People seeking drug treatment can't take their pets. This Colorado group finds them temporary homes.
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When Jessica Martinez struggled with addiction after the death of her husband three years ago, she felt the only connection she had left was with her dog, Little Guy — better known as L.G.
The couple had adopted the pit bull about a week before her husband died. Even as Martinez lived out of her car, she felt she couldn't give L.G. up. When her therapist said she would likely have to surrender the animal to enter a treatment facility, she was immediately against the idea.
"I was like, 'If you know anything about me, I don't do that,'" Martinez told CBS News. "I won't give up my dog, especially when that's the dog I had with my husband, so, no."
President Biden on Monday signed into law a defense bill that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China's growing power and boosts overall military spending to $895 billion despite his objections to language stripping coverage of transgender medical treatments for children in military families.
It's Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus is suiting up for his annual voyage from the North Pole to households around the world. In keeping with decades of tradition, the North American Aerospace Command, or NORAD, will once again track Santa's journey to deliver gifts to children before Christmas 2024, using an official map that's updated consistently to show where he is right now.
An anti-money laundering law called the Corporate Transparency Act, or CTA, appears to have been given new life after an appeals court on Monday determined its rules can be enforced as the case proceeds. The law requires small business owners to register with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, by Jan. 1, or potentially pay fines of up to $10,000.