Hello World
US
In 1953, a California family bought a 58-acre berry farm for $3,500; decades later they reportedly refused a $90 million offer from Disney and kept farming beside Disneyland
The Fujishiges watched the area around their farm change as Disneyland took shape nearby. For decades, a small family farm...
US
FBI puts Indian national Major Singh on Most Wanted list | World News
Major Singh added to FBI’s Most Wanted list/Image: FBI Indian national Major Singh, described by the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
US
In 1943, Franklin Roosevelt gave his family home and 33 acres to the US government while retaining family rights to live there; he had expanded the estate to nearly 1,500 acres and planted over 500,000 trees
Tree plantation undergoing at Springwood (Image Credit: FDR Library Photo via National Park Service) In December 1943, US President Franklin...
US
A forgotten American photographer captured one of the earliest clear images of a total solar eclipse 175 years ago; the photograph changed eclipse science | World News
Berkowski made this first solar eclipse photograph at the Royal Observatory in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). Image Credit: Johann...
US
In 1988, a California couple began restoring their 136-acre family farm; decades later, it has become a thriving habitat for birds, quail and even cougars
Peter Hunter kneels beside a clump of young willows clinging to the edge of Dry Creek. The slender shoots are...
US
In 1966, a 71-year-old woman donated nearly 100 acres of her Virginia farm and money for an amphitheatre; the land became America’s only national park dedicated to the performing arts
Wolf Trap remains the only national park in the United States devoted to the performing arts, advancing the concept Shouse...
US
Harvard to pay Rs 507 crore settlement after morgue manager stole, sold donated body parts
Harvard University. (AP Photo used for representation) Harvard University has agreed to pay a $53 million (around Rs 507 crore)...
US
In 2015, a storm flooded and destroyed a Virginia wildlife refuge beach parking lot; now officials are moving it 2.5 miles north so dunes and saltmarsh can reclaim the old site
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (Image Credit: Canva) A severe storm in 2015 flooded and destroyed a recreational beach parking lot...
US
Quote of the day by John Cena: “A man’s character is not judged after he celebrates a victory, but by…” – a powerful lesson about failure and responsibility | World News
Quote of the day by John Cena (Image Credits: Instagram) Winning tells people plenty about what someone is capable of...
US
As US farmers reject multimillion-dollar AI data-centre offers, a Missouri farmer is doing the opposite and inviting developers to buy his land
Across the US there are two voices rising out of the ordinary, one propagating the AI boom as the natural...
