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The newspaper highlights a growing stray dog problem plaguing the streets of Venezuela’s cities this week, triggered by impoverished residents unable to afford dog food and vaccines releasing their animals into the wild. Most of the dogs are starving and taking over garbage-lined street corners, blocking Venezuelans who scavenge for their own food there. Stray dogs were already a problem in major cities, and reports from as far back as 2016 indicate that the nation’s poorest hunt and eat these dogs. In January, a non-governmental organization (NGO) found that many Venezuelans, unable to afford food for themselves anymore, were buying...

It is enormously frustrating that conservatives can't capture the moral high ground from the phony virtue-signaling factory that is the modern Democratic Party. Conservative policies not only work better but also are morally superior. Democrats depend on cliches and false narratives to obstruct true reform -- which includes shaming many Republicans from believing enough in their own agenda to pursue it with conviction. This is nowhere more apparent than in the endless debate over the fate of Obamacare and the future of American health care. It is unconscionable that Republicans are unable to muster a simple majority to end the...

Last year, Nevada college student Ivan Soto was one of about 800,000 Latinos in the United States who turned 18 and became eligible to vote. In Nevada, Latinos and blacks are expected to make up about a third of voters. Although there has been no reliable public polling of the state, nationwide, polls have indicated that younger Latinos and blacks are significantly more likely to have a favorable view of Sanders than their elders are.

New York's Staten Island Zoo attempted to cover up news that the groundhog accidentally dropped by Mayor Bill de Blasio during the Groundhog Day celebration died from internal injuries a week after the fall, The New York Post reported. Sources told the paper that the groundhog was a female replacement named "Charlotte." She died from internal injuries a week after the fall, the source said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio may not get a chance to kill any more groundhogs. The Staten Island Zoo is considering ditching its Groundhog Day policy that includes the mayor holding the winter-weather prognosticator following a Post report Thursday that “Chuck” — who was actually Charlotte — died from injuries suffered when she was dropped by Hizzoner.

A seriously ill man has lost the last stage of his legal fight to insist on his right to food in the final stages of his life. Leslie Burke, from Lancaster, had his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg rejected. Mr Burke, who has a degenerative brain condition, appealed against a UK ruling allowing doctors to decide treatment. The General Medical Council had said doctors had to be able to act in the patient's best interests. Mr Burke, 46, has cerebellar ataxia - an umbrella term for nervous system disorders that cause a lack of co-ordination,...

  Life in a banana republic May 13, 2005 When did Canada become a Third World banana republic? Consider just a few of the events of recent days: * At the Gomery inquiry, the former director-general of the Liberal party's Quebec wing, Daniel Dezainde, testified Wednesday he felt his "safety was directly threatened" when he ran afoul of a rogue group of party operatives whom, he said, had secretly seized control of the party's fundraising operations. * That was just the latest startling revelation as the public hearings into AdScam also heard testimony alleging witness tampering, kickbacks, influence peddling...

Foreign Affairs NewsSource: New York TimesPublished: 1/22/01 Author: STEVEN LEE MYERS and ERIC SCHMITTPosted on 01/22/2001 06:17:09 PST by Antiwar Republican Iraq Rebuilt Weapons Factories, Officials Say By STEVEN LEE MYERS and ERIC SCHMITT Agence France-Presse Allied jets still patrol zones in Iraq, striking if fired on. Iraqis cleared debris near the Saudi border on Sunday. Related Articles• No Honeymoon Likely for New President's Foreign Policy Team (Jan. 20, 2001) • Iraq Is Focal Point as Bush Meets With Joint Chiefs (Jan. 11, 2001) • From His New Perch, Powell Scans the World (Jan. 3, 2001)• A Higher Threshold for...