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In 2011, Tori and Chris Gerbig were not setting out to build a large fashion retailer. They were a young Kentucky couple with an interest in affordable women’s clothing and about $300 to put into a small online venture. Writing for CNBC in 2022, Tori revealed that she was still working in insurance, at that … Read more
Sixty years ago, a house was reconstructed at Woodlawn, a National Trust-owned property outside of Washington, DC, after a historic and hard-fought battle to save it from destruction. Originally built in Falls Church, Virginia for Loren and Charlotte Pope, the 1,200-square-foot Frank Lloyd Wright home was under threat due to the construction of the new … Read more
Casa Encantada, a 40,000-square-foot Bel-Air mega mansion, known as Los Angeles’ most iconic estate, has found a new owner in billionaire investor Peter Thiel. According to a report by LA Times, the venture capitalist and PayPal co-founder quietly bought the property through a limited liability company at a foreclosure auction in Pomona in July this … Read more
A Connecticut man paid $35 for a small blue-and-white porcelain bowl at a yard sale near New Haven in 2020, unaware that he had stumbled upon an exceptionally rare Chinese imperial-era artefact. The unnamed antiques enthusiast suspected the bowl might be special and later sent photographs to Sotheby’s for an evaluation. Specialists identified it as … Read more
DUBLIN, Calif. — A California couple has been charged with murder after authorities say they shot their son-in-law to death Saturday in a public park, days before he and the couple’s daughter were set for a hearing in a bitter divorce case. California couple accused of killing son-in-law in public park have been charged with … Read more
Talks to end a standoff over a contentious Protestant parade in Northern Ireland made headway Wednesday, with Catholic residents saying they would accept a government proposal if the pro-British Orange Order also agreed. Northern Ireland parade dispute talks make progress The dispute entered its fourth day after thousands blocked the Protestant Orange Order from marching … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice filed a complaint Wednesday against federal judges in Minnesota over their remarks to the media about the pressure on their courthouse during Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge. Justice Department files complaint against judges over immigration enforcement surge comments The complaint alleges the judges seven federal judges — nominated by … Read more
Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded former central bank chief Jerome Powell quit the body’s board, despite a watchdog finding no criminal misconduct in a costly Federal Reserve renovation project. Watchdog clears former US Fed chief Powell in renovation probe “At no point during our evaluation did we find reasonable grounds to believe that a violation … Read more
French security forces on Wednesday detained over 600 people while dozens of police and gendarmes were wounded as protests that have seen blockades of high schools and violent clashes escalated, the interior minister said. Hundreds held, dozens wounded as French school protests escalate The movement in the lycees, attended by students aged 15 to 18 … Read more
A viral post claims Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have already built a private, off-grid island in the Mediterranean. That is not what has happened. The couple are linked to a proposed $1.4 billion luxury resort on Albania’s Sazan Island, an uninhabited former military base in the Adriatic Sea. Did Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner … Read more