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After actor Jon Hamm finished filming "No Sudden Move" in Detroit during the pandemic, he went on "The Tonight Show" to promote the crime drama. As he spoke with host Jimmy Fallon, the conversation ...

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Today Early in the fall, experts might also see more cases of respiratory syncytial virus, Dr. Geeta Sood, assistant professor of medicine and epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, ...

The whistle allows a dog to associate the sound with an expected behavior, and that behavior—sit, stay, or eat—needs to be trained ... You’re unlikely to do any harm to a dog with a whistle ...

It was ironic that on the very day I read on the internet that it was National Squirrel Appreciation Day, I would be driving down my neighborhood street and a squirrel would dash out in front of me ...

Shelter staff received a call Wednesday morning from a woman wanting to surrender her pets, but upon entering her home, they discovered more than anticipated. Hundreds of mice and hamsters now occupy ...