A Wichita courtroom rang out with sobs and cheers when over two dozen people learned that their life savings had been recovered after being lost by a local bank. Over $8 million in children’s university funds, retirement accounts, funds for eldercare, and bequeathments to children and grandchildren were returned after the FBI located and seized […] The post Life Savings of an Entire Small Town Recovered from the Depths of a Cryto-Scam by FBI appeared first on Good News Network.

Thanksgiving is a celebration that brings family and friends together. And with it just being around the corner, your home will most likely be experiencing more activity and guests. But dogs and Thanksgiving don’t go so well together, because the holiday can pose a serious risk to our furry friends. So, while Thanksgiving brings about the festivities, it’s important to take precautions to keep your dog safe and make sure the hoomans still get to enjoy the holiday. LightField Studios / Shutterstock.com If you’re a dog parent who’s looking for the best ways to ensure a happy and dog-safe Thanksgiving, then you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we’ll discuss how you can best dog-proof your home for the holiday. From food safety, preventing escape, to creating a safe space, and ensuring safe guest interactions – we have you covered! Dogs And Thanksgiving: 5 Ways To Dog-Proof Your Home For us hoomans, Thanksgiving means getting to enjoy fun and food-filled activities with families and friends. But for our furry friends, it can mean loud noises, unfamiliar faces, and a whole lot of potential health hazards. So, in the midst of the hustle and bustle of Thanksgiving preparations and celebrations, let us not forget to ensure to take our dogs’ needs into account. Without further ado, here are five ways to dog-proof your home for the holiday season: 1. Keep Food Hazards Out Of Reach ilona.shorokhova / Shutterstock.com We believe that one of the main reasons why dogs and Thanksgiving don’t go well together is because of the deliciously dangerous food that they can easily access during all the celebrations. As a responsible dog owner, it’s imperative that you’re well aware of Thanksgiving food that can pose a risk to your dog. Here are some: Turkey skin Cooked turkey bones Stuffing Ham Gravy Nuts Cranberry sauce Nutmeg Corn cobs But this doesn’t mean your dog can’t have a taste of Thanksgiving! You can give them a few nibbles of Thanksgiving food like turkey meat (without bones and skin), sweet potato, pumpkin, and unseasoned veggies like carrots, green beans, and peas. Or, if you want to really make your pooch feel included in the festivities, you can make homemade dog treats made from fall season food staples! Here are helpful tips on how you can keep Thanksgiving food hazards out of your dog’s nose and their reach: Immediately clean any area you use for food preparations. Dogs like to sniff out leftovers on any place their nose takes them to. Similarly, make sure to keep your counters clear of any food for the same reason as above. Securely store your food in places where your dog can’t reach or easily open. These include closed cupboards, drawers, and food containers with locking lids. Guard and secure the trash can. During Thanksgiving festivities, the trash can is a treasure trove of leftover food for dogs! Make sure to dispose food leftovers in a tightly secured trash bag and that the trash can’s lid is closed at all times. 2. Protect Your Dog From Decorations When we think of dogs and Thanksgiving hazards, we always think about the food. But did you know that while decorations help get everyone in the holiday spirit, they can also pose a threat to our furry friends? Thanksgiving decorations that can pose a threat to dogs include: Fragrant candles: These can make your home smell nice, but they can be real dangerous when your dog knocks them over. String lights and electrical cords: String lights help set the Thanksgiving ambiance but your dog may be tempted to chew on them. So, if you must use them, make sure to strategically place them around your house, along with their electrical cords, to prevent chewing. Decorative plants and flowers: Not all indoor and decorative plants are safe for dogs. And some popular decorative plants and flowers, such as ferns, hydrangeas, and baby’s breath, are toxic to dogs. If you’re looking for plants and flowers to decorate your home with, make sure they’re dog-friendly. 3. Create A Safe Space For Your Dog Patryk Kosmider / Shutterstock.com From the preparation down to the actual celebration, Thanksgiving can be hectic! And all of these can overwhelm or stress your dog out. Here are a few common signs that your dog is getting stressed, overwhelmed, or anxious of the situation or environment: Tucked tail Pinned back ears Licking of lips Excessive panting Panting Drooling Growling or whining Ensure that you understand and recognize stress signs in your dog, so you know when to escort them out of the stressful environment. And that’s why it’s important to create a safe space for your dog. A place they can retreat to when they start feeling anxious, stressed, or overwhelmed with all the people and noise in the house during the festivities. Ideally, this space should be away from the hustle and bustle of the kitchen, the dining table, and even the living room where all the guests are. Furthermore, to ensure that the space is familiar, comfortable, and will calm your dog down, it should be furnished with the following: Your dog’s own bed and crate Their favorite blanket Their favorite toys Treats to chew on (to ease their anxiousness) Enough water and food Some soothing music Make sure that your dog recognizes this safe space and can easily access it during the festivities. 4. Prevent Escape Thanksgiving festivities means a LOT of changes for your dog, which in turn makes them stressed. It also means a lot of guests coming in and out of your front door – a recipe for the disaster of your dog escaping your home and getting lost. Aside from stress, there are also dogs that are just natural escape artists! So, to ensure that your furry friend doesn’t get a chance to run away, here are a few tips to prevent escape during the festivities: Use baby gates in your front and back doors. Although, these are also helpful to keep dogs away from the kitchen! Microchip your dog (if you haven’t yet). If your dog is microchipped, make sure their information is up-to-date. Put your dog’s collar on with updated information on it. Use their favorite toy or treat to distract them. These items might help them take their mind off escaping and help calm them down. Believe in the saying “A tired dog is a good dog” and exercise (or have someone else exercise) your dog before the festivities. This way, they’ll be calmer when people arrive, and they might retire early for the night after greeting guests. 5. Ensure Safe Guest Interactions LightField Studios / Shutterstock.com As a responsible dog parent celebrating Thanksgiving with loved ones, we want to keep our dogs safe and our guests happy. To ensure this, it’s important to let your guests know that you have a dog at home, and set some ground rules for when the arrive in your home to celebrate the holiday. Here are some ways to prepare for guests at home and ensure interactions with your dog: Let your guests know in advance that you have a dog at home. They might be allergic to dogs or afraid of them. Tell guests to always keep doors closed to prevent the dog from escaping. Encourage your guests to guard their food and drinks at ALL TIMES. Furthermore, tell them to not give your dog any table scraps at any given circumstance. If guests will bring children with them, ensure that all interactions between the dog and children are supervised. Remind guests not to engage in rough play as this may become a hazard, especially if children are around. If at any given moment, your dog displays any signs of stress or anxiety, it is in everyone’s best interest that you escort your dog to their safe space. Conclusion Pixel-Shot / Shutterstock.com Dog-proofing your home before all the hustle and bustle of Thanksgiving ensures that everyone, including your dog, gets to enjoy a happy, safe, and fun-filled holiday. Furthermore, this also helps you show how grateful you are to be a dog parent to a furry friend that does nothing but make your life better every day! Do you have any other dog-proofing tips for other dog parents this Thanksgiving? Share them in the comments below!

Taxpayer-funded National Public Radio underlined how firmly it's on Team Kamala by airing a story on Monday's Morning Edition hyping the notion that women were secretly voting for Kamala despite their pig-headed Trump-backing husbands. The headline was "Meet the conservative women who are keeping their votes for Kamala Harris a secret." Never mind that if they're voting for her, they're not conservative. NPR reporter Sarah McCammon -- the one who wrote about Trump and leaving the "white evangelical church" in her book The Exvangelicals -- granted anonymity to these secret Harris backers, like their families are so broken they can't discuss voting for socialists. First came "T," a retiree in Wisconsin, who "asked for anonymity to discuss how living in a politically divided household is affecting her marriage of more than 40 years. T says she mailed her absentee ballot from another family member's home to avoid a confrontation with her husband." Wow, that guy sounds abusive! "T" says it's not like he would stop her from voting Democrat, but "I can't deal with the animosity." Now imagine if he finds out you made him look like a jerk on the radio from coast to coast.  McCAMMON: T says she'd voted Republican her entire adult life, until Trump became the nominee in 2016. She describes Trump as misogynistic and a buffoon. T: And my husband will say it's just what the media has fed me, and I'm saying, uh-uh. I watched it with my own two eyes. I listened to it. No. Then there was "K," who was appalled when Trump held up a Bible in 2020 in front of an Episcopal church near the White House "after calling police to shut down a protest." That's what the media fed these women. K "lives in a red state in the Midwest and asked that we use her first initial because of fear of losing her job." Losing her job? Where does she work? It wasn't explained.  K says her husband doesn't suspect. "He assumes that I'm voting Republican. I just listen to him talk about his views, and I just nod my head and go, mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And I'm thinking, yeah, and my nieces have less bodily autonomy rights at their age than I had." See, that's not a "conservative." McCammon then touted the Julia Roberts-narrated ad for Vote Common Good encouraging women to vote against their right-wing husbands. The only balance in the story came from Charlie Kirk saying women who vote secretly "undermine their husbands." He called it "gross." Then an academic explained that many women are secretly voting, mostly for more abortions.  Then there was "A." McCAMMON: A, who's 35 and lives in Illinois, asked that we use only her first initial because she's worried about backlash from her religious community. She says she voted for Trump in the last two elections, but, after a period of soul-searching, decided to vote for Harris this time....A says she's keeping her vote a secret from her boyfriend and especially her father, a committed Republican. A says she has daughters, and she thought about them when she was making her decision." A: And as I was filling in that rectangle, it was, like, this moment of, like, hell yeah, girl. Like, you did something so powerful for yourself and for a lot of women. McCammon concluded on a hopeful note, for liberals: "It's impossible to know how many people, especially women, are secretly voting for Harris. But even a small number of silent voters in either direction could make a big difference on Tuesday."  

Rumor has it that Intel will be unveiling its second-generation desktop graphics card next month, well ahead of the expected arrival of competing next-gen GPUs from AMD and Nvidia. The Intel Arc Battlemage graphics cards are said to be "performing brilliantly next month," according to one source of leaked information. The first generation of Intel Arc desktop GPUs didn't exactly shake up our best graphics card guide, as we found in our Intel Arc A770 review, but eventually, after many driver updates, they have come to be seen as decent entry-level options. Meanwhile, rumors about the vastly superior performance of its second generation of cards have swirled for years now. If those rumors are at all true, and Intel is about to launch its new cards in time for the holiday season, it could seriously shake up the GPU market. Continue reading New Intel graphics card could arrive next month, before AMD and Nvidia launches MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Core i5 14600K review, Best gaming CPU, Core i9 14900K review

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Image: Microsoft Microsoft appears to be stepping back from charging Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscribers another $20 per month to get access to AI-powered Office features. The software giant quietly announced it’s making Copilot Pro features part of its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions last week, but only in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand for now. “It’s been nine months since we introduced consumers to Copilot in our Microsoft 365 apps via Copilot Pro. We’ve spent that time adding new features, improving performance, and listening carefully to customer feedback,” says Microsoft in a press release spotted by ZDNet. “Based on that feedback, we’re making Copilot part of our Microsoft 365 Personal and... Continue reading…

Image: Archer Archer Aviation, a leading electric flight company based in San Jose, California, is bringing its futuristic air taxis to Japan. The company will sell 100 of its Midnight battery-powered aircraft to Soracle, a joint venture between Japan Airlines and Sumitomo Corporation, in a deal valued approximately at $500 million. Archer says that Soracle plans on deploying its aircraft — which look like a cross between a drone and a helicopter — “in cities where existing ground transportation is constrained by traffic or geographic barriers,” the company said. Still, Archer will need to achieve “certain milestones in advanced aircraft delivery” before Soracle approves pre-delivery payments. “in cities where existing ground transportation is... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge It’s been two long years since the launch of Matter — the one smart home standard designed to rule them all — and there’s been a fair amount of disappointment around a sometimes buggy rollout, slow adoption by companies like Apple, Amazon, and Google, and frustrating set-up experiences. However, the launch of the Matter 1.4 specification this week shows some signs that the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA, the organization behind Matter) is using more sticks and fewer carrots to get the smart home industry coalition to cooperate. The new spec introduces “enhanced multi-admin,” an improvement on multi-admin — the much-touted interoperability feature that means your Matter smart light can work in multiple ecosystems simultaneously.... Continue reading…

Apple is expected to redesign its MacBook products as soon as 2026. Starting with the MacBook Pro, the company is rumored to add a new OLED display to this device. If the company follows the trend, changing the screen technology usually means revamping the product, as happened with the OLED iPad Pro in May. When Apple unveiled this new product, it made it thinner than ever while still maximizing power. With this upcoming MacBook Pro, Apple is expected to add a two-tandem OLED with two light-emitting layers, a technology similar to the current iPad Pro. The only difference is that rumors suggest Apple will use the eighth generation of this technology instead of the sixth available with the iPad Pro. Still, the MacBook Pro wasn't the only Mac expected to get a new display technology. Rumors say Apple wants to add an OLED screen to the MacBook Air starting in 2027. However, the latest Elec report indicates that Apple is delaying this new product introduction to a later date. The main reason is the cost of switching the LCD panel to OLED. Even though Apple plans to use a single-stack OLED with a single light-emitting layer, this screen is still expensive enough to impact the final price of the MacBook Air. Since consumers felt the price difference for the new iPad Pro, making Apple sell fewer units than expected, the company doesn't want to face the same issue with its most popular Mac product – while it won't be an issue for an already pricey MacBook Pro. If so, the iPad Air with OLED display could also be delayed. This device is still expected to get a revamp by 2026, but the Elec report might make analysts change their forecasts. Still, Apple is trying to diversify its supply chain to get manufacturers to lower the prices of the MacBook Air's future OLED display. While prices won't absurdly fall in a couple of years, this could greatly improve before the end of this decade. BGR will keep reporting on Apple's efforts to switch its LCD devices to OLED. Don't Miss: Leaked Apple OLED iPad and MacBook roadmap could point to major design changes The post OLED MacBook Air reportedly delayed beyond 2027 due to a major problem appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales Best Apple Watch deals for November 2024 Today’s deals: Rare Nintendo Switch sale, $729 black Apple Watch Ultra 2, 32% off LG G4 OLED TV, more Today’s deals: $150 off eufy Robot Vacuum Omni C20, $30 Fire TV Stick 4K Max, $99 Beats headphones, more

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