Broad beans in the pod. Image Credit: Wikipedia A broad bean grown by the same Somerset family since 1875 has become part of a national collection of heritage vegetables. Known as Grandfather Bean, the variety has been maintained by the Burge family for around 150 years, with seed passed down through generations. In 2025, it…
For decades, millions of tons of uranium mill tailings sat beside the Colorado River near Moab, Utah, leaving behind a major environmental cleanup challenge in a landscape known for its red rock scenery and tourism. The waste came from a uranium processing site that operated during the Cold War era, and concerns grew over contamination…
Photo: Stephen King/ Instagram In December 2011, international bestselling author Stephen King and his wife, Tabitha, helped Maine families facing a difficult winter by donating $120,000 to a home-heating fundraiser organised through the author’s radio station. The campaign eventually raised $241,820, surpassing its original goal as residents confronted higher heating costs and reduced federal assistance….
Two rival AI companies in Silicon Valley fight over poaching of an employee. Cognition and Factory AI, two rival AI coding startups of Silicon Valley, made a public spectacle when the CEOs fought it out on X over an employee, Chris Degnan. FactoryAI announced that they fired Chris as he was passing information to rival…
Canada rejects PR application of Ethiopian woman married to a Canadian and says her divorce from ex-husband under Sharia law is not considered legal in Canada. A Canadian Muslim man was turned down by a visa officer when he wanted to sponsor his Ethiopian wife for a permanent resident visa as the wife’s divorce from…
The restoration involves building structures that look like features found in a natural river (Photo: Fox7) After nearly two decades of planning, crews are now working in the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to bring back the rapids that gave the city its name. Rapids are sections of a river where water flows faster…
UK Counter-Terror Police continues probe on suspected terror act near RAF Fairford British counter-terrorism police have arrested a 27-year-old UK-Iranian dual national in connection with the security incident near RAF Fairford, as investigators examine possible foreign state involvement in the case.The man was arrested in Westminster, London, on Thursday on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts,…
What started in 2018 as a small trial with just 30 sheep has grown into a commercial operation that now manages vegetation around thousands of solar panels across the American Northeast. Husband-and-wife farmers Lewis Fox and Niko Kochendoerfer founded Agrivoltaic Solutions LLC in Vermont. They developed a model that uses livestock instead of mechanical mowers…
Iowa teacher promised extra credits to students if they donate to her GoFundMe to fund her travel to Ecuador. An Iowa substitute teacher has been fired from her post for allegedly pressuring her students to help fund her “medical mission” to Ecuador. Stephanie Mullaley promised them extra credit for donating to her GoFundMe page. Iowa…
Indian man pleads guilty to faking a robbery to get a store clerk his U visa in South Carolina. A new U-visa incident has been reported as 47-year-old Birenkumar Rameshbhai Patel, an Indian-origin man in Columbia, pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally obtain a U visa for a store clerk. The clerk has been deported…
