I suppose you could say I got Benny from the shops. In 2006, he and his brother ambushed me outside a supermarket in Bahrain. They were trying to climb into the bags of shopping I was carrying to get at the food they could smell. Immediately smitten, I took them in. It was the start […]

abcnews.com The United States, Israel and Iran are now in their eighth week of conflict.  The fragile, two-week ceasefire, which is set to expire on Wednesday unless the U.S. and Iran reach a nuclear deal before then or both sides agree to extend it, remains in limbo. President Donald Trump, who has vacillated between making optimistic predictions about diplomacy and belligerent threats to restart the war, says […]

A small brush fire in Yucca Valley did some significant damage on Sunday — destroying four structures and leading to the injury of a firefighter. The blaze, called the Skyline fire, started around 2 p.m. in the 52000 block of Skyline Road and, in the early afternoon, had the potential to grow much larger in […]

www.npr.org An aerial view shows damage from a tornado, on Saturday in Lena, Ill. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Communities across the Upper Midwest are cleaning up after tornadoes and severe weather impacted the region over the weekend, damaging and destroying dozens of homes and knocking out power for tens […]

Kelsey CastañonKelsey Castañon I woke up the first Saturday of Coachella weekend with aching back pain. The night before, I had danced ad nauseam to everyone from Lykke Li to Sabrina Carpenter, walked eight miles, and inhaled copious amounts of desert dust. After staring at the ceiling for 15 minutes, I peeled myself out of […]