Pakistan and Turkiye have agreed to send their military to Saudi Arabia. Pakistan and Turkiye have agreed to send their military to Saudi Arabia as part of a recently signed defence agreement involving the three countries.The move follows attacks in the Gulf kingdom by Iran-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen, amid growing regional security concerns.According to…
In 2014, a Tennessee couple paid 58 cents for Vince Lombardi’s sweater; it later sold for $43,020 (Image Credit: Heritage Auctions) A sweater picked up for just 58 cents at a North Carolina Goodwill turned out to have a remarkable connection to football history. Tennessee couple Sean and Rikki McEvoy bought the black-and-gold sweater in…
After the shelters were installed, Schwarzenegger visited the site and met some of the veterans who were staying there (Getty images) In 2021, Arnold Schwarzenegger donated $250,000 to help provide tiny shelters for homeless veterans in Los Angeles. By Christmas, 25 shelters purchased through his donation had been installed at the Veterans Affairs campus in…
Sarasota cottage village Screen grab from: ABC7 news A cluster of colorful cottages along Fruitville Road in downtown Sarasota has been spared from demolition, at least for now. The Historic Downtown Village, home to 17 locally owned businesses, was under contract to be sold to a developer who planned to replace the bungalows with a…
US Democratic Senator Chris Murphy alleged that an “unprecedented and unconstitutional” effort is underway to conceal the impact of the Iran war after the Department of Defense allegedly denied him access to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, a key US military base in the Middle East.Al Udeid Air Base has repeatedly come under attack…
In 1984, Patrick Swayze bought a 4.5-acre ranch outside Los Angeles and built it into an Arabian-horse retreat with a 16-stall barn, two arenas and a dance studio; after his death, it sold for $2.9 million and later listed for $4.5 million/Image: Getty Images American actor and dancer Patrick Swayze spent much of his career…
A seventh grader in New Jersey has built a device that can monitor meat freshness by tracking ammonia gas released as meat decays. Sartaj Singh Gandhi, a student at Monroe Township Middle School in Monroe Township, NJ, created the Meat Freshness Monitor after learning that many people check the expiry date or smell the meat…
First, it was just a dairy ranch tucked away in a quiet Marin County valley. Today, it is a 4,700-acre moviemaking retreat, with its own fire brigade, a vineyard and a lake named after the Ewoks!In 1978, filmmaker George Lucas bought the first parcel of what would eventually become Skywalker Ranch, using money he had…
A New Hampshire groundskeeper lived a remarkably simple life in a mostly empty mobile home, spending his days mowing lawns and doing odd jobs for residents at a trailer park in the small town of Hinsdale. Geoffrey Holt rarely drew attention to himself and was often seen riding his lawn mower around town or sitting…
Wisconsin bargain hunter paid $29 for painting; later identified as Heade, sold for $882,500 (Image Credit: Getty Images/ Geoffrey Clements) A Wisconsin bargain hunter paid just $29 for a flower painting at a rummage sale, with no idea that the artwork would eventually be worth a fortune. About a decade later, the painting was identified…
