When Simon’s wife of 43 years died, the loss left him struggling with a loneliness he had never known. Like many widows and widowers, he eventually turned online, hoping to find some companionship. Instead, he found Emily. The woman seemed real. The conversations continued and a relationship began to take shape. But Emily did not…
Exterior facade of Hill Hall Hotel in Fayetteville, West Virginia. A historic West Virginia high school built in 1923 by Italian stonemasons has reopened its doors 103 years later as a 40-room boutique hotel. Former classrooms have been turned into guest rooms, lounges and shared spaces for visitors. The Hill Hall Hotel, located in downtown…
Quote of the day by Chuck Feeney Money is often treated as the clearest possible measure of success. People work toward higher salaries, bigger homes and greater financial security, and rarely stop to question the assumption underneath all of it. Chuck Feeney, the Irish-American businessman who made billions through the Duty Free Shoppers business, took…
Trump issued the executive order after the US Supreme Court blocked his original order in August A US federal judge on Wednesday (local time) blocked President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, partially halting an executive order issued after the US Supreme Court rejected his broader effort to end the practice.US District Judge…
Representative Image (AI-generated) California’s water problem is often framed around the need for more storage, new infrastructure and expensive construction. But a new study suggests that part of the answer may already be sitting behind the state’s existing dams. By using better weather and water forecasts to decide when reservoirs should release or retain water,…
Upper Mississippi riverRepresentative image from Canva For generations, the Hoesly family farmed rich bottomland along the Wisconsin and Kickapoo rivers in southwest Wisconsin, growing corn and soybeans on nearly 2,000 acres of floodplain. But as floods grew more frequent and severe, and a 2016 state tax change made it harder to claim agricultural exemptions on…
Gold is legal tender in Texas and Florida. A new law that allows Texas to begin implementing th eframework to accept certain gold and silver as legal tender came to effect on September 1 but that does not mean gold and silver have already become legal tender in the state.House Bill 1056, authored by Republican…
20 Acres Donated in Brother’s Honor Two siblings who inherited a 20.66-acre piece of land in Rockville, Utah, after their brother died have permanently given up all future development rights to keep the property completely undeveloped next to Zion National Park. The siblings have signed a perpetual conservation easement with the Virgin River Land Conservancy….
Both McDermott Lake and Sandy Beach Lake had previously supported natural walleye recruitment. Scientists removed about 285,000 warm-water fish from a Wisconsin lake over four years in an attempt to help its declining walleye population recover. The large-scale experiment reduced several fish species and was followed by a sharp rise in yellow perch. However, it…
Haitian student from Ohio apparently ended his life over his humiliation for ankle monitor. 20-year-old Pierre Damas Bel in Ohio got out of his car and stepped into the traffic on Ohio State Highway after a brief conversation with his father. The freshman student at Wright State University told his father that he was not…
