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Taylor Swift donated proceeds from her ‘Wildest Dreams’ music video to African conservation; the organisation now manages 22 protected areas across 12 countries | World News
Taylor Swift’s 2015 music video for ‘Wildest Dreams’ attracted attention for its sweeping African landscapes, but the release also brought…
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A fourth-generation Utah rancher leased 1,100 acres of low-yield land for solar panels and says electricity now brings in more income than any agricultural use, helping him expand his family’s cattle and horse ranch
Clover Creek’s solar panels generate power while grazing sheep naturally manage vegetation beneath the array. For generations, ranching has meant…
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UK High Court rules that deceased man’s assets were gifted before his death, orders defendants to pay £259,725 towards claimant’s legal costs | World News
A High Court judge has ruled in favour of a claimant in a dispute over assets belonging to a deceased…
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Best-selling author James Patterson has given more than $220 million to literacy and education, endowing over 1,000 scholarships; his giving now reaches students, teachers, libraries and independent bookseller
James Patterson (Image Credit: ALA) James Patterson is best known as one of the world’s most successful thriller writers, but…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s October charity night raised a record $9.75 million for After-School All-Stars, which provides free programmes for nearly 150,000 students across the United States
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s charity night raises record $9.75 million for US students (Image Credit: The Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative) A single evening…
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A Tennessee couple said nearly 30 years of mowing, gardening and holding yard sales gave them ownership of a strip next to their home; on October 29, an appeals court ruled that the developer owned the disputed land
Representative Image (AI-generated) Using a piece of land for decades can create a strong sense of ownership, especially when people…
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Meet Richard Andino, the nine-year-old California boy who turned two planter boxes into a successful vegetable business at his local farmers’ market in Loomis | World News
Nine-year-old gardener and young entrepreneur Richard Andino, from Loomis in Placer County, California, has turned a simple school lesson about…
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Two Bristol teenage brothers build a £100 Braille printer inspired by their blind grandfather, win international award and plan to make the design free for everyone | World News
Two brothers from Bristol have won international recognition for developing a portable Braille printer that can be built for around…
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An Indiana doctor cut her hours to care for her newborn and reported earning $6,677 a week, but her divorce court calculated her earning capacity at $8,811 a week; an appeals court has upheld the ruling
Ashraf reduced her workload to three-quarters of a full-time schedule to look after their daughter (AI image) An Indiana doctor…
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‘We’re out of time’: Florida pilot’s desperate final warning before private jet plunged to ground, killing 9
‘We are in an overspeed condition descending 20,000 feet per minute,’ the co-pilot yelled, ‘We’re going to crash into the…
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