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A South Dakota biofuels CEO and his family bought land near Great Bear about two years ago, then donated 20.5 acres to expand a 220-plus-acre park that now draws more than 200,000 visitors a year/Image: Pigeon 605 Jeff and Tammie Broin donated 20.5 acres of land they acquired about two years ago to the City…

Bill Wyman, best known as the original bassist of the Rolling Stones, turned an accidental discovery on his Suffolk property into a serious pursuit of archaeology. After workers digging at his country home unearthed a medieval jug, he took up metal detecting to explore the land further. Over time, his searches revealed more than 200…

Representative Image of a man in an inflatable chicken costume crossing a marathon finish line ( AI Generrated Image) Sebastian Burley, 36, finished the 26.2-mile course in 4:00:33 on Sunday, 26 April 2026, becoming the fastest man to complete a marathon in a full-body inflatable costume, according to Guinness World Records. Burley ran to raise…

According to maritime security sources tracking incidents in the area. The surge comes as Gulf producers step up their exports (Photo: AP). Attacks on tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz last week were reportedly the most frequent of any week since the Iran war began.According to maritime security sources tracking incidents in the area, the…

Hughes bought 30,000 acres west of Las Vegas in 1952; it later became Summerlin (Image Credit: Summerlin) A barren stretch of land on the western edge of Las Vegas once seemed to have little immediate purpose. In 1952, Howard Hughes acquired 30,000 acres there for a reported $3 an acre, intending to use the property…

Tracing the conflict over the land, from ancient Canaan to the modern-day Israel-Palestine conflict. Three years ago, Israel experienced one of the deadliest days in its modern history. Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups launched a large-scale attack from Gaza, crossing the border and attacking Israel during a music festival.More than 1,200 people were killed…

Photo credit: compass.com A modest single-family home in East Hemet, California, carried a surprise that most buyers would never expect from the street. Behind the three-bedroom, two-bath house sat a fully built, covered miniature town complete with a functioning model train set, all tucked into a backyard that also includes an in-ground pool and an…

73 immigrants detained at a privately run ICE facility in Georgia has launched a hunger strike. A group of at least 73 immigrants detained at a privately run Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Georgia has launched a hunger strike, protesting prolonged detention and alleged poor conditions inside the centre, according to advocates and…

New OPT fee proposed by DHS. The Department of Homeland Security announced a proposed rule that would impose a $70,000 fee for F-1 students seeking to participate in the OPT program and $30,000 for each subsequent OPT authorization including STEM OPT extensions. Schools will have to pay this fee, not the international students. The proposed…