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For more than half a century, Austin residents have fought to protect the historic Lions Municipal Golf Course from being taken over by property developers. Now, a proposed agreement between the City of Austin and The University of Texas at Austin (UT) would transfer full ownership of the 141-acre golf course to the city, protecting…

In 2013, two childhood friends from Glen Ellyn, Illinois, pooled $10,000 to buy egg whites, dates, and nuts. They made their first batch of protein bars in a suburban basement using a food processor. Four years later, global food company Kellogg Company bought their business for $600 million. Peter Rahal and Jared Smith founded Chicago…

Hundreds of art lovers lined up outside a Hong Kong gallery to see a Vincent van Gogh masterpiece that had been hidden from public view for more than six decades. The 1890 painting, titled Châtaigniers en fleurs (Chestnut Trees in Blossom), reappeared ahead of a planned auction on 18 November at Sotheby’s in New York….

Inside alleged plot against Hindu temple TOI correspondent from Washington: A malfunctioning rifle stood between a 19-year old white supremacist and his alleged intention to massacre Indians at a temple near Chicago. Alexandros Paporakis’s plan reportedly came unstuck when his gun got jammed and he contacted a co-worker to say he had escaped “super-fast” and…

Michelle Parker and Dale Smith appeared on a reality show to settle their dispute over engagement ring. Parker disappeared the say the show was telecast in 2011. In 2011, Michelle Parker, a 33-year-old mother of three, appeared on a reality TV show, The People’s Court, along with her ex-partner Dale Smith Jr to settle their…

Zelenskyy also said Ukraine had struck a facility in Russia’s Oryol region used to store and launch attack drones. He added that another target had been hit in the Black Sea. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday claimed that Ukraine had destroyed four Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers and damaged two others in an overnight strike on…

PC: REGUA/ World Land Trust (WLT) Brazil’s Atlantic Forest has lost much of its original cover after centuries of exploitation and deforestation. A conservation partnership between World Land Trust (WLT) and Brazilian NGO Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu (REGUA) has spent two decades protecting the remaining forest and restoring damaged habitats. REGUA has planted 840,000 trees…

Two huge, 120-foot-tall, rust-coloured grain silos dominate the skyline of central Waco, Texas. They serve as a landmark for millions of visitors every year. In 2014, television personalities Chip and Joanna Gaines bought a 2.6-acre former cottonseed mill on the site. Twelve years later, their flagship Magnolia property has grown to about 5.3 acres. It…

Amrita Lanka/Image: 7NEWS An eight-year-old Indian-origin girl died from myocarditis at an Australian hospital in 2022 after a junior doctor failed to recognise the severity of her condition, a Victorian coroner has found, concluding that earlier medical intervention could have saved her life.Amrita Lanka died at Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne on April 30, 2022,…

The move signals a shift in France’s approach to defence cooperation with Saudi Arabia, although the scale of its military commitment remains unclear (Representative image: Reuters). France on Thursday said it has begun implementing operational elements of an agreement to help protect Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities as rising oil prices inflate the cost of living…