Pet custody battle costs life savings, and more

Pet custody battle costs life savings

A New York man has spent $60,000 in a custody battle over a dog. Craig Dershowitz, 34, says he’s cleaned out his life savings in the legal battle over “my son,” a puggle called Knuckles that his ex-girlfriend took to California. Dershowitz says Knuckles can’t be happy there because he “hates water” and “loved New York.”

Vigilant prom chaperones face criminal charges

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Two chaperones at a Colorado high school prom are facing criminal charges after spraying Lysol on students they thought were dancing too suggestively. Police said that mothers Jennifer Farmer and Hannah Rockey, both 42, patrolled the prom in military fatigues, called female students “whores” and “sluts,” and sprayed disinfectant on students who, in their words, were “dancing like they are having sex with clothes on.”