Man stabs dog to death

NEW YORK (AP) — A man stabbed a pit bull to death following a quarrel with the dog's owner in New York City's Central Park, officials said. The seriously injured dog was transported to a local animal clinic, where he was euthanized after the stabbing Saturday evening, police said.

'Deliberately misled'

A parliamentary panel concluded Thursday that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson intentionally misled the House of Commons when he told it there had been no lockdown parties in Downing Street. After a year-long investigation,

Postcard from Mars

Ellison was part of the team that planned and processed the images to create the postcard view. Blue was added to the image to represent Curiosity's view of the morning sky, while the yellow tint was added to illustrate its view in the afternoon, NASA officials said in the statement.

$1.4B to survivors

BERLIN >> The organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis said Thursday that Germany has agreed to extend another $1.4 billion (1.29 billion euros) overall for Holocaust survivors around the globe for the coming year.

McCullers out for season

The Astros will be without veteran right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. for the remainder of the regular season after he underwent surgery Tuesday to repair the flexor tendon in his right forearm and remove a “lima bean”-sized bone spur that had been causing some pain in the arm.

Retirement age for pilots

Airlines are ramping up schedules and pilot hiring after shrinking during the Covid-19 pandemic by urging aviators to take buyouts.

Raptors’ new head coach

New Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic was introduced to the media in a press conference in front of Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday. "This is an amazing, amazing privilege to represent the Toronto Raptors, a championship organization," Rajakovic said ...

Top Russian general killed

Russian president says Russia needs to ‘fight enemy agents’ inside its own territory; several Russian military bloggers report Maj Gen Sergei Goryachev killed by UK-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missile.