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‘Lake America’: Trump floats plan to rename Lake Ontario amid escalating US-Canada trade row

Trump said US is considering to change the name of Lake Ontario. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States was “giving serious consideration” to renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, amid escalating trade dispute with Canada.In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the…

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In 1972, Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson gave the Texas White House and about 600 acres to the US but kept lifetime rights; she continued living there until 2007

The property was more than a place connected to Johnson’s presidency. It was also a home for the Johnson family. (LBJ library photo) In 1972, former US President Lyndon B Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, gave their ranch house and about 600 acres of land to the National Park Service for use as…

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In 1959, Vermont bought Snake Mountain land but the seller kept timber rights; 67 years later the state plans to secure 949 acres of those rights and add 256 acres

With support from the Trust for Public Land, the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department plans to secure the timber rights covering 949 acres of the Snake Mountain Wildlife Management Area (WMA). A conservation story that began nearly seven decades ago is entering a new chapter in Vermont. What was once a complicated split between land…

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US removes Syria from terrorism list after 46 years – what it means for the Middle East country

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in a video message that Syria is ‘shaking off a dark burden’ (File photo) The United States on Monday removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, ending a designation that had been in place since 1979 and imposing significant restrictions on trade, investment and financial transactions with…

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For 30 years, the “Kerry cow” bones were seen as proof of early farming in Ireland; scientists now say they belonged to a bear and wild boar

Representative Image (AI-generated) For more than three decades, a collection of animal bones from Ireland’s Ferriter’s Cove was considered some of the earliest evidence that farming had reached the island. But new research has now overturned that interpretation. According to University College Dublin (UCD), bones once identified as cattle have instead been identified as belonging…

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Nathan Cofnas, scholar who exposed Jason Arday’s plagiarism, says he had no ill will towards him: “This was about DEI” | World News

Nathan Cofnas (left), Jason Arday (right) Nathan Cofnas, the American researcher who first publicly detailed extensive plagiarism allegations against Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor, Jason Arday, has said he bore no personal animosity towards the late academic. In his first detailed comments to VRT NWS after Arday’s death, Cofnas stated that he “had zero interest”…

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Mojtaba Khamenei seen, heard in rare video amid health concerns

Mojtaba seen, heard in an undated video A new video of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has surfaced amid growing mystery over his health, appearance and whereabouts.According to Al Arabiya, Iran’s Fars News released archival footage showing Mojtaba Khamenei surrounded by a group of people who offered prayers before beginning their discussions.The footage comes amid…

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In 1926, a 10-foot rocket rose just 41 feet from a Massachusetts farm; 35 years later, NASA put its creator’s name in space |

A replica of the world’s first liquid propellant rocket, PC: Wikimedia Commons On March 16, 1926, on a snowy farm in Auburn, Massachusetts, physicist Robert H. Goddard set up a slim, 10-foot rocket he had nicknamed Nell on a launch frame in an open field. Fueled by gasoline and liquid oxygen, the rocket climbed just…

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US wildfire crisis: Hawk Fire burns more than 15,000 acres, forcing mass evacuations in Nevada

In Nevada, 23,000 people remained under evacuation orders around Reno on Monday as the Hawk Fire burned more than 15,000 acres. (GIF: @HotshotWake) In Nevada, 23,000 people remained under evacuation orders around Reno on Monday as the Hawk Fire burned more than 15,000 acres, while California lawmakers weighed utility wildfire liability and scientists warned that…

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“Erika was photographed over his bloody mic”: Candace Owens fires another shot at Erika Kirk as Tyler Bowyer’s Lindsay Clancy post sparks outrage

Candace Owens (Image via Getty) Candace Owens has sharply pushed back against a post by Turning Point USA chief operating officer Tyler Bowyer, who compared the public treatment of Erika Kirk with the support shown to Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy during her murder trial. Owens argued that criticism of fundraising efforts for Clancy can exist…

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