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Lori and Cidney McMinn were heading to dinner one night. They went to make a lefthand turn, saw a car speeding towards them, and woke up in the hospital. Cidney made it out with just a broken rib and significant bruising on his legs, but Lori was in dire straights. However, […]
Lawsuit accusing NC of warehousing foster kids in psych facilities survives challenge
A lawsuit accusing North Carolina officials of unnecessarily warehousing foster children in locked psychiatric facilities has survived an effort by state regulators to dismiss the case. The federal complaint contends that the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services discriminates against hundreds of North Carolina foster kids with disabilities by warehousing them for extended […]
Coyote hit by car gets lodged in the grille — and survives, Illinois photos show
Illinois wildlife rehabilitators are helping a coyote recover after being hit by a car and getting lodged in the vehicle’s grille, rescuers said. The 1-year-old coyote was hit the evening of April 8 in Waukegan and had to be extricated, according to an April 9 Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Facebook post. Coyote recovering after being […]