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‘Haunted’ Drake’s Island: Tiny UK island with Grade-II listed house, 6.4-acre site, mysterious underground tunnels and 43-bed hotel plan goes on sale for offers above £2 million

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‘Haunted’ Drake’s Island: Tiny UK island with Grade-II listed house, 6.4-acre site, mysterious underground tunnels and 43-bed hotel plan goes on sale for offers above £2 million

Drake’s Island, a 6.4-acre island in Plymouth Sound, is being offered for more than £2 million, with plans for heritage-led regeneration. (Photo: Getty Images) A tiny historic island off the coast of Plymouth, England, featuring a Grade-II listed house, a vast underground tunnel network and former military buildings, has gone on the market for offers … Read more

Another setback for Indian techies? White House seeks to abolish 60-day grace period for H-1B visa workers

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The White House has completed its review of a proposal to end the 60-day grace period for nonimmigrant workers after employment loss. (Representational File Photo)

The White House has finalized its assessment of the proposal to abolish the 60-day grace period that permitted foreign workers, primarily those on H-1B visasto seek new employment following job loss. The White House has completed its review of a proposal to end the 60-day grace period for nonimmigrant workers after employment loss. (Representational File … Read more

Who bought Lindsay Clancy’s old home? Patrick Clancy’s Duxbury house sold to a ‘former prosecutor’ after tragedy

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A former Plymouth County prosecutor bought the former Clancy family home for $675,000 in January 2024, about a year after the tragedy. (Lindsay Marie Clancy/Facebook)

The Duxbury, Massachusetts, home where Lindsay Clancy’s three children were found dead was bought by former Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Michael Phippen for $675,000 in January 2024, property records obtained by Daily Mail show. The sale came about a year after Patrick Clancy returned to the house and found Lindsay injured after a suicide … Read more

H-1B loses 60-day grace period as White House office appoves plan: Indian-American entrepreneur says big tech won’t lobby against it

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H-1B loses 60-day grace period as White House office appoves plan: Indian-American entrepreneur says big tech won't lobby against it

White House office approves DHS plan of scrapping 60-day grace period for H-1B visa holders. H-1B visa holders in the US used to get a 60-day grace period to stay in the US once they lose their jobs. This grace period has been a cushion to help H-1B visa holders look for another job, figure … Read more

In 2005, carpenter Isaiah Robertson began covering his Niagara Falls home inside and out with brightly painted religious art; after his 2020 death, the house was preserved and is now open for guided tours

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In 2005, carpenter Isaiah Robertson began covering his Niagara Falls home inside and out with brightly painted religious art; after his 2020 death, the house was preserved and is now open for guided tours

Carpenter Isaiah Robertson’s homePhoto: Discoverniagara.org In 2005, Isaiah Henry Robertson, a Jamaican-born carpenter and devout Christian living in Niagara Falls, New York, began transforming his modest house into what he believed was a preparation site for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Convinced that God had told him the world would end in 2014, Robertson … Read more

White House construction may have disrupted Trump helicopter’s radio during close call with Envoy jet: Report

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White House construction may have disrupted Marine One radio calls, leading to a close encounter with an Envoy Air passenger jet.. Photographer: Al Drago/The Washington Post/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

White House construction played a role in a radio failure that brought Donald Trump’s Marine One helicopter and an Envoy Air passenger jet too close to each other near Reagan on August 4, investigators said Thursday. Air traffic controllers did not hear Marine One’s three-minute warning before takeoff, so they cleared the airline plane to … Read more

Florida couple declared dead in helicopter crash in Kenya; thieves break in their house, steal Porsche, Land Rover in less than 24 hours. Then comes a twist in court

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Florida couple declared dead in helicopter crash in Kenya; thieves break in their house, steal Porsche, Land Rover in less than 24 hours. Then comes a twist in court

A Florida couple killed in Kenya in a helicopter crash during safari. Within 24 hours, thieves broke in and ransacked their house 55-year-old Henry Parra and 42-year-old Adam Hlavaty, a same-sex couple from Florida, were among the seven people who were killed when a helicopter they were in while on a safari in Kenya crashed … Read more

‘Dracarys’: New ‘dragon’ species named after House of the Dragon’s Syrax discovered in Thailand

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‘Dracarys’: New ‘dragon’ species named after House of the Dragon’s Syrax discovered in Thailand

Image(s): Left/ HBO/Right/Walailak University, Nakhon Sithammarat, Thailand A newly described mountain horned dragon from western Thailand has given the world a species name with a fantasy-inspired twist. Researchers have named the small, spiny lizard Acanthosaura syrax, after Syrax, the dragon ridden by Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen in HBO’s House of the Dragon. The animal was found … Read more

A Perth homeowner hired agents to sell his house; a company they owned bought it for $705,000, their interest was disclosed six weeks later, and the homeowner later obtained an $800,000 valuation

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A Perth homeowner hired agents to sell his house; a company they owned bought it for $705,000, their interest was disclosed six weeks later, and the homeowner later obtained an $800,000 valuation

The issue came to light after Mr Wu became suspicious about the transaction. (Picture: ABC Australia) A homeowner in Australia says he may have sold his Perth property for nearly $100,000 less than its value after discovering that the real estate agents he hired to sell it were behind the company that bought it. Chao … Read more

Holly Madison bought a Los Angeles ‘fairytale’ home for under $1.5 million in 2012; she now refuses to sell the allegedly haunted house and is renting it for $9,500 a month

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Holly Madison bought a Los Angeles ‘fairytale’ home for under $1.5 million in 2012; she now refuses to sell the allegedly haunted house and is renting it for $9,500 a month

Madison, 46, first became interested in the Hollywoodland home while filming an episode of The Girls Next Door. Holly Madison has listed her historic Los Angeles home as a rental for $9,500 a month, a few weeks after explaining why she decided not to sell the property. The former ‘Girls Next Door’ star has owned … Read more