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For generations, a Queensland farming family relied on a well that had supplied water for around 140 years. But in 2019, farmer Keogh says the water turned muddy and cloudy after a neighbouring property began test-pumping groundwater. Now, plans for a commercial bottling and processing facility near Warwick have intensified concerns among local farmers, as…

Quote of the day by Stephen Hawking Look up at the night sky and it’s hard not to feel a little small. Earth is one planet. It goes around a star that, honestly, isn’t anything unusual, and that star isn’t even near the middle of our galaxy. Past our solar system there are billions more…

A newly built Nando’s drive-through in Cranbourne North, Victoria, has sold for $5.845 million to a New South Wales-based private investor. The 2025-built property features a purpose-built dual-lane drive-through and has a long-term lease with Nando’s Australia.According to Real Commercial, Stonebridge’s marketing material estimates the property’s annual net income at $319,035 as at October 2026….

A worn fragment of a $20 banknote linked to the famous 1971 D.B. Cooper hijacking has sold for $134,200 (£102,800) at an auction in Dallas, Texas. The damaged banknote is one of the few pieces of physical evidence ever recovered from the ransom money given to the unidentified hijacker before he parachuted into the wilderness…

Five-year-old Fabiana was killed by her mother and now her father Kuldeep Singh seeks help on GoFundMe to raise money for her funeral. A New York father is struggling to arrange his five-year-old daughter’s funeral after the child was found dead at their Queens home, with the girl’s mother charged with murder after allegedly telling…

Pic credit: Plus real estate The old Hollywood home at 6823 Iris Circle in Los Angeles has sold for $2.5 million, fetching $205,000 above its asking price, according to Mansion Global. The price is a strong result for a 1923 Spanish Revival house that its owners restored after buying it for $1.05 million in 2016….

Actress Tamera Mowry-Housley and her husband, former journalist Adam Housley, are preparing for a new chapter in Napa Valley as they put their longtime Fairfield, California, home on the market for $2.69 million. The June 2026 listing follows their $3.8 million purchase of a neglected wine-country property in October 2024, a move detailed by Realtor…

A century-and-a-half-old family ranch in northern San Antonio became the focus of a major conservation effort in June 2016, when the Classen-Steubing family agreed to sell 204 acres of largely undeveloped land to the city for a future park and protection of the Edwards Aquifer. The proposal, reported by Texas Public Radio and the San…

Steve Buscemi worked as a full-time New York City firefighter before starting his acting career. Hollywood actor Steve Buscemi had left the New York City Fire Department to pursue acting, but the September 11, 2001, attacks brought him back to the fire service. The next morning, he returned to Ground Zero, where he joined firefighters…

21-year-old Indian-American Vasant Bhatt goes viral after he announces that he voted for Democrat James Talarico in Texas, rejecting MAGA’s India hatred. Indian-origin US voter Vasant Bhatt went viral after he announced on social media that he voted for Democrat James Talarico in Texas after being disgusted by the xenophobia and racism of the Republicans….