New plan to end employment authorization for some spouses of H-1B visa holders: ‘600,000+ jobs will open up in next 2-4 weeks’
A DHS agenda item says the department wants to eliminate employment authorization for some spouses of H-1B visa holders. The Department of Homeland Security has come up with a proposal to remove certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B visa holders from…
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…
In 1908, an unschooled Indiana widow began a 20-year fight to defend 120 acres of Lake Michigan dunes from a steel giant; 72 years later, 212 acres including part of her tract joined Indiana Dunes to remain open space forever
Carr remained determined to defend what she believed was hers (Photo: NPS) In the early 1900s, an Indiana widow spent more than two decades fighting to defend her claim to 120 acres along Lake Michigan. Drusilla Carr had lived on the land for decades…
A Louisiana businessman built a house on floating barges so it could be towed into open water for duck season; the 22-person property is now asking $5.5 million
Image Credit: Jon Kohler & Associates via Mansion Global A luxury hunting and fishing lodge in southern Louisiana is offering buyers an unusual combination of waterfront living, outdoor adventure and mobility. Known as Fowl Play, the property is…
US moves to open vast tracts of pristine forests to logging
President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed a rule change that would open 44 million acres of wild, undisturbed forest for road construction and logging. US moves to open vast tracts of pristine forests to logging The proposal would…
Raymond ‘R.C.’ Horsch’s disturbing books in focus amid Philly house probe, wrote about killing woman: ‘I open the drum…’
Raymond ‘R.C.’ Horsch’s disturbing books are in focus amid an investigation into a “mystery house” in Philadelphia’s Olney neighborhood. His son Eugene Horsch’s house is under investigation, with evidence suggesting that two…
Much of Sweden’s Söderåsen plateau became more open in the 18th and 19th centuries; in 2001, 1,625 hectares were protected as a national park, and today it is one of northern Europe’s largest continuous protected broadleaf forests
Söderåsen national park (Image Credit: Canva) Much of Sweden’s Söderåsen plateau was once far more open than the dense woodland visitors see today. A 2025 study published in The Holocene found that the landscape became much more open during the 18th and…
North America’s longest cable-stayed bridge is now open with a massive 853-metre crossing linking US and Canada
Gordie Howe International Bridge days before its opening, July 2026. Image Credit: Wikipedia The Gordie Howe International Bridge has opened between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, creating a new six-lane crossing over the Detroit River and a…