More than 40,000 people have signed a petition to block taxpayer money going towards the funding for a funeral for Ian Huntley.

Wagner is the founder of Portland startup The Cat Throne, which makes a specially widened and textured toilet seat for cats. But the idea came from the product’s intended end user: a housecat.

Every time someone flushes a toilet, wastewater begins a journey through an underground network of pipes and tunnels. Sewer systems use gravity and careful engineering to transport waste safely to ...