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FILE - Actress Cloris Leachman, a star in the TV series "Facts of Life," hoists an Australian Wallaby by name of Skippy on Thursday Feb. 13, 1987, during a celebration at Chasen's in Beverly Hills of her 40 years in show business. Leachman, a character actor whose depth of talent brought her an Oscar for the "The Last Picture Show" and Emmys for her comedic work in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and other TV series, has died. She was 94. (AP Photo/Michael Tweed, FILE)
Carley Sercovich hot glues an addition to a coral reef of boxes and spray foam at the foot of her front steps in the Algiers Point neighborhood of New Orleans on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. All around the city, thousands of houses are being decorated as floats because the coronavirus pandemic has canceled parades that usually take place on Mardi Gras. (AP Photo/Janet McConnaughey)
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan's autocratic leader has established a national holiday to honor the local dog breed, media reports …
The statue of the Alabai, the Central Asian shepherd dog is seen in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. Turkmenistan's autocratic leader has established a national holiday to honor the local dog breed, media reports said Tuesday. President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov ordered the holiday praising the Alabai, the Central Asian shepherd dog, to be celebrated on the last Sunday of April when the ex-Soviet nation also marks the day of the local horse breed, according to the daily Neutral Turkmenistan. (AP Photo/Alexander Vershinin)
FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev pets an Alabai puppy, presented to him by Turkmenistan's President Gurnbanguly Berdymukhamedov in his Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia. Berdymukhamedov has published a book about the Alabai breed and has presented Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Medvedev with an Alabai puppy, and according to news reports Tuesday Jan. 26, 2021, he has now declared a national holiday to honor the local dog breed. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP, FILE)
FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov speaks to journalists after casting his ballot at a polling station in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan's autocratic leader Berdymukhamedov has established a national holiday to honor the local dog breed, praising the Central Asian shepherd dog, Alabai, to be celebrated on the last Sunday of April according to Tuesday's news report in the daily Neutral Turkmenistan. (AP Photo/Alexander Vershinin, FILE)
NEW YORK (AP) — Illustrator Michaela Goade became the first Native American to win the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal for best children'…
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A 34-year-old grizzly bear captured in southwestern Wyoming has been confirmed as the oldest on record in the Yellowstone…
Tamara Grinberg, 32, pets her dog at her home in San Martin, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Grinberg who had a clandestine abortion in 2012 said very few people helped her. “Today there are many more support networks ... and the decision is respected. When I did it, no one respected my decision.". (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
BATH, Maine (AP) — The commercial fishery for herring has suffered in recent years due to new restrictions, but those same rules could benefit…