Fifty years ago, it would have been hard to imagine that the safety of chemicals including cosmetics and consumer products could be assessed without relying on animal tests. Fortunately, our ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The capybara – a South American relative of the guinea pig -- is the latest in a long line of “it ...

On their 240-acre beef, pig, chicken and vegetable farm near Green Bay, Valerie Dantoin Adamski and Rick Adamski contend with the same worries that most other farmers do. But they don’t have to think ...

Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a brewing rebellion from farm district Republicans after congressional leaders failed to secure an agreement to add economic aid for farmers to the next stop-gap ...

Christmas on the Alpaca Farm is a sweet and warm holiday movie by Canadian film director Michael Kennedy. The screenplay is by Michael Musi and Madison Walsh. It will premiere on Lifetime on ...

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SOUTH HUNTINGDON, Pa. (KDKA) — Several animals died after a fire broke out at a barn at Critter Country Animal Farm, a zoo in Westmoreland County that houses animals like lemurs, zebras and ...

Westmoreland County dispatchers said crews were called to 914 PA-981 for a working fire. Rostraver Central Fire Department on Facebook said there were no injuries but several animals died in the fire.

Conservative-leaning “parent rights” groups are succeeding in their children’s book ban campaigns as sales ... impact my ability to survive as a full-time author.” Independent publisher ...