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A Phoenix man owned a historic house for 51 years before Arizona State University tried to take it for a medical campus; after public opposition, the university dropped its case and let the home stay

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A Phoenix man owned a historic house for 51 years before Arizona State University tried to take it for a medical campus; after public opposition, the university dropped its case and let the home stay

Arizona State University has dropped an eminent domain lawsuit that sought to take a 124-year-old historic home in downtown Phoenix. Widespread public opposition led university officials to let the property remain intact. The Arizona Board of Regents, acting for Arizona State University, filed court papers seeking immediate possession of the historic Louis Emerson House for … Read more

An Indiana man planned one Hobbit house; seven years later, he had built an 11-building fantasy village from recycled and secondhand materials

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An Indiana man planned one Hobbit house; seven years later, he had built an 11-building fantasy village from recycled and secondhand materials

PC: Free Press Indiana News Rick Sparks never intended to build a village. The Tolkien fan originally planned a single Hobbit-inspired house on a 3½-acre property outside Connersville, Indiana, as a weekend getaway. Seven years later, that house has become his residence, and the site has grown into Rackshire, an 11-building fantasy village. Its Tolkienesque … Read more

World’s “grumpiest cat” moved into a Ladakh couple’s home with 3 kittens; family gave up their house so she could raise them

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World’s “grumpiest cat” moved into a Ladakh couple’s home with 3 kittens; family gave up their house so she could raise them

Image: Puskar Basu/ Discover Wildlife A remarkably elusive Pallas’s cat has chosen an unexpected nursery in the high-altitude village of Hanle in Ladakh. The female entered a local couple’s home through an open window and settled there with three kittens. Farmer Tsering Topgyal and his wife, Palmo, alerted the Forest Department after discovering the wild … Read more

A 9-acre Colorado ranch near Aspen has two natural hot springs that heat the house and supply its water; with half a mile of river frontage and its own geothermal system, the property is now asking $5.95 million

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A 9-acre Colorado ranch near Aspen has two natural hot springs that heat the house and supply its water; with half a mile of river frontage and its own geothermal system, the property is now asking $5.95 million

The gated ranch at 14418 Highway 133 has recently entered the market for $5.95 million, bringing together a renovated mountain home, riverside amenities and a remarkably self-contained water and heating system. In Colorado’s Crystal River Valley, some homes come with mountain views. This one comes with something far more unusual: its own natural heating system. … Read more

In 1851,16 house sparrows were released in Brooklyn, reportedly to eat caterpillars; in less than 50 years, they spread

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A modest introduction of house sparrows in Brooklyn in 1851 led to their successful spread throughout North America. (Representational/Unsplash)

You’ve probably seen one today. A small brown bird hops around a café patio, pecking at crumbs as if it owns the place. It’s easy to ignore, but this bird has an interesting North American backstory. According to a 2010 study in Biological Invasions by Michael Moulton and colleagues, the first house sparrows in the … Read more

$888 million for ads: US Republicans ramp up sends to defend 39 House seats once deemed ‘safe’

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$888 million for ads: US Republicans ramp up sends to defend 39 House seats once deemed 'safe'

Republicans hold a 218-214 House majority, with one independent caucusing with them and two vacancies; Democrats need four seats to take control. US Republicans are pouring money into more than three dozen US House races previously considered safe for the party, with Republican groups reserving $888 million in advertising for the coming weeks, compared with … Read more

In 2017, four artists paid $95,000 to save Nina Simone’s childhood home from demolition; eight years later, a nearly $850,000 rehabilitation restored the three-room North Carolina house

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In 2017, four artists paid $95,000 to save Nina Simone's childhood home from demolition; eight years later, a nearly $850,000 rehabilitation restored the three-room North Carolina house

Restorers used a family photo and research on early 20th-century Black homes to recreate the house. Nina Simone’s 650 sq ft childhood home in Tryon, North Carolina, has been restored after sitting vacant and severely decayed for more than two decades. The three-room house, where the legendary musician and civil rights activist lived with her … Read more

White House bars CNN from Air Force One press pool for Trump’s upcoming trip

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White House bars CNN from Air Force One press pool for Trump's upcoming trip

Earlier last week, Trump announced that CNN, MS NOW and Politico would be banned from the White House. The White House has replaced CNN with conservative network Real America’s Voice (RAV) in the television press pool covering President Donald Trump’s trip to Knoxville, Tennessee, on Saturday.According to White House guidance, RAV was listed as the … Read more

A California homeowner was checking the crawl space beneath his house and discovered the remains of a 29-year-old woman killed in 2006; years later, police arrested her ex-husband

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A California homeowner was checking the crawl space beneath his house and discovered the remains of a 29-year-old woman killed in 2006; years later, police arrested her ex-husband

Jill Maiorca / A residential street in Big Bear Lake, California, near the Forest Road property where human remains were discovered in 2020 (SFGATE) A California homeowner checking the crawl space beneath his house made a disturbing discovery in October 2020 when authorities found unidentified human remains hidden beneath the property in Big Bear Lake. … Read more

Trump White House bars CNN from Air Force One again, disrupting TV press pool coverage of President’s Tennessee trip

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President Donald Trump bars CNN from Air Force One again, putting White House TV press pool in limbo (AP Photo)

The White House has barred CNN from flying aboard Air Force One with President Donald Trump for his Saturday trip to Tennessee, once again disrupting the television press pool just a day after major networks resumed joint coverage of the president. President Donald Trump bars CNN from Air Force One again, putting White House TV … Read more