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Pic credit: HUB Media (Stephen Garner & Collin Thompson) Bob Worsley, founder of SkyMall and a former Arizona state senator, is selling his family ranch in the mountains of Heber, Arizona.The 35-acre off-grid mountain estate was made for a special goal: to make memories. The vacation home was a secluded shield for his kids and…

MacKenzie Scott is widely known for the extraordinary pace at which she has given away her fortune, often handing large grants to organisations with few restrictions on how the money should be spent. But years before her name became closely associated with billionaire philanthropy, she was backing a much smaller and less publicised cause.In 2014,…

Flood washes away 3-storey building in China Authorities closed schools and suspended ferry routes in eastern China’s Fujian province on Thursday as Typhoon Saudel made its third landfall in the country, bringing heavy rain and triggering warnings of flash floods and landslides.Schools in Fuzhou and Quanzhou halted in-person activities, while some tourist attractions, including theme…

A New Mexico man was arrested after allegedly taking down Flock Safety surveillance cameras, loading the equipment into his pickup truck and driving directly to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office headquarters, where he said he was returning the cameras. Jevon Martinez of Rio Rancho has previously faced felony charges after authorities accused him of removing…

Representative Image of a massive log jam on the Chippewa River, with tangled logs forming a solid barrier across the water (AI-generated image) In the spring of 1880, a log jam of almost unimaginable scale formed on the Chippewa River near Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, stretching 7 miles from bank to bank and lasting 6 weeks…

An elderly San Francisco woman mailed checks to pay her bills An elderly woman in San Francisco lost $14,000 from her bank account after thieves stole cheque payments she mailed, changed the payment details, and cashed them. The case, reported by ABC7 News, showed a growing problem of mail theft and cheque washing across the…

Fundraiser for Erin Piacenti, the new mother who was stabbed to death at Times Square, triggered row as an Indian organized it. The fundraiser for Erin Piacenti triggered a massive row on social media, as one Shray Gupta organized it on behalf of the family for Erin’s five-month-old daughter, Madison. One Aman Gupta got trolled…

A 431-acre stretch of waterfront land in Gloucester County, Virginia, bought more than two decades ago to become a standalone state park, has officially been added to nearby Machicomoco State Park under a newly approved 30-year master plan. The state bought the undeveloped property in 2005 for what was then planned as Middle Peninsula State…

Jatinder Kaur and Satwant Singh. British former college lecturer Sophie Hynd has pleaded guilty of killing an Indian-origin couple in a head-on crash while drink-driving home from a Christmas party.Hynd, 33, admitted at the High Court in Edinburgh that her driving caused the deaths of Satwant Singh, 64, and his wife Jatinder Kaur, 48, on…

Tarique Rahman says all Bangladeshis enjoy equal rights in Janmashtami message Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday extended Janmashtami greetings to the Hindu community and said the country belonged to all its citizens, with everyone enjoying equal rights.Speaking at a state-sponsored reception and honourarium distribution programme for prominent members of the Hindu community, priests…