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Nearly 1,000 Michigan Families to Receive Christmas Gifts from Project Feed the Kids

With some parents stretching to make ends meet just a few days before Christmas, Project Feed the Kids has stepped up to provide help.

“There’s something about growing up and being poor and needing help, and then being able to give back now and it being full circle,” Tiffany McQueer, president of the nonprofit, told WYMT. “I mean it. Really, I just love it. That’s why I do it.”

The project involves a lot of hard work and volunteers to pull through for local families.

“We have less than 100 hours to make this happen, so it’s been jam-packed,” said McQueer. “I left here last night at 2:00 a.m., got back here at seven, ready to do it again all day today.”

The charity workers are putting in long hours through the days and nights as an “ever-growing” list of families expands.

“We are fulfilling probably about a hundred families in the next, you know, less than a hundred hours, so we’re at about 940,” the president said. “I think we’re going to hit about 960.”

Cat Missing for Months in Ohio to Be Reunited with Texas Family

A family in Kirtland Hills, Ohio, recently experienced an unusual and heartwarming encounter with someone else’s beloved pet.

When Emily Morris and her aunt, Bisy Dickson, spotted a black cat with their own cat outside their home, they thought it was a stray, WJW reported Friday.

He eventually became familiar enough with the family to let them pick him up. Therefore, when the women noticed he was wearing a tag they learned his name is Blackie, and he belonged to a family living far away in Texas.

The situation was even more interesting because Blackie disappeared in October, and his family was desperate to find him.
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According to Laurie Bentley, the story unfolded when her son was in the process of moving to Maine accompanied by the cat. However, once the pair took a break from the road in Concord Township, the unthinkable happened.

Somehow, Blackie escaped and darted away from his owner into a nearby wooded area.

It is not uncommon for cats to run away because they are under stress, the Tractive website reads.
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However, it is important to note that cats have a homing instinct that serves in helping them find their way home again after being away, per PetMD.

She shared about their situation online, and local animal rescue groups in Lake County joined forces to help in the search by printing out fliers, leaving food around the area, and telling others to be on the lookout for Blackie.

She is now reportedly driving to Ohio to retrieve her family’s beloved cat over the weekend and meet the friends who have been so kind to their pet.

Pennsylvania K-9s Receive Donated Bullet and Stab-Protective Vests

The Pennsylvania State Police Department’s K-9s received bullet and stab-protective vests through a donation from the nonprofit group known as Vested Interest in K9s, the Tri-State Alert reported Friday.

The K-9s were identified as Ivan, Rom, Suny, Natascha, Evan, Dexter, Nemo, Rocco, Jack, Gnash, and Molly, who work hard to protect the community alongside other members of the police force.
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According to the nonprofit’s website, its mission is to “provide bullet and stab-protective vests and other assistance to dogs of law enforcement and related agencies throughout the country.”

Since 2009, the group has donated over 5,379 ballistic vests for K-9s.
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Social media users were quick to comment on the announcement regarding the much-needed donations and the pictures of the regal K-9s wearing their vests.

One person wrote, “Awesome!! They’re all so stunning! Wishing all our law enforcement officers safety and a very Merry Christmas!”

OK, the next articles are not very furry at all.

John Fetterman Leads Senators Demanding Joe Biden Save U.S. Steel from Foreign Acquisition

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is leading Senators in demanding President Joe Biden’s administration save the United States Steel Corporation from being bought by a foreign company.

As Breitbart News reported, executives with U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel Corporation announced the nearly $15 billion deal, which would have the iconic American steel giant sold off to the Japanese company.

The deal is significant as U.S. Steel, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, played a critical role in the nation’s “Arsenal of Democracy” during World War II, which ultimately saw the Allied powers defeat the Axis powers, which included Imperial Japan.

Fetterman, in response, has written to Biden’s Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen who chairs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Fetterman, alongside Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA), urges Yellen to block the deal.

“This proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel … would make a foreign-owned company a central part of the American steel industry, as well as a major employer,” they write.

California Sheriff Praises Judge for Blocking ‘Unconstitutional’ Gun Control

Shasta County Sheriff Michael Johnson praised District Judge Cormac Carney’s issuance of a preliminary injunction against California’s “sensitive places” law, describing the gun control as “unconstitutional.”

Breitbart News reported that Carney issued the preliminary injunction on Wednesday of this week, in a case brought by a number of California concealed carry permit holders, the Second Amendment Foundation, and Gun Owners of America.

The case was against California’s SB2, which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed in September of this year, creating new “sensitive places” in which licensed concealed carriers could not carry firearms.

Carney decided in favor of the plaintiffs, noting that “The challenged…[California] provisions unconstitutionally deprive…[licensed concealed permit holders] of their constitutional right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense.”

KRCR spoke about the decision with Sheriff Johnson, who said, “We’re pleased that a federal judge blocked part of SB2 because, in my opinion and the opinion of many of the sheriffs across the state, is [sic] SB2 is unconstitutional.”