Monty the Giant Schnauzer Wins Best in Show at the 2024 AKC National Championship

Monty the Giant Schnauzer wins Best in Show at the 2024 AKC National Championship.Photo:Vicki Holloway © AKC Vicki Holloway © AKC Monty ended 2024 as the top dog. Monty triumphed over 5,600 other dogs to win Best in Show and the $50,000 cash prize that comes with it. The AKC National Championship win also earned the dog the title of America’s National Champion. Carl Liepmann judged the Best in Show round.

Monty the Giant Schnauzer Wins Best in Show at the 2025 Westminster Dog Show

Katie Bernardin kisses Monty, a Giant Schnauzer, after winning best in show in the 149th Westminster Kennel Club Dog.Photo:AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson Monty the Giant Schnauzer is the new top dog. The 2025 show marked the event’s return to Madison Square Garden in New York City after a four-year hiatus from the venue that took the popular dog show to theUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and Lyndhurst Estatefollowing the COVID-19 pandemic.

More Than 10 Starbucks Drinks Are Disappearing from the Menu in March — Here's What's Replacing Them

A Starbucks ‘‘Frappuccino’’ iced coffee.Photo:Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Starbucks is adjusting its menu and some customer-favorite drinks might be going away for good.Starting March 4, the coffee chain will remove a selection of less popular beverages from its menu. In a statement shared with PEOPLE, the drinks that are being removed are “not commonly purchased, can be complex to make or are similar to other beverages on our menu.

More Than 100 Miners Died of Starvation or Dehydration After Being Trapped in Abandoned Shaft for Months: Reports

A rescue mission is underway for hundreds of illegal miners thought to have been trapped for months in an abandoned shaft in South Africa, according to reports. More than 100 people are believed to have died from starvation or dehydration, with at least 24 bodies and 34 survivors being brought out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in the town of Stilfontein since Friday, Jan. 10, per theAssociated Press. Mzukisi Jam, regional chairperson of the South African National Civics Organization, said, “We are happy that this (rescue) operation is happening, even though we believe that if it was done earlier, we wouldn’t even have one dead person.

More Than 100 Olympic Medalists Say Their Paris Medals Are ‘Deteriorating’ as Company Promises Replacements

Summer McIntosh has her Olympic medals on display. Triple gold and silver medalist in Paris and just back from the World Championships in Budapest, swimmer Summer McIntosh greets young swimmers at the Etobicoke Swim Club at the Etobicoke Olympium in Toronto. December 19, 2024.Photo:Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Less than six months after the 2024 Paris Olympics, manyathletes’ medalshave already lost their luster. More than 100 Olympic and Paralympic athletes have reached out to the Monnaie de Paris to request a replacement medal as many have begun to “deteriorate” in recent months, according to a new investigative report from the French websiteLa Lettre.