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An Essex estate has launched a 200-acre nature-recovery project after seeing how a smaller area of land recovered when it was left untouched for a decade. The project at Braxted Park Estate covers about 70 hectares across the administrative areas of Colchester City Council, Braintree District Council and Maldon District Council. It builds on a…

Trump previously expressed his intention to change Cuba’s communist government (Photo: AP). US secretary of state Marco Rubio said Washington hopes Cuba will choose “a different path” from communism, warning the Cuban government to recognise the consequences of failing to change course.“We are hopeful that Cuba will choose a different path,” Rubio told Fox News,…

Someone has been repeatedly targeting mature pine trees at Burnt Cedar Beach in Incline Village, Nevada, on the north shore of Lake Tahoe, with investigators documenting 28 affected trees since 2022. Six trees were damaged in 2022, another six in 2024 and 16 more were targeted in 2026. At least 10 of the trees have…

Twitch streamer RaKai has responded to serious childhood abuse allegations made by fellow streamer Reggie, also known as Lil Rodney Son. In a statement shared on X, RaKai denied ever being abused or touched inappropriately while growing up. He later repeated his denial during an Instagram Live session, asking people not to believe everything they…

Two Nvidia-branded trailers belonging to autonomous-trucking company PlusAI were stolen from outside its warehouse in Fremont, California, on September 23, 2026. The trailers were associated with PlusAI’s work with Nvidia on autonomous-driving technology, but instead of carrying GPUs, servers or other expensive AI equipment, each contained about 20,000 pounds of sand. The pair therefore carried…

Florida teenager Julia Grace Egler, 18, has been sentenced to 50 years in state prison after pleading guilty to killing her mother and her mother’s boyfriend in Palm Bay in July 2024. Egler was 16 when Kelley McCollom and Matthew Szejnrok were killed. Prosecutors said she had planned the attack, staged a fake home invasion…

When Greg Reising bought roughly 100 acres near Kinkaid Lake in southern Illinois in 1995, he was looking for a place where he could spend time outdoors and connect with wildlife. Decades later, the property has become part of a much larger conservation effort aimed at protecting the creek system that feeds a reservoir serving…

Image: Shutterstock/ Wikipedia Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot who safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 on New York’s Hudson River after a bird strike caused an almost complete loss of thrust in both engines, has been inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. The September 24, 2026, induction came 17 years after the…

Jonathan McKinsey, 40, was found with multiple gunshot wounds (Source: Facebook) A trans New York Times engineering executive was shot dead in broad daylight at a California sports complex, allegedly by his elderly in-laws, with witnesses saying the couple took turns shooting him before calmly walking away from the scene.Jonathan McKinsey, 40, director of engineering…

Servicemen stand on an armoured vehicle during the French-led NATO Eagle Spearhead exercise in central Romania. (File photo/ AP) Russia has warned Nato against trying to isolate Kaliningrad, saying any such move could trigger a direct military confrontation. Moscow said it has enough weapons to defend the Russian exclave and would be prepared to use…