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A Chicago billionaire’s unusual effort to feed squirrels has sparked a dispute over rat infestations, damage to public property and the cost of maintaining one of the city’s best-known parks. Barre Seid, a 94-year-old industrialist, has allegedly paid workers to distribute Brazil nuts, walnuts, peanuts and other food around his home and nearby Lincoln Park…

File photo: Judge orders White House to restore CNN, MS NOW and Politico access A US federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to allow CNN, MS NOW and Politico to access the White House while their lawsuit against US president Donald Trump’s press ban proceeds, ruling that the restrictions likely violated the First…

Most people who pass a kidney stone would happily never see it again, but William Shatner’s experience took an unexpected turn. The Star Trek actor’s small black kidney stone, which he assumed had been discarded after removal, became an unusual fundraising item when a Canadian gambling company expressed interest in buying it. The stone was…

Polyethylene, one of the most widely produced plastics in the world, may have implications for liver health, according to new research from Texas A&M University. The study, published in October 2026 and highlighted by the university’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, found that exposure to polyethylene microplastics was associated with signs of fatty…

Drew Barrymore held on to her Hollywood Hills home for 16 years before selling it for $16.5 million in 2018, bringing a substantial return on a property she had bought for just over $4.35 million, as reported by Los Angeles Times. The actress acquired the house in 2002, following damage to her previous home caused…

Audrey Finocchiaro and Sam Lancaster started ‘The Nitro Bar’ in 2016 with a $1,500 credit card limit, scrap wood, and a plan to sell nitrogen-infused cold brew coffee from a makeshift cart. The couple initially struggled to attract customers, earning just $20 to $60 during eight-hour days on the streets of Providence, Rhode Island.Their fortunes…

JaSondra Schmidt and her husband, Jason, are restoring a 112-year-old house that belonged to her great-great-grandfather. It was built in 1914; the home is being relocated six miles to farmland the couple purchased near their existing property in North Dakota.According to an interview with PEOPLE, JaSondra Schmidt shares that their decision brings together two family…

Man killed by tiger in a zoo in South Yorkshire was identified as William Chapman. The man who was killed by a tiger at a zoo in South Yorkshire has been locally identified as William Chapman, a youth in his 20s who managed to enter the tiger’s enclosure. The police have not named him officially….

When South African technology billionaire Koos Bekker bought Hadspen House and 16 acres of land in Somerset in 2013, the purchase marked the beginning of a much larger project. The estate, now known as The Newt in Somerset, has grown to cover more than 2,700 acres through land purchases made by Bekker’s company, according to…

Randy Guijarro of Fremont, California, paid $2 for an old photograph at an antique shop in 2010. The seemingly ordinary pictures turned out to include one of the most valuable images of the Old West, with an insurance value of $5 million.In 2010, Guijarro purchased the photograph for $2. He kept the 4-by-5-inch photograph, and…