Mitchell G. Patton

Winston, the French bulldog, won the title of "Best in Show" at the National Dog Show in Philadelphia on Thursday. The Frenchie, a fan favorite, bested six other finalists at the annual event hosted by the Kennel Club of Philadelphia."He is a show dog with personality and beauty and a perfect fit for the breed," Vicki Seiler-Cushman, Best In Show judge, said in a statement. “He has a glare that says 'I'm here to win tonight.' You can say that he too can go home and be the perfect pet."Perry Payson of Bixby, Oklahoma guided Winston to victory as his…

NEW YORK (AP) — A writer who accused former President Donald Trump of rape filed an enhanced lawsuit against him Thursday in New York, minutes after a new state law went into effect that allows victims of sexual violence to sue for attacks that happened decades ago.E. Jean Carroll's attorney filed the legal documents electronically as the Adult Survivors Act temporarily lifted the state's usual timelines for suing for sexual assault. He sought unspecified compensatory and punitive damages for pain and suffering, psychological damage, loss of dignity, and damage to reputation.Carroll, a longtime Elle magazine advice columnist, first made the…

Hundreds of activists, including Greta Thunberg, marched through the Swedish capital to a court on Friday to file a lawsuit against the Swedish state for what they say is insufficient climate action.More than 600 young people under the age of 26 signed the 87-page document that is the basis of the lawsuit that was filed in the Stockholm District Court. They want the court to find that the country has violated the human rights of its citizens with its climate policies.“Sweden has never treated the climate crisis as a crisis,” said Anton Foley, a spokesman for the youth initiative Aurora,…

LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk said Friday that Twitter plans to relaunch its premium service that will offer different colored checkmarks on accounts next week, in a new move to revamp the service after an earlier attempt failed.It's the latest change to the social media platform that Tesla's billionaire CEO bought last month for $44 billion, a day after Musk said he would grant "amnesty" for suspended accounts and caused even more uncertainty for consumers. users.Twitter previously suspended the premium service, which under Musk awarded blue verification labels to anyone paying $8 a month, due to a wave of imposter…