The helicopter was assisting crews battling the Dome Fire. Two members of a helicopter crew were killed Sunday after their aircraft crashed while taking part in firefighting operations at Yosemite National Park in California, according to the US Forest Service. The helicopter was assisting crews battling the Dome Fire, which has burned more than 3,000 … Read more
Five schoolgirls from Kent, aged between 14 and 15, have built a robot with five-metre folding arms to help fight wildfires. Their work has earned them the chance to represent Great Britain at an international robotics competition in South Korea. The team from The Folkestone School for Girls, known as Team Meglabyte, designed the robot … Read more
The former Los Angeles home of three-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, a 1915 Italian Renaissance mansion in the gated Fremont Place community, sold for $8.5 million (£6.7 million) in July 2024. The sale ended a long period on the market for the historic property. The house was first listed for almost $17 million … Read more
Police stand in front of the Son of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, on Monday, a day after the shooting. Hours after the shooting ouside an Ontario synagogue Sunday evening, the police released the identity of the cop who was grievously injured in the exchange of fire. Constable Jeff Smith has a long recovery ahead … Read more
A New York City baklava seller has turned a small side hustle into a business that now brings in more than $20,000 in monthly sales. Jacob Komarow, known around the city as the ‘Baklava Guy’, started Good Baklava in 2021 after buying three trays of prepared baklava to sell at a Phish concert. A simple … Read more
For decades, a stretch of Mill Brook in Athol, Massachusetts, was hidden beneath asphalt, largely out of sight beneath what had become a downtown parking area. This month, the small central Massachusetts town celebrated a very different landscape: the stream is flowing in the open again, new wetlands surround it and much of the former … Read more
In 1999, conservation biologists monitoring California’s northern Channel Islands faced a serious crisis. Only 15 island foxes remained on San Miguel Island and another 15 on nearby Santa Rosa Island, leaving the small native species close to extinction. An emergency recovery program launched by Channel Islands National Park and partner organisations helped save the animals. … Read more
For a family that has worked the property for more than 70 years, the arrangement preserves both the land and its role in the valley’s agricultural landscape. For more than seven decades, the Foster family has worked the same stretch of Washington farmland, raising dairy cattle, producing hay and opening its operation to visitors through … Read more
US Army veteran Ruchir Bakshi gets trolled as he pushes back Hindu hatred on social media. US Army veteran Ruchir Bakshi strongly reacted to the nonstop hate mongering on social media targeting Hindus and Hindu religious figures and said he did not go to war for a country that comes after his religion. Bakshi was … Read more
Oregon student who went to South Korea on an exchange program was jailed there on charges of theft. His family seeks his release as South Korea bars his exit. A 20-year-old engineering student from Portland, Oregon, remained stuck in South Korea months after he was arrested during what his family described as a mental health … Read more