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7-Year-Old saves more than 1,000 dogs

(WAGT) A 7-year-old boy in Columbia County, Georgia has saved more than 1,000 dogs. Roman McConn and his mom started Project Freedom Ride to get dogs out of shelters and into new homes. On Tuesday, they sent 39 dogs to no-kill shelters in New Jersey and New York, so they don’t have to be euthanized. “I want these dogs to…

Sisters confess to “Perfect Murder”

(WFLA) Two Florida sisters have been arrested after admitting to killing their father in March 2015. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said in a press conference Tuesday 63-year-old Mary-Beth Tomaselli and 61-year-old Linda Roberts stand accused of killing their 85-year-old father and faking his death back in March 2015. Deputies say Roberts admitted to a friend that the sisters had…

MeTV Network launches original series Collector’s Call hosted by Lisa Whelchel

Click here for a series preview MeTV Network, America’s #1 classic television network, and Weigel Broadcasting Co. announce the debut of the network’s first original TV series, Collector’s Call. Hosted by Lisa Whelchel (The Facts of Life, Survivor: Philippines), the 13-episode unscripted series will premiere on Sunday, April 7 at 10pm / 9pm C following Lisa’s Call, a special three-hour…

Vaccine debate hits Capitol Hill

(NBC News) An Ohio teenager who gained national attention for going against his mother’s anti-vaccine beliefs shared his story on Capitol Hill Tuesday. High school senior Ethan Lindenberger told a Senate Committee how he pursued scientific facts about vaccines and made the decision to become fully inoculated when he turned 18, defying his mother, who Ethan says developed strong anti-vaccine…

Betti Wiggins is changing the way American children eat while at school

(NBC News) Betti Wiggins talks about her serious work in a way that, more often than not, is funny. “When I was in Detroit, we held a funeral for the deep fryers,” Wiggins told NBCBLK about the school food reforms she oversaw for half of the last decade in the Motor City. “We said goodbye to Tony the Tiger and…