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  • Mail carriers bitten by dogs — Northeast Ohio city near top of list

    Mail carriers bitten by dogs — Northeast Ohio city near top of list

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    (KTLA) — Los Angeles is famous for a multitude of things, including entertainment, food and traffic, but the City of Angels has become notorious for a different reason.

    According to the United States Postal Service, Los Angeles leads the nation in dog bites against mail carriers. In 2023, the city had 65 reported dog attacks against postal service workers, taking the top spot over Houston, which had 56. L.A. was second on last year’s list.

    Not far behind on the list is Cleveland, Ohio — ranked 5 in the country with 44 mail carriers reporting dog bites. Other Ohio cities made the top 30 list as well.

    City State 2023 Rank
    LOS ANGELES CA 65 1
    HOUSTON TX 56 2
    CHICAGO IL 48 3
    ST. LOUIS MO 46 4
    CLEVELAND OH 44 5
    SAN DIEGO CA 41 6
    DALLAS TX 39 7
    CINCINNATI OH 38 8
    PHILADELPHIA PA 34 9
    COLUMBUS OH 33 10
    KANSAS CITY MO 32 11
    INDIANAPOLIS IN 30 12
    MEMPHIS TN 29 13
    LOUISVILLE KY 28 14
    MINNEAPOLIS MN 27 15
    ALBUQUERQUE NM 26 16
    SAN ANTONIO TX 26 16
    SACRAMENTO CA 26 16
    MILWAUKEE WI 23 17
    DAYTON OH 23 17
    FORT WORTH TX 23 17
    MIAMI FL 21 18
    DENVER CO 21 18
    OMAHA NE 21 18
    BUFFALO NY 20 19
    SAN FRANCISCO CA 20 19
    LONG BEACH CA 19 20
    TULSA OK 19 20
    PORTLAND OR 19 20
    DETROIT MI 19 20

    Overall, in the state list, Ohio ranked third with 359 dog bites reported in 2023.

    The list of top 10 states can be found below:

    State 2023 2022
    CA 727 675
    TX 411 404
    OH 359 311
    PA 334 313
    IL 316 245
    NY 296 321
    FL 193 220
    NC 185 146
    MI 183 206
    MO 180 166

    The report comes as the USPS starts a weeklong initiative beginning June 2 to spread awareness about mail carrier safety to dog owners.

    “Letter carriers are exposed to potential hazards every day, none more prevalent than a canine encounter. All it takes is one interaction for a letter carrier to possibly suffer an injury,” said Leeann Theriault, USPS Manager, Employee Safety and Health Awareness. “The U.S. Postal Service consistently encourages responsible pet ownership. The national dog bite campaign is an effort to promote dog bite awareness to keep our customers, their dogs, and letter carriers safe while delivering the mail.”

    According to the USPS, mail carriers are trained on what to do when dogs are in the area.

    Some of those lessons include making non-threatening noises to alert a dog of their presence, avoiding startling a dog, refraining from petting or feeding a dog and placing a foot against a swinging door to keep a dog from getting out.

    The USPS advised dog owners to lock their animals behind a gate or fence when postal workers arrive at the house or to keep them leashed during walks.

    “Even though a customer’s dog is friendly to most people, it can always have a bad day,” letter carrier Tara Snyder stated in the report. “I know, from experience, even when a dog is in the house, customers need to make sure their door is secure so their dog can’t push it open and bite the letter carrier.”

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  • Northern Kentucky pickleball tournament to help families in need this holiday season

    Northern Kentucky pickleball tournament to help families in need this holiday season

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    CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. — More than a hundred people picked up a pickleball paddle to help families in need.

    The Five Seasons Sports Club donated some of the proceeds from the sports club’s first-ever pickleball tournament.

    “Part of what’s good about it is we’re able to donate 10% of our proceeds over to Kenton County Family Resources,” said Brandon Kwok, the pickleball director at the Five Seasons Family Sports Club. “It’s going to get them some new toys, shoes, clothes, anything they kind of need for the winter months coming up.”

    Kwok has played in other pickleball tournaments and wanted to start one at the club. He also wanted to give back to the community in a meaningful way.

    According to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association 2022 report, pickleball is the country’s fastest growing sport. Currently, there are 4.8 million players.

    The report stated that in the last five years, pickleball participation has grown by 53.9%. On average it has grown 11.5% per year.

    Kwok loves the social aspect of the game and that anyone can play.

    “What’s unique about pickleball is you don’t have to be this super muscular and fit player. I tell people all the time I’ve lost to 90-year-olds and you know they’re just better, and that’s what I love about it,” Kwok said. “It’s more about your skills and what you think versus how fit and bulky you are.”

    He added that pickleball is an easy sport to learn.

    “We do a beginners clinic on Monday nights called ‘Pickle in 5,’” he said.

    Five Seasons Family Sports Club has four locations with a total of 56 pickleball courts. He said if you would like to learn how to play you can call any of the four locations.

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  • Cincinnati Zoo announces Lightning the sloth is expecting a baby

    Cincinnati Zoo announces Lightning the sloth is expecting a baby

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    CINCINNATI — Lightning the sloth is slow-cooking a new addition to the Cincinnati Zoo, the zoo announced on Thursday.

    Her new pup is expected to join the family in the early summer of 2023.

    Zoo workers have hoped for a baby sloth since 2016, but Lightning and her partner Moe were more interested in a slow-burn romance in the beginning. The pair were introduced to one another in 2019 and the zoo announced Lightning was pregnant in February 2021; unfortunately, she delivered a stillborn baby eight months later.

    After the miscarriage, zoo staff gave Lightning and Moe a break from one another.

    “We waited several months before putting the sloth pair back together after Lightning delivered a stillborn baby last October,” said Julie Grove, Cincinnati Zoo’s zoological manager, in a press release. “They showed immediate interest in each other and did what we were hoping they would do.”

    Lightning has been undergoing regular ultrasounds recently, the zoo said, and the presence of a fetus and fetal heartbeat were discovered during an exam in early September.

    An ultrasound that was performed earlier this week revealed “significant growth and fetal movement,” according to the press release.

    Lightning will be kept behind-the-scenes during the pregnancy, but her plodding paramour can be visited in Discovery Forest during normal zoo hours. When the baby is born, she’ll do most of the work, carting her pint-sized progeny with her for 10 to 12 months following the birth.

    Lightning, who is now 10-years-old, arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2019 on a breeding recommendation and was introduced to Moe that December. Because sloths don’t do anything speedily, the pair took their relationship slow and didn’t warm up to each other until 2020.

    Moe, on the other claw, was orphaned in the wild when he was young, and was brought into human care for his own survival. The 28-year-old has been in Cincinnati since 2006.

    Two-toed sloths are not considered endangered, but the Cincinnati Zoo said they are becoming increasingly vulnerable as a result of human encroachment.

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  • 2 arrested after protesters climb flagpoles and demand action outside Procter & Gamble headquarters

    2 arrested after protesters climb flagpoles and demand action outside Procter & Gamble headquarters

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    CINCINNATI — Two people were arrested after protesters scaled flagpoles and gathered in front of Procter & Gamble’s headquarters in downtown Cincinnati Tuesday morning.

    The group assembled outside while P&G held its yearly general meeting inside the building. The group demanded an end to what they call deforestation and human rights abuses.

    Protesters claimed P&G is irresponsibly harvesting wood pulp and palm oil while hurting the indigenous people of Indonesia.

    Procter & Gamble has defended its actions in the past, saying it monitors and holds suppliers accountable.

    According to Cincinnati police, two women were arrested out of the protest. Both were charged with criminal trespassing and obstructing official business.

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