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Christopher Rufo reported: Donald Trump shocked audiences at this week’s presidential debate with the claim that foreign migrants were eating household pets in Springfield, Ohio, a small town currently reeling under the strain of an unprecedented number of new arrivals, mostly from Haiti. “They’re eating the dogs,” Trump said. “They’re eating the cats.” Reactions on both sides were spirited. Conservative social media accounts created memes that portrayed Trump, dressed in camouflage, and toting heavy weapons, as the savior of innocent pets. There was even a viral TikTok trend, which chopped up Trump’s speech and set it to dance music. “They’re...

September 29, 2007 BY ASSOCIATED PRESS YABUCOA, Puerto Rico---- Some visitors to Puerto Rico are leaving with an unusual souvenir -- one of the thousands of scrappy abandoned dogs that roam the island's beaches. Hundreds of abandoned canines are being scooped up and flown to the U.S.: some by tourists unexpectedly touched by their plight, others as part of an expensive organized rescue effort. But critics say the canine airlift does little to reduce the problem of stray dogs in Puerto Rico and ends up fueling overcrowding at the U.S. shelters, where many of the dogs inevitably end up. At...

Pilot strays into restricted airspace over Bush ranch The Associated PressPublished: January 1, 2007 WASHINGTON: A small plane twice strayed into restricted airspace over President George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, authorities said Monday. The violation was inadvertent, FAA spokeswoman Diane Stitaliere said. The propeller plane, a Maule M-7, wandered into restricted airspace above the ranch around 11:30 p.m. local time Sunday, prompting the scrambling of F-16 fighter jets, said Air Force Maj. April Cunningham, spokeswoman for the North American Aerospace Defence Command. The jets used flares to get the attention of the pilot, who landed and was interviewed...

<p>A Hazelwood man has died from stab wounds received during an argument over a cat, and his roommate has been charged with homicide.</p> <p>The Allegheny County Coroner's office said William Lewis, 34, of Tipton Street, died last night, and an autopsy today showed he had a stab wound to the chest.</p>