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Pic credit: Sotheby’s, Instagram Justin Miller, a home design content creator from Los Angeles, spent half an hour scrolling through Facebook Marketplace. Most days, the search turned up nothing worth a second look. But in February 2023, he stumbled upon something unique: a chair. And that chair changed his year. He bought it for $50…

Hamdi Ulukaya, founder and CEO of Chobani, reacts during the Clinton Global Initiative 2026 Annual Meeting in New York City, US, September 23, 2026. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon When Hamdi Ulukaya arrived in the United States in 1994, he was a young student from Turkey who spoke no English and knew no one. Years later, after buying…

H-1B visa extension applications will be treated as fresh cases and will draw more scrutiny and questions. Again a new rule dropped from the Department of Homeland Security that will concern H-1B visa holders. But the scope of the new rule will be far greater than just H-1Bs. It will impact anyone with a work…

Man killed by tiger in a zoo in South Yorkshire was identified as William Chapman. The man who was killed by a tiger at a zoo in South Yorkshire has been locally identified as William Chapman, a youth in his 20s who managed to enter the tiger’s enclosure. The police have not named him officially….

Selma Blair’s lawyers called her ‘gold standard’ only to be shut down by judge Indira Khan. The hearing of actor Selma Blair turned interesting after her lawyers pleaded with a Queens judge to be lenient to the actor citing her body of work. Calling her the gold standard, the lawyers argued for lesser penalty but…

An Iowa farmer facing falling crop prices and rising machinery costs says leasing his land for solar panels could provide a vital source of income. His comments came after a major renewable energy project received an important local planning approval. The Mills County Zoning Board unanimously approved the proposed Folsom Lake Solar Project, a 3,200-acre…

In Albania, student protests escalated into violent clashes with police in the capital, Tirana. Student demonstrations in Albania turned violent on Tuesday as protesters threw bricks and concrete blocks at the education ministry in the capital, Tirana. Police responded by firing tear gas and deploying water cannons to disperse the crowd.Several demonstrators were detained by…

A 58-acre family ranch in Utah’s Heber Valley has been permanently protected from urban development following a funding package backed by federal, state and local authorities. The Flying A Ranch Preserve, located in the historic North Fields area of Wasatch County, will remain an active agricultural property where 70 cattle continue to graze. The permanent…

Demolition crews in Maine have started removing damaged parts of a new river bridge that partly collapsed while workers were pouring concrete. The incident sent injured workers to hospital and brought a major bridge replacement project to a halt. Engineers and heavy equipment operators are cutting apart and removing damaged sections of the new Llewellyn…

File photo: UK’s RAF Fairford base Iran is seeking to expand its attacks in Britain to include military installations, with the suspected plot against the US-run RAF Fairford air base in September being “not unique”, MI5 chief Ken McCallum said on Tuesday.Speaking in his annual assessment of threats to the UK, the head of Britain’s…