More than 1.3 million plastic bottles were collected from coastlines and waterways worldwide in a massive volunteer cleanup effort that began 40 years ago with just 2,800 people on the Texas Gulf Coast. The International Coastal Cleanup, organised by Ocean Conservancy, drew about 630,000 volunteers in 2025, who removed nearly 13.9 million pieces of rubbish…

PC:  California Institute of Technology Matteo Paz, a senior at Pasadena High School, has flagged around 1.5 million previously uncatalogued objects in space using an artificial intelligence model he built himself. Working under the mentorship of Caltech astronomer Davy Kirkpatrick during a summer research placement, Paz applied his system to data gathered by Nasa’s NEOWISE…

William DeFoor, 26, pleaded guilty to two federal charges on Tuesday. An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to vandalising Vice President JD Vance’s Cincinnati home in January, admitting to damaging property at the protected residence with a hammer.William DeFoor, 26, pleaded guilty to two federal charges on Tuesday — engaging in physical violence against government…

Residents of the Retreat at Deer Lick Falls sued Hayes over alleged HOA control and fund mismanagement. (Realtor.com photos) More than 40 homeowners in three tiny-home communities in Tennessee are taking legal action against developer Claude ‘Chip’ Hayes III, accusing him of retaining control of their homeowners associations (HOAs) and mismanaging association funds. They are…