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In 2013, Rob Scheer began packing backpacks at his dining table after recalling carrying his belongings in trash bags as a foster child; his charity has distributed 300,000+ backpacks

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In 2013, Rob Scheer began packing backpacks at his dining table after recalling carrying his belongings in trash bags as a foster child; his charity has distributed 300,000+ backpacks

A simple effort around a dining table, started in 2013 to protect the dignity of children entering foster care, has grown into an international charity that has provided essential items to hundreds of thousands of young people. Rob Scheer began packing backpacks at home after seeing his newly adopted foster children arrive carrying their belongings … Read more

A New Jersey woman paid $25 for a mouldy table at a garage sale; 30 years later, it was identified as a rare 18th-century card table made by John Seymour & Son and sold for $541,500

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A New Jersey woman paid $25 for a mouldy table at a garage sale; 30 years later, it was identified as a rare 18th-century card table made by John Seymour & Son and sold for $541,500

A New Jersey schoolteacher who bought a mouldy, pitch-black table at a garage sale for just $25 ended up owning a rare piece of American furniture worth more than half a million dollars. Claire Wiegand-Beckmann purchased the table roughly three decades before it appeared on Antiques Roadshow, when she was moving into a new home … Read more

Baby books on Lindsay Clancy defense table? Viral photo sparks outrage as ex-FBI agent speaks out, ‘How calculating…’

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Lindsay Clancy listens to testimony from a hospital chaplain during her murder trial, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S., August 20, 2026. Josh Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS (via REUTERS)

Former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer has shared a photo from Lindsay Clancy’s trial that appears to show baby books on the defense table. While support has been pouring in for Lindsay, Coffindaffer questioned her intent. Lindsay Clancy listens to testimony from a hospital chaplain during her murder trial, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S., August 20, 2026. … Read more

Social Security COLA reduction proposals: What changes are on the table and how could benefits be affected?

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Social Security COLA reduction proposals. (Representational image) (Unsplash)

Several proposals modeled by the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Chief Actuary could reduce future annual cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, for millions of beneficiaries as policymakers consider options to improve Social Security’s long-term finances. Social Security COLA reduction proposals. (Representational image) (Unsplash) The proposals are not current law, and they do not mean Social … Read more

How India realized coffee could fight climate change

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How India realized coffee could fight climate change

In the traditional coffee-growing districts of Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan in Karnataka, growers say the farming calendar no longer follows memory. Jacob Mammen, managing director of Badra Estates, said climate change was already affecting the cultivation of traditional coffee varieties such as Arabica and Robusta. The biggest challenge, he explained, comes from increasingly unpredictable weather … Read more