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Every New Yorker has walked past a yard sale and kept walking. Most of the time, they’re right to. The folding tables are full of chipped mugs, mismatched lamps and vases nobody has ever wanted. Every so often, though, one of those tables hides something that makes an auction house very happy and a family…

FILE – Chicago Bulls’ Michael Jordan pulls the ball out of reach of Utah Jazz guard Jeff Hornacek during third quarter action in Game 2 of the NBA Finals in Salt Lake City, June 5, 1998. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file) A red Chicago Bulls jersey worn by Michael Jordan during Game 2 of the…

Wisconsin’s Forevertron towers 50 feet high, spans 120 feet wide and weighs 300 tons, making it the world’s largest scrap-metal sculpture. Somewhere in rural Wisconsin, a Victorian inventor is preparing for his final journey into space. His spacecraft is unlike anything NASA would recognise, assembled from rusting industrial machinery, electrical equipment and discarded metal. Towering…

Representative Image of selling baklava to enthusiastic fans at a lively concert ( AI Generrated Image) In September 2021, Jacob Komarow impulsively bought 3 trays of baklava on his way to a Phish concert in California, intending to resell them to fellow fans. When a friend doubted he could sell all 3 trays, Komarow bet…

Actress and singer Scarlett Johansson listed her walled and gated Spanish villa in the Hollywood Hills for $4.95 million in February 2010. The villa dated back to 1931 and had been restored and remodelled. It featured four bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, and approximately 4,300 square feet of living space.According to the Los Angeles…

The COVID-19 pandemic deepened food insecurity across the US, with Feeding America estimating that 45 million people, including 15 million children, could face hunger in 2020. Against this backdrop, model and entrepreneur Olivia Culpo launched More Than a Mask in May 2020, selling fashion face coverings to raise funds for hunger relief. The initiative later…

George Washington’s childhood home at Ferry Farm in Virginia was nearly replaced by a Walmart Supercenter. Thirty years ago, the historic site of George Washington’s childhood home in Virginia came close to being transformed into a Walmart Supercenter, until local residents rallied to save the property. Known as Ferry Farm, the site was purchased by…

Under Kentucky law, a surviving spouse was entitled to half the surplus personal property if their partner died without a will. A Kentucky woman whose husband died without leaving a will has won a legal dispute over approximately $2.33 million held in investment accounts that named his children as beneficiaries. The Kentucky Court of Appeals…

Selma Blair’s lawyers called her ‘gold standard’ only to be shut down by judge Indira Khan. The hearing of actor Selma Blair turned interesting after her lawyers pleaded with a Queens judge to be lenient to the actor citing her body of work. Calling her the gold standard, the lawyers argued for lesser penalty but…

Representative Image of Squak Mountain’s serene wilderness with lush greenery and preserved natural landscapes ( AI Generrated Image) On 17 June 1972, Ashley Ann Bullitt, Scott Bullitt and Jill Hamilton Bullitt transferred 590 acres of family land on Squak Mountain to Washington state for a wilderness park. Their gift followed decades of land purchases by…