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Reality TV star turned fashion designer Lauren Conrad has sold her fully renovated Beverly Hills penthouse for $2.8 million (£1.9 million). This is more than double the $1.35 million she paid for the home four years earlier, according to property records reported by the Los Angeles Times. Conrad, best known for appearing on the MTV…

A rare early 19th-century Pennsylvania Dutch folk art drawing showing George Washington and an American eagle with 13 stars has sold at auction for $226,600 (£175,000). The artwork had remained hidden in a plain manila folder for more than six decades. The double-page ink and watercolour fraktur bookplate was made in Pennsylvania in the early…

Arnold’s garage housed the reconstructed Spitfire F Mk 22 PK519 fuselage. (Instagram/Dominic Winter Auctioneers) For more than 20 years, a garage in the British town of Newport Pagnell housed the partly rebuilt body of a historic Spitfire aircraft. Its owner, Peter Arnold, had spent decades collecting aircraft remains and putting together pieces of aviation history….

Unused steel equipment is prepared for deployment underwater to create a habitat for marine life. (Photo: Chevron’s Pascagoula Refinery in Mississippi) A 31-ton propane tank and a steel tower that once helped firefighters practise emergency operations in Mississippi, have found a new purpose underwater. The two structures have been lowered into the Gulf, about 13…

Image: Charleston Magazine Three new fathers in Charleston, South Carolina, wanted their children to grow up with a closer connection to nature. Their answer was to start with a neglected tidal creek near their homes, where rubbish had accumulated and the surrounding wetland faced pressure from development and urban runoff. In 2022, Joel Caldwell, Blake…

Family members blocked the eastern half of Godfrey’s Pond Road with tree trunks, restricting the club’s access. (AI image) A New York family that owned half of a private road beside its 45-acre property has lost ownership of that portion to a neighbouring recreational club with around 1,500 members. The two sides had shared the…

Representative Image (AI-generated) A New York couple who married in 1993 and operated several businesses during their marriage have had their divorce-related property settlement upheld by an appeals court. On October 22, 2026, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, affirmed a judgment awarding Shirley F. Atkins $6,833,448 from the marital estate following…

A tanker carrying 40,000 metric tons of Russian diesel is headed for New York, according to ship-tracking data released on Friday, following a deal reached between Moscow and Washington earlier this month.The Malta-flagged medium-sized tanker Agioi Fanendes was loaded with 40,000 metric tons of ultra-low-sulphur diesel at Russia’s Baltic port of Primorsk on October 22,…

Representative Image (AI-generated) An Indiana homeowner who cut down shrubs, trampled flowers and damaged landscaping lights in a shared garden has lost his appeal against an order preventing further damage to common areas. In its decision published by Justia, the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction obtained by the Efroymson House Owner’s Association…