Bernhard Fritsch, a fugitive ex-CEO, is wanted by the FBI after $35 million fraud conviction. He was once a tech entrepreneur with Hollywood connections, a Malibu mansion and a startup that promised to help celebrities and influencers make money from their online fame. Now, German-born entrepreneur Bernhard Eugen Fritsch is a fugitive wanted by the…
Fire at Kinshasa wedding party kills 22 (representative image) At least 22 people were killed in a fire at a wedding party in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the mayor of the city’s Lingwala district said on Saturday.The fire broke out overnight Friday and continued into the early hours of Saturday…
Muzammil Ahmad, a key figure in a gold scam targeting seniors in Texas, was arrested as he was boarding a flight to Saudi Arabia. A 35-year-old man accused of playing a central role in an international fraud network that allegedly stole more than $250 million from elderly victims has been arrested at New York’s John…
Department of Homeland Security issues interim rule on birthright citizenship for foreign government employees/Image: Representative Image Children born in the US to certain foreign government employees could be denied automatic citizenship under a new rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security, widening an exception that has traditionally covered children of foreign diplomats.The interim final…
Representative Image of an old hotel built around a renovated railway station near giant petrified redwood stumps (AI Generated Image) In the spring of 1923, John D. Coplen opened a hotel on his ranch in Florissant, Colorado, built around the town’s old railway station, which he had moved onto the property and renovated into a…
Image: Guinness World Records In 1985, Denise Bella Vlasis was simply a high-school student who happened to be good at singing and dancing. When her mother asked her to entertain children at a holiday party, she decided to perform a few songs by Madonna, whose career was rapidly taking off at the time. What seemed…
Representative Image of the reconstructed Thomas James Bridge with original sandstone blocks and modern foundations, showcasing flood resilience (AI Generated Image) Thomas James Bridge, also known as Settlers Road Bridge, crosses a creek near Lower Macdonald in New South Wales and holds a rare distinction: it is the oldest in-use vehicle bridge on mainland Australia….
Ukraine’s battlefield data fuels new AI market (AI-generated image) Ukraine’s war with Russia is generating a resource that could outlive the conflict itself. Reports suggest that vast amounts of battlefield data are increasingly being used to train artificial intelligence systems, creating a new and largely unregulated market around the technology.Every drone flight can generate thousands…
High in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, a quiet story of faith, education and land stewardship has unfolded over nearly two centuries. In 1842, a mission school opened on what was then rugged mountain farmland in the Valle Crucis valley, near present day Boone. For more than 130 years, religious and educational…
Representative Image of a historic schoolhouse surrounded by oak trees, showcasing restoration efforts after storm damage (AI Generated Image) In February 2021, two oak trees fell onto the Mark Prairie Schoolhouse in Clackamas County, Oregon, crushing the roof and damaging parts of the walls of the 1879 building. The schoolhouse had been built on land…