New Berlin Pets Up For Adoption

Pet News

Want to add to your family and give back to the New Berlin community at the same time? Consider adopting a dog, cat or other animal from a local shelter or organization. Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many local animals are still looking for their forever homes and shelters still working to fulfill adoptions and place pets with families.

For those looking to adopt, a great place to start the search for your new family member is at a local animal shelter. If you aren't sure if you have time to take care of a pet year round, many shelters also offer opportunities to foster pets until they are placed in permanent homes.

Here at Patch, with a little help from our friends at Petfinder, we put together a list each week of all the pets recently put up for adoption in your area. Whether you're a dog or cat person, there are several great options available. Click on any listing for more information, or to start the adoption process.

Dasher-(Christy Noel's pup)

  • Name: Dasher-(Christy Noel's pup)

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Fluffy Dog Rescue, Hartland, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Medium, Male, Anatolian Shepherd Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Mix

  • Good With: Kids and dogs

  • Description: "Please note donations using the SPONSOR ME tab will not go to Fluffy Dog Rescue.To Locate Our Application go..." Learn more

Blitzen-(Christy Noel's pup)

  • Name: Blitzen-(Christy Noel's pup)

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Fluffy Dog Rescue, Hartland, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Medium, Male, Anatolian Shepherd Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Mix

  • Good With: Kids and dogs

  • Description: "Please note donations using the SPONSOR ME tab will not go to Fluffy Dog Rescue.To Locate Our Application go..." Learn more

Comet-(Christy Noel's pup)

  • Name: Comet-(Christy Noel's pup)

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Fluffy Dog Rescue, Hartland, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Medium, Male, Anatolian Shepherd Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Mix

  • Good With: Kids and dogs

  • Description: "Please note donations using the SPONSOR ME tab will not go to Fluffy Dog Rescue.To Locate Our Application go..." Learn more

Prancer-(Christy Noel's pup)

  • Name: Prancer-(Christy Noel's pup)

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Fluffy Dog Rescue, Hartland, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Medium, Female, Anatolian Shepherd Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Mix

  • Good With: Kids and dogs

  • Description: "Please note donations using the SPONSOR ME tab will not go to Fluffy Dog Rescue.To Locate Our Application go..." Learn more

Dancer-(Christy Noel's pup)

  • Name: Dancer-(Christy Noel's pup)

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Fluffy Dog Rescue, Hartland, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Medium, Female, Anatolian Shepherd Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Mix

  • Good With: Kids and dogs

  • Description: "Please note donations using the SPONSOR ME tab will not go to Fluffy Dog Rescue.To Locate Our Application go..." Learn more

Girlie

  • Name: Girlie

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Bichon And Little Buddies Rescue, Mukwonago, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Senior, Small, Female, Chihuahua

  • Good With: Dogs

  • Description: "Scroll down to learn more about this pet:***Bichon and Little Buddies is open onlyby appointment with a..." Learn more

Mocha

  • Name: Mocha

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Humane Animal Welfare Society Of Waukesha County, 701 Northview Road, Waukesha, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Medium, Female, Domestic Medium Hair

  • Description: "Primary Color: Black Weight: 4.625lbs Age: 0yrs 4mths 0wks" Learn more

**LENNOX**

  • Name: **LENNOX**

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Hoovers Hause All Dog Rescue, S47 W30760 State Road 59, North Prairie, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Large, Male, Australian Shepherd Shepherd Mix

  • Good With: Dogs

  • Description: "Please go to our website,http://www.hoovershausealldogrescue.com/and complete the adoption application.Once your application is approved, the WI manager will..." Learn more

**LISTON**

  • Name: **LISTON**

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Hoovers Hause All Dog Rescue, S47 W30760 State Road 59, North Prairie, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Large, Male, Australian Shepherd Shepherd Mix

  • Good With: Dogs

  • Description: "Please go to our website,http://www.hoovershausealldogrescue.com/and complete the adoption application.Once your application is approved, the WI manager will..." Learn more

Anne

  • Name: Anne

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Tiny Paws Small Dog Rescue, Union Grove, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Small, Female, Pomeranian Mixed Breed Mix

  • Good With: Kids and dogs

  • Description: "Meet Anne (Annie). Annie is believed to be a Pomeranian Mix and is available for adoption. Annie came to the..." Learn more

**LUCIUS**

  • Name: **LUCIUS**

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Hoovers Hause All Dog Rescue, S47 W30760 State Road 59, North Prairie, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Large, Male, Australian Shepherd Shepherd Mix

  • Good With: Dogs

  • Description: "Please go to our website,http://www.hoovershausealldogrescue.com/and complete the adoption application.Once your application is approved, the WI manager will..." Learn more

Whiskers

  • Name: Whiskers

  • Species: Hamster

  • Location: Center For Animal Rehabilitation And Education Inc, Waukesha, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Female, Hamster

  • Good With: Kids

  • Description: "Whiskers came to us from Animal Control. She lost her home due to eviction. She is a young adult Syrian..." Learn more

**JOEY**

  • Name: **JOEY**

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Hoovers Hause All Dog Rescue, S47 W30760 State Road 59, North Prairie, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Large, Male, Shepherd Labrador Retriever Mix

  • Good With: Dogs

  • Description: "Please go to our website,http://www.hoovershausealldogrescue.com/and complete the adoption application.Once your application is approved, the WI manager will..." Learn more

**NICCY**

  • Name: **NICCY**

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Hoovers Hause All Dog Rescue, S47 W30760 State Road 59, North Prairie, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Large, Female, Shepherd Labrador Retriever Mix

  • Good With: Dogs

  • Description: "Please go to our website,http://www.hoovershausealldogrescue.com/and complete the adoption application.Once your application is approved, the WI manager will..." Learn more

**NIGEL**

  • Name: **NIGEL**

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Hoovers Hause All Dog Rescue, S47 W30760 State Road 59, North Prairie, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Large, Male, Shepherd Labrador Retriever Mix

  • Good With: Dogs

  • Description: "Please go to our website,http://www.hoovershausealldogrescue.com/and complete the adoption application.Once your application is approved, the WI manager will..." Learn more

**JOKER**

  • Name: **JOKER**

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Hoovers Hause All Dog Rescue, S47 W30760 State Road 59, North Prairie, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Large, Male, Shepherd Labrador Retriever Mix

  • Good With: Dogs

  • Description: "Please go to our website,http://www.hoovershausealldogrescue.com/and complete the adoption application.Once your application is approved, the WI manager will..." Learn more

**DOREEN**

  • Name: **DOREEN**

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Hoovers Hause All Dog Rescue, S47 W30760 State Road 59, North Prairie, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Small, Female, Pug

  • Good With: Dogs

  • Description: "Please go to our website,http://www.hoovershausealldogrescue.com/and complete the adoption application.Once your application is approved, the WI manager will..." Learn more

Tahki

  • Name: Tahki

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Humane Animal Welfare Society Of Waukesha County, 701 Northview Road, Waukesha, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Young, Medium, Female, Domestic Short Hair

  • Description: "Primary Color: Orange Tabby Weight: 10.4375lbs Age: 1yrs 3mths 1wks Animal has been Spayed" Learn more

Franki

  • Name: Franki

  • Species: Parrot

  • Location: Humane Animal Welfare Society Of Waukesha County, 701 Northview Road, Waukesha, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Male, Cockatiel

  • Description: "Primary Color: White Secondary Color: Grey Age: 2yrs 0mths 0wks" Learn more

Lexi

  • Name: Lexi

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Save A Pet, 31664 N. Fairfield Road, Grayslake, IL

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Female, Manx

  • Good With: Kids and cats

  • Description: "Super cat could be my nickname I’m told. What do they mean? Well, I was lucky and spent time in..." Learn more

Chestnut

  • Name: Chestnut

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Save A Pet, 31664 N. Fairfield Road, Grayslake, IL

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Female, Domestic Short Hair

  • Description: "I came in through an open admissions facility and while it is always a little overwhelming when you have to..." Learn more

Coal

  • Name: Coal

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Save A Pet, 31664 N. Fairfield Road, Grayslake, IL

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Young, Large, Male, German Shepherd Dog

  • Description: "While I’m a big boy, I can be shy when I first meet new people. I wish I could share..." Learn more

Tino

  • Name: Tino

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Save A Pet, 31664 N. Fairfield Road, Grayslake, IL

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Male, American Staffordshire Terrier

  • Description: "No one would allow me to move with my family so I couldn’t stay with them. This was very sad...." Learn more

Tupaw Shakir

  • Name: Tupaw Shakir

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Save A Pet, 31664 N. Fairfield Road, Grayslake, IL

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Young, Medium, Male, Mixed Breed

  • Description: "I almost look like I could fly, right? My friends think that I’m a pretty cool looking dog but we..." Learn more

Jet

  • Name: Jet

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Save A Pet, 31664 N. Fairfield Road, Grayslake, IL

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Young, Medium, Male, Mixed Breed

  • Description: "Happy? Of course I am. A ride to a second chance at life at Save-A-Pet? You have to be crazy..." Learn more

Hendrix

  • Name: Hendrix

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Animal Education And Rescue, Libertyville, IL

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Young, Medium, Male, Jack Russell Terrier

  • Description: "_________________________________________________________________________Adoption Donation for Hendrix is $ 425.00WANT TO MEET HendrixThe first step would be for you to..." Learn more

Panther

  • Name: Panther

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Animal Education And Rescue, Libertyville, IL

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Young, Medium, Male, Domestic Medium Hair

  • Description: "_________________________________________________________________________Adoption Donation for Panther is $ 175.00WANT TO MEET PantherThe first step would be for you to..." Learn more

Coco Bean

  • Name: Coco Bean

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Alberts Dog Lounge, Whitewater, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Senior, Small, Male, Manchester Terrier Terrier Mix

  • Good With: Kids and dogs

  • Description: "Meet Coco Bean!*Coco Bean will be traveling to WI in the middle of January and will be able to..." Learn more

Sia - Reduced Fee!

  • Name: Sia - Reduced Fee!

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Humane Society Of Jefferson County Inc, W6127 Kiesling Rd., Jefferson, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Female, Siamese Domestic Short Hair Mix

  • Description: "My best friend Celine and I are a bonded pair who lost our home when our owner passed away. We..." Learn more

Ollie - Reduced Fee!

  • Name: Ollie - Reduced Fee!

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Humane Society Of Jefferson County Inc, W6127 Kiesling Rd., Jefferson, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Male, Domestic Short Hair

  • Description: "I'm a handsome fawn tabby who lost my home when my owner passed away. I am understandably stressed about finding..." Learn more

Celine - Reduced Fee!

  • Name: Celine - Reduced Fee!

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Humane Society Of Jefferson County Inc, W6127 Kiesling Rd., Jefferson, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Female, Domestic Short Hair

  • Description: "My best friend Sia and I are a bonded pair who lost our home when our owner passed away. We..." Learn more

Izzy $400

  • Name: Izzy $400

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Rescue Gang, Milwaukee, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Young, Small, Female, Chihuahua

  • Description: "Hi I am Izzy! I am a 10 month, 6 lbs, short coat female chihuahua and I am looking for..." Learn more

Moe - Reduced Fee!

  • Name: Moe - Reduced Fee!

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Humane Society Of Jefferson County Inc, W6127 Kiesling Rd., Jefferson, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Male, Domestic Short Hair

  • Description: "My sister Minnie and I are a bonded pair looking for a home together. We are both 3 years old..." Learn more

Minnie - Reduced Fee!

  • Name: Minnie - Reduced Fee!

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Humane Society Of Jefferson County Inc, W6127 Kiesling Rd., Jefferson, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Female, Domestic Short Hair

  • Description: "My brother Moe and I are a bonded pair who lost our home due to a family member's allergy. We..." Learn more

Dreidel

  • Name: Dreidel

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: H Dot Op Dot E Safehouse Inc, 1234 Lathrop Ave, Racine, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Young, Medium, Male, Domestic Short Hair

  • Good With: Kids, dogs and cats

  • Description: "Meet Dreidel! He is an 8 month old kitty full of energy and spunk! He is so friendly and very..." Learn more

Jolly

  • Name: Jolly

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: H Dot Op Dot E Safehouse Inc, 1234 Lathrop Ave, Racine, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Female, Domestic Short Hair

  • Good With: Kids, dogs and cats

  • Description: "Meet Jolly. She is a 1.5 year old female kitty who is very sweet and laid back. She doesn’t show..." Learn more

Hermn - Reduced Fee!

  • Name: Hermn - Reduced Fee!

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Humane Society Of Jefferson County Inc, W6127 Kiesling Rd., Jefferson, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Medium, Male, Domestic Short Hair

  • Description: "More information coming soon!As part of the "Adopt Till You Drop" promotion my adoption fee is half price if..." Learn more

Hermoine - Reduced Fee!

  • Name: Hermoine - Reduced Fee!

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Humane Society Of Jefferson County Inc, W6127 Kiesling Rd., Jefferson, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Baby, Medium, Female, Domestic Short Hair

  • Description: "More information coming soon!As part of the "Adopt Till You Drop" promotion my adoption fee is half price if..." Learn more

Tannen

  • Name: Tannen

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: H Dot Op Dot E Safehouse Inc, 1234 Lathrop Ave, Racine, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Male, Domestic Short Hair

  • Good With: Kids, dogs and cats

  • Description: "This is Tannen. He is a 2 year old boy with beautiful coloring and stripes! He is a very social..." Learn more

Yule

  • Name: Yule

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: H Dot Op Dot E Safehouse Inc, 1234 Lathrop Ave, Racine, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Young, Medium, Male, Domestic Short Hair

  • Good With: Kids, dogs and cats

  • Description: "Meet Yule! Aka Piggy Back cat because he not only tolerated the boys putting him on their shoulders/back, he loved..." Learn more

Buck

  • Name: Buck

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Humane Animal Welfare Society Of Waukesha County, 701 Northview Road, Waukesha, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Male, Australian Cattle Dog / Blue Heeler

  • Description: "Primary Color: Blue Secondary Color: Ticked Weight: 20.6kg Age: 4yrs 0mths 1wks Animal has been Neutered" Learn more

Princess

  • Name: Princess

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Humane Animal Welfare Society Of Waukesha County, 701 Northview Road, Waukesha, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Female, Catahoula Leopard Dog

  • Good With: Dogs and cats

  • Description: "Princess is a daddy's girl who seems to be housebroken. She like to go for car rides and walks. She..." Learn more

Foster

  • Name: Foster

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Humane Animal Welfare Society Of Waukesha County, 701 Northview Road, Waukesha, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Young, Medium, Male, Domestic Short Hair

  • Description: "Primary Color: White Secondary Color: Grey Tabby Weight: 10lbs Age: 1yrs 0mths 0wks Animal has been Neutered" Learn more

Otter

  • Name: Otter

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Save A Pet, 31664 N. Fairfield Road, Grayslake, IL

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Young, Medium, Female, Plott Hound Mixed Breed Mix

  • Description: "Floppy ears, nose in action, softest eyes….come over here so I can melt your heart. I am the one with..." Learn more

Bailey $350

  • Name: Bailey $350

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Rescue Gang, Milwaukee, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Large, Female, Leonberger

  • Description: "Bailey is a whole lotta lady at 5 years of age. Her hobbies include eating, eating some more and finding..." Learn more

Nunzio

  • Name: Nunzio

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Humane Animal Welfare Society Of Waukesha County, 701 Northview Road, Waukesha, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Male, Domestic Short Hair

  • Description: "Primary Color: Grey Secondary Color: White Weight: 10.375lbs Age: 4yrs 0mths 0wks Animal has been Neutered" Learn more

Faline

  • Name: Faline

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Bichon And Little Buddies Rescue, Mukwonago, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Small, Female, Chihuahua

  • Description: "Scroll down to learn more about this pet:***Bichon and Little Buddies is open onlyby appointment with a..." Learn more

Tony Tiger

  • Name: Tony Tiger

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Bichon And Little Buddies Rescue, Mukwonago, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Young, Medium, Male, Labrador Retriever

  • Description: "Scroll down to learn more about this pet:***Bichon and Little Buddies is open onlyby appointment with a..." Learn more

Amarillo

  • Name: Amarillo

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Bichon And Little Buddies Rescue, Mukwonago, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Female, Beagle Chihuahua Mix

  • Description: "Scroll down to learn more about this pet:***Bichon and Little Buddies is open onlyby appointment with a..." Learn more

Tiny Tot

  • Name: Tiny Tot

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Bichon And Little Buddies Rescue, Mukwonago, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Young, Medium, Male, Labrador Retriever

  • Description: "Scroll down to learn more about this pet:***Bichon and Little Buddies is open onlyby appointment with a..." Learn more

Bianca

  • Name: Bianca

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Community Cat Inc, PO Box 447, Whitewater, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Small, Female, Domestic Long Hair

  • Description: "Beautiful green-eyed Bianca seeks comfy place next to you on couch! Bianca will seek your attention for little pets and..." Learn more

Coco

  • Name: Coco

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Alberts Dog Lounge, Whitewater, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Senior, Small, Female, Shih Tzu

  • Good With: Dogs and cats

  • Description: "Meet Coco!*Coco is in our Houston foster program and will be able to travel at the end of January.*..." Learn more

Mistletoe

  • Name: Mistletoe

  • Species: Dog

  • Location: Humane Animal Welfare Society Of Waukesha County, 701 Northview Road, Waukesha, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Female, Mixed Breed

  • Description: "Who doesn't need a some Mistletoe this holiday season?! This gorgeous girl is sweet as a kiss, and per the..." Learn more

Tot

  • Name: Tot

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Humane Animal Welfare Society Of Waukesha County, 701 Northview Road, Waukesha, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Female, Domestic Short Hair

  • Description: "Primary Color: Calico Weight: 8.875lbs Age: 2yrs 0mths 0wks Animal has been Spayed" Learn more

Tater

  • Name: Tater

  • Species: Cat

  • Location: Humane Animal Welfare Society Of Waukesha County, 701 Northview Road, Waukesha, WI

  • Age, Size, Sex, Breed: Adult, Medium, Female, Domestic Short Hair

  • Description: "Primary Color: Calico Weight: 6.3125lbs Age: 2yrs 0mths 0wks Animal has been Spayed" Learn more

This article originally appeared on the New Berlin Patch

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    A group of U.N experts has criticized Sri Lanka's requirement that those who die of COVID-19 be cremated, even it goes against a family's religious beliefs, and warned that decisions based on “discrimination and aggressive nationalism” could incite hatred and violence. The experts, who are part of the Special Procedures of the U.N Human Rights Council, said in a statement Monday that rule amounts to a human rights violation. “We deplore the implementation of such public health decisions based on discrimination, aggressive nationalism and ethnocentrism amounting to persecution of Muslims and other minorities in the country,” the experts said.

  • Biden did not, in fact, remove Trump's 'Diet Coke button' from the Resolute Desk, White House clarifies

    The new Biden administration has yet not disclosed the secrets of Area 51 or explained what the Air Force really knows about UFOs, but it did clarify, at least, the mystery of the vanished "Diet Coke button" former President Donald Trump would use to summon refreshments in the Oval Office. The usher button, as it is formally known, is not gone, even if it is no longer used to summon Diet Cokes, a White House official tells Politico.The White House official "unfortunately wouldn't say what Biden will use the button for," Politico's Daniel Lippman writes, suggesting Biden might summon Orange Gatorade and not the obvious answer, ice cream — or, let's get real, coffee. What's more, there are evidently two usher buttons in the Oval Office, one at the Resolute Desk and the other next to the chair by the fireplace, a former White House official told Politico, adding that Trump didn't actually use the Diet Coke button all that much because "he would usually just verbally ask the valets, who were around all day, for what he needed."In any case, it is not the placement of the button that matters, of course, but how you use it. And Biden will presumably know better than to order ice cream treats during a top-secret national security briefing.More stories from theweek.com Liz Cheney spokesperson tells Matt Gaetz to 'leave his beauty bag at home' as he heads to Wyoming Josh Hawley knows exactly what he's doing MSNBC's Rachel Maddow says McConnell 'caved' on his filibuster demand during her Schumer interview

  • EU states no longer recognise Guaido as Venezuela's interim president

    Venezuela's Juan Guaido is a "privileged interlocutor" but no longer considered interim president, European Union states said in a statement on Monday, sticking by their decision to downgrade his status. The EU's 27 states had said on Jan. 6 they could no longer legally recognise Guaido as after he lost his position as head of parliament following legislative elections in Venezuela in December, despite the EU not recognising that vote. Following the disputed re-election of President Nicolas Maduro in 2018, Guaido, as head of parliament, became interim president.

  • Iran sentences Iranian-American to prison on spying charges

    An Iranian-American has been sentenced to prison on spying charges, Iran's judiciary reported Tuesday, the latest dual national held in the country amid tensions with the West. Iran's judiciary did not name the man sentenced, but said he had been free on bail and re-arrested while trying to flee the country. Many prisoners in Iran have been out on bail amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the country.

  • Giuliani slams ‘hate-filled left-wing’ as he responds to $1.3bn defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems

    Donald Trump’s personal lawyer claims legal action is intended to ‘frighten people of faint heart’

  • Chinese fighter jets buzz Taiwan for second day as tensions rise days into Biden term

    China ramped up its pressure on democratic Taiwan over the weekend, with an unusually large number of fighter jets approaching the island in a "test" for the new administration of US President Joe Biden. On Sunday, 12 Chinese fighter jets entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone, along with a reconnaissance aircraft and two anti-submarine aircraft, Taiwan’s defence ministry said. A day earlier, China sent eight bomber planes capable of carrying nuclear weapons and four fighter jets to the same area to the southwest of the island, as well as one reconnaissance aircraft. On both occasions, Taiwan sent up aircraft, issued radio warnings to the Chinese aircraft, and deployed air defence missile systems to monitor their activity. Beijing claims self-governing Taiwan as part of its territory, and has been angered by a show of increased US support for Taiwan during Donald Trump’s administration. In recent months, China has carried out frequent, at times daily, incursions aimed at pressuring President Tsai Ing-wen’s government to accept Beijing’s demand that it recognise Taiwan as part of China. These incursions have usually consisted of just one or two reconnaissance planes in recent weeks, rather than the warplanes seen over the weekend.

  • Teen held in Indiana killings of 5, including pregnant woman

    Indianapolis police arrested a 17-year-old boy Monday in the killings of five people, including a pregnant woman, who were shot to death inside a home in what the city's mayor called a “devastating act of violence.” The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that the name of the suspect in Sunday's killings was “not being released at this time since the suspect is a juvenile." As officers were investigating, police received information about 4:40 a.m. that led them to a nearby home, where they found multiple adults dead inside from apparent gunshot wounds, Sgt. Shane Foley said Sunday.

  • Former VA doctor who misdiagnosed patient sentenced to prison

    A former pathologist at an Arkansas veterans’ hospital has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a patient that he misdiagnosed.

  • The Senate is effectively deadlocked over McConnell's filibuster demand

    Senate Democrats are drawing a line at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) demand that a power-sharing agreement in the 50-50 Senate include a pledge to retain the legislative filibuster. "If we gave him that, then the filibuster would be on everything, every day," Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) told NBC's Chuck Todd on Sunday's Meet the Press. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) offered McConnell "word for word" the same power-sharing agreement used in the first half of 2001, and McConnell's insistence on adding the filibuster pledge is "a non-starter."But until Schumer and McConnell reach agreement on the Senate's operating rules, Republicans still retain much of the majority they lost last Wednesday."Without an organizing accord, Republicans remain in the majority of most Senate committees," and "veteran Democrats eager to seize the gavels and advance their long dormant agendas can only wait and wonder," The Washington Post explains. "Newly sworn-in Democratic senators cannot get committee assignments until an organizational deal is struck," leaving the old GOP-majority structures in place, and "Democrats can't unilaterally impose an organizing agreement because they would need Republican support to block a filibuster."The filibuster has evolved into a sclerotic de facto requirement for a 60-senator supermajority on all legislation. Frustration with obstruction by the minority led Senate Democrats to end the filibuster for some presidential appointees and lower-court judges in 2013, and McConnell continued eroding the filibuster as majority leader, killing it for Supreme Court nominees and further easing the confirmation of presidential appointees.A handful of Democratic centrists would prefer to keep the filibuster — for now. But there is mounting pressure from inside and outside the chamber. "There is absolutely no reason to give Sen. McConnell months and months to prove what we absolutely know — that he is going to continue his gridlock and dysfunction from the minority," said Eli Zupnick, a spokesman for the anti-filibuster liberal coalition Fix Our Senate.More stories from theweek.com Liz Cheney spokesperson tells Matt Gaetz to 'leave his beauty bag at home' as he heads to Wyoming Josh Hawley knows exactly what he's doing Biden did not, in fact, remove Trump's 'Diet Coke button' from the Resolute Desk, White House clarifies

  • Australia approves Pfizer vaccine, warns of limited global AstraZeneca supply

    Australia on Monday approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use but warned AstraZeneca's international production problems mean the country would need to distribute a locally manufactured shot earlier than planned. The country's medical regulator was one of the first in the world to complete a comprehensive approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, noting it was a year since the first local coronavirus case was detected. Vaccination of priority groups with the Pfizer vaccine is expected to begin in late February at 80,000 doses per week, Health Minister Greg Hunt told reporters.

  • Biden replaces White House doctor with longtime physician

    President Joe Biden has brought back Dr. Kevin O'Connor as his physician, replacing President Donald Trump's doctor with the one who oversaw his care when he was vice president. The White House confirmed that Dr. Sean Conley, the Navy commander who served as the head of the White House Medical Unit under Trump and oversaw his treatment when he was hospitalized with COVID-19, will assume a teaching role at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. O'Connor, a retired Army colonel, was Biden's doctor during his entire tenure as vice president, having remained in the role at Biden's request.

  • 9 Houston officers charged, including 1 with murder, in probe of deadly 2019 raid

    The eight other current and former police officers were indicted in what authorities described as a long-term scheme to steal overtime money.

  • Nicola Sturgeon 'failing to provide seven-day vaccination' after Sunday total falls to record low

    Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of failing to provide a seven-day Covid vaccination programme after a record low number of Scots were treated on Sunday despite around 400,000 doses lying unused. The First Minister disclosed that a further 11,364 people were given their first dose on Sunday, less than half the total the previous day and the smallest daily figure reported since the roll-out started. Ms Sturgeon blamed a "data lag" for the small Scottish total and disclosed the proportion of over-80s vaccinated in Scotland had increased from 34 per cent to 46 per cent since Friday. But Matt Hancock, the UK Health Secretary, said the figure across the UK was 78.7 per cent, with around 2.5 million Britons getting the jab last week at a rate of more than 250 per minute. Speaking ahead of a visit north of the Border this week by Boris Johnson, Mr Hancock said Scotland had received more vaccine per person than anywhere else in the world apart from Israel and the United Arab Emirates. With Ms Sturgeon threatening a wildcat independence referendum if she wins a majority in May's Holyrood election, he said the roll-out showed "what the UK can do when we pull together" in difficult times. Although the number of people vaccinated on Sunday in England also fell sharply, the roll-out south of the Border was still nearly twice as fast. It is understood the UK Government has now passed more than 800,000 doses to the SNP administration in Scotland, but only 415,402 had been administered as of yesterday morning.