Approved I-140: Green Card process suspended for 8 companies: Immigration experts on what happens to approved I-140, existing H-1Bs; whether employees should leave these companies

Approved I-140: Green Card process suspended for 8 companies: Immigration experts on what happens to approved I-140, existing H-1Bs; whether employees should leave these companies

Immigration experts on what the employees of these eight IT companies should do. The announcement of the Trump administration suspending the PERM filings for eight IT majors has triggered a lot of panic and confusion as the administration did not clarify whether any data from these companies are pending and whether the suspension would be…

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Val Kilmer turned a 5,328-acre New Mexico ranch into a retreat with rental cabins and a B&B; he asked  million in 2009, then sold most of the property two years later when the asking price fell to .5 million

Val Kilmer turned a 5,328-acre New Mexico ranch into a retreat with rental cabins and a B&B; he asked $33 million in 2009, then sold most of the property two years later when the asking price fell to $18.5 million

Val Kilmer’s sprawling Pecos River ranch in New Mexico went from a private Hollywood escape to a high-end hospitality retreat before eventually changing hands in 2011. Contemporary reports from CBS News and the Associated Press, along with real-estate publications including The Land Report, documented the property’s years-long journey from a $33 million listing to its…

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Florida commissioners unanimously rejected development across nearly 230 acres in 2025; 16 months later, they reversed course 4-3 and approved more than 4,800 apartments and about 1,000 hotel rooms

Florida commissioners unanimously rejected development across nearly 230 acres in 2025; 16 months later, they reversed course 4-3 and approved more than 4,800 apartments and about 1,000 hotel rooms

Orange County commissioners in Florida have approved the large Tuscana land-use plan in a close 4-3 vote. The decision reverses a unanimous rejection of the same project 16 months earlier. The approval allows more than 4,800 apartments and about 1,000 hotel rooms to be built across nearly 230 acres in the Shingle Creek Basin. Nearby…

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Naresh Bhatt trial in Virginia: Friend alleges abuse, financial control in Nepali woman Mamta Kafle Bhatt’s disappearance case, mother breaks down in court

Naresh Bhatt trial in Virginia: Friend alleges abuse, financial control in Nepali woman Mamta Kafle Bhatt’s disappearance case, mother breaks down in court

A close friend of Mamta Kafle Bhatt testified that her husband, Naresh Bhatt, allegedly hit and controlled her in the months before she disappeared from their Virginia home in July 2024. Mamta’s mother also took the stand, recounting how her daily conversations with her daughter suddenly stopped.A close friend of Mamta Kafle Bhatt told a…

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Idaho family has farmed 1,000 acres since 1950; after the state largely shut off its irrigation water in 2025, the owners say crops failed and are now suing to protect the family farm

Idaho family has farmed 1,000 acres since 1950; after the state largely shut off its irrigation water in 2025, the owners say crops failed and are now suing to protect the family farm

An Idaho family that has farmed 1,000 acres near the Snake River for three generations has sued the state after an emergency water order forced them to shut off their irrigation pumps. The order dried their fields and destroyed their crops. Jerry Bingham and his family have grown wheat, alfalfa, and potatoes near Blackfoot since…

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In 2003, Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House went to auction as buyers considered moving it; preservation groups paid over .5 million to keep the Illinois landmark on its original site

In 2003, Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House went to auction as buyers considered moving it; preservation groups paid over $7.5 million to keep the Illinois landmark on its original site

The Farnsworth House was built for Dr. Edith Farnsworth as a weekend retreat (Image Credit: William E. Dunlap via National Trust for Historic Preservation) A modernist house in Illinois came surprisingly close to being taken apart and moved away from the landscape it was designed for. In 2003, the Farnsworth House, designed by Ludwig Mies…

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Avianca flight makes emergency landing in Miami after severe turbulence, at least 8 injured

Avianca flight makes emergency landing in Miami after severe turbulence, at least 8 injured

An Avianca aircraft en route from Medellin, Colombia, to New York faced severe turbulence, resulting in several injuries among passengers. (Pic Credit: AP) An Avianca flight had to make an emergency landing in Miami early Friday due to extreme turbulence, injuring at least eight people.Miami-Dade fire rescue said that seven people were transported to nearby…

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A Florida man sold hallucinogenic cacti and mushrooms on Facebook Marketplace, gets arrested; police seize 131 plants and 50 pounds of cacti at his Riverview home

A Florida man sold hallucinogenic cacti and mushrooms on Facebook Marketplace, gets arrested; police seize 131 plants and 50 pounds of cacti at his Riverview home

Florida man arrested after hallucinogenic plants seized at his Riverview home. (Photo: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office) A man in Florida has been arrested after authorities alleged that he was running a business selling hallucinogenic cacti and mushrooms through Facebook Marketplace. Investigators seized 131 live plants, approximately 50 pounds of mescaline-containing cacti and 1.5 pounds of…

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‘Abhorrent’: UN condemns US plan to livestream execution of gunman who killed 13 at Texas military base in 2009

‘Abhorrent’: UN condemns US plan to livestream execution of gunman who killed 13 at Texas military base in 2009

The United Nations on Friday condemned US plans to livestream the execution of former US Army Major Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base on November 5, 2009, calling the move “abhorrent” and warning that it could violate the prohibition against torture.“These kinds of public executions we’ve seen in other…

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‘Hater of America and Israel’: Trump reshares post criticising Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay

‘Hater of America and Israel’: Trump reshares post criticising Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay

Navi Pillay served on the ICT from 1995 to 2003, including four years as its president. US President Donald Trump on Friday reshared a post attacking 2026 Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay, calling the South African jurist an “unabashed hater of America and Israel” after she was awarded the honour.The post, written by David…

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