A canine winner has been crowned. American Humane announced its 13th annual Hero Dog Award — and the honors go to a 150-pound therapy dog. Maverick is a European Blue Great Dane who was nominated for the 2023 American Humane Hero Dog Award in the therapy dog category. Maverick is known to have a “superpower” … Read more
The world’s second pig heart transplant recipient has died six weeks after having the organ implanted, the University of Maryland Medical Center announced Tuesday. The patient, 58-year-old Lawrence Faucette — a Navy veteran and retired lab technician at the National Institutes of Health — only began showing signs that his body was rejecting the pig … Read more
Marine 1st Lt. Harvey “Barney” Barnum jumped to the ground when he came under fire during an ambush in Vietnam that killed his radio operator and commander. Collecting himself, Barnum realized he was now the highest-ranking officer of a rifle company he’d just joined. He called in artillery and, amid gunfire, dragged the commander to … Read more
Jurnee Serating-Ware claims she’s never felt pretty — and she’s more than OK with that. Growing up in a small suburb just outside of Boston, she spent most of her childhood watching petite girls with long, flowing hair be fawned over by the cutest guys in school. Her stocky build and short curly hair didn’t … Read more