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A vacant mansion in San Francisco, valued at about $4.4 million, is set to be sold at a public tax auction. The property has stood empty for years and has built up more than $340,000 in unpaid property taxes. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution allowing the Treasurer and Tax Collector…

Ohio venues cancel Vivek Ramaswamy events amid major backlash over advertisement featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother. Several venues in Ohio have withdrawn from hosting campaign events featuring Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy as backlash intensifies over an advertisement targeting his Democratic rival, Amy Acton, and featuring her estranged mother. The cancellations come days before the…

Horses towing freight scow between Bettles and Nolan, 1913 (Image: USGS Photographic Library) Alaska Koyukuk gold rush history begins in 1898, when about seventy small steamers carried prospectors up the Koyukuk River through practically unknown country. Most of the boomtowns that sprang up in 1898 and 1899 have since disappeared, leaving Wiseman, Coldfoot and the…

US President Donald Trump. US President Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on comedian Bill Maher, calling him a “complete and total loser” in a lengthy Truth Social post days after the two had dinner at the White House, an event Trump had initially described as “great”.The 1,323-word post, which CNN described as Trump’s…

Beatty’s lawyers believe Trump may have frequently communicated with Kennedy Center officials. (AP photos) A US lawmaker has asked a federal judge to order President Donald Trump’s administration to release nearly 200 text messages and other records linked to the Kennedy Center in Washington, according to the Associated Press.Democratic lawmaker Joyce Beatty wants communications involving…

Adam James, a 23-year-old autistic man from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, has been offered a DJ set at Boomtown Fair in 2027 after attending the music festival alone and befriending a group of strangers. The aspiring drum and bass DJ met the group when they asked whether he had a mallet to help put up their…

The kingdom has planned to store crude oil at Singapore’s Jurong Rock Caverns after oil supplies to Asia were severely choked in the Strait of Hormuz due to the US-Iran war (Photo: Reuters). Saudi Arabia plans to store crude oil in Singapore from the second half of 2027, energy ministers from both countries announced on…

French riot police intervene as protests continue across the country, with officers seen charging into the crowd French police arrested over 1,000 people during nationwide protests, as demonstrations over the rising cost of living and the education system saw clashes in several cities.The unrest has continues with riot police intervening to clear students blocking Sciences…