Lindsay Clancy watches jury members as Judge William Sullivan polls them before they start deliberations during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool) Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial spent a third day deliberating without reaching a verdict, bringing their total…
Representative Image (AI-generated) A lake in northwestern Ontario became the setting for a landmark experiment on the effects of acid rain. For 17 years, scientists deliberately added sulfuric acid to Lake 223 every week, gradually changing the water’s chemistry to mimic the effects of acid rain that was damaging lakes across North America and Europe….
Quote of the day by Princess Diana (AP photo) Princess Diana’s words reflect her genuinely independent nature and her willingness to remain true to herself, even when doing so clearly stood apart from what was expected of her public role. “I like to be a free spirit,” she said. “Some don’t like that, but that’s…
Ryan Seacrest Sells 40-Acre Napa Estate for $18.5M After $22M Asking Price Ryan Seacrest has closed a two-year chapter with his sprawling 40-acre Napa Valley estate, selling it for $18.5 million after asking $22 million. The American Idol host first listed the St. Helena estate in the summer of 2024, after a major renovation. It…
Image credit: Greater Yellowstone Coalition The construction of a new wildlife underpass in southeast Idaho is about to be completed, after the public, nonprofit agencies, conservation groups and government agencies pushed for years to protect migrating wildlife herds and drivers, according to a report by Idaho Capital Sun. To save animal and human lives The…
Representative Image (AI-generated For nearly a century, a four-faced clock stood over a busy corner in downtown Clearwater, Florida, quietly marking the passing hours as the city around it changed. Years of Florida weather eventually left their mark on the historic timepiece, but instead of letting it disappear with age, a clockmaker took it apart…
Picture from the book ‘Granville Haller: Leader’ by Martin N. Chamberlain via Historicwhidbey.org In 2012, a crumbling 1866 farmhouse sat on a prized waterfront lot in Coupeville, Washington, listed for sale at a price that reflected the land’s value far more than the building’s. The Haller House, one of the oldest surviving structures on Whidbey…
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth appeared to take a weight-related jab at a uniformed woman pictured in a Canadian cadet. (Photo: ANI) US secretary of war Pete Hegseth appeared to mock the appearance of a uniformed woman featured in a Canadian cadet post on Tuesday, sharing her image on X with a Canadian flag…
Richard Gere’s former New Canaan, Connecticut, home sat empty for less than a year before being demolished last year. In October 2024, Richard Gere, 75, and his wife, Alejandra Gere, 42, sold their New Canaan, Conn., property for $10.75 million before relocating to Spain. By August 2025, the 1938 historic brick Georgian Colonial-style country manor…
Long before Clyde Tombaugh was searching the skies from an observatory in Arizona, he was a farm boy trying to make sense of the night above his family’s home. The first telescope he owned was bought from Sears, but it soon failed to satisfy him. By 1925, he was building his own instruments, with help…