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The Catholic Archdiocese of New York has agreed to pay $800 million (£615 million) to around 1,300 survivors who reported sexual abuse by clergy and other church staff. The settlement brings years of legal disputes and negotiations closer to an end. Lawyers representing the survivors announced the agreement. It covers a large number of civil…

Canadian content creators Crystal Drinkwalter and Jazmyn Canning have finished building a natural swimming pond on their 65-acre property. They spent about $52,000 (approximately £40,000) on the project. Hiring professionals could have cost them up to $200,000. The couple, known online as the “Vanwives,” have hundreds of thousands of followers. They shared the months-long building…

NFL safety Damar Hamlin has helped 1,293 people learn hands-only CPR in just one hour in Pittsburgh, setting a Guinness World Record and bringing his campaign to improve emergency response training to his home city. The event was held at Acrisure Stadium during the NFL Draft, in partnership with the American Heart Association, the National…

Trump has proposed a structure measuring 250 feet, or about 76 metres, in height (AP photos) US President Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington could see construction begin as early as November 5, according to news agency Associated Press. However, a group of military veterans and an architectural historian are trying to stop…

Indian-origin Democrat Pia Dandiya, 39, is running for Florida’s 22nd Congressional District in the November 3 US midterm elections.Dandiya faces Republican Casey Askar for the newly redrawn district, an open seat that stretches across parts of Palm Beach, Broward, Hendry and Collier counties. The district has no incumbent under the new boundaries, making the contest…

People walk past a Likud party campaign billboard featuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition party leaders and bearing the Hebrew slogan “Right or Palestine,” ahead of Israel’s general election, in Beni Brak, Israel (AP Photo) Three years after the October 7 attack, Benjamin Netanyahu faces a crucial electoral test over security, political accountability…

US Coast Guard officer Josh Law (left) and lieutenant Miyako Miller (right) /Image: AP A 24-year-old US Coast Guard rescue swimmer spent two hours battling rough seas in near-total darkness to save 16 people after a boat capsized in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. Eleven others remain missing after an extensive search was…

The dam roped off to discourage people (PC: Isabel Nissley/WVXU) For over 80 years, a concrete dam in Ohio did what it was built for: supplied water to a village. Now, the aging structure is being removed as part of a major restoration project. The aim of the project is bringing a creek back to…

Will BP pills soon be replaced? Image: Canva The worst thing about blood pressure medication is that they are for life. Once a person has been put on BP medication, it is for life in most cases. Doctors might adjust dosage but weaning from this medicine is quite uncommon. However a promising research published in…

PC: Brad Leue/ Australian Wildlife Conservancy The Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) has purchased 200 hectares of land on King Island, Tasmania, to protect threatened wildlife, including a critically endangered bird with fewer than 100 individuals remaining. The acquisition marks the organisation’s first conservation project in Tasmania and creates an opportunity to expand efforts to protect…