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Pic credit: Kyle McClenagan/Houston Public Media Houston’s historic Kirby Mansion has been demolished after city inspectors briefly halted the work because crews had started without a required demolition permit. The 36-room Tudor Revival home at 2000 Smith St. had never received historic landmark designation, leaving it without that layer of protection. There was “not much…

Quincy JonesPhoto: Wikimedia Commons Quincy Jones spent more than seven decades shaping American music, film and television, and his influence is still generating extraordinary value after his death. Jones died of pancreatic cancer in November 2024 at the age of 91, yet Forbes has named his estate the highest-earning dead celebrity of 2026, with an…

US President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speak to reporters during a press conference following their meeting at Gracie Mansion in New York City, US That minority groups are often used by progressives as a political football is evident to all, but no one summed it up as sharply as Malcolm…

Residents patrol Corvo’s darkened streets, rescuing stranded shearwaters and releasing them safely towards the Atlantic Ocean. Imagine an entire island voluntarily turning off its lights, allowing the night sky to guide thousands of young birds towards the ocean. On Corvo, the smallest and northernmost island of Portugal’s Azores archipelago, darkness is not a sign of…

A 23-year-old university student in the US was left inside a windowless Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) holding cell for nearly five days after agents decided he would not be charged in a drug investigation. With no food, drinking water or access to a toilet, he was forced to drink his own urine in a desperate…

After they married in 2017, Dave Walker came up with an unusual project. He had a unique proposal for his wife, Angela. It wasn’t a romantic getaway or a home upgrade, but a project that would give them plenty of time together while testing their patience and determination along the way. What was the project?…

File photo: Bomb scares hit four European flights in a day; counter-terror units deployed At least four passenger flights across Europe were targeted by suspected bomb threats on Tuesday, prompting emergency landings and security checks in Poland, Spain and Bulgaria. All four aircraft landed safely, with counter-terrorism units and police deployed to inspect them. The…

Taylor Swift’s 2015 music video for ‘Wildest Dreams’ attracted attention for its sweeping African landscapes, but the release also brought criticism over how the continent was represented. Set against scenes of wildlife and open countryside, the video prompted questions about its colonial-era imagery and the absence of African characters. Away from the debate, Swift had…

Clover Creek’s solar panels generate power while grazing sheep naturally manage vegetation beneath the array. For generations, ranching has meant working the land the traditional way: raising livestock, growing feed and making the most of every usable acre. For Greg Kesler, however, some of his Utah ranch has found an unexpectedly productive second life. On…

A High Court judge has ruled in favour of a claimant in a dispute over assets belonging to a deceased man after finding that certain transactions amounted to gifts made in contemplation of death. The case involved Masudur Rahman and four defendants, who disputed the ownership of assets belonging to the late Al-Hasib Mian Muhammad…