Posts Tagged Dogs
To Tether or Not to Tether? Lawmakers Weigh In
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 7, 2018
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Lawmakers in Richmond are deadlocked on how to handle tethering of dogs. Michael Pope reports.
Canine Brain Cancer Treatment May Help Humans
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on December 8, 2017
Bentley is a Boxer with brain cancer being treated at Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg. (Credit: Alyson Taylor)
A treatment being tested for brain cancer in dogs may one day help humans with the same disease. Clinical trials at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg are showing promising results and a new round of trials is set to start early next year. Robbie Harris reports.
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From NPR News- Sleepless No More In Seattle – Later School Start Time Pays Off For Teens December 12, 2018American teens are chronically sleep deprived, in part because of early school start times. But how much difference can a later start make? As Seattle's school district found out, it can help a lot.
- From Convict To Criminal Justice Reporter: 'I Was So Lucky To Come Out Of This' December 12, 2018Keri Blakinger spent nearly two years locked up on narcotics charges before becoming a journalist. "I've been so privileged in so many ways to end up with hope and second chances," she says.
- What To Know About The No-Confidence Vote Facing British Prime Minister Theresa May December 12, 2018Britain's prime minister faces a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday evening. Why do members of her own party want to sack her?
- Michael Cohen Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison Following Plea That Implicated Trump December 12, 2018The onetime fixer for Trump has admitted that not only did he commit financial crimes but also that Trump directed him to arrange hush-money payments to two women. Cohen also says he lied to Congress.
- Quake-Up Call: Magnitude 4.4 Temblor Rattles People Out Of Bed Across Southeast U.S. December 12, 2018The earthquake struck eastern Tennessee before dawn Wednesday. As mild as it was, its effects were felt far and wide — from eastern Kentucky all the way to Atlanta.
- Sleepless No More In Seattle – Later School Start Time Pays Off For Teens December 12, 2018
- From BBC News
- Theresa May awaits confidence vote result - as Tory MPs cast ballots December 12, 2018In a last-minute appeal to Tory MPs before they began voting, the UK prime minister said she would step down before the next election.
- Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen jailed December 12, 2018The disgraced lawyer says the US president made him "follow a path of darkness rather than light".
- Strasbourg shooting: Gunman shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as he attacked December 12, 2018Hundreds of armed officers search for a man who opened fire at a Christmas market in Strasbourg.
- Scottish budget: Higher earner income tax gap to widen December 12, 2018Scotland's finance secretary will not pass on a tax break for higher earners that was announced by the chancellor in his UK budget.
- Refugee: 'I am not a people smuggler’ December 12, 2018A Syrian refugee who saved 18 people has been released from a Greek prison, after being accused of people trafficking.
- Theresa May awaits confidence vote result - as Tory MPs cast ballots December 12, 2018
