Another worker in the Adams County-based Plainville Farms animal abuse case has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges. State police have said workers “kicked, stomped and beat turkeys” at the ...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is calling on the Justice Department (DOJ) to ...

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who established the national holiday.

Marshmallow, the national Thanksgiving turkey pardoned by President George W. Bush, acts as the grand marshal of the Thanksgiving parade at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 24, 2005.

The national Thanksgiving turkey presentation has been observed since 1947, according to the National Turkey Federation.

Why do they pardon a turkey? It has long been theorized that President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 clemency to a turkey recorded in an 1865 dispatch by White House reporter Noah Brooks was the origin ...

Turkey pardon WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 25: The National Thanksgiving turkeys, Blossom and Peach, wait before being pardoned by U.S. President Joe Biden during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden tapped into his presidential pardon power in the waning days of his tenure Monday, granting clemency to a pair of lucky turkeys and kicking off the holiday season.

Continuing a tradition that goes back years, President Joe Biden will partake in his last turkey pardon during his administration. Every year, the president "pardons" one or two turkeys before the ...

Why do they pardon a turkey? It has long been theorized that President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 clemency to a turkey recorded in an 1865 dispatch by White House reporter Noah Brooks was the origin ...

The White House turkey pardon is a decades-old ritual that is scheduled to continue Monday, when Biden will use his pardon power to grant a presidential reprieve to two lucky birds that will keep ...

What happens to the pardoned turkeys? After being permitted to live, turkeys are sent to sanctuaries or farms to live a life full of food and relaxation.