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Pic credit: Zillow/ OneKey MLS David Ingram, a wellness guru and entrepreneur, has listed his New York residence for $19.5 million, according to a report by Mansion Global. The Toronto-based founder of Sweat and Tonic’s Hudson Valley home is one of only two standalone houses in the world designed by Aston Martin and its partners….

Photo credit (L-R): Wikimedia commons; Compass.com A historic Tudor Revival estate at 520 Foothill Road in Ojai has sold for $4.6 million after being listed for $6.495 million. The 3,474-square-foot home was commissioned in 1928 for silent-screen star Estelle Clark and designed by architect Austin Pierpont, later becoming the home of composer Leo Robin. According…

Indianapolis has begun removing the Emrichsville Dam from the White River, ending more than a century of disruption to the river’s natural flow and aquatic habitats. According to The Indianapolis Star, the project is intended to improve conditions for wildlife and make the waterway safer for people. The US Fish and Wildlife Service and the…

Consular posts in India are asking for recently dated employment verification letter from H-1B visa applicants. Immigration lawyer Gnanamookan Senthurjothi alerted Indian H-1B visa applicants with long-pending administrative processing that the consular posts have been requesting some documents from some applicants while seeking their passports for final adjudication. He advised not to misrepresent anything at…

Nueces County leaders have voted unanimously to award a $1.3 million contract to demolish the historic 1914 Nueces County Courthouse in downtown Corpus Christi. The decision brings nearly five decades of debate over the deteriorating building closer to an end. The Nueces County Commissioners Court approved a plan that allows contractors to remove asbestos and…

What is the H-1B visa threshold? New bill proposes to increase it to $140,000. At a time when Vice President JD Vance announced that he would like the H-1B visa program to be abolished, a few Republican leaders have proposed a new legislation to increase the salary threshold of the H-1B visa holders so that…

PC Harman Singh charged with attempted rape and sexual assault in UK. An Indian-origin Metropolitan Police officer is due to appear before a London court after being charged with attempted rape, sexual assault and intentional strangulation over alleged offences against a woman earlier this year.Police Constable Harman Singh, attached to the force’s North Area command…

US President Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin Russia and the United States are preparing to announce new joint initiatives beyond their recently agreed diesel deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Friday.The two countries are discussing collaborative data centre projects, including facilities powered by electricity generated by Russian nuclear…

President Donald Trump listens as gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at a campaign rally at the Covelli Centre, in Youngstown, Ohio. AP/PTI(AP10_13_2026_000002B) The Indian identity has always cast a strange shadow over America, even before the USA came into existence. Christopher Columbus – who never reached the present-day mainland US and yet became one of…

What appeared to be a neglected field in Madison County, Iowa, concealed remnants of rare native ecosystems. When John and Sheri Paule bought the first 40 acres of their property, its hillsides were overrun with invasive vegetation, leaving little indication of what the landscape might once have been. Surviving bur oak trees, however, offered a…