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Pattie Gonia, the drag persona of environmental activist Wyn Wiley, poses at an event. Image: pattiegonia/Instagram A drag performer who has raised $3.7 million for environmental causes is locked in a legal battle with one of the world’s best-known outdoor clothing companies over a name that has become central to her activism. Pattie Gonia, the…

What some people leave behind on roadsides or throw away as unwanted furniture can end up becoming something far more valuable in the hands of the right person. For Ike Wynter, a Wisconsin-based wood artist, discarded wooden objects became the raw material for an unusual artistic journey that eventually took his work to one of…

Katy Perry’s proposed Gratitude Canyon youth camp in California has drawn opposition from more than 360 neighbours. (Photo: Instagram/Gratitude Canyon) Pop superstar Katy Perry is facing growing opposition from residents in California’s Goleta Valley over plans to build a permanent youth camp and arts centre on a 110-acre property. More than 360 neighbours have signed…

Historic firsts as candidates break barriers across states The 2026 US midterm elections have delivered several historic firsts, with candidates breaking longstanding barriers in gubernatorial and Senate races across the country.Democrats Keisha Lance Bottoms, Deb Haaland, Gina Hinojosa and Amy Klobuchar have made history with their victories in governors’ races, while Peggy Flanagan and Chris…

A UK man has been jailed for four years and eight months after inventing hundreds of charitable donations to fraudulently claim £708,750 from the government through the Gift Aid scheme. Abdul Muttakin Robbani, 54, from Chelmsford, submitted 60 false claims through his organisation, RMI Club, naming 716 people as donors despite them never having made…

A Delaware court has ordered singer Faith Evans to ensure a payment of $12,518,336 from Notorious B.I.G. LLC to a trust established by the late rapper’s mother, Voletta Wallace, following a legal dispute over millions generated by his music business. The October 27 ruling by the Delaware Court of Chancery also awards prejudgment interest on…

The Centners combined two adjoining apartments, purchased for over $15 million, into a five-bedroom Manhattan duplex. Floyd Mayweather Jr. may have spent his boxing career making sure he never lost a fight, but a rental dispute in Manhattan has given the retired champion an entirely different kind of battle. A luxury apartment he once called…

London’s famous bridge across the Thames river has suffered many travesties: it has fallen down time and time again, but still stood strong throughout. The bridge that kept falling down Circa AD 50-1176, several wooden iterations of the London Bridge were built again and again, only to fall due to storm, fire or ice damage….

A creature barely three-quarters of an inch long has taken more than three decades of scientific effort to bring back to the forests of Hawaii. The O‘ahu tree snail, a species once considered lost in the wild, is slowly getting another chance after conservationists rescued the last 11 known individuals in 1991 and spent years…

Democrat Amy Acton wins Ohio governor’s race, ending 20-year Republican hold Democrat Dr Amy Acton has won the race for governor of Ohio, defeating Trump-backed Indian-American Republican candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy, to become the first woman elected to the state’s top office.Her victory also marks the first time in 20 years that a Democrat has won…