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This week’s top lifestyle stories include pet stories, family dramas, wild nature tales, delicious food stories, American innovation and more. Sit back, relax and tune in to catch up on the latest news you can’t miss. (@huesolstice; Tracey Rendina; Janeiry Jay Rivas)
Pets are family
A trend is spreading in which pet owners encourage their dogs and cats to do paw and hand challenges, with the videos garnering millions of views on social media. Click here to read the article.
A dog’s owner has expressed gratitude to local residents after he escaped from home and was stranded in a highway median for 18 hours. Click here to read the article.
A one-year-old German Shepherd named Yoda ran away from home and became stuck in the median of a highway (see red circle above). (SWNS)
Family, friends and good news
Florida couple Tracy and Mike Rendina are proud that each of their four daughters excelled in their high school academics in different years. Click here to read the article.
A Florida kindergartener celebrated his graduation during a flight after missing his in-school graduation ceremony. Click here to read the article.
An Arizona family remembered their husband and father with a fun-filled funeral, and rather than a solemn ceremony, more than 500 guests took part in an event that included bounce houses, painting, music and more. Click here to read the article.
A video of kindergarteners in Louisville, Ohio “transforming” into graduates has gone viral, garnering the attention of millions of people. Click here to read the article.
The touching video has gone viral as a school in Louisville, Ohio reminded viewers how quickly kids grow up. (Louisville City Schools (Louisville, Ohio))
Delicious food
This hamburger casserole is hearty, delicious, and cheesy, and you can whip it up for family and friends in under an hour. This recipe serves 12 people and takes just 15 minutes of prep time. Click here to read the article.
We added a splash of banana liqueur to our white chocolate banana cream pie for a nostalgic feel.
Healthy salads are all the rage, but these days salads are often full of calorie-dense villains, making them bigger than you’d think. Here are seven of the biggest sinners and how to eat a healthier salad. Click here to read the article.
Even if you create a salad that’s surprisingly healthy and delicious, the wrong dressing or toppings can turn it into an unexpectedly high-calorie meal. Here’s what you need to know about making the best choices. (iStock)
Weird and viral
A prankster reportedly ordered eight cheese pizzas and eight pepperoni pizzas at an Ohio pizza place but never showed up to pay. What happened next was an act of kindness. Click here to read the article.
One owner said she found out her dog, who she thought had been “euthanized” in Maryland, is alive and up for adoption in 2022 in the same location where she adopted him. Click here to read the article.
Scuba diver and fossil hunter Alex Lundberg discovered the ancient mastodon tusk, which is unusually well preserved, on Manasota Key, 90 miles south of Tampa. Click here to read the article.
Alex Lundberg, a marine biologist at the University of South Florida, discovered the fang during an ocean scuba dive. (Alex Lundberg)
Wild Nature
Fox News Digital spoke to three spider experts, who said that while the recently-hyped invasive “venomous flying spiders” may seem scary, there’s more to know about them than you might think. Click here to read the article.
In a now-viral post that has been viewed more than 54 million times, a man showed off a strange-looking, long-nosed stargazer that’s hard to catch, with some viewers describing the fish as “scary as a stone.” Click here to read the article.
This elusive skywatcher was spotted by Dennis Chan and the team from “The Untamed Paths,” and the video left viewers in awe of this interesting creature. (Rough Road)
Celebrating Dad
Check out these 15 unique Father’s Day gift ideas for the dad who “has it all.” Click here to read the article.
American Hero
Robert “Bob” Persichitti, a World War II Navy veteran from New York, died at age 102 while traveling to Normandy, France, for the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. Click here to read the article.
Bob Persichitti witnessed the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima. (Honor Flight Rochester, Joe Rosenthal/Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Meet the American who…
Nebraska native Andrew Jackson Higgins designed and built in New Orleans the famous amphibious landing craft that helped the United States and the Allied Powers fight and win World War II. Click here to read the article.
Andrew Higgins (right) designed and built the iconic World War II landing craft and led many battles, including the Normandy landings. American Sergeant Joseph Markovich (left) sits in a Higgins boat on the way to Normandy in 1944. (Getty Images/National WWII Museum)
Viral Videos
While the chamber orchestra was playing, a curious cat roamed merrily onstage – the music continued even when the cat left the stage. Click here to watch the video.
A Houston woman received a notification from her security camera that there was someone in her living room, but it was her dog, Nanook, howling and crying for his owner. Click here to watch the video.
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Revealing Interview
In the latest episode of “Short Questions,” Dana Perino spots Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janet Neshewat as she discusses how she got into medicine, what the most important qualities are in a medical leader, what she wishes she’d known when she was younger, and more. Click here to read the article.
“My mother noticed my compassion for people from an early age and inspired me to follow her lead and pursue a career in medicine,” Dr. Janet Neshewat told Fox News’ Dana Perino. (Fox News Digital)
Travel stories
A recently released report revealed the most popular places to relocate to in the United States in 2024. Is your city on the list? Click here to read the article.
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A church in Normandy, France, pays tribute to the American paratroopers who landed on D-Day as biblical heroes with dramatic stained-glass windows, making it an interesting attraction for any traveler. Click here to read the article.
Eight decades after the epic Allied invasion of Europe on June 6, 1944, the people of Normandy, France, are still paying tribute to the liberators of the Normandy landings. One such expression of respect is a depiction of paratroopers in a church’s stained-glass windows. (Matt Cardy, Philip Clement/Altera/Universal Images Group, Sean Gallup, all via Getty Images)
