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Photo: SWNSOne of Britain’s unluckiest dogs still needs a new home two years afterhe was found lying beside his dead owner— ‘‘still protecting his body until the very end’'.Dillon the dog was discovered next to his owner, who had passed away — and now needs care for himself.The nine-year-old black lurcher canine loves walks, cuddles, and attention. He currently resides at a National Animal Welfare Trust (NAWT) shelter in Cornwall, England, but needs a forever home....

Christopher Begley, 57.Photo:GoFundMe GoFundMe A longtime UPS driver died earlier this week afterfalling ill amid a brutal heatwavein North Texas, the company and a union leader said. Begley, who collapsed outside a customer’s location on Wednesday, was hospitalized on Sunday and died Monday, Dave Reeves, president of the Teamsters Local Union 767, which represents UPS drivers, toldThe Dallas Morning News. The 57-year-old was met at his location after he reported his condition, UPS said in their statement....

Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images After two major upsets on the first day of March Madness, only a tiny percentage of brackets remain perfectly intact, according to the NCAA. The result busted more than half of every bracket, with only48.27 percent of brackets left in perfect condition, according to the NCAA website, which kept track throughout the night. However, things took an even bigger downturn when No. 13 Furman beat No....

Photo: U.S Marshals The U.S. Marshals Service is asking the public for help in identifying a man who attended a Los Angeles Dodgers game in 2016. Carmine Pascale, toldABC NewsTuesday that he was watching the Boston Red Sox play the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Aug. 5, 2016, when someone in the stands caught his eye. He believed it was his cousin John Ruffo, who disappeared in 1998 after being convicted in Virginia for partaking in a $350 million bank fraud scheme....

Photo:Harrisonburg Police Department/ FacebookA Harrisonburg, Virginia police officer brought home a furry friend after he responded to a call last month.In July, Officer Timothy Rugg responded to a call of a kitten being thrown from a vehicle onto a Harrisonburg street. The caller picked up the cat, took it home, and gave it a bath. However, they said they could not keep it or take it to theRockingham Harrisonburg SPCAthemselves. Rugg toldWHSVthat he agreed to take the cat to the shelter....

Photo: David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Valerie Bertinelliis spreading love. Monday marks Bertinelli’s firstValentine’s Daysince herdivorce from Tom Vitalewas settled late last year — and she shared a sweet message of love for her followers to mark the holiday. In an Instagram Story, Bertinelli reshared a post from author Nanea Hoffman, who runs@SweatpantsAndCoffee. “Just a reminder that you experience love every single day if you’re paying attention,” Hoffman’s words read....

Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Vanessa Hudgenshas found comfort in herengagementtoCole Tucker. TheHigh School Musicalstar, 34, toldToday’sHoda KotbandJenna Bush Hagerabout her refreshed confidence as she prepares to walk down the aisle to Tucker, 26. “It feels amazing. It’s so funny, I was talking about this with Cole…. People are always like, ‘Does it feel different? [Do] things feel different [getting engaged]?'” Hudgens shared on Friday. “That was always my question normally, but now I get to be asked it....

Officials estimate that up to 75 percent of Venice, Italy, is flooded amid intense winds,the BBCreported. The water reached its highest level since December 2008, according tothe Associated Press. “The exceptional wave of bad weather leaves us with a dramatic toll: nine dead, four serious injuries and one person missing,” Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said, according to the outlet. Mirco Toniolo/Errebi/AGF/REX/Shutterstock ANDREA MEROLA/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock In Venice, St. Mark’s Square was closed on Monday due to more than five feet of water, and the water bus system was open only to surrounding islands....

Photo: Thomas & Mercer; Amazon Good things come to those who wait — especially if TikTok has a say in it. Lloyd Devereux Richards is now a bestselling author more than a decade after publishing his first novel, a thriller titledStone Maidens. But the road to publishing success was an arduous one for the 74-year-oldfather of three from Vermont, until his daughter hatched a plan to get his book the attention she felt it deserved, according toThe Washington Post....

Photo: Morgan County Sheriff’s Office An elderly veteran with physical ailments planned to walk 100 miles to a doctor’s appointment until Alabama deputies offered help. On a rainy Wednesday, deputies from multiple jurisdictions came to the aid of Gulf War veteranGerald Baldwin, who was spotted walking down a road with an oxygen tank. Baldwin explained to a Walker County Sheriff’s Office deputy that he was trying to walk and hitchhike to an important doctor’s appointment 100 miles away....

Photo: Albuquerque Animal Welfare After being placed into hospice care last week, a dying veteran wanted nothing more than to spend his final moments with his beloved dog. John Vincent, a 69-year-old Marine who fought in Vietnam, was admitted to the Hospice Center at the Raymond G. Murphy Veteran Affairs Medical Center and was forced to give up his 6-year-old Yorkshire Terrier mix named Patch, Albuquerque Animal Welfare shared on Facebook....

In March 2018, Laura Lynn Cross, now 38, pleaded guilty to three counts of felony sexual battery against the student.Cleveland.com reportsshe was sentenced to three years in prison. Cross convinced the victim’s mother to give her partial custody of him, saying she wanted to mentor him. She was arrested after the boy’s suspicious father recorded a conversation with him in which he admitted the sexual relationship, then turned that recording over to police....

Viola Davis and Julius Tennon.Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Viola Davisis celebrating 18 years of wedded bliss with Julius Tennon. “Happy 18th Anniversary to the love of my life!! Love you Julius,” Davis wrote in the caption. She married theDazed and Confusedactor in June 2003, and they adopted their daughter Genesis, 10, in 2011. Davis is also stepmother to Tennon’s two children from previous relationships. Davisappeared virtually with her husbandat the Screen Actors Guild Awards in April, where she gave him a kiss before accepting an award for her performance inMa Rainey’s Black Bottom....