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Florida man arrested after hallucinogenic plants seized at his Riverview home. (Photo: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office) A man in Florida has been arrested after authorities alleged that he was running a business selling hallucinogenic cacti and mushrooms through Facebook Marketplace. Investigators seized 131 live plants, approximately 50 pounds of mescaline-containing cacti and 1.5 pounds of…

Val Kilmer’s sprawling Pecos River ranch in New Mexico went from a private Hollywood escape to a high-end hospitality retreat before eventually changing hands in 2011. Contemporary reports from CBS News and the Associated Press, along with real-estate publications including The Land Report, documented the property’s years-long journey from a $33 million listing to its…

Prosecutors allege that Pinhasi secretly paid hackers for decryption keys while charging clients much higher fees. A Florida cybersecurity expert who claimed his company could recover data locked by ransomware without paying hackers has been charged with fraud in the United States. Federal prosecutors allege that Zohar Pinhasi, 50, secretly paid cybercriminals to obtain decryption…

Photo credit: www.historic-albany.org For decades, one of Albany’s oldest homes was hiding in plain sight. The Van Ostrande-Radliff House, built in 1728, had been absorbed into later commercial buildings and concealed behind storefronts as the neighbourhood changed around it. Its historic importance became clearer only after neighbouring structures were demolished and the house’s distinctive Dutch…

An iconic piece of Hollywood history in Los Angeles has changed hands for $26 million (£20 million) after undergoing a sensitive multi-year restoration project. American businessman Ron Burkle acquired the sprawling five-acre Toluca Lake compound that once belonged to the legendary entertainer Bob Hope in 2018 for $15 million (£11.5 million). Following a meticulous restoration…

Immigration experts on what the employees of these eight IT companies should do. The announcement of the Trump administration suspending the PERM filings for eight IT majors has triggered a lot of panic and confusion as the administration did not clarify whether any data from these companies are pending and whether the suspension would be…

The Farnsworth House was built for Dr. Edith Farnsworth as a weekend retreat (Image Credit: William E. Dunlap via National Trust for Historic Preservation) A modernist house in Illinois came surprisingly close to being taken apart and moved away from the landscape it was designed for. In 2003, the Farnsworth House, designed by Ludwig Mies…

Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh released from ICE detention after two weeks. DHS says his case will go on as he overstayed his student visa. An award-winning Indian filmmaker from Kashmir Arfat Sheikh was released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention on bond Thursday weeks after his detention on September 24, his family and friends…

Vineet Nayar said the visa headlines are not worrying him. Former CEO of HCL Technologies Vineet Nayar brushed aside the panic triggered by the Trump administration’s suspension of the Green Card process and said Indian IT companies account for less than 2% of Green Card filings. The direct impact is smaller than it appears. He…

Photo credit: ArchitecturalDigest/YouTube [Enhanced using AI] Dakota Johnson has sold the Los Angeles home she once described as a leafy “tree house” for $5,924,372, bringing the property’s decade-long chapter under her ownership to a close. The actress paid $3.55 million for the midcentury residence in January 2016, shortly after her career reached a new level…