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A Wisconsin family will keep owning and logging nearly 1,800 forest acres while a $1.6 million deal permanently blocks development and opens almost 1,500 acres to hikers, hunters and anglers

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A Wisconsin family will keep owning and logging nearly 1,800 forest acres while a $1.6 million deal permanently blocks development and opens almost 1,500 acres to hikers, hunters and anglers

The forest includes northern mixed hardwood, forested wetlands and meadows A Wisconsin family will continue to own and manage nearly 1,800 acres of forest in Langlade County after the state moved closer to securing a $1.6 million conservation easement on the property. The agreement would prevent the land from being developed while allowing timber production … Read more

US court blocks Trump administration’s four-year visa rule for international students and researchers

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US court blocks Trump administration's four-year visa rule for international students and researchers

US federal court blocks Trump administration’s four-year visa rule for international students, researchers, blocking Sept 15 implementation. In a major reprieve for international students, researchers, academics and foreign journalists, a US federal district court has blocked the Trump administration from implementing a new rule that would replace the longstanding ‘duration of status’ system with fixed … Read more

Supreme Court deals Trump a blow, blocks new mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms

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The Supreme Court has blocked Trump’s mail ballot restrictions for now as the 2026 midterms get underway. (Getty Images via AFP)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump ’s mail ballot restrictions for now, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting in the midterm elections already underway. The Supreme Court has blocked Trump’s mail ballot restrictions for now as the 2026 midterms get underway. (Getty Images via AFP) The … Read more

A Cleveland district fell from nearly 100,000 residents in the 1960s to fewer than 20,000, leaving blocks looking like countryside; a new plan now aims to build 200 homes and could generate up to $182 million for streets, parks and sewers

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A Cleveland district fell from nearly 100,000 residents in the 1960s to fewer than 20,000, leaving blocks looking like countryside; a new plan now aims to build 200 homes and could generate up to $182 million for streets, parks and sewers

Parts of the East Side look rural, with the loss of population creating what it called an “urban prairie” A Cleveland district that once had nearly 100,000 residents in the 1960s now has fewer than 20,000, leaving large areas with open green space that can resemble the countryside. The city is now trying to reverse … Read more

US judge blocks Trump administration’s ‘loyalty’ question for job applicants

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US judge blocks Trump administration's 'loyalty' question for job applicants

* Judge says no legitimate interest in asking applicants’ political beliefs US judge blocks Trump administration’s ‘loyalty’ question for job applicants * Ruling halts use of question adopted to implement a Trump executive order * More than 70,000 federal job postings included question, plaintiffs say By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Sept 11 – A federal judge … Read more

Belgium sank 23 concrete blocks weighing 22,000 tons each in the North Sea to build the world’s first artificial energy island in a €7B project

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Belgium sank 23 concrete blocks weighing 22,000 tons each in the North Sea to build the world's first artificial energy island in a €7B project

Forty-five kilometres off the Belgian coast, in the middle of the North Sea, humans are creating something that did not naturally exist in the water. It is the world’s first artificial energy island the size of eight football fields, being built with 23 giant concrete caissons, each weighing approximately 22,000 tons. While one might assume … Read more

Texas mom says school told her staff caught her 5-year-old son; she later learned a stranger found him crying two blocks away

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Texas mom says school told her staff caught her 5-year-old son; she later learned a stranger found him crying two blocks away

Kindergarten student leaves school without anyone noticing; a good Samaritan brings the child back after her ‘mom instincts’ kick in, but the school has a different storyA five-year-old kindergarten student in Texas left the school in the middle of the day without anyone noticing, before being found by a good Samaritan who safely returned the … Read more

In 2008, Allen University paid $116,000 to move a historic 1903 house two blocks and promised restoration; 18 years later, the work never came and the house is being demolished

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In 2008, Allen University paid $116,000 to move a historic 1903 house two blocks and promised restoration; 18 years later, the work never came and the house is being demolished

The building has suffered damage from years of neglect (Photos: AOL) A historic house in Columbia, South Carolina, that was once linked to generations of Black community and civil rights leaders is now being demolished after years of efforts to save it failed, AOL reported.The Robert Weston Mance House was built in 1903 and was … Read more

No escape for Trump in hush money case as US judge blocks bid to shift federal court

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No escape for Trump in hush money case as US judge blocks bid to shift federal court

US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump’s bid to wipe out his New York hush money conviction has hit another roadblock, with a federal judge ruling that the case cannot be moved from state to federal court. Manhattan-based US district judge Alvin Hellerstein on Friday rejected Trump’s latest attempt to shift the case, saying … Read more

US judge blocks Trump admin’s Anthropic sanctions, calls them unlawful

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US judge blocks Trump admin's Anthropic sanctions, calls them unlawful

President Donald Trump listens as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at a cabinet meeting. (AP Photo) A US federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration acted unlawfully in targeting AI firm Anthropic after it resisted certain military uses of its models, saying national security cannot be used to justify retaliation against government critics.US District … Read more