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A historic Maryland plantation once bought for £400 by a signer of the American Declaration of Independence has survived centuries of private family ownership and a nearly fatal house fire to become a national historic site. The Haberdeventure estate, near Port Tobacco in Charles County, Maryland, remained in the hands of Thomas Stone and his…

New US visa rule coming into effect from October 1, 2026 Starting on October 1, 2026, the US Department of State will check the social media accounts of I-1, TN, and TD visa applicants. These visa applicants will have to make all their social media profiles public for review by visa officials. Social media vetting…

James Free holds the rare gold Air Jordan 3s (AP)/Spike Lee (Wikipedia) A pair of striking gold Nike Air Jordan 3 sneakers ended up in a donation bin at the Portland Rescue Mission in Oregon in 2023, where staff initially suspected they were counterfeit. The shoes had been anonymously donated and were discovered by James…

Meet Hudson Lightfoot, the 16-year-old Orillia teen who started window cleaning with a bucket and squeegee at 13 (Image Credit: OrilliaMatters) At 16, Hudson Lightfoot is balancing high school with a business he started when he was just 13. What began as a simple window-cleaning operation in Orillia has since grown into Marchmont Window Cleaning,…

A Connecticut man paid $35 for a small blue-and-white porcelain bowl at a yard sale near New Haven in 2020, unaware that he had stumbled upon an exceptionally rare Chinese imperial-era artefact. The unnamed antiques enthusiast suspected the bowl might be special and later sent photographs to Sotheby’s for an evaluation. Specialists identified it as…

Casa Encantada, a 40,000-square-foot Bel-Air mega mansion, known as Los Angeles’ most iconic estate, has found a new owner in billionaire investor Peter Thiel. According to a report by LA Times, the venture capitalist and PayPal co-founder quietly bought the property through a limited liability company at a foreclosure auction in Pomona in July this…

A single page from one of the most important books in printing history spent decades sitting unnoticed in an English attic. Bought for just £25 in the early 20th century, the roughly 570-year-old leaf from the Gutenberg Bible was rediscovered among a grandfather’s belongings and eventually sold at auction for £39,000 in 2025.The rare page…

Kai Cenat (Image Via Getty) Kai Cenat has responded publicly after streamer Reginald “Reggie,” also known as “Lil Rodney Son,” made serious allegations involving him and fellow streamer RaKai. During a livestream, Reggie raised claims about RaKai and accused Kai of knowing about an alleged incident. RaKai has denied the allegations, while Kai has now…

File photo: New transcript puts fresh spotlight on Cornell university rape allegations A newly surfaced transcript of a Cornell University student’s interview with campus police is raising fresh questions about why criminal charges were not filed after she alleged she was sexually assaulted by fraternity members in 2024.The woman, who is referred to with the…

Israeli passenger who controlled the plane in conversation with PM Benjamin Netanyahu An Israeli passenger, who took control of an Israel-bound flydubai passenger jet after its pilot was stabbed and wounded by the co-pilot during an apparent hijacking attempt told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he knew how to control the aircraft because, “I watch…