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Just Keep Livin Foundation was founded by Camila and Matthew McConaughey to support high school students through after-school programmes. According to its 2022 Impact Report, the non-profit served over 3,000 students through 43 programmes across 15 cities in 2022. The programmes operate in Title 1 schools and cover nutrition, fitness, wellness and community service. The…

Jess also became the fastest documented woman to complete the 48-state ride A Florida woman has completed a 7,000-mile motorcycle ride through 48 US states in six days and used the journey to raise $17,560 for Quantum House, CW34 reported on Monday. The organisation had supported her more than two decades ago when her newborn…

The discovery dates back to May, when workers installing a new fence near the governor’s residence encountered human remains. The location was once part of Bismarck’s first cemetery, which operated between 1873 and 1877. A routine security upgrade at North Dakota’s governor’s residence has opened an unexpected window into Bismarck’s past. What began as a…

A 14-story building that once used to be the Presidential Hotel before falling into disrepair is all set to have a change of fate once again. For years, the cylindrical tower was seen as an eyesore by the travellers in one of the region’s busiest interstate intersections. Project estimates show that more than 426,700 vehicles…

In the streams of Southern California’s mountains, the southern mountain yellow-legged frog has had a difficult few decades. The species was once far more widespread, with historic accounts describing streams where frogs were so numerous that people could scarcely move without stepping around them. Finding them in the wild is a very different proposition; their…

For decades, parts of South San Diego Bay looked very different from the tidal wetlands that once occupied them. Former salt ponds had been separated from the bay, limiting natural tidal flows and reducing habitat for wildlife. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project, a partnership involving…

File Photo – A nurse, prepares a combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine for a patient New York state has declared a disaster emergency over a rise in measles cases, as the disease continues to spread across parts of the United States.Governor Kathy Hochul said the emergency declaration would expand the pool of health professionals…

Israel scrambled fighter jets after flydubai cockpit attack, fearing a potential 9/11-style threat Israel was prepared to shoot down flydubai passenger jet carrying more than 150 Israelis after its captain was attacked in the cockpit and the aircraft plunged thousands of feet, CBS News reported, citing two Israeli sources with direct knowledge of the situation.According…

Representative Image of the Saint Sebastian River restoration with native plants returning along its banks (AI Generated Image) A stretch of the Saint Sebastian River in Indian River County, Florida, is getting its native vegetation back. Staff from the Peninsular Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office are continuing a multi-year project with Indian River County,…

The memorial’s 184-foot structure stretches across the sunken USS Arizona. In 1961, Elvis Presley raised $65,000 towards the USS Arizona Memorial, helping support the project that would honour those who died aboard the battleship at Pearl Harbor. The memorial was completed that year and officially dedicated in 1962. Its 184-foot structure stretches across the sunken…