Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.

A dog -sitting man who took his friend's "sick" canine to the emergency vet for a $1,400 operation, "Without her consent", has been applauded online —but not by the pet 's now-angry owner.

A 16-year-old boy was killed and five other men were injured when a shooting broke out overnight at a house party in Woodland Hills.