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Mayors could be given powers to oversee water companies under government plan
Mayors and other local political leaders could be given powers to oversee water companies under plans being considered by the...
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Meet Tanishka Aglave, the 17-year-old Valrico, Florida student who built a curry leaf treatment, steam system and AI tool to fight citrus greening; she won $50,000
The research was started by Aglave as a freshman and took over 300 hours to complete, often working two hours...
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Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Residents of an Oxfordshire village have voted to become independent from the UK in a symbolic referendum held in protest...
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Meet Austin Jin, the 16-year-old Great Neck, New York student who built a CRISPR blood test to detect tuberculosis and drug resistance; he won $50,000
Outside the lab, Jin captains his varsity swim team and co-presidents his DECA chapter. He also co-founded Project LIFE, a...
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In 1907, New Jersey’s Clementon Park opened; after surviving a 1931 fire and a $2.37 million foreclosure rescue in 2021, it has permanently closed; now the 52-acre site goes on sale
After more than a century of welcoming families through its gates, Clementon Park and Splash World in Camden County, New...
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In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt rushed to Buffalo by train after McKinley died and took office in a friend’s library; 125 years later, it is reenacted in the same room
The ceremony took place at about 3:30pm, only hours after McKinley’s death On September 14, 1901, Theodore Roosevelt arrived in...
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At 22, Jayden Williams became Stockbridge’s youngest mayor; 10 months later, the city council removed him after a 10-hour misconduct hearing
Jayden Williams made history as the youngest mayor of Stockbridge when he took office at age 22 in January. Just...
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UK in talks about joining global defence bank led by Canada
The UK government is in discussions about joining a global investment bank, aimed at raising more money for defence spending....
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Penn’s Cave opened to visitors in 1885 and has been run by the same Pennsylvania family since 1908; after four generations, its owners want the 1,500-acre property to become a state park rather than be developed
For now, the boats still leave from the dock, visitors still descend into the darkness, and Penn’s Cave remains a...
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In 2013, an Ohio conservancy bought a 75-acre former glass-factory site; two years later, it reopened as part of a 250-acre park with quarry lakes and a 286-foot smokestack observation tower
What was once an industrial site dominated by a glass factory and a towering smokestack has been transformed into a...
