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Nueces County leaders have voted unanimously to award a $1.3 million contract to demolish the historic 1914 Nueces County Courthouse in downtown Corpus Christi. The decision brings nearly five decades of debate over the deteriorating building closer to an end. The Nueces County Commissioners Court approved a plan that allows contractors to remove asbestos and…

US asks election officials to remain alert to AI-powered cyber threats ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. The FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have warned election officials, candidates and the American public to remain alert to AI-powered cyber threats ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, warning that hackers…

US President Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin Russia and the United States are preparing to announce new joint initiatives beyond their recently agreed diesel deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Friday.The two countries are discussing collaborative data centre projects, including facilities powered by electricity generated by Russian nuclear…

The US Justice Department has sued California over allegations that more than 20,000 people suspected of being noncitizens are registered to vote, seeking a court order to prevent their mail-in ballots from being counted in the November 3 midterm elections until their citizenship status is verified.The lawsuit, filed on Thursday, accuses the state of failing…

A Michigan appeals court has upheld a survivorship deed signed 14 years ago, ruling that a house in Troy belongs to a woman who was considered a grandmother by the owner, rather than the owner’s only legal heir. A three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision that granted partial…

Representative Image of a courtroom scene depicting a family inheritance dispute among five siblings over property and loans (AI-generated image) A California inheritance dispute involving five siblings, decades of family loans and rental income, and several property transactions centred mainly on how much a trustee could deduct from a beneficiary’s share of an inheritance. In…

Fired FBI agents sue Trump admin/Image: AP Nine former FBI employees have sued the Trump administration, seeking reinstatement after being dismissed over their involvement in the investigation into Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents at his Florida estate. They allege their removal was politically motivated and violated their legal rights.The lawsuit, filed in federal court…

Queensland has secured major portions of three vast cattle properties across Cape York and the Gulf of Carpentaria, adding almost 396,000 hectares to the state’s protected area network. The Queensland Government says in a press release that the acquisitions cover 137,000 hectares of Kendall River Station, 90,000 hectares of Westmoreland Station, and 169,000 hectares of…

Pic credit: Swimply/ Mandy Plenty of people dream about a backyard pool. Cory Johnson built a water park. On the east side of Lake Wawasee in Cromwell, his home shares its grounds with a 60,000-gallon private retreat that has waterfalls, a slide, a zip line and real palm tree trunks. Then he rents it out…

Jack Dorsey, San Francisco Sea Cliff neighbourhood (Canva) For most homebuyers, buying a house means years of saving and planning a future. For Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder, buying a multimillion-dollar home overlooking the Pacific Ocean was apparently only the beginning of a project.Back in February 2012, Dorsey paid a whopping $9.99 million for a modern…