Melissa Fleur Afshar is a Newsweek reporter based in London, United Kingdom. Her current focus is on trending life stories and human-interest features on a variety of topics ranging from relationships ...

That’s one pricey pup! A woman who spent about $1,000 on travel costs to include her dog on a month-long holiday around Italy says it was “totally worth it.” Catherine Sophie didn’t want to leave ...

My sisters often told me that living alone wasn’t good for me. If I had a dog, they said, I’d meet neighbors out walking their dogs, maybe even a woman with a dog. But I wasn’t ready. My wife had left ...