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After 150 years of farming, the Brughelli family has donated its historic 390-acre ranch in San Luis Obispo County to Cal Poly. The property, located just south of the county’s regional airport, will become a living classroom where students can study agriculture, conservation, water management and natural-resource stewardship. According to Cal Poly’s announcement, Brughelli Ranch…

The Wyoming property sits at about 8,500 feet and covers a landscape surrounded by mountain ranges. Photo: WyoFile Tim Delaney had no family history of ranching when he bought Rolling Thunder Ranch in Wyoming in 2010. He and his wife had spent years visiting Colorado, but they wanted a property of their own where they…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei on Monday warned that foreign forces would soon be pushed out of the Arabian Sea, while asserting that Iran’s armed forces and people remained prepared to confront the country’s adversaries.In a written message published by Iranian media, Khamenei said enemy forces had been driven back from waters off southern…

SpaceX launches Starship on first orbital test around Earth (Reuters photo) Elon Musk-led SpaceX’s Starship megarocket reached Earth orbit for the first time on Monday, marking a major milestone for the space company’s ambitious plans for the spacecraft.The 407-foot (124-metre) rocket lifted off from SpaceX’s launch site in southern Texas and entered orbit during its…

How a US teenager went from gamer to convicted extremist An American boy who went from being a “naive gamer” to embracing an “extreme vision” of Islam became an IS “sympathiser” and eventually a convict working to leave extremist ideology.Daniel Fischer from South Carolina was just 16 when his parents noticed a sudden change in…

The J. Paul Getty Museum has acquired a long-lost 17th-century portrait by Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, bringing the first work by the Baroque master into the museum’s permanent collection. The oil painting, titled Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares, was officially announced by the Los Angeles museum on 23 September 2026. Before its recent discovery…

In February 2026, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced the largest conservation easement in Florida Forever’s 25-year history, protecting 61,525 acres of working forestland in Baker and Union counties, providing permanent habitat connectivity for species including the bald eagle, red-cockaded woodpecker and eastern indigo snake. The property contains forested wetlands, floodplain forests, basin swamps…

61-year-old Canadian woman who holds a US green card was detained at the border and was asked if she had ever voted in a US election. (CBC News) A 61-year-old Canadian citizen who has been living in the US for 14 years as a Green Card holder was detained by border officials and interrogated for…

For Biddle, the farm represents decades of work and memories (Bellisario Student Media photo) For 70 years, Jeff Biddle has lived and worked on Bear Meadows Farm near Tussey Mountain in Pennsylvania. He has raised cattle, grown crops and watched bears, turkeys, deer and waterfowl from the woods around his home. In July this year,…

A fundraiser that collected more than $700,000 for a Texas couple has been removed after GoFundMe found that the campaign organiser had falsely presented herself as a neighbour.The appeal was created for 81-year-old Donald Johnson, a viral delivery driver who gained attention after footage showed him delivering lost luggage while working to help pay for…