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PC: Instagram (mariahreading) Mariah Reading and David Mainero decided to grow their own wedding flowers after learning that a single bridal bouquet would cost $400. The couple planted a 30-by-50-foot garden in Reading’s parents’ backyard in Hampden, Maine, in May 2026, hoping to avoid spending thousands of dollars on flowers for their September wedding.According to…

File photo: Alexandros Paporakis, 19, has been charged over an alleged mass shooting plot that may have targeted a Hindu place of worship near Chicago The 19-year-old transgender teen accused of plotting a racist mass shooting at a Hindu temple near Chicago will reportedly continue receiving hormone injections for gender transition while in jail awaiting…

PC: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission A six-year-old boy searching for fossils at a Nebraska park made a discovery not recorded in the state for more than 55 years. Leo Youngdahl, who lives in Eagle, turned over a large rock at Schramm Park State Recreation Area near Gretna and found the imprint of a conulariid,…

Luisa’s poem uses the colours of the Colombian flag to reflect her Colombian American identity. A 10-year-old girl from New Jersey has been named among the Top 10 winners of a national poetry competition in the United States for a poem inspired by her Colombian heritage. Luisa Gonzalez, a fifth-grade student from Cherry Hill, received…

Pic credit: Swimply/ Mandy Plenty of people dream about a backyard pool. Cory Johnson built a water park. On the east side of Lake Wawasee in Cromwell, his home shares its grounds with a 60,000-gallon private retreat that has waterfalls, a slide, a zip line and real palm tree trunks. Then he rents it out…

Buffalo Mountain’s new conservation area offers scenic landscapes, protected forests and outdoor experiences near the Blue Ridge Parkway and Blacksburg. There are landscapes that become part of a place’s identity long before they receive an official designation. Buffalo Mountain, with its rounded summit, expansive views and deep Appalachian forests, has long been one of Southwest…

In April 2019, a fire tore through Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral, destroying its roof and bringing down its famous spire. The damage threatened parts of a landmark whose history stretches back more than 860 years. Among those who stepped forward to help fund its restoration were French billionaire François-Henri Pinault and his father, François Pinault, who…

Representative Image of a courtroom scene depicting a legal dispute over a San Antonio property sale between longtime friends (AI-generated image) A property sale between longtime friends in San Antonio has developed into a protracted legal dispute, with attorney Martin Phipps and his rooftop cocktail bar, Paramour, agreeing to surrender their spaces in a River…

Jane Goodall spent decades showing the world why protecting animals and their habitats matters to humanity. Now, an 11-year-old conservationist is preparing to carry that message to a younger generation. Aneeshwar Kunchala, a UK-based wildlife presenter with family roots in Andhra Pradesh, India, is set to receive the Junior Jane Goodall Earth Medal for his…

Photo: Barbra Streisand/ Instagram In 2012, Barbra Streisand donated $10 million to Cedars-Sinai to create a research centre focused on women’s cardiovascular health. The gift helped establish the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, a facility dedicated to understanding why heart disease can affect women differently from men and improving diagnosis and treatment for female patients….