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Representative Image of Patagonia’s new ownership structure supporting environmental conservation and sustainable practices in bold colors ( AI Generrated Image) In September 2022, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard announced a new ownership structure intended to direct the outdoor clothing company’s excess profits towards environmental work while protecting its values. In November 2025, Patagonia published its Work…

Photo credit: David Baldacci/ Instagram For many families, a visit to a food bank is about meeting an immediate need: putting meals on the table. Author David Baldacci and his wife, Michelle, wanted to add something that could nourish another part of family life, too. In 2008, their Wish You Well Foundation partnered with Feeding…

Image Credit: Hansons Auctioneers A vintage Patek Philippe wristwatch discovered during a house clearance in Camborne, Cornwall, has sold for £59,000 after attracting fierce competition from international collectors. The 1930s timepiece had remained among jewellery in a family home for decades before its value was properly assessed. Initially estimated at between £5,000 and £10,000 by…

After 18 years without sightings, 13 white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) have been released into Piedras Blancas National Park in southern Costa Rica as part of a conservation project to restore the species. Its disappearance left a gap in the rainforest’s food chain, disrupting the ecological balance. To address this, Osa Conservation is working with the…

Representative Image of an ornate Chinese porcelain dish with dragon designs and a yellow glaze found beneath a dusty sofa ( AI Generrated Image) For decades, a large, dirt-covered porcelain dish lay beneath a sofa in a north London home, its significance unknown to the family who kept it. Now identified as a rare example…

Selma Blair arrested for physically assaulting flight attendants. Actor Selma Blair was arrested Sunday at John F Kennedy Airport in New York on allegations that she assaulted flight attendants on a Delta Air Lines flight. The Delta Air Lines flight 938 was parked at the gate when the incident allegedly happened. The flight reached JFK…

Photo credit (L-R): Wikipedia; www.lapeetch.okay-perfect.com Julia Child and her husband, Paul, built La Pitchoune in Provence in 1963 as a place to cook, entertain and return to year after year. The small stucco house became their summer retreat for nearly three decades, its kitchen shaped around Julia’s personality and practical approach to cooking. When she…

A Washington couple’s dispute with a local utility has raised questions about property rights, infrastructure easements and the extent to which homeowners can challenge equipment installed on their land. Liz Covert and Denis Goudie, who purchased their property in 2017, are challenging the replacement of an existing wooden tower with a taller steel structure by…

US President Donald Trump met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The United States has threatened to suspend intelligence sharing with Ukraine and halt European purchases of American weapons for Kyiv unless Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stops attacks on Russian energy facilities, CNN reported, citing two European officials.The reported warning comes as US President Donald Trump says…