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A 12-year-old Surrey girl handed her father £500 of savings and asked for a mushroom-shaped house; he built a two-storey backyard hideaway with a glass floor and trapdoor that went on to win Shed of the Year in 2017

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A 12-year-old Surrey girl handed her father £500 of savings and asked for a mushroom-shaped house; he built a two-storey backyard hideaway with a glass floor and trapdoor that went on to win Shed of the Year in 2017

The Mushroom Shed was designed to resemble a mushroom. A 12-year-old girl from Surrey, England, gave her father £500 from her savings and asked him to build a house shaped like a mushroom in their back garden. Her father, Ben Swanborough, took up the challenge and built a two-storey wooden hideaway with a trapdoor, stained-glass … Read more

Five adopted Black children abused by white parents awarded $4.4 million settlement after CPS failures in West Virginia; some were forced to live in a shed without running water or a bathroom

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Five adopted Black children abused by white parents awarded $4.4 million settlement after CPS failures in West Virginia; some were forced to live in a shed without running water or a bathroom

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Lantz were sentenced to decades in prison for abusing the children. (Photo: WCHS TV) Five children who were subjected to years of abuse and neglect by their adoptive parents in West Virginia have been awarded a $4.4 million settlement from the state Department of Human Services following failures by Child … Read more

Scientists shed new light on decades-old mystery over this Galapagos bird

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A study reclassifies the Galápagos lava heron as its own species, not a subspecies of the striated heron. Genetic testing shows it shares closer ties with green herons, highlighting evolutionary complexities in the unique ecosystems of the Galápagos Islands. (Representational/Unsplash)

This question has been around for many years. It has been a mystery since scientists and bird enthusiasts first encountered the dark, shiny bird among the black rocks of the Galápagos Islands. The Galápagos lava heron, considered by many researchers to be nothing more than a subspecies of the striated heron from South America, turns … Read more