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Reese Witherspoon sold control of Hello Sunshine at a $900 million valuation in 2021; five years later, she has teamed with Mediawan to buy the company back at a reported fraction of that price
Reese WitherspoonRodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine has returned to the person who built it. In 2021, Candle Media acquired...
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Texas landlord kept a couple’s $2,600 security deposit and sued them for more money after they moved out; the tenants counterclaimed, won damages and legal fees, and the appeals court largely upheld it
Representative Image (AI-generated) A Texas landlord who retained a couple’s $2,600 security deposit and sued them for additional money after...
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In 1987, a Queens mother transferred a Ridgewood property but tried to reserve life estates for herself and her daughter; 39 years later, a New York appeals court ruled the daughter never received a valid life estate
Representational AI image A New York woman’s attempt to secure her daughter’s lifelong rights to a family property has ended...
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North Dakota ranchers fought a pipeline company over compensation for easements across their land; after spending about $300,000 in legal costs, their fight over who pays those fees is heading to the US Supreme Court
Rocky Prestangen and Randy Stevenson (Photo: Institute for Justice, AI-enhanced image) A dispute over who should pay nearly $300,000 in...
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A 10-year-old New Jersey girl wrote a poem inspired by her Colombian heritage; her work was picked from thousands of entries to finish in the national contest’s Top 10
Luisa’s poem uses the colours of the Colombian flag to reflect her Colombian American identity. A 10-year-old girl from New...
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Land once reserved for New York’s Shoreham nuclear plant has become Long Island’s largest DEC acquisition, with the state paying $28.25 million to permanently protect nearly 750 coastal acres
Much of the land surrounding the nuclear plant has remained undeveloped (Photo: American Nuclear Society- AI enhanced image) A nuclear...
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Katie Zacharia admits she failed the bar exam on her first attempt in 2011, years after calling herself a lawyer
Katie Zacharia admits that she never passed the bar exam. The new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, admitted that...
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‘American workers should come first in their own country’: Republicans bring new bill to make H-1B visa salary threshold $140,000
What is the H-1B visa threshold? New bill proposes to increase it to $140,000. At a time when Vice President...
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Miami high school senior chased a thief after hearing a woman scream; despite being pepper-sprayed, he tackled and restrained the suspect; police have now honoured him with the title ‘Spider-Man of Brickell’
A Miami high school senior who chased down and helped detain a man accused of theft despite being pepper-sprayed has...
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Don’t tinker with any documents, never alter or backdate: Immigration expert’s warnings to H-1B applicants in India
Consular posts in India are asking for recently dated employment verification letter from H-1B visa applicants. Immigration lawyer Gnanamookan Senthurjothi...
