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In 1980, a Texas man drafted a will that referred to his stepson as “my child,” language that would later become the centre of a bitter family inheritance dispute. More than four decades after the will was signed, and after the man died in 2020, his stepson argued that he had been informally adopted and…

“In a savage and ever-changing world, some will rise and some will fall. But through it all, the dinosaurs will expand their empire and advance relentlessly to seize Earth’s final frontiers,” narrated Morgan Freeman in the 2026 Netflix miniseries: The Dinosaurs. Nearly 66 million years ago, the Earth as we know it, was transformed, shrouded…

A Microsoft boss told employees in an internal Q&A session that the company wants to bring in foreign talent. Anthony D’Esposito, the inspector general of the Department of Labor, once again targeted Microsoft after he chose to share a video of a Microsoft boss explaining to his staff the Green Card situation of the company….

An Indianapolis non-profit group that reuses donated flowers for hospital patients marked its tenth anniversary on 27 October 2026. It delivered its 175,000th flower arrangement at Eskenazi Health. Random Acts of Flowers Indianapolis (RAFI) reached the milestone ten years after it began local work in 2016. The charity got started after a burst of giving,…

A glint on a mine wall in South Africa led to the discovery of one of the most celebrated diamonds in history. On January 26, 1905, Frederick Wells, the surface manager of the Premier Mine near Pretoria, spotted a large crystal embedded in the rock and prised it out with his pocket knife. What initially…

Representative Image (AI-generated) For years, residents of La Bota Ranch in Laredo, Texas, questioned why developers continued to control their homeowners’ associations while residents paid rising fees to maintain their community. A decade after homeowners began organising against the arrangement, the associations have taken ownership of the neighbourhood’s common areas, including its park, streets, ponds…

Britain’s King Charles looks on during a visit to The Bahamas Boxing Academy in Nassau. Britain’s king Charles III has acknowledged the suffering caused by slavery amid his nine-day Caribbean tour. His “acknowledgement” was addressed to the growing calls for the UK to apologise and pay reparations for its role in the transatlantic slave trade.Speaking…

Miranda Worby wanted a horse. But after her parents said no, she discovered My Little Pony and fell in love. Image Credit: Guinness World Record Miranda Worby’s childhood wish for a real horse took an unexpected turn when her parents refused to buy her one. Instead, she found comfort in My Little Pony, the colourful…

Indian-origin man who wrote a motivational book sentenced in Texas for money laundering An Indian-origin accountant who even has a motivational book published under his name has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for money laundering and bank fraud that undermined the Paycheck Protection Program of the US government. 47-year-old Arun Mago laundered $150,000…

A person suffering from Alzheimer’s (Image- Canva) Old age is a dreadful stage, with tiredness, pain and diseases always around the corner. One such uninvited guest is Alzheimer’s disease. But there’s something interesting that scientists have noticed in people with Alzheimer’s. Some people, even though they show clear signs of Alzheimer’s, never develop dementia. While…