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When financial problems threatened to close public library branches across Berks County, Pennsylvania, a major donation from local native Taylor Swift helped keep them open for thousands of readers. In October 2011, the country music star donated 6,000 new books worth $68,000 (£52,000) to the Reading Public Library system. Fifteen years later, figures from the…

A Kansas couple who wanted a tropical getaway without moving away from their family turned two acres of their Olathe backyard into a huge 100,000-gallon swimming lagoon. Homeowners Melissa and Mike Morris spent nearly a year building their private outdoor retreat. The lagoon stretches about 100 feet long and 50 feet wide on their ten-acre…

Microsoft president Brad Smith reacts to the Trump administration’s suspension of his company’s Green Card applications. Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith reacted to the Donald Trump administration suspending the Green Card filings from his company along with seven other tech majors in an exclusive interview with Politico in Dublin and warned that this…

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, stand with Maduro’s lawyer Anna Estevao and Flores’ lawyer, Mark Donnelly, at a hearing before US Former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro on Thursday dismissed new torture allegations against him and his wife, Cilia Flores, as “false accusations” during a court appearance in New York, where…

Two signed, game-worn jerseys donated by Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce sold for $250,000 at a charity auction in Missouri. The sale helped raise millions of pounds for childhood cancer treatment. The NFL memorabilia package was one of the top items at the 15th annual Big Slick Celebrity Weekend in Kansas…

An almost complete fossil unearthed in China reveals a 150-million-year-old bird that weighed around 800 grams. For millions of years, the evolution of flight has been the story of birds. But a remarkable fossil from southeastern China suggests some of the earliest birds may have preferred to keep their feet on the ground. The new…

In Egypt’s Behbeit El Hagar, located in Gharbia province, a farmer truly dug deep. While tilling the land in front of his home, the man discovered a royal statue of Ramases II, the pharaoh who allegedly challenged Moses in the Bible. According to a report by the New York Post, the farmer flagged the local…

Shark populations around the world are in rapid decline, facing mounting threats from human activities. With a third of shark species threatened with extinction, new research suggests that shark ecotourism could help turn the tide by encouraging people to take lasting action to protect them.New research from the University of Sydney found that people who…

Latest updates on Diversity Visa 2026 and 2027 A US federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reopen registration for the 2027 Diversity Visa program, commonly known as the Green Card lottery, restoring a pathway to permanent residency for eligible applicants after the government failed to launch the annual registration process on schedule.US District…

Iran has supplied weapons, money and training to the Houthis, formally known as Ansar Allah, for more than a decade. Tehran has denied arming the group in violation of a United Nations arms embargo. Houthi rebels in Yemen are becoming less dependent on Iranian weapons after years of training and technical assistance from Tehran. This…