CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Madonna, living up to her name, was singing and hard not to notice -- the 6-pound, 10-ounce cat meowed loudly and frequently as she waited to be adopted. The white and calico cat ...

Barks, meows, and eager whines sounded out from a Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA van as yellow-smocked staff unloaded 21 dogs and 19 cats newly arrived from Puerto Rico, all displaced refugee of ...