8-Year-Old Beagle Spending First Christmas with New Family After Being Rescued from Neglected Home (Exclusive)

Copper spending Christmas with his new owners Daniel Paden (left) and Katherine Sullivan.Photo:PETA PETA One happy beagle is bundling up and spending a warm and cozy Christmas with his new family this holiday season. “We’re so happy to have Copper joining our family, especially at Christmas,” Paden says in the video, while Sullivan adds, “He’s part of the family and we just can’t wait to snuggle, and go on road trips, and we’re just really looking forward to a wonderful, cozy, safe, loving future with him.

8-Year-Old Boy Bites Venomous Cobra Twice After Getting Attacked, Kills It: Report

Photo: getty Avenomous snake was killed last weekafter an 8-year-old boy bit it twice, theNew Indian Expressreports. After wrapping itself around the child’s hand and not letting go, the boy bit it twice, killing it. Simon Song/South China Morning Post via Getty “The snake got wrapped around my hand and bit me,” the boy reportedly told the local media, viaNew Indian Express. “I was in great pain. As the reptile didn’t budge when I tried to shake it off, I bit it hard twice.

8-Year-Old Boy Honored with 'Hero Award' for Saving Classmate from Choking on a Chicken Nugget

Photo: Norman Fire Department/Facebook An elementary school student in Oklahoma is being hailed a hero afterstepping in to save a classmatefrom choking. It waschicken nugget dayat Lakeview Elementary School in Norman on Sept. 15, a day “the kids absolutely love,” music teacher Jordan Nguyen said toldGood Morning America. But the mood suddenly shifted at lunchtime when Cashton York, a third grader, began choking on his food. Nguyen called it “a teacher’s and parent’s worst nightmare.

8-Year-Old Cancer Survivor 'Purposely' Pushed by Bills Fan During Game Against 49ers, Family Says

Mia DeCamilla, young 49ers fan who survived cancer.Photo:Mikey Sherry DeCamilla/Facebook Mikey Sherry DeCamilla/Facebook The family of a cancer survivor says her first-ever NFL game was spoiled when a Buffalo Bills fan “purposely” pushed the young girl because she was cheering for the opposing team. While she was not injured in the incident, DeCamilla fell from her seat, and was so shook up that she wanted to leave the game early.

8-Year-Old Chess Prodigy Makes History by Beating 37-Year-Old Grandmaster

Ashwath Kaushik.Photo:Singapore Chess Federation/ Facebook Singapore Chess Federation/ Facebook “It felt really exciting and amazing, and I felt proud of my game and how I played, especially since I was worse at one point but managed to come back from that,” the boy toldChess.comafter defeating the grandmaster, a title given to the highest ranking players in the game. Ashwath Kaushik.Singapore Chess Federation/ Facebook Only 12 players in the history of classical chess have defeated a grandmaster at the age of 10 years old or younger.