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Police seek owner of lost wedding dress in Arizona

A wedding dress in Arizona has been separated from its owner and police are trying to return it.

The Apache Junction Police Department posted Thursday about the dress on Facebook, asking for help solving the “fun” mystery.

“We’re not sure if the dress was lost, stolen or abandoned but we would really like to get it back to its owner,” the Facebook post said.

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According to the post, the dress appeared to be “in really good condition.” Police also found a picture of a bride standing between two men in the box with the dress.

The police department included the photo in its post, explaining in the comments that the image was dated 2006.

Someone in the comments also explained that he found the dress in a grocery store parking lot.

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“How this dress got separated from the owner is an absolute mystery,” the police department post said. “Our folks down in Property and Evidence have wild imaginations and have come up all sorts of crazy theories; we simply must know what happened!!!”

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Aside from asking for help finding the owner, the police department also told people to leave comments with their own theories about what happened to the dress.

Some commenters posted grand theories about infidelity, runaway brides and time travel, but others suggested the box was simply left behind by accident while someone was loading or unloading their car at the grocery store.

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However, the Apache Junction Police Department can only hold onto the dress until Oct. 1 before they “have to get rid of it to make room for other found property,” the Facebook post said.

In order to make sure the dress is reunited with its proper owner before then, the Apache Junction Police Department is hoping enough shares on Facebook will do the trick.

“Please, please help us by sharing the heck out this post,” the department wrote. “Maybe if enough people see it we can reunite this beautiful dress with this beautiful bride and finally put an end to this mystery.”

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Protest held outside New York bakery over MAGA cake, bakery says it is still making the design

A protest was held outside of a New York bakery Thursday over a MAGA hat cake.

Coccadotts Cake Shop in Albany put a picture on its social media of a cake baked into the shape of a red “Make American Great Again” hat. The cake was a custom-order.

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The cake set off a wave of backlash when it was posted in late July. Though it was quickly deleted after the negative response, protestors from the Black Lives Matter movement and those supporting the MAGA cake faced off in front of the bakery on Aug. 13.

According to video footage from the protest, the sides are seen arguing while police officers attempt to keep a barricade between the groups.

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“Hey, hey, ho, ho racism has got to go,” Black Lives Matter supporters chanted.

One of the Black Lives Matter members told the Albany Times Union he was trying to have a civil conversation but was unable to do so with the other group.

“They’re able to feel what they feel about their politics. We have issues when it comes to social injustice as in firing someone because they’re gay, wearing ‘All Lives Matter’ masks,” said Legacy Casanova of Schenectady, the Times Union reported.

Bakery owner Rachel Dott spoke to Fox News about the protests, claiming the response to the cake has been mixed online and in person.

Coccadotts Cake Shop in Albany put up a picture on its social media of a cake baked into the shape of a red “Make American Great Again” hat.
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“After putting up the photo, we ended up shutting down our social media platform,” she said. “We received threats: ‘We’re going to burn down’ the bakery.’”

However, within the community, Dott said the bakery has seen an outpouring of support and has been inundated with cake orders – many of which are for the MAGA cake design.

“We don’t say no to anyone,” Dott responded when asked if the bakery was still honoring the design.

“We’ve made rainbow cakes. The Black Lives Matter group ordered a cake,” she added.

According to Dott, and the Times Union outlet, protestors alleged the bakery had ties to the far-right Proud Boys group. She claimed that is untrue.

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Dott said she was unsure why the Aug. 13 date was chosen, more than two weeks after the initial incident.

Stray dog ‘hired’ by car dealership in Brazil becomes Instagram star

This pup has his work cut out for him.

A stray dog in Brazil was “hired” by a Hyundai dealership as a “car consultant,” and has picked up quite a following on social media.

Tucson was first found by Prime Hyundai’s manager Emerson Mariano about two months ago, according to Auto Blog, citing Brazilian newspaper A Gazeta.

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At first, Mariano just gave the pup food and water, but Tucson kept coming back, so Mariano officially adopted him and named him after Hyundai’s Tucson crossover, Auto Blog reported.

According to the website, the dog is about one-year-old.

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Tucson spends most of the day at the dealership, Auto Blog reported, where he gets to sit in on meetings, get behind the wheel and play with customers and employees.

The pup also has his own employee badge and is sometimes pictured on his Instagram page in front of a laptop wearing a headset.

One Instagram post shows employees building an adorable dog house for Tucson at the dealership.

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Tucson has become quite a celebrity. His Instagram page has more than 139,000 followers as of Friday evening.

In an interview with Top Motors Brazil, Mariano reportedly said adopting Tucson was a way to live out the dealership’s pet-friendly policy.

“The company has always been pet friendly, so now we decided to embrace this idea in practice too, having our own pet precisely at a more complicated time like this with so many abandoned animals,” Mariano reportedly said, according to The Mirror.

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Brewery sending adoptable dogs to deliver beer to customers on National Dog Day

Stories of burly St. Bernard dogs patrolling the Alps to warm lost travelers with kegs of brandy may only be legends, but this li’l pupper will warm your heart with a six-pack of beer.

Golden Road Brewing is offering to send adoptable dogs along to help deliver its new beer, Hazy Pup IPA, on National Dog Day.

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Customers who donate $50 to the dog rescue Wags & Walks through Golden Road’s hazypup.beer website will receive two six-packs of the beer, a discount on a future purchase from the brewery and other surprise items. They will also be visited by two or three puppies or dogs.

Hazy Pup IPA has a “light juicy body and crisp finish” with a tropical and citrus taste, according to the brewery.

Deliveries can be booked on National Dog Day – Aug. 26 – and Aug. 27-29, according to the brewery. (Golden Road Brewing)

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To keep things safe, there will be hand sanitizer at the mobile 10-by-10 puppy playpen where customers can spend 20 minutes with the dogs. The brewery is requiring customers to wear face masks during the puppy playtime, and they must social distance from the human delivery crew.

Deliveries can be booked on National Dog Day – Aug. 26 – and Aug. 27-29, according to the brewery. The service will only be available in parts of Los Angeles, where Golden Road is based.

Hazy Pup IPA has a “light juicy body and crisp finish” with a tropical and citrus taste, according to the brewery. (Golden Road Brewing)

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However, the beer is also available at retailers elsewhere in California, plus in Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Hawaii, according to the brewery. Anyone kicking back with some beer in those states will have to provide their own dog.

In addition to the delivery donations for Wags & Walks, Golden Road said it will donate $1 per case sold to the dog rescue.

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Twin sisters who married twin brothers and live in the same home announce they are pregnant at the same time

Twin sisters who married twin brothers in a dual wedding and live together are both pregnant.

Brittany and Briana Salyers announced on Instagram this week that they’re both expecting. The sisters’ children won’t just be cousins, but will be “full genetic siblings and quaternary multiples,” they wrote in the announcement, which was accompanied by a “Bay Watch” themed photo with both couples in matching outfits.

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“Can’t wait to meet them and for them to meet each other,” the sisters wrote.

The couples met in 2017 at the annual Twins Days festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, Fox News previously reported. Things went well and the brothers proposed to the sisters at Virginia’s Twin Lakes State Park the following Feb. 2.

They were married by twin ministers at the same festival in 2018 with the brides wearing identical dresses and veils and brother grooms Josh and Jeremy dressed in identical tuxedos.

The two new Mr. and Mrs. Salyers. (TLC)

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TLC made a TV special out of the event, “Our Twinsane Wedding.”

“It’s really been a fairy tale come true. Marrying twins is something that’s very important to us,” Briana Salyers said at the time. “Even when we were little girls I can remember being in kindergarten, knowing that that is what we saw for ourselves.”

Since then, the couples have frequently shown off matching outfits on their shared Instagram page.

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The overlapping pregnancies were no coincidence. Last May, the couples said on Australian TV that they intended to get pregnant at the same time.

“We have experienced most milestones of our lives together – birthdays, getting your driver’s license, graduations and our double wedding,” Brittany Salyers said. “This would be the next huge event, and we’d love to experience it together. And ideally, we will.”

Now that both couples have babies on the way, it remains to be seen whether either mom – or both – may have twins of their own.

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California waiter shocked by $1G tip from viral Venmo challenge

A restaurant server in California was shocked to receive a $1,000 tip this week.

Peter Murray was working at Lucille’s Smokehouse in Concord, California, when he received the substantial tip from Brian Murphy who was participating in something called the “Venmo Challenge.”

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The challenge, according to San Francisco’s KPIX 5, is when people ask their followers on social media to Venmo them as little as 50 cents. Once they reach a certain amount, they give it to a server.

In the case of Murphy’s challenge, his goal was to raise $1,000, but he ended up raising $1,400, according to a video Murphy — who is also known as DJ Murph — posted on Instagram and TikTok.

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In the video, Murphy explains what the Venmo challenge is to Murray before he tells him that he raised $1,000 for his tip.

As soon as he hears how much he’ll be getting, Murray takes a few steps away in shock.

Murphy then proceeds to count out the $1,000 in cash and hands it over to Murray, the video showed.

According to another Instagram video, Murphy gave the remaining $400 to the restaurant’s host.

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In a later interview with KPIX 5, Murray told the television station that the generous tip has “helped a lot.”

A server in California was shocked by a $1,000 tip after one of his customers participated in the viral “Venmo Challenge.” (iStock)

“Now I don’t have to worry about paying rent next month, so I have that set,” Murray said. “And then I can put some money aside.”

“Words can’t describe how grateful I am for what Brian, DJ Murph did for me, I’m just so grateful,” Murray added.

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Coronavirus infects 44% of Seneca Foods employees at Wisconsin plant

Almost half of the employees at a Seneca Foods processing plant in Wisconsin have tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Barron County Department of Health and Human Services, a FOX 9 report shows.

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In fact, approximately 44% of the fruit and vegetable processing company’s workers in the city of Cumberland have contracted the respiratory illness. The first infection the health department connected to the plant was on July 19.

Seneca Foods did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment, however, the Wisconsin National Guard reportedly administered tests for the potentially deadly virus on July 27 after a “cluster” of cases were reported to Barron County health officials.

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“While this is a significant outbreak, it is not the only thing contributing to the high number of cases in Barron County,” said the department’s Health Officer Laura Sauve in a statement provided to Fox News.

Many of the cases in the county are not related to the outbreak at the food plant, she said. In 40 percent of cases, infections can be traced to travel, gatherings and crowded areas and events.

The county has reportedly seen a spike of more than 260 new cases in the last month.

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As of Aug. 13, Barron County has a total case count of 315, which includes 84 active cases, 228 recoveries, one hospitalization and three deaths, according to its daily COVID-19 update. More than 6,000 tests have returned negative results.

In addition to the Wisconsin National Guard, the Barron County health department has partnered with Family Health La Clinica to provide free testing services for seasonal and full-time employees of Seneca Foods and their household members or close contacts.

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The state of Wisconsin has more than 63,200 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to data from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard. A little more than 1,000 of those cases resulted in death while more than 53,230 have recovered.

Gay baker honors cake request with homophobic message, was worried about potential lawsuit

A gay baker in Michigan is speaking out after she received a request for a custom cake with a homophobic message.

Esteemed baker April Anderson, who has baked for Oprah Winfrey, owns and operates Good Cakes and Bakes with her partner in Detroit. On July 19, she said she received a $40 online order for a custom red velvet cake. A $10 tip was also included, Anderson told the Detroit Free Press.

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As Anderson looked at the order, which had the word “Pride” in all caps, she realized it contained a homophobic message.

“I am ordering this cake to celebrate and have PRIDE in true Christian marriage,” the customer said in the order, the Free Press reported. “I’d like you to write on the cake, in icing, ‘Homosexual acts are gravely evil. (Catholic Catechism 2357)'”.

Of the order, Anderson was shocked, but told the Free Press she is used to discrimination.

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Esteemed baker April Anderson, who has baked for Oprah Winfrey, owns and operates Good Cakes and Bakes with her partner in Detroit.
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“We are so used to being Black lesbian women,” Anderson said of her and her business partner and wife Michelle. “You are used to people discriminating against you and saying mean things to you.”

Good Cakes and Bakes did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Though stunned, Anderson was unsure if she could legally refuse to make the cake, concerned she could face a lawsuit.

In the end, Anderson filled the order and baked the cake in line with the policy of her shop, which does not permit specialty messages on desserts ordered online.

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“This can not be decorated with theme or message. You must call the bakery for themed cake orders,” the description for the red velvet cake clearly reads on the bakery’s website.

Anderson said the customer called to inquire about the cake and was informed it would be ready Saturday.

“I think he was shocked,” Anderson said to the Free Press. “He was probably anticipating us saying no.”

In the end, Anderson filled the order and baked the cake in line with the policy of her shop – which does not permit specialty messages on desserts ordered online.
(iStock)

However, he reportedly did not stop by to pick it up and it was eventually discarded days later.

According to the article, the customer was part of a conservative Catholic organization called Church Militant, which has reportedly been disavowed by the Archdiocese of Detroit as not having “authorization required under Church law to identify or promote itself as Catholic,” according to the Free Press.

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Church Militant founder Michael Voris spoke out, stating the customer, identified as David Gordon, acted independently of the group by ordering the cake.

Wildlife officers search for elk with tire around its neck

Talk about a pain in the neck.

Wildlife officials in Colorado are looking for an elk that has been spotted with a tire around its neck, and they believe it’s the same animal that was seen a year ago with the tire around its neck then, too.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife tweeted a video of the unfortunate bull elk this week that had been recorded by a trail camera.

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The elk was first spotted in July of 2019 by a team surveying mountain goats and bighorn sheep on Mount Evans. They spotted it through a scope but couldn’t reach the elk, according to Jason Clay, a public information officer for Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Wildlife officials received several other reports of sightings over the past year until the trail camera recorded the elk in June and again more recently near Conifer, a community southwest of Denver, Clay said. But no one has been able to catch the elk to free him.

Even if officials do catch up with the elk, removing the tire will likely be an ordeal. Clay said its antlers are still in velvet, which means they can’t be cut until they harden. That means the tire will have to be cut off.

The good news, for now, is that the elk appears to be in good condition, Clay said.

“It doesn’t look like it’s been suffering,” he said. “When you get anything caught up around the antlers or the neck like that, what you worry about is: can they still move along without getting caught up on anything, can they still eat and forage and would they have any obstructions with their snout, breathing? Anything like that.”

The elk was first spotted with a tire around its neck in July of 2019. (Colorado Parks and Wildlife)

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But that could change. With breeding season approaching, Clay said there’s concern about what may happen to the elk or other elk it encounters.

“Elk will be fighting, competing for breeding rights,” Clay said. “So you could imagine as they lock antlers and they tussle that it’s very likely another bull elk could get its antlers caught up in that tire, and then you could lose two bull elk.”

Officials will keep an eye out in the wilderness around Mount Evans for now. But Clay said it’s also a reminder that people need to pick up their belongings.

“Wildlife, especially our antlered wildlife, often get caught up in hammocks, volleyball nets, clothing lines, decorative lighting,” he said. “So people need to make sure that they’re keeping a watchful eye for hazards that could affect wildlife.”

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Joanna Gaines announces new showroom opening in Magnolia Market

Joanna Gaines has launched a new project.

The lifestyle guru recently announced the opening of a new showroom called Magnolia Home in the Magnolia Market shopping center in Waco, Texas.

In a behind-the-scenes video shared by the Magnolia brand on Thursday, Gaines said she started working on the showroom about a year ago.

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“I wanted people to use it as a tool for their own home and now in this space,” she said. “When you walk in, you can really see the full picture of home with all the layers of the rugs, the pillows, the furniture, the artwork. You really see these rooms come together.”

“And so my hope is that when you come in here, whether you’re looking for pieces for your own home or you’re starting from scratch or you just need ideas, that this be a space that you really use as a tool to create the home that you love,” she added.

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Magnolia House will also showcase the brand’s larger pieces including rugs, furniture and wall art, according to a tweet from the brand.

According to a press release, the showroom was curated by Gaines with eclectic styles in order to look like “actual living spaces.”

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Designer Joanna Gaines is pictured speaking at an event in 2016. (Photo by Donna Ward/Getty Images)

“Design affects the way we feel, whether we are conscious of it or not,” she said in a statement. “It can impact our mood, our sense of well-being, and our desire to want to stay or leave a place. That’s one of the reasons I am so passionate about design – I want to create places where people love to be and to show others that they are capable of doing the same.”

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Part of Gaines’s inspiration for creating the showroom came from her book on design called “Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave,” which was published in 2018.

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