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Image: AP Photo/Dave Martin Two Georgia men built an elaborate fraud scheme around one extraordinary deception, they pretended to be professional football players to convince lenders to hand over millions of dollars. Luther Davis and CJ Evins allegedly created fake companies, fabricated financial documents and identities, and even changed their appearance with wigs and makeup…

For years, nearly 940 acres on the northern edge of Las Vegas sat as open federal desert, surrounded by some of Southern Nevada’s most striking landscapes. Now, the vast stretch of undeveloped land is set to become a new city-within-a-city, with plans for as many as 6,000 homes, schools, parks, commercial areas and dedicated housing…

Building a four-bedroom home usually takes far longer than a single weekend, but more than 1,000 volunteers in San Antonio did it in just 50 hours. The unusual project, organised by Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio & Guadalupe Valley, brought volunteers, interns, family and friends together to build a home for single mother Yadira…

When Hurricane Iris tore through southern Belize in 2001, it left more than a battered coastline behind. The storm severely damaged the region’s coral reefs, including those around Laughing Bird Caye. For marine biologist Lisa Carne, the destruction became the starting point for a restoration effort that has since helped put more than 100,000 corals…

Part of the church will be used as a historical museum, while the church and its side yard will also serve as a venue for different events. Dating back to 1898, Nipomo’s oldest church has been part of the California town’s community life for more than a century. Now, 128 years after it first opened,…

Spider-tailed horned viper (Image Credit: Omid Mozaffari) The natural world is full of animals that use mimicry to survive, but few examples are as unusual as the spider-tailed horned viper. Native to Iran, this elusive snake has evolved a remarkable tail tip that resembles a spider, complete with a bulbous body and dangling, leg-like structures….

Thieriot is now best known as the co-creator and star of the CBS drama Fire Country Actor Max Thieriot and his wife Lexi bought a roughly 90-acre ranch in west Sonoma County, California, in 2013, and over the past decade, the property has evolved into a working vineyard and family retreat. The ranch is located…

Kansas student lost his class ring during a snowball fight with his future wife: 53 years later, when campus workers dug it out, the couple happened to be passing through the cityWhat are the odds of finding something lost for 53 years? Very slim. Now imagine it being discovered when its owner was driving through…

There is a vast amount of methane trapped beneath the seafloor, across the planet. If it were to be released, the results could be potentially catastrophic for all forms of life. This is why finding out how ecosystems respond to methane leaks is important to ocean scientists. Generally, these investigations take place on purpose in…

Scotland’s first commercial wind farm has reached a major milestone in dealing with turbine waste after almost three decades of operation. Hagshaw Hill in South Lanarkshire, which began operating in 1995, was decommissioned and repowered with 14 newer turbines after its original 26 turbines were dismantled in 2023. A Mott MacDonald assessment commissioned by ScottishPower…