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In this Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020 photo, Ghost, a Norwegian buhund, is petted by visitors at the American Kennel Club's "Meet the Breeds" event in New York. Ghost is competing at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, but he's also a therapy dog that makes weekly rounds to see patients, staffers and visitors at a Delaware hospital, and he visits schools to serve as a nonjudgmental listener for children learning to read.

Westminster and work: Some show dogs serve, search or soothe

February 10, 2020 at 11:29 a.m.

From the silky strut of Afghan hounds to poodles with coats sculpted like confections, the Westminster Kennel Club's green carpet spotlights manicured, pedigreed canines vying to be deemed top dog....

Conductor James Levine was fired from the Metropolitan Opera after an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse and harassment.

Conductor James Levine, ousted after sex abuse inquiry, sues Metropolitan Opera

August 22, 2019 at 3:10 a.m.

Conductor James Levine sued the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday after a sexual misconduct investigation sank his storied career, saying the renowned company exploited baseless allegations to tarnish him and then...

Edith Windsor addresses a news conference at the offices of the New York Civil Liberties Union on Oct. 18, 2012, in New York. Windsor, who brought a Supreme Court case that struck down parts of a federal law that banned same-sex marriage, died Sept. 12, 2017.

Edith Windsor, who helped end gay marriage ban, dies at 88

August 22, 2019 at 12:52 a.m.

Edith Windsor, a gay rights pioneer whose landmark Supreme Court case struck down parts of a federal anti-gay-marriage law and paved a path toward legalizing same-sex nuptials nationwide, died Tuesday....

Madison Bonner-Bianchi, top, laughs with her parents, from left, Kimberli Bonner, Victoria Bianchi and Mark Shumway in Oakland, Calif., on June 8, 2017. The adults she calls Mom, Dad and Mama were all there for her birth. But legally, Victoria Bianchi became her daughter's parent only in October 2016, joining a small but growing number of Americans who have persuaded courts and legislatures to give legal recognition to what is sometimes called "tri-parenting."

Modern family: More courts allowing 3 parents of 1 child

December 30, 2018 at 7:04 p.m.

Sixteen-year-old Madison's family clustered for a photo in a California courtroom, commemorating the day it finally became official that she has three parents. The adults she calls Mom, Dad and...

New York City police officers stand among the falling confetti just after midnight in Times Square Jan. 1, 2015.

NYPD slowdown: Times Square had 1 million revelers, zero tickets

June 21, 2019 at 2:11 a.m.

Of all the statistics from the recent New Year's Eve in Times Square — 1 million revelers, 2,000 pounds of confetti, thousands of police officers, dozens of surveillance cameras —...

BROWN’S REPORT SUPPORTS POLICE

August 20, 2021 at 8:04 p.m.

In the seven years since the bodies of seven workers were found at Brown's Chicken & Pasta in Palatine, the investigation has drawn scorn and praise, built reputations and ruined...

SUSPECT IS CHARGED IN ASSAULTS ON ASIANS

August 20, 2021 at 12:51 p.m.

Mark Anthony Lewis, the suspect in a series of attacks on Chicago-area Asian women, was identified Wednesday by eight of nine alleged victims and has been charged in at least...

CREDIT-UNION ROBBERY SUSPECT IS ARRESTED

August 20, 2021 at 8:13 p.m.

Authorities Thursday night were questioning a man suspected of robbing an Arlington Heights credit union twice in the last three months. The suspect and an alleged accomplice were arrested Thursday...

BICYCLIST IS CRITICALLY INJURED IN COLLISION

August 20, 2021 at 1:23 p.m.

A bicyclist was seriously injured Wednesday in an early-morning collision along the Prairie Path, authorities said. Holly F. Tapley, 32, of Bridgeman, Mich., was riding west along the trail near...

POLICE SEEK DRIVER IN HIT-AND-RUN

August 20, 2021 at 8:49 p.m.

As three small children struck by a hit-and-run driver recuperated at home, Addison police continued searching Tuesday for the motorist who hit the children Sunday afternoon. Police said a mid-sized...

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