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After the shelters were installed, Schwarzenegger visited the site and met some of the veterans who were staying there (Getty images) In 2021, Arnold Schwarzenegger donated $250,000 to help provide tiny shelters for homeless veterans in Los Angeles. By Christmas, 25 shelters purchased through his donation had been installed at the Veterans Affairs campus in…

In 1984, Patrick Swayze bought a 4.5-acre ranch outside Los Angeles and built it into an Arabian-horse retreat with a 16-stall barn, two arenas and a dance studio; after his death, it sold for $2.9 million and later listed for $4.5 million/Image: Getty Images American actor and dancer Patrick Swayze spent much of his career…

Irv starts the day when his first customer arrives and closes when patrons leave or he gets tired. (Photo: Washington Post) At 103, Irvin E Koch has spent more than six decades serving drinks from the basement of his own home in Pasadena, Maryland. The World War II veteran has been behind the bar since…

Representative Image (AI-generated) A Delaware homeowner who represented herself in court has secured part of the relief she sought from her community’s developer, but not everything she asked for. The court ordered the developer to address maintenance problems involving ponds and ditches and provide information and documents concerning an alleged $44,329.59 loan involving the homeowners…

A golfer was browsing through a Toronto thrift store when he came across a green jacket. The item looked interesting, and he knew this was an unusual find. It was priced at $5, so he bought it anyway.More than two decades later, the same jacket was sold for $139,349 at auction after Augusta National Golf…

A Michigan man has been turning discarded bicycles into prosthetic legs while also teaching others how to make them, all for free. Ben Hogan, a former bike mechanic and prosthetist at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, founded Project Bike Leg, an initiative that makes prosthetics sourced almost entirely from repurposed bike parts. He hopes his…

Eastern box turtle (representative image) More than two months after scores of box turtles were found abandoned along a riverbank in Cranford, New Jersey, the rescue effort has entered a new phase. The Mercer County Wildlife Center now reports caring for 219 turtles connected to the July dumping, up from about 190 in early August….

For decades, parts of South San Diego Bay looked very different from the tidal wetlands that once occupied them. Former salt ponds had been separated from the bay, limiting natural tidal flows and reducing habitat for wildlife. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project, a partnership involving…

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte got trolled by MAGA for his India visit. Republican Governor of Montana, Greg Gianforte, became the latest target of MAGA’s anti-Indian hatred on social media after he posted about his trip to India and Sri Lanka. Apart from being a Republican leader, Gianforte is also known as a tech leader. He…