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Sophia tries to find out what each child enjoys reading. (Facebook/Sophia’s book stand) When Sophia Parekh was seven, she noticed that not every child had the same access to books. It was during the Covid pandemic, when many families were struggling financially, and buying books was not always possible. Sophia, who loved reading, decided to…

72-year-old Indian-origin woman who went missing in August has been found dead in a canal in California. 72-year-old Ajit Kaur, an Indian-origin woman who was reported missing in August, was found dead in a California canal. Kaur’s body was found by a Turlock Irrigation District employee in the Lower Lateral 3 Canal near Central Avenue…

Red Baron Pizza announces that viral dad Walt Z has not been fired; he is the employee of the month. After Walt Z, a Michigan pizza store worker, went viral for standing up to the harassment of an influencer in the name of a prank video, social media users speculated that the video may cost…

Representative Image (AI-generated) A home bought with help from grandparents and maintained through decades of mortgage payments, repairs and household expenses became the centre of an unusual family property dispute in Indiana. More than two decades after purchasing the house, a woman found herself facing a demand to sell it from her former partner’s brother,…

Greg and Leah Sempel claim they used the disputed land for decades before Idaho acquired it in 1996. (AI image) An Idaho couple who have farmed in Benewah County since 1979 have won another chance to claim 5.95 acres of disputed land after the state Supreme Court overturned an earlier ruling in Idaho’s favour on…

Patrick Mahomes and Brittany Mahomes (Instagram) Brittany Mahomes has spent years turning her family’s personal experience with food allergies into practical support for other families, and that work is now producing a visible change in Kansas City restaurants. In 2023, she helped launch a GivingTuesday fundraising match campaign with FARE, the Food Allergy Research and…

More than 27,000 acres of forestland in western Maine have been permanently protected after a six-year conservation effort brought together environmental organisations, state agencies and local land trusts. The achievement safeguards working forests, drinking-water resources and recreational access across a landscape near Bethel that could otherwise have faced fragmentation and development. According to Maine Public,…

An Ohio appeals court has upheld a local zoning ban on short-term home rentals. The ruling shuts down a property owner’s attempt to run an Airbnb business in a quiet suburban neighborhood of about 140 homes. In a decision issued on 26 October 2026, the Fifth District Court of Appeals of Ohio backed a lower…

University of Florida in soup over H-1B filing, president says it was not authorized by him and hence withdrawn. The University of Florida filed a notice of intent to hire an H-1B visa holder as a financial analyst for a salary of $64,928.The employment period as mentioned in the notice is from February 2, 2027,…

An Indianapolis non-profit group that reuses donated flowers for hospital patients marked its tenth anniversary on 27 October 2026. It delivered its 175,000th flower arrangement at Eskenazi Health. Random Acts of Flowers Indianapolis (RAFI) reached the milestone ten years after it began local work in 2016. The charity got started after a burst of giving,…