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Photo credit: Mia Ring/Pacific Legal Foundation A Washington farmer who returned to his family’s farm in 1984 is challenging a long-running dispute with the state Department of Ecology after penalties over irrigation threatened the future of his agricultural business. Ron Fodé and his wife, Robin, say the agency refused to help them find a lawful…

Wilbur the pig went from wandering through a West Hollywood neighbourhood to becoming the unlikely focus of an adoption contest. After his appearance was captured on video and spread online, the pig was taken to the West L.A. Animal Shelter, where no owner came forward. Four people eventually expressed interest in adopting him, prompting a…

At least 17 streets in Baltimore were paved with recycled glass, creating road surfaces that could sparkle when sunlight or streetlights hit them. Baltimore’s approach is part of a broader practice of using crushed waste glass in asphalt mixes. Properly processed glass can replace some of the conventional aggregate used in road construction.Wearing surfaces containing…

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s lavish lifestyle in Greece, purported text messages charging money for access to administration have come under scrutiny. For months, there were speculations how Donald Trump Jr and Kimberly Guilfoyle broke up at a time when President Donald Trump was beginning his second administration and how Bettina Anderson, who was introduced as a Palm…

In February 1969, Beth Temple agreed to meet a surgeon she had never met after colleagues decided the two might suit each other. Beth was a young mother and teacher. Dr Arvid Temple was an older doctor with a dairy farm in eastern Will County, Illinois, which he had bought several years earlier. They married…

Taylor Swift’s $4 million gift to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2012 helped create a dedicated education centre in Nashville. The space was designed for more than music lessons: it would give children and families room to learn, experiment and engage with country music’s history. Fourteen years later, the centre is…

Spectral imaging expert Bill Christens-Barry and Debora Mayor of the Weissman Preservation Centre Prepare HLS MS172 for imaging. Image Credit: Harvard Law Today Harvard Law School bought a stained and faded parchment in 1946 for just $27.50, believing it was an ordinary later copy of the Magna Carta. The document was catalogued as dating from…

A New York teenager who lost her father and four sisters in a devastating house fire was at the centre of a legal dispute months later, after relatives who raised more than $100,000 to support her allegedly failed to hand over most of the money. According to a 2019 report by WWNY-TV and court documents…

Representative Image (AI-generated) A Florida cybersecurity company owner who allegedly told ransomware victims that his firm could recover encrypted data without paying hackers is now facing federal wire fraud charges. According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Zohar Pinhasi, 50, owner of ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud, claimed to have proprietary tools and advanced techniques…

Indian-origin US Army veteran pleaded guilty to having enslaved his cousin from India. 38-year-old Venkatesh Sattaru, a US Army veteran, has been sentenced to prison on various charges of domestic assault in a spine-chilling case of suspected human trafficking that took place around 2022-2023. Sattaru, a resident of St Louis, brought his young cousin to…