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A couple rescued two cat paintings from a skip; years later, the Louis Wain works sold for £16,000 (Image Credit: Rogers Jones Auctioneers) What looked like two unwanted paintings in a skip turned out to be worth thousands of pounds. A couple came across the two cat paintings while walking their dog and decided to…

Dr Hannah Cain, who treated Royal Family members, especially Queen Camilla, was found dead. A 45-year-old GP who was reportedly part of a pool of doctors treating members of the British royal family — Queen Camilla — was found dead at her home near the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, with her husband later charged with…

Protesters in Okinawa after alleged murder of Japanese woman. (Reuters Photo) US Marines stationed on Japan’s Okinawa island have been placed under a month-long curfew and banned from consuming alcohol following the arrest of a Marine accused of murdering a Japanese woman.The US Forces in Okinawa also suspended military operations for 48 hours from Wednesday…

Will Smith, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ All-Star catcher, was due to welcome 130 students from Marquez Charter Elementary School to UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, 26 May 2026. The Dodgers said the school was destroyed in the January 2025 Palisades wildfire, displacing hundreds of students, teachers and staff. The third annual Catching Hope…

Image: The Royal Family (left) King Charles visited a research project in North Yorkshire exploring a new way to control Britain’s grey squirrel population and help protect its native red squirrels. During his visit on May 26, 2026, the King met scientists at the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s York Biotech Campus in Sand Hutton…

Rep Rich McCormick says his district is a suspected H-1B hotspot. Rep Rich McCormick, a Republican from Georgia, has written to the Trump administration that his district, Georgia’s 7th Congressional district, has become a suspected hotspot of H-1B visa fraud and that the administration should investigate. He said he would act as an interlocutor to…

Many of history’s most beloved works still remain lost to time. From books to sculptures and even paintings, all works of art that were adored in their day are now either destroyed or impossible to find. For instance, Sophocles was known to have written over 120 plays; only 7 are known to survive to this…

Eastern Pinesnake. Image Credit: Wikipedia Scientists have developed a DNA-based test that can detect the eastern pine snake from soil, offering a way to find evidence of the elusive reptile without having to spot the animal itself. The study, published in Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science, describes a new environmental DNA assay designed specifically…

Photo credit (L-R): Wikimedia Commons; Visitcalifornia.com In 1882, mining millionaire Griffith J. Griffith paid $50,000 for 4,071 acres of ranchland in the Santa Monica Mountains, a purchase that would reshape Los Angeles for generations. Fourteen years later, in 1896, he donated 3,015 acres of that land to the city, creating what is now Griffith Park…