Marvel Opara, who is partially sighted, reaches out to take a ball as she attends a visually impaired tennis training session in London, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
in connection with those burglaries, as well as the break-in at Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis’ home, where nearly $1.5 million in cash and valuables were stolen.After consulting the FBI, the
One of the recommendations: “Utilize dogs for home protection.”While almost any dog can provide some deterrence, protection-dog providers offer breeds like German shepherd, Belgian Malinois, Rottweiler, Doberman and Cane Corso.Bly and his wife, K9 Protector co-owner Sian Bly, work predominantly with German shepherds.
“They are the most proven dogs at being family dogs,” Alaster Bly said.They begin to differentiate early on which pups show potential.
“If we’ve got a puppy that’s really confident, is chasing a rag, biting hold of the rag, and their food drive is high, that’s a good starting point,” Sian Bly said. “We look at how competitive they are with their siblings, as well. You’re looking for quite a strong dog.”
Dogs that don’t make the cut might get routed to prison service or police duty.of shoes, clothes, toys, and other items due to new tariffs, but many
from China in the narrow window that opened during the temporary “truce” this week, hoping to avoid sparse shelves this fall.Yet retailers, already operating on thin margins, say they have no choice but to raise prices to offset higher costs from tariffs. And they are also bracing for higher shipping costs fueled by a surge of companies scrambling to get their goods on ships to the U.S.
Rainey told The Associated Press that the retailer did not pause shipments from China as a result of the tariffs like others because it didn’t want to hurt its suppliers and wanted to keep merchandise flowing. It has built in hedges against some tariff threats. Two-thirds of Walmart’s merchandise is sourced in the U.S., with groceries now accounting for roughly 60% of Walmart’s U.S. business.Still, Walmart isn’t immune.