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US had just two 500-foot smokestacks An effort by American power companies to reduce local air pollution in the 1970s ended up creating a much wider environmental crisis, turning a local health problem into a continent-wide acid rain emergency. By building huge smokestacks to send coal emissions away from nearby towns, power companies pushed sulfur…

Wild bison have not been seen in Britain for around 6,000 years. European bison are now roaming West Blean and Thornden Woods near Canterbury as part of an ambitious conservation project to restore natural woodland processes. As per BBC, it once roamed widely across the continent, from Scotland to Siberia, before disappearing from the wild…

A New York cop has been arrested and charged over unauthorized searches of ex-girlfriend’s vehicle on Flock cameras. A senior investigator with a New York sheriff’s office has been accused of repeatedly using a law enforcement license plate camera system to track an ex-girlfriend, with authorities alleging she searched for the woman’s vehicle around 3,000…

Gwyneth Paltrow’s California home. (Image Credit: Architectural Digest) Gwyneth Paltrow’s sprawling Montecito home began with a $4.9 million property purchase and a decision to start almost entirely from scratch. The actor and Goop founder bought 2.4 acres in the California community in 2016. Two homes dating from the late 1980s already stood on the land,…

Kick streamer Steven “Destiny” has opened up about a frightening experience from his past involving armed people outside his apartment. During a recent Whick TV podcast clip shared on the X, Destiny said several people were outside his home with rifles and asked him questions about his son. The streamer also spoke about being swatted,…

Golden Gate University had almost faced bankruptcy in 2023 and ended its law programme in 2024 Golden Gate University has sold its longtime downtown San Francisco campus for $31.6 million as the university moves out of the seven-storey property amid years of financial difficulties. The site at 546 Mission St. is now owned by Lincoln…

The change will replace the existing lifting mechanism and provide a more durable arrangement suited to long-term transport requirements. For decades, a major river crossing between Virginia and Washington, D.C. has moved commuters, commercial traffic and travelers into the heart of the nation’s capital. Now the I-395 bridge over the Potomac River is getting a…

Iran seeks to raise the political and economic cost of war for Trump ahead of US midterms Iran is stepping up pressure on the United States less than two months before the US midterm elections, with analysts saying Tehran hopes to increase the political and economic costs of the war for President Donald Trump and…

Swiftiephylus taylorae (Image Credit: Sarah Schroeder/UCR) Taylor Swift has inspired songs, fashion and fan culture around the world, but her latest namesake comes from an unexpected corner of science: a newly described genus of Australian plant-feeding insects. According to the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside), entomology doctoral student Sarah Schroeder, a lifelong Swift fan,…

Alec Nolan (left) and Ranjeev Puri (right) speak out about their ‘Singh’ background, condemning the social media post of the DHS. When Fox 7 Austin anchor Alec Nolan saw a US Department of Homeland Security post featuring a South Asian-looking truck driver identified only as “Mr Singh”, he did not see just another immigration meme….