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Sarasota County officials have rejected a proposed settlement that would have permitted a 126-home subdivision beside the Celery Fields, opting instead to explore purchasing the disputed property for conservation and stormwater management. The decision, reported by Sarasota Magazine on October 8, 2026, follows a prolonged legal battle involving homebuilder D.R. Horton, the property owners and…

21-year-old Indian-American Vasant Bhatt goes viral after he announces that he voted for Democrat James Talarico in Texas, rejecting MAGA’s India hatred. Indian-origin US voter Vasant Bhatt went viral after he announced on social media that he voted for Democrat James Talarico in Texas after being disgusted by the xenophobia and racism of the Republicans….

Pic credit: Plus real estate The old Hollywood home at 6823 Iris Circle in Los Angeles has sold for $2.5 million, fetching $205,000 above its asking price, according to Mansion Global. The price is a strong result for a 1923 Spanish Revival house that its owners restored after buying it for $1.05 million in 2016….

Actress Tamera Mowry-Housley and her husband, former journalist Adam Housley, are preparing for a new chapter in Napa Valley as they put their longtime Fairfield, California, home on the market for $2.69 million. The June 2026 listing follows their $3.8 million purchase of a neglected wine-country property in October 2024, a move detailed by Realtor…

A century-and-a-half-old family ranch in northern San Antonio became the focus of a major conservation effort in June 2016, when the Classen-Steubing family agreed to sell 204 acres of largely undeveloped land to the city for a future park and protection of the Edwards Aquifer. The proposal, reported by Texas Public Radio and the San…

Five-year-old Fabiana was killed by her mother and now her father Kuldeep Singh seeks help on GoFundMe to raise money for her funeral. A New York father is struggling to arrange his five-year-old daughter’s funeral after the child was found dead at their Queens home, with the girl’s mother charged with murder after allegedly telling…

A worn fragment of a $20 banknote linked to the famous 1971 D.B. Cooper hijacking has sold for $134,200 (£102,800) at an auction in Dallas, Texas. The damaged banknote is one of the few pieces of physical evidence ever recovered from the ransom money given to the unidentified hijacker before he parachuted into the wilderness…

Surprise ad springs up ahead of the Ohio governor election in which Amy Acton’s estranged mother says her daughter is a liar. The Ohio gubernatorial election became more heated with Amy Acton’s mother appearing in a Republican advertisement urging voters not to vote for her daughter because she’s a liar. The video looked like a…

Instacart has to pay $5 million for settlement of the allegations that they preferred visa holders for jobs over Americans. US and Canada’s food delivery company Instacart agreed to pay $5 million for a settlement after it was accused of discriminating against American workers by the Department of Justice and the US Equal Employment Opportunity…

Rajesh Patel charged in $66.2M COVID-19 testing fraud/Image: Getty Images An Indian-origin man in the US has been charged with allegedly submitting $66.2 million in bogus claims for COVID-19 tests that were never conducted, US Department of Justice said.Rajesh “Raj” Patel, 52, of Schaumburg, Illinois, faces five counts of wire fraud over an alleged scheme…