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February 1, 2023

Texas dog owner offers $2.5K reward for stolen French bulldog: 'Someone has to know'

Steve Liollio, a resident of Houston Heights, Texas, is searching for his French bulldog Bennie, who was taken by a stranger who posed as the rightful owner. A reward is being offered.

February 1, 2023

Jamaica is willing to send soldiers, police to Haiti as chaos continues

Haiti's prime minister requested the deployment of foreign troops as chaos caused by a gang in the country continues. Jamaica is willing to send soldiers and police to help.

January 26, 2023

Alabama father and son catch record-breaking, 162-pound alligator gar

A father and son from Alabama caught an alligator gar on Thanksgiving and the 100-plus pound fish was officially recognized as a new state fishing record in January 2023.

January 23, 2023

Alligator owner who abandoned and stashed reptile in container is identified: 'Posing as good Samaritans'

The "good Samaritan" who called New Jersey authorities about a suspicious storage container that held an alligator was found to be responsible for the animal's abandonment.

January 23, 2023

Indiana fishing record broken for 3rd time after another angler breaks record twice on same day

A fisherman from Chesterton, Indiana, caught a 11.4-pound burbot from Lake Michigan that broke the state's fishing record days after a new record was established.

January 17, 2023

Abandoned alligator stashed in storage container found in New Jersey: 'Dangerous exotic species'

An animal welfare organization in New Jersey says a three-foot-long alligator was found in an abandoned storage container in Neptune Township.

January 17, 2023

560-pound swordfish caught by North Carolina father and son: report

A father and son team from North Carolina caught a 560-pound swordfish about 60 miles east of the Beaufort Inlet before the end of the New Year, according to reports.

January 12, 2023

Indiana man breaks state fishing record twice in 1 day on Lake Michigan

Scott Skafar, a fisherman from Valparaiso, Indiana, caught two burbots from Lake Michigan that broke Indiana’s previous state record from 1990.

January 10, 2023

350 pounds of fish allegedly caught illegally off Texas coast seized by Coast Guard

The U.S. Coast Guard says it stopped a small group of fishermen from illegally fishing in federal waters off southern Texas, where the agency seized 350 pounds of red snapper.

January 7, 2023

Subway train collision in Mexico City kills 1, injures 57

Dozens of police and soldiers swarmed into the nearby subway stations, while ambulances and rescue teams arrived to treat the injured; one woman was killed.