Puppy Bowl 2024 brought hundreds of adoptable puppies into the spotlight, giving shelters and rescue organizations a massive platform to find their pups forever homes. We at DogingtonPost created this guide to help you navigate the Puppy Bowl 2024 adoption list and match yourself with the right puppy for your life. What Puppy Bowl 2024 Delivered to Adopters The Scale and Scope of the Event Puppy Bowl 2024 showcased 131 dogs from 73 shelters and rescues across 36 states and territories, according to Animal Planet. This wasn’t just entertainment-it was a nationwide adoption pipeline. The event featured puppies ranging from Sweetpea at just 1.7 pounds to Levi the Great Dane at 70 pounds, with most competitors in the 11 to 15-week window. Mixed breeds dominated the lineup, reflecting the real diversity you’ll find in shelters. Special Needs and Real Diversity What made this year notable was the inclusion of six special needs puppies. Rescue organizations wanted adopters to understand that imperfection doesn’t mean a dog won’t thrive in your home. The event ran as a three-hour broadcast on Super Bowl Sunday with Team Ruff ultimately defeating Team Fluff 72-69, but the real competition was always about placing dogs in forever homes. Animal Planet reported that every single competitor in Puppy Bowl history has found a forever home, and this year’s lineup was expected to follow that pattern. Practical Information That Matters The dogs featured came from established rescues like Arizona Humane Society, Helen Woodward Animal Center, Best Friends Animal Society, and regional organizations such as Fetch Wisconsin and Kitty Cat Haven & Rescue. Each profile included practical details like whether a pup was dog-friendly or cat-friendly, potty training progress, and crate training status-information that actually matters when you decide if a specific dog fits your household. Some profiles noted health considerations, like Lennox’s recovery from head trauma, so adopters could form realistic expectations about what they were taking on. Age Range and Financial Support The age range meant you could find either a young pup needing intensive training or a slightly older puppy with foundational skills already in place. Warner Bros. Discovery partnered with Best Friends Animal Society to cover adoption fees, removing a financial barrier during the event window. Since 2005, Puppy Bowl has helped over 1,400 dogs find homes, making it one of the most effective adoption campaigns in animal rescue history. Moving Forward With Your Search With this foundation of what Puppy Bowl 2024 offered, the next step involves assessing your own situation to find the right match from the available puppies. Finding Your Perfect Puppy from Puppy Bowl 2024 Review detailed profiles and match your reality The 131 dogs at Puppy Bowl 2024 came with detailed profiles that cut through guesswork. Puppy Bowl featured dogs with documented information about dog-friendliness, cat-friendliness, training progress, and energy levels. This level of transparency matters because shelter profiles often lack specifics. Start with dogs that came from rescues in your state or nearby territories since Animal Planet noted participants came from 36 states and territories. When you narrow down candidates, look for dogs whose documented traits matched your actual daily routine, not the routine you thought you should have. A dog described as ideal for active families needed someone who genuinely enjoyed regular outdoor exercise, not someone who occasionally took weekend walks. Assess Training Progress and Adjustment Speed The profiles from Puppy Bowl rescues like Arizona Humane Society, Helen Woodward Animal Center, and Best Friends Animal Society included potty training status and crate training progress, which directly impacted your first weeks at home. A puppy already making progress with house training required less intensive work than one starting from scratch. Energy level mismatches caused most failed adoptions according to shelter data, so if profiles indicated a dog thrived with constant activity, you needed to verify you could actually provide that before committing. Ask the Right Questions When You Contact Rescues When you contacted the rescue or shelter, you asked specific questions that went beyond general temperament. Find out exactly how much time the dog spent in a shelter environment versus a foster home, since dogs with foster experience often adjusted faster to household routines. Ask about behavioral incidents, medical issues and what the dog’s actual daily schedule looked like at the rescue. Request a video call or in-person visit where you could observe the dog with other animals and people, not just read about it. Ask whether the shelter offered a trial period or return policy if the match did not work, which most reputable rescues did. Some rescues, like those partnering with Puppy Bowl, offered post-adoption support and training resources, so you specifically asked what follow-up help was available. Special Considerations for Dogs with Health Challenges The six special needs puppies featured at Puppy Bowl 2024 came with rescue organizations that understood their particular requirements. If you considered a dog with health challenges, you asked detailed questions about expected outcomes, medication needs, and veterinary follow-up costs. These conversations revealed whether you had the resources and patience for a dog that required extra attention. The rescues that featured special needs dogs provided this information upfront because they wanted successful, long-term placements rather than quick adoptions that fell apart. Move Beyond Emotion to Make Your Decision Never adopt based solely on appearance or the emotional pull of a story. The dogs that thrived were matched with adopters who honestly assessed their capacity and chose accordingly. Once you identified a puppy that fit your lifestyle and asked the tough questions, the next phase involved understanding what happened after you brought your new dog home. What Happens After You Say Yes Complete Paperwork and Gather Medical Records The moment you commit to adopting a puppy from Puppy Bowl 2024, the real work starts. Most reputable rescues, including those partnering with organizations like Best Friends Animal Society and Arizona Humane Society, require you to complete adoption paperwork within days and schedule a pickup or delivery. This paperwork protects both you and the puppy by documenting medical history, behavioral notes, and any special needs the dog has. Ask the rescue for complete medical records including vaccination dates, deworming treatments, and any medications the puppy currently takes. Many Puppy Bowl rescues provide these records electronically now, so request digital copies you can forward to your veterinarian immediately. Schedule a Veterinary Appointment Right Away Schedule a vet appointment within 48 hours of bringing your puppy home, even if the rescue says the dog received a clean bill of health. Your vet establishes a baseline, checks for parasites the initial shelter exam might have missed, and discusses the puppy’s specific needs based on age and breed mix. Most puppies from shelters need additional vaccinations at 4, 8, and 12 weeks of age, with rabies vaccination required by law in all 50 states. The cost typically runs $75 to $200 per visit for core vaccines, plus $150 to $300 for the rabies shot depending on your location. Ask your vet about fecal exams since intestinal parasites affect shelter puppies, and treatment costs $50 to $150 if needed. Prepare Your Home Before Pickup Before your puppy arrives home, eliminate hazards that kill or injure puppies regularly. Secure electrical cords, remove access to cleaning supplies and medications, and install baby gates to restrict movement to safe areas during the first weeks. Purchase a crate sized appropriately for your specific puppy-the Puppy Bowl featured dogs ranging from 1.7 pounds to 70 pounds, so dimensions matter enormously. A crate should be large enough for the puppy to stand, turn, and lie down comfortably, but not so large that the dog can eliminate in one corner and sleep in another, which undermines house training. Stock Essential Supplies and Plan Your Schedule Stock essential supplies before pickup: quality puppy food matching what the rescue fed, stainless steel food and water bowls, a collar and leash appropriate for the puppy’s current size, and toys designed for teething puppies. Avoid rawhide chews and toys with small parts that puppies can swallow. Your puppy will experience stress during the transition from shelter to home, so plan to take at least three to five days off work to manage the adjustment. Puppies often regress with house training when moved to new environments, so patience matters more than punishment-accidents happen regardless of the puppy’s prior progress at the rescue. Most successful adoptions involve owners who prepared their homes and schedules before bringing the puppy through the door, not those who figured it out as problems arose. Final Thoughts Puppy Bowl 2024 fundamentally changed how shelters connect with adopters by putting 131 real dogs in front of millions of viewers on Super Bowl Sunday. The event removed barriers that typically slow adoption by showcasing detailed profiles, transparent health information, and honest assessments of each dog’s personality and needs. When Warner Bros. Discovery covered adoption fees through their partnership with Best Friends Animal Society, cost stopped being an excuse, and the Puppy Bowl 2024 adoption list proved that finding your perfect pup doesn’t require endless searching through generic shelter websites. Adoption marks only the beginning of your responsibility to the puppy you bring home from rescues like Arizona Humane Society or Helen Woodward Animal Center. Your commitment to veterinary care, consistent training, and genuine patience over the next 10 to 15 years determines whether your adoption succeeds or fails. Responsible dog ownership means accepting that your puppy will cost money, time, and emotional energy, and choosing a dog based on your actual lifestyle rather than the lifestyle you wish you had. We at DogingtonPost remain committed to supporting you throughout this journey with practical care tips and expert guidance on dog health, nutrition, and responsible ownership. The dogs featured in Puppy Bowl 2024 deserve owners who stay informed and engaged long after the broadcast ends. Your commitment to learning and growing as a dog owner directly determines whether your adoption becomes a success story.

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May CNN's ears hear the words of its mouth. CNN This Morning's panel discussion of an ICE agent's fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis began with CNN senior White House reporter Betsy Klein calling on President Trump to "tone down his rhetoric." That was promptly followed by CNN commentator and former Biden comms person Meghan Hays claiming, "what happened here was murder." Because nothing tones down the rhetoric like accusing someone of murder in the earliest moments of an investigation. Later, host Audie Cornish brought on CNN commentator Garrett Graff, and teed him up to comment on ICE's recruitment ads. She suggestively said that "the tone and tenor of the ads and memes themselves, I think, are kind of revealing." Graff proceeded to turn the rhetoric dial up to 11: "We've seen some very strong white supremacist imagery, akin to what you saw in Nazi Germany in recruitment ads from that era." They put some ads on screen and nothing looked racist, but apparently old Uncle Sam images are "embarrassing for the country." When Cornish invited Graff to explain his statement, he continued: "This sort of 'defend the homeland' slogan that they've used with depicting sort of an idealized white suburban lifestyle that somehow is being overrun by brown and black hordes of criminal migrants." But Googling "ICE recruitment ads" yields images that, far from echoing Nazi Germany, are, as you see, very similar to US Army recruitment ads during WWII. And if ICE's message focuses on America being overrun by "brown and black hordes," how does Graff explain that DHS internal statistics show minorities make up about 48 percent of its employees. The Los Angeles Times reported 2016 data showed more than half of the Border Patrol labor force was Latino. Graff's latest Nazi analogy is unsurprising. He's the same guy we recently caught analogizing ICE to the Gestapo. Note: Meghan Hays' rash accusation of "murder" brings to mind Joe Scarborough having called George Zimmerman a "murderer" in the shooting of Trayvon Martin before Zimmerman had even been arrested. When a jury ultimately found Zimmerman not guilty on all charges, finding he acted in self-defense, Scarborough refused to apologize on the risible ground that he was not a politician. Here's the transcript. CNN This Morning 1/8/26 6:15 am ET BETSY KLEIN: In these sort of sensitive moments, people look to their leadership for that message. They want their leaders to take down the temperature. President Trump is not doing that. He immediately politicized this. He called her radical left, a professional agitator, as you saw. But he is also standing squarely behind ICE, behind Secretary of Homeland Security Kristine Noem.  And the why of why they are there, they are enacting President Trump's mass deportation agenda. So there is some hope that the president and is going to tone down his rhetoric, even inside the White House. He has no public events on his schedule today. We'll have to see if that holds.  AUDIE CORNISH: It's interesting, because we heard that clip from Governor Walz, from the mayor, very blunt at this point. Does it help or hurt, Meghan?  MEGHAN HAYS: I don't think it hurts. I think that they need to take control of their city. And what happened here was murder. They are not trained to shoot as a moving vehicle. That is not in their training.  . . .  CORNISH: Can you talk about the recruitment drive? We've been seeing all kinds of posters for this at events. ICE has mapped out a basically $100 million wartime recruitment. And that's even involved geo-targeted ads to specific places. But the tone and tenor of the ads and memes themselves, I think are kind of revealing. What do you see? GARRETT GRAFF: Yeah, we've seen some very strong white supremacist imagery, you know, akin to what you saw in Nazi Germany in recruitment ads from that era. CORNISH: What do you mean by that? GRAFF: Well, we've seen this sort of defend the homeland slogan that they've used with depicting sort of an idealized white suburban lifestyle that somehow is being overrun by brown and black hordes of criminal migrants. 

Vice President JD Vance took to the White House Briefing Room podium Thursday afternoon to answer questions about Wednesday’s deadly ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis, but not before launching into one of multiple take downs for the “irresponsible” liberal media outlets acting as “agents of propaganda” and “lying about” both the ICE officer and the facts borne out in multiple videos. At one point, Vance called the behavior “one of the most disgraceful things I’ve ever seen” while, in another fiery statement, argued “some in the media are participating” alongside far-left demonstrators in “trying to incite violence against our law enforcement offices.” Just prior to opening himself up for questions, he took issue with a loaded CNN headline that read “Outrage after ICE officer kills U.S. citizen in Minneapolis.” Vance sounded like one of us at NewsBusters in diagraming all that was left out with CNN “lying about this attack” and part of the wider media coverage he found to be “an absolute disgrace”: ? from Vice President @JDVance on media coverage of yesterday's events in Minneapolis... “When I was actually walking out here, somebody sent me a photo of a CNN headline about what happened in Minneapolis. And this is the headline. I will just read it: ‘Outrage after ICE… pic.twitter.com/g6L7pfIrEU — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 8, 2026   Our friend and MRC Bulldog Award winner Mary Margaret Olohan received the first question and read to Vance a quote from Democrat Governor Tim Walz comparing Minnesotans protesting ICE to Unionists at Gettysburg in the Civil War: .@realDailyWire’s @MaryMargOlohan: “I wanted to read a quote from Tim Walz earlier today. He said: ‘when things look bleak, it was Minnesota's 1st that held the line for the nation on July 3, 1863 and I think we may be in that moment now.’ Can you comment on his rhetoric and… pic.twitter.com/FJPiZVtmqZ — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 8, 2026   The “new media seat” recipient came next, which was former Washington Post and Politico reporter Rachael Bade, now with her own independent site The D.C. Huddle (alongside Dan Turrentine and our friend Sean Spicer). Vance replied “nobody wants an American citizen to be killed” and what took place with Renee Good dying was “absolutely a tragedy, but it’s a...making of the far left” and demonizing of ICE officers trying to enforce immigration laws: .@DCHuddle’s @RachaelMBade in the “new media seat”: “I mean, Democrats have accused ICE of murder. They've said they're targeting Americans. They've told ICE to get the F out of Minnesota. This is going to stoke the fire against ICE agents. And you're talking about ICE agents… pic.twitter.com/HzxRF4IqeN — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 8, 2026   Following one question from Fox’s Peter Doocy asking him to explain more about “who...is behind this broader left-wing network” Vance said was behind the anti-ICE vigilantism in Minneapolis, NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell lectured Vance for “describing [Good] as a deranged leftist, talking about very specific facts of these events when an investigation is just beginning.” Vance wasn’t having this and reiterated Good was “trying to obstruct a legitimate law enforcement operation” by “aim[ing] her car at a law enforcement officer and press[ing] on the accelerator,” part and parcel of the “lunatic fringe” attacking “our law enforcement officers” when the real response should be “the ballot box” if one is opposed to ICE’s actions. Virulent Trump and MAGA hater Rachel Scott of ABC News was next and lamented the “heated rhetoric..from officials,” wondering “what responsibility” he and President Trump have “to defuse some of the tension.” Vance reemphasized he’s “not happy that this woman lost her life” and “the best way to turn down the temperature is to tell people to take their concerns about immigration policy to the ballot box, stop assaulting and stop inciting violence”: ABC’s @RachelVScott: “There’s a lot of emotion in Minnesota across the country over this incident, but you’re calling Renee Good a deranged leftist. There’s been heated rhetoric that we’ve also heard from officials. What responsibility do you and the President have to defuse some… pic.twitter.com/VbHZuubNQ5 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 8, 2026   Two questioners later, the Independent’s Andrew Feinberg asked Vance to explain why someone being part of “a left-wing network to...make it impossible for ICE officers...justify being shot”: .@Independent’s @AndrewFeinberg: “You said earlier that there’s a left wing network to attack, to dox, to assault, and make it impossible for ICE officers to do their job. You told my colleague just now that there’s an investigation going on into that network.”@VP @JDVance:… pic.twitter.com/qI9VkyVjQp — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 8, 2026   In response to a question from AFP’s Danny Kemp, Vance argued “[w]hat’s not reasonable” in debating Good’s intentions “is for so many of you to plaster all over the media that this was an innocent woman and that the ICE agent committed murder” AFP’s @DannyCTKemp: “Mr. Vice President, you presumably watched the video yourself. There’s not the slightest doubt in your mind, having viewed it, that this the victim — you still believe that she deliberately tried to ram him despite despite seeing this video?”@VP @JDVance:… pic.twitter.com/rnHyZW6U4t — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 8, 2026   Vance again tore into the press while responding to a question about whether he had “any words to unite America” when “it seems like...riots could be around the corner.”  He went as far as calling the disinformation about the incident and personal attacks on the ICE officer “one of the biggest scandals I’ve ever seen in media” and no “case” that’s been “so misrepresented and misreported when you have a guy who is defending himself and is now being treated as some sort of federal assassin by so many of the people in this room”: LindellTV’s Cara Castronuova: “On taking down the temperature, it seems like political violence is ratcheting up and riots could be around the corner. What steps does the administration have planned to try to unite America? Average people on both political sides are so tired of… pic.twitter.com/odoIb8ZAn8 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 8, 2026   “Have your debates about policy. Attack me. Attack the President of United States. Don’t attack our law enforcement officers. They are trying to do the job the American people demanded that they do that, that they are not policy actors. They are enforcing the law,” he argued. Gray TV’s Jon Decker next asked “what’s your message...to those protesters who saw that video in a completely different way than you saw that video” (click “expand”): Well, first of all, I think if you watch every angle of that video, there’s one angle where if you squint, you can maybe tell yourself that it’s not clear what happened. But when you look at all angles of that video, it is very clear that her vehicle went right for the guy. She actually collided with him. And then that’s of course, when he fired his shots. That’s obvious, okay? So, what I’d say to the protesters is, by all means, protest peacefully, but make this about ideas. Make this about disagreement with our policy. Don’t use your protest as a justification or an encouragement for people to go and incite violence and participate in violence against our law enforcement officials. To the people on the ground in Minneapolis, meaning the local officials in Minneapolis from Tim Walz on down. I’d say, look, why can’t you just disagree with a given piece of immigration policy without turning law enforcement into the enemy? And what I mean, think about, for example, a criminal law where a police officer goes and arrests somebody because they violated a criminal law. If you’re mad about that, go and protest the politician who passed that law. Don’t attack the police officer who is just doing their job. We had a wide-open border under Joe Biden. I happen to think it’s a good thing the president of United States has closed it down. If you think that’s a bad idea, criticize this administration for a policy decision. Don’t attack our people for enforcing the law, because I guarantee you go to ICE. There are black people and white people. There are Democrats and Republicans. They are patriotic Americans who are trying to enforce the law. Attack me. Lay off of our ICE agents. Later on, Reuters’s Nandita Bose wanted to know about the current status of the agent. Vance reminded reporters the man in question was hit last year by a car while on an immigration operation that “led to over 30 stitches and very serious injuries to his legs,” so “the media pre-judging..this guy as if he’s a murderer, is one of the most disgraceful things I’ve ever seen from the American media”: Reuters’s Nandita Bose: “On the agent, is he still on duty or has he been placed on leave on administrative leave? And what really was the target of the operation on Wednesday — of the ICE operation on Wednesday?”@VP @JDVance: “Well, first of all, it was a legitimate law… pic.twitter.com/5Y3hJplJ3F — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 8, 2026   Towards the back end of the briefing, Vance faced questions on a few other topics, such as Greenland, protests in Iran, and U.S. involvement in Venezuela. CBS’s Ed O’Keefe had one of the questions on Venezuela: CBS’s @EdOKeefe: “What is your specific role in the future of Venezuela? And I’m wondering, could you confirm reports that the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was kept out of the planning for the operations because of her past concerns about military involvement… pic.twitter.com/9eqoR1N7At — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 8, 2026   Vance also offered some parting thoughts for the media and the “irresponsible” journalists smearing the ICE agent, which felt much like the great Kayleigh McEnany so often did in her days as White House press secretary: Vice President Vance on the protests in Iran: “We certainly stand by anybody who's engaged in peaceful protests, anybody who's trying to exert their rights for free association and to have their voices heard. Obviously, the Iranian regime has a lot of problems. And as the… pic.twitter.com/awqcO5Va67 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 8, 2026 To see the relevant transcript from the January 8 briefing, click here.

At a Thursday press briefing at the White House, Vice President JD Vance had some choice words for the corporate media, which have been caught leaving out key details about the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis — especially the context for the agent involved.Vance was referring to the deportation operation that turned deadly on Wednesday after an ICE officer was forced to defend himself from an aggravated driver. The driver, identified as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good, was fatally shot by the ICE agent.'Everybody who has been repeating the lie that this is some innocent woman who was out for a drive in Minneapolis when a law enforcement officer shot at her — you should be ashamed of yourselves.'The incident may have sparked a sense of déjà vu for the agent since this wasn't his first brush with vehicular violence while on the job. Video evidence emerged of a similar attack involving the same agent from June.Addressing a slanted headline from CNN — which he read as: "Outrage after ICE officer kills U.S. citizen in Minneapolis" — Vance said at the press briefing, "Everybody who has been repeating the lie that this is some innocent woman who was out for a drive in Minneapolis when a law enforcement officer shot at her — you should be ashamed of yourselves. Every single one of you."RELATED: How the Minneapolis ICE agent who fired in self-defense was nearly killed by an illegal alien child rapist in June"What that headline leaves out is the fact that that very ICE officer nearly had his life ended, dragged by a car six months ago, 33 stitches in his leg. So you think maybe he's a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him with an automobile?" Vance asked."What that headline leaves out is that that woman was there to interfere with a legitimate law enforcement operation in the United States of America," Vance added angrily. "What that headline leaves out is that that woman is part of a broader left-wing network to attack, to doxx, to assault, and to make it impossible for our ICE officers to do their job." "If the media wants to tell the truth, they ought to tell the truth that a group of left-wing radicals have been working tirelessly, sometimes using domestic terror techniques, to try to make it impossible for the president of the United States to do what the American people elected him to do, which is enforce our immigration laws," he added."The way that the media, by and large, has reported this story has been an absolute disgrace, and it puts our law enforcement officers at risk every single day."Blaze News could not find a CNN article that matched the headline read by Vance, though the outlet has published many articles about the incident, including "What we know about ICE's fatal shooting of a US citizen in Minneapolis" and "Mother of 3 who loved to sing and write poetry shot and killed by ICE in Minneapolis."Blaze News has reached out to CNN for comment.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A McDonald's restaurant location in Minneapolis has a sign outside restricting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from entering.An image of the sign was posted to social media and confirmed by a Daily Wire reporter who spoke to a security guard outside of the location.'At the end of the day, this is private property, so you can't just break the law because you're a federal agent.' "NO ICE ACCESS IN THIS BUSINESS," the sign reads. "NOTICE TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT & IMMIGRATION AGENTS."The sign went on to say that workers would not accept ICE administrative warrants for entry into the business."This is a private business," the sign said. "You are not permitted to enter non-public areas of this business (including offices, break rooms, storage areas, and staff-only areas) without a valid JUDICIAL WARRANT signed by a judge or magistrate."The sign also forbids agents from questioning employees or searching the premises without "proper legal authority."It added in capital letters, "If you enter, you are trespassing, and we will seek legal recourse."When a Daily Wire reporter went to the location, a security guard said he was there to enforce the restaurant's ban."Yeah, just to let you know, at the end of the day, this is private property. So you can't just break the law because you're a federal agent," said the guard. "It's like coming into your house or coming to any other restaurant. There's rules."A Blaze News request for comment from the McDonald's company was not immediately answered.RELATED: 'I don't care if I lose my job': Worker at Hilton hotel posts anti-ICE video — and gets hit with consequences A similar controversy erupted at a Minneapolis-area Hampton Inn by Hilton after the Department of Homeland Security reported on social media that agents had their reservations canceled.Hilton Hotels eventually dropped the hotel location from its system after releasing a statement to Blaze Media saying that location was independently owned and was not living up to its standards.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

According to the updated CDC guidance, the recommended childhood immunization schedule has been drastically reduced — a change BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler says MAHA moms have been fighting for years to see.“My head is actually still spinning from this news. It took me a couple days to wrap my mind around the implications of what President Trump has done,” Wheeler explains.“What I’m talking about, of course, is the new recommended childhood immunization schedule from the CDC. Finally, guys, finally. How long have we MAHA moms been waiting for this? Finally that vaccine schedule has been not just slightly altered, but absolutely slashed, ripped to pieces,” she continues.“To call this a huge decision would be the understatement of the year,” she says, adding, “It’s revolutionary. It’s paradigm shifting. And the argument that I’m going to make today is that this is the most significant thing that President Trump has ever done.”Wheeler explains that the reason this is such a big deal is because this will have “generational impacts long after President Trump is out of office, long after he’s dead.”“So this is what happened,” she begins. “The CDC has a committee called ASIP. Now the ASIP committee is supposed to recommend to the CDC, and then of course the HHS at large, supposed to recommend which vaccines should go on the recommended child immunization schedule, or which vaccines not to recommend.”When ASIP was originally retooled by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Wheeler explains that he “put a lot of people on there.”While she was originally very excited about the changes Kennedy made, Americans have had yet to see the impact made by them, until now.“Now the CDC has taken action to reduce the recommended doses, the recommended vaccine doses for children in the United States from 88 doses — if you can believe that’s how many doses of vaccines were recommended for children and adolescents in our country — they’ve reduced the recommended doses from 88 to 55,” Wheeler says.“They almost slashed it in half,” she says.“This is what we voted for,” she adds.Want more from Liz Wheeler?To enjoy more of Liz’s based commentary, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Bettmann/Contributor/Getty ImagesAfter years of committing some of modern history’s most brutal murders, Ted Bundy’s death finally came when he was executed via electric chair at Florida State Prison on January 24, 1989. Between 1974 and 1978, serial killer Ted Bundy killed some 36 people in unimaginably gruesome fashion. And when he was finally caught, countless people then wanted to see Bundy himself die. On January 24, 1989, those people got their wish, when Ted Bundy died in the electric chair — but that’s hardly the whole story. So how did Ted Bundy die and how did his last days before his execution actually play out? Ted Bundy’s execution and death were famously a national event for onlookers outside the prison gates and millions of viewers watching from home. “Burn, Bundy, burn!” adorned protest signs and comprised the chants of hundreds. The whole world was watching, eager to bear witness to Ted Bundy’s death. Once it became clear that he had brutally killed dozens of people — one of them 12-year-old Kimberly Leach — the public’s desire to see him snuffed out reached a fever pitch. Bettmann/Getty ImagesFlorida State University’s Chi Phi fraternity celebrates the execution of Ted Bundy with a large banner that says, “Watch Ted Fry, See Ted Die!” as they prepare for an evening cookout where they will serve “Bundy burgers” and “electrified hot dogs.” Ted Bundy’s relationships with Elizabeth Kloepfer and wife Carole Ann Boone, his grisly murders, and his heavily televised trial have all been thoroughly explored in the media. Meanwhile, these aspects of his story have drawn attention away from arguably the most important death in this whole saga — his own. So, how did Ted Bundy die? From his last words to his final meal and beyond, this is the full story of Ted Bundy’s death and historic execution. How Ted Bundy Was Finally Caught After he was captured, Ted Bundy admitted his horrific deeds to his girlfriend over the phone. “The force would just consume me,” he told her. “Like one night, I was walking by the campus and I followed this sorority girl. I didn’t want to follow her. I didn’t do anything but follow her and that’s how it was. I’d be out late at night and follow people like that… I’d try not to, but I’d do it anyway.” Those activities soon led to a multi-year murder spree across several states, but Bundy nevertheless managed to evade justice numerous times, including his successful Colorado jailbreak and subsequent escape to Florida in 1977 (that was his second escape that year — he’d previously jumped out of a courthouse window and wasn’t caught for four days). Bettmann/Getty ImagesNita Neary goes over a diagram of the Chi Omega sorority house in the Ted Bundy murder trial in 1979. It was Bundy’s time in Florida that arguably put the final nail in the proverbial coffin. On January 15, 1978, he broke into the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University, killing two young women and injuring two others before maiming another several blocks away. After that horrific attack, there was only one other victim before he was caught. About three weeks after terrorizing the Tallahassee campus, Bundy kidnapped 12-year-old Kimberly Leach from her school in Lake City, Florida. He killed the girl and dumped her body in Suwannee State Park. In February 1978, he was finally caught by a Pensacola police officer who found Bundy’s car slightly too suspicious to dismiss. Not only did the car have stolen plates, but Bundy provided the officer with a stolen driver’s license. After years of killing, Ted Bundy was finally caught. Bettmann/Getty ImagesTed Bundy on the third day of jury selection at the Orlando trial for the murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach, 1980. He admitted to his real identity after two days in custody, which had detectives curious if he was responsible for the deaths of Chi Omega sorority sisters Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy, as well as the attacks on two of their sorority sister peers. This was the beginning of the end for Ted Bundy. The man who had been on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list and who had been hunted by law enforcement for questioning in more than 30 killings was now under arrest. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder. When he called Elizabeth Kloepfer shortly after his Florida arrest, he was in tears. According to her memoir, he was desperate to take “responsibility” for his actions. When he admitted his violent deeds to his former lover, she replied by saying “I love you.” She wasn’t sure how else to respond. “I tried to suppress it,” he told her. “It was taking more and more of my time. That’s why I didn’t do well in school. My time was being used trying to make my life look normal. But I wasn’t normal.” The stage for Ted Bundy’s execution and death was now set. A Monster Goes To Trial Reporters discovered that Ted Bundy had been living at the Oaks apartment complex — an affordable residence blocks away from the Chi Omega sorority. A documented report of one of its members, Nita Neary, seeing a man walk down the stairs that night was used during Bundy’s trial. “She was able to give a good, strong description,” said lead prosecutor Larry Simpson. “Nita Neary did meet with an artist and drew a sketch of the person that she saw leaving the Chi Omega house… it looked like Mr. Bundy.” Tallahassee Democrat/WFSU Public MediaA newspaper clipping detailing Ted Bundy’s murder charges for the Chi Omega sorority murders, 1978. It wasn’t merely a passing similarity based on eyewitness reports that swayed the trial in the prosecution’s favor. Bundy’s hair matched fibers found in a pantyhose mask, for instance. The infamous bite mark left on Lisa Levy was also strong evidence against the killer. “I think the bite mark, itself, is indicative of the primal rage that Mr. Bundy must’ve been in at the time that he committed those murders,” said Simpson. “It was just a total homicidal rage.” “I thought a lot about the parents of the girls that were killed during the prosecution of this case,” said Simpson. “It’s one of the things that kept me going.” On July 24, 1979, the seemingly charming law student was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of Bowman and Levy, as well as the attempted murders of Chandler, Kleiner, and Thomas. Ted Bundy’s death was now legally assured, his execution just a matter of time. Wikimedia CommonsTed Bundy in court in Florida, 1979. In January 1980, Bundy stood trial in Orlando, where he was convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Kimberly Leach. The evidence presented in court included eyewitness testimony, fibers, and hotel receipts from Lake City. Like many death row inmates across the United States, Ted Bundy spent years in prison before his inevitable execution. After nine years in Florida State Prison, on January 24, 1989, Ted Bundy’s death came when he was executed in the electric chair. Preparations For Ted Bundy’s Execution Ted Bundy’s death came after he eventually exhausted his appeals and the final convictions ultimately convinced him to confess. Though he admitted to a staggering 30 murders, experts still believe the body count was higher. Nonetheless, the time for Ted Bundy’s execution had come — but not before his last meal and a citizens’ celebratory tailgating event outside the prison walls. On his last night alive, Bundy called his mother twice. As hundreds set up camp outside to drink beer, howl chants for the killer to burn, and bang pans together in a feverish hurrah, it was time for his last meal. Seemingly unenthused about dinner, Bundy refused to pick something and was given the standard concoction — steak, eggs, hash browns, and toast. With nerves and anxiety likely coursing through his body, he didn’t even pick at it. Ted Bundy died hungry. How Did Ted Bundy Die? In addition to the frenzied audience outside, the main event inside Florida State Prison was nearly equally well-attended. According to the LA Times, reporting from inside, 42 witnesses came to watch Ted Bundy’s death at around 7 a.m. on January 24, 1989. The Times covered the killer’s last breaths and left behind a detailed answer to the question of how did Ted Bundy die: “Supt. Tom Barton asked Bundy if he had any last words. The killer hesitated. His voice quavered.” “‘I’d like to give my love to my family and friends,’ he said. … With that, it was time. A last thick strap was pulled across Bundy’s mouth and chin. The metal skullcap was bolted in place, it’s heavy black veil falling in front of the condemned man’s face.” “Barton gave the go-ahead. An anonymous executioner pushed the button. Two thousand volts surged through the wires. Bundy’s body tensed and his hands tightened into a clench. A tiny puff of smoke lifted from his right leg.” “A minute later, the machine was turned off, and Bundy went limp. A paramedic opened the blue shirt and listened for a heartbeat. A second doctor aimed a light into his eyes. At 7:16 a.m., Theodore Robert Bundy — one of the most active killers of all time — was pronounced dead.” Ted Bundy’s Death And The Legacy He Left Behind After Ted Bundy’s execution, his brain was removed in the name of science. In the hopes that any glaring abnormalities could be found that indicated what caused such violent behavior, researchers examined the organ thoroughly. Injuries to the brain have, indeed, been found by some researchers to cause criminality. In Bundy’s case, no such evidence was discovered. The lack of any understandable reason and physical causes has certainly made the man’s legacy of rampant rape, murder, and necrophilia all the more horrific. Ted Bundy essentially represents the invisible psychopath. Were it not for a few mistakes caused by his bloody passions, and a few lucky breaks on behalf of the law — Bundy may have well continued to be a charming law student by day and a horror movie monster by night. In the end, his body was cremated and his ashes were scattered in Washington’s Cascade Mountains as he requested. The Cascades are the very same mountain range Bundy used to dump at least four of his murder victims. Since then, Bundy has been the inspiration for countless horror films, true crime books, and documentaries. Decades later, humanity is still collectively trying to understand how a seemingly normal, handsome man with a decent upbringing could’ve been so violent, gruesome, and indifferent. After discovering the answer to the question of how did Ted Bundy die, read about his daughter, Rose Bundy. Then, learn how Ted Bundy helped catch Gary Ridgway, perhaps America’s worst serial killer. The post Inside Ted Bundy’s Death, From His Last Words To His Execution appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Norfolk Museum ServiceThe Iron Age battle trumpet, or carnyx, found in West Norfolk. A routine archaeological excavation in West Norfolk has yielded the “extraordinary” discovery of an Iron Age war trumpet with possible links to the Celtic tribe led by Boudica. The instrument, known as a carnyx, is just the third one found in Britain and the most complete example found anywhere in Europe. These bronze instruments were used by Celtic tribes to intimidate their enemies – namely, the Romans – during battle. It was found alongside a collection of other Iron Age artifacts, including pieces of another carnyx, five shield bosses, and a bronze boar’s head battle standard. The “Once-In-A-Career” Discovery Of A Celtic Carnyx In West Norfolk The collection was uncovered last summer during archaeological excavations ahead of a new housing development. This discovery was made in a region that was once within the territory of the Iceni, the Celtic tribe led by Queen Boudica that fought a fateful rebellion against the Roman army in 60 C.E. While conservation work is still being conducted, researchers said they believe the hoard was buried in the first century C.E. – meaning it could have connections to Boudica’s tribe. That potential link is certainly exciting for historians and underlines just how significant this discovery might prove to be. Norfolk Museum ServiceThe boar’s head battle standard found alongside the trumpet. Mark Hinman, chief executive of Pre-Construct Archaeology, which made the discovery, told The Guardian that this was “a once-in-a-lifetime, once-in-a-career find.” “I’ve been doing archaeology for over 40 years,” he added, “and I’ve never seen anything like this.” Experts noted that the objects are incredibly fragile, and as such the conservation effort is a slow-moving, delicate process. Once it is done, though, they will be able to conduct a more thorough, full analysis of these ancient artifacts. “The full research and conservation of these incredibly fragile remains will reshape our view of sound and music in the Iron Age,” Dr. Fraser Hunter, Iron Age and Roman curator at National Museums Scotland, told Euronews. “The carnyces and the boar-headed standard are styles well known on the continent and remind us that communities in Britain were well-connected to a wider European world at this time.” Norfolk Museum ServiceIt is the most complete example of an Iron Age carnyx ever found. Hinman also noted that the newly discovered carnyx exhibited signs of repair, suggesting that it had been used over a long period of time. Its burial was also quite deliberate, as it was partially dismantled and covered by the shield bosses. Still, it is far more complete than any other known example and offers unique insight into Britain’s Iron Age past. “Objects like this remind us how little we know about so many different aspects of our past,” Hinman said. “These objects had names, people thought they were imbued by power. They may even have thought that they were alive at certain times in their existence – and all of the stories that go with them are lost.” Once conservation work is complete, Hinman said that exploring the potential links to the Iceni “is an obvious question and one that we will definitely be focusing on once we’re able to get closer to the objects.” Potential Links To The Celtic Queen Boudica The Iceni were a powerful Celtic tribe (or civitas) inhabiting the region of modern-day Norfolk and parts of Suffolk in East Anglia during the Late Iron Age.They were known to be a wealthy people, largely due to their control of fertile agricultural land and extensive trade networks across the North Sea. They initially allied with Rome during Claudius’ invasion of Britain in 43 C.E., but the relationship remained tense and dependent on the whims of the Roman administration. In the wake of the Roman conquest, the Iceni were ruled by King Prasutagus, Boudica’s husband. In an attempt to secure the future of his family and kingdom, Prasutagus made a will naming the Roman Emperor Nero as co-heir to his estate, alongside his two daughters. He likely believed this would preserve the dynasty and appease Rome. However, upon Prasutagus’ death around 60 C.E., the will was blatantly ignored. Roman financial officials treated the kingdom as a conquered territory rather than a client state. Roman law did not recognize the right of a daughter to inherit royalty, allowing the annexation of the entire Iceni kingdom. It is reported that Boudica was flogged, and her two young daughters were raped by Roman slaves. Wikimedia CommonsAlbert Kretschmer’s 1864 illustration of Queen Boudica. These atrocities were the breaking point. Boudica, described by the Greek historian Cassius Dio as possessing “greater intelligence than often belongs to a woman,” rallied not only the Iceni but also the neighboring Trinovantes tribe. The Trinovantes had their own grievances, particularly regarding the Roman seizure of lands to build the temple of Claudius at Camulodunum, which served as a center for the Imperial cult and a symbol of their oppression. Though their rebellion ultimately failed and Boudica likely took her own life, her place in history as both a fierce warrior and a tragic leader remains to this day – and this is why the trumpet’s potential link to her tribe has fascinated historians so greatly. “It’s hard to describe,” Hinman said of the carnyx, “but you kind of feel like it’s looking back at you. It’s quite a thing.” After reading about this new discovery from West Norfolk, learn about 11 of the most terrifying creatures from Celtic folklore. 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North Wind Picture Archives / Alamy Stock PhotoAn Italian polymath, Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, engineer, scientist, architect, and inventor. Most people who view the 15th-century red chalk drawing known as “Holy Child” might admire its artistry. Others may wonder about its creator, believed to be Leonardo da Vinci. But a group of scientists, working on the assumption that the painting was indeed one of da Vinci’s works, saw a chance to extract the Italian Renaissance master’s DNA. Now, they believe that they were successful — but numerous hurdles still remain. For one, scientists aren’t entirely sure who created the “Holy Child.” For another, more concrete samples of da Vinci’s DNA have proven difficult to pin down. The ‘Holy Child’ And The Quest To Find Leonardo Da Vinci’s DNA According to a new (but as-of-yet not peer-reviewed) study published in the preprint database bioRxiv, scientists began their search for Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA by gently swabbing the 15th-century sketch known as the “Holy Child.” From this, they extracted a small sample of genetic material. Public DomainThe “Holy Child” sketch, which has been attributed to Leonardo da VInci. The sample was extremely promising. Scientists were able to identify a Y-chromosome DNA sequence that belongs to a haplogroup known as E1b1b. This genetic sequence is common in the Tuscany region, where da Vinci is from, and was likely carried by his family. What’s more, the sample also had similarities to another genetic sample taken from a letter written by a distant cousin of da Vinci. As such, the genetic findings seem very promising. Scientists are hopeful to use such techniques to authenticate other artistic works of unknown or disputed origin, and they hope to specifically study da Vinci’s DNA in the hopes of better understanding what made him so gifted. There’s just one problem: It’s been difficult to definitively identify Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA. Even the sample of genetic material extracted from the “Holy Child” could belong to someone else entirely. The Challenges Of Verifying Da Vinci’s DNA Public DomainA portrait of Leonardo da Vinci. One main problem facing the scientists working to identify Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA is that his genetic material has been very difficult to find. His original burial place in France was destroyed during the French Revolution. Not only are da Vinci’s remains now mixed with others, but scientists have been denied access to them. Scientists also don’t know where his mother was buried, and they have not been allowed to enter the tomb of his father. There’s da Vinci’s artwork, but scientists are forbidden from testing most of the pieces, and others have not yielded any DNA samples. What’s more, the artist behind the “Holy Child” is unknown. It’s possible that da Vinci did not sketch it himself, but rather that one of his students completed it. The student could have easily been from the same region as da Vinci, and thus had the E1b1b genetic sequence found in Tuscany. But despite the difficulties, scientists aren’t giving up in their endeavor to identify da Vinci’s DNA. They’ve begun examining bones from a da Vinci family vault, testing the DNA of a living da Vinci descendant, and running tests on a lock of hair that was once allegedly trimmed from da Vinci’s beard. There are also letters written by da Vinci relatives that may contain family DNA, as well as other da Vinci works that could hold the artist’s DNA. As such, challenges still remain. Scientists don’t have a definitive sample of Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA, which makes it difficult to compare samples found elsewhere. However, as they continue to examine his work — and letters written by his relatives — perhaps they’ll be able to bring together pieces of a larger genetic puzzle. And maybe, someday, this puzzle will provide new insight into Leonardo da Vinci’s incredible genius. After reading about the possible extraction of Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA from a 15th-century sketch, discover the impressive stories behind some of the smartest people in the world. Or, see how these Leonardo da Vinci inventions changed the course of human history. The post Scientists May Have Extracted Leonardo Da Vinci’s DNA From A Renaissance Sketch appeared first on All That's Interesting.