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A manure-lagoon overflow at a Maryland dairy farm killed nearly 11,000 fish across 25 species, state officials say; the farm already faces a pollution lawsuit and a civil-contempt request over alleged violations

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A manure-lagoon overflow at a Maryland dairy farm killed nearly 11,000 fish across 25 species, state officials say; the farm already faces a pollution lawsuit and a civil-contempt request over alleged violations

An overflow from a manure lagoon at Kilby Farms in Cecil County, Maryland, has killed nearly 11,000 fish across 25 species in Basin Run, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment. The incident, which came to light in early October 2026, marks a far larger fish kill than a similar event at the same … Read more

Christa Pike makes strange request before Tennessee execution, refuses last meal – ‘I’m only nervous about…’

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Christa Pike, sentenced to death for a murder committed at 18, requested an all-female team for her execution in Tennessee. (Tennessee Department of Correcti)

The first woman to undergo capital punishment in Tennessee in more than 200 years made a formal request for an exclusively female observation team to be present during the execution procedure. The execution comes after US Supreme Court denied a last-minute bid to halt it. Christa Pike, sentenced to death for a murder committed at … Read more

Who is Tamara Lich? Canadian activist barred from international travel as court rejects her request

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Who is Tamara Lich? Canadian activist barred from international travel as court rejects her request

Canadian activist Tamara Lich barred from international travel. Tamara Lich, one of the best-known leaders of Canada’s 2022 Freedom Convoy protests, has been barred from leaving the country after an Ontario judge rejected her request to travel internationally while serving her sentence.Lich had asked the court for permission to leave Canada for work-related reasons. The … Read more

Meet Nathan Stafford, the Sydney gardener whose response to a homeless man’s request for change went viral: he offered work, then paid him $100

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Meet Nathan Stafford, the Sydney gardener whose response to a homeless man's request for change went viral: he offered work, then paid him $100

The gardener said the work was his way of allowing Robert to earn the money while also showing him respect. A homeless man asking for spare change in Sydney received a different kind of help when gardener Nathan Stafford offered him work instead. Stafford was cleaning up a residential street when the man, who introduced … Read more

Karmelo Anthony update: Judge rejects new trial request after 35-year prison sentence in Austin Metcalf stabbing case

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Karmelo Anthony’s new trial request has been denied. (X/@IAmyLeigh)

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas judge denied a new trial for Karmelo Anthony on Saturday in the stabbing death of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meeta killing that drew national attention and led to harassment of the families. Karmelo Anthony’s new trial request has been denied. (X/@IAmyLeigh) Anthony, 19, was convicted of … Read more