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I admit it: I let my dog sleep on my bed. She loves the size and plush feel of my queen-sized mattress, but it sometimes makes it hard to get her comfortable and happy in her own dog bed . Over the years, I’ve had to rotate through a number of beds for my 6-year-old havanese and bichon frise mix, Bella, and I’ve struggled to find ones that fit her criteria. Bella’s picky: She gravitates toward fluffy, plush beds over harder, more rigid ones. But she’s also a heavy chewer, so any beds I typically buy don’t last more than a few months before I have to toss and replace them. When Ruggable first sent me its washable dog bed , which the brand launched in September, I was worried that Bella would take a while to open up to it (or worse, destroy it). I was pleasantly surprised to...

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Stephen Miller as his deputy chief of staff for policy at the White House, a source with knowledge of the transition team's plans said Monday. While Trump hasn't made his choice public yet, Vice President-elect JD Vance appeared to confirm the news in a post on X as he reacted to CNN's report about Miller being chosen for the role. "This is another fantastic pick by the president. Congrats @StephenM !" Vance said. NBC News has reached out to the Trump team for comment. Trump has named campaign manager Susie Wiles as his White House chief of staff. Miller, a staunch hard-liner on immigration policy, worked in the White House during Trump's first term in office, serving both as director of speechwriting and as a senior advis...

FIFA must halt the process to pick Saudi Arabia as hosts of the 2034 World Cup unless major human rights reforms are announced before the vote next month, Amnesty International and the Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA) have said. Votes are due to be held at the FIFA Congress next month to approve the 2030 and 2034 World Cups, though each has only a single bid. A combined bid of Morocco, Spain and Portugal is the sole bid for 2030, while Saudi Arabia is the lone bidder for 2034. Amnesty and the SRA said they had evaluated the human rights strategies proposed by the bidding countries and concluded in a new report that neither bid adequately outlined how they would meet the human rights standards required by FIFA. They said the risks were far greater in Saudi Arabia and hostin...

A brand-new Disney cruise ship rushed to the aid of a catamaran taking on water in the Atlantic on Sunday and plucked four people to safety, authorities said. The 50-foot Serenity was 265 miles away from Bermuda when it called for help at 8:30 a.m., prompting the Coast Guard out of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to alert nearby vessels, according to an agency statement . The Disney Treasure responded, saying it was 80 miles from Serenity, before heading to the catamaran and arriving between 1 p.m. and 1:45 p.m., according to the Coast Guard. Once Treasure got close enough, it launched a lifeboat and got all four Serenity passengers safely off the disabled craft, officials said. A bilge pump on Serenity was working and helped stem the flow of water but that was onl...

Longtime Tennis Channel commentator Jon Wertheim was been removed from air “indefinitely” after he made an “inappropriate comment” about tennis star Barbora Krejcikova, the network announced Sunday. The Tennis Channel said in a statement it became aware about the comment Wertheim made on Friday, and he was removed “immediately." “Jon has dedicated his career to shining a light on and growing this sport and has been a valued member of our family and the tennis community. That said, Tennis Channel holds its employees to a standard of respectfulness for others at all times, a standard that was not met in this moment,” the statement said. The network apologized to Krejcikova, as did Wertheim. Krejcikova expressed her dismay over the comment on X Saturday, writing: “As...

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Stephen Miller as his deputy chief of staff for policy at the White House, a source with knowledge of the transition team's plans said Monday. While Trump hasn't made his choice public yet, Vice President-elect JD Vance appeared to confirm the news in a post on X as he reacted to CNN's report about Miller being chosen for the role. "This is another fantastic pick by the president. Congrats @StephenM !" Vance said. Miller, a staunch hardliner on immigration policy, worked in the White House during Trump's first term in office, serving both as director of speechwriting and as a senior adviser to the president. Since leaving the White House, he has run the group America First Legal, which he founded with former Trump chie...

Five people are dead after multiple shootings that took place in three different homes in Wichita, Kansas. Just before 6 p.m. on Sunday, a 911 call reported a shooting on the 1700 block of Santa Fe, according to NBC News affiliate in Wichita KSN . Officers responding to the residence found a man dead from an apparent gunshot wound, the Wichita Police Department said in a statement to NBC News. Shortly after, officers conducted a follow-up at another residence in the 1900 block of S. Laura, just over a half a mile away from the initial shooting scene. There, officers said they discovered three additional victims with apparent gunshot wounds, the statement said. Police then canvassed the neighborhood. One officer looked through the window of another residence and discovere...

With the “Midwest Princess” still being on the rise, and no end to that ascent being anywhere in sight, the story behind Chappell Roan ’s star-making debut album got a deeper dive in downtown L.A. Thursday night. For 66 minutes, in front of about 200 fans, celebrity moderator Brandi Carlile put questions to Roan and her co-writer/producer, Dan Nigro , in effect turning the Grammy Museum into the Pink Pony Classroom. Subjects raised with Roan and Nigro, just hours before they picked up a slew of Grammy nominations, included why the "Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” album took five years to come together, what flipped the switch to create the Chappell Roan persona the public knows and loves midway through that process, and what her second album might be lik...

The price of bitcoin hit an all-time high this weekend, a rally that started shortly after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election. Major indexes showed bitcoin's price hitting more than $84,000 on Monday. That's up from $68,000 last Tuesday, Election Day in the U.S. Year to date, bitcoin has gained more than 90%, though most of those gains came in the early part of the year. From March to November, the price has been mostly confined to a range of $50,000 to $70,000. Trump's election has been heralded by some as a positive sign for the prices of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. He has promised to quash the aggressive stance taken by the current leadership of the Securities and Exchange Commission against cryptocurrency firms and products it has deemed...

Red Lobster’s new CEO is attempting to revive the seafood chain, which has been a staple of the casual dining industry for more than half a century, with millennial mojo. “We want to make the restaurants more fun,” Damola Adamolekun, 35, said. “We want to make this more energetic.” Red Lobster is turning to millennial leadership to bring in younger guests, which the chain needs after closing more than 100 of its 640 restaurants earlier this year. Visits to Red Lobster were down more than 43% in October compared to the same time last year, according to data from Placer.ai, a location analytics company. Red Lobster has since emerged from bankruptcy , ushering in a new era for the once-major seafood chain. Fortress Investment Group is kicking in $60 million toward reshaping th...