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After spending most of his life on the same Pennsylvania farm, dairy farmer Jeff Biddle has chosen to protect it from development, even after receiving two lucrative offers from potential buyers. The 170-acre Bear Meadows Farm near Tussey Mountain was placed under a permanent conservation easement in July 2026, according to the Centre County Farmland…

A legal dispute over access roads for a planned 1,800-home development in North Carolina has led to revised site plans being rejected. The dispute began after 45 property owners took legal action to stop proposed roads from passing through their neighbourhoods. Development company Copper Builders faced a lawsuit filed in Superior Court on behalf of…

Trump’s new AI chatbot pushes back on claims about polls, climate, salary The AI-powered America.gov website launched by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave factual answers to several politically sensitive questions, including some that contradicted claims made by the president.According to Associated Press, the website, launched to make government information and services easier to…

Ben O’Connor, aged 16, from a dairy farming family in Co. Down, is already a serial entrepreneur. He set up his first business, a firewood venture, at 11, and at 13 founded Giftery, a mail-order gift basket business that went on to sell 200,000 gift boxes within three years. His latest project, FarmFlow, is farm…

Private equity billionaire Orlando Bravo has received approval to tear down a historic Miami Beach estate once owned by English musician Phil Collins. The move clears the way for a flood-resistant luxury mansion surrounded by tropical gardens. Bravo, co-founder and managing partner of Thoma Bravo, bought the Mediterranean Revival home at 5800 North Bay Road…

18-year-old killer now faces death at 50 Christa Pike was 18 when she killed her classmate in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women sentenced to death in the US.Now 50, Pike is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, in what would be Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in 200 years.Pike…

Russian defence ministry Tu-154 crashes in Amur region A Russian ministry aircraft crashed near the village of Krasnoyanovo in the Amur region on Tuesday, killing six people, according several local media reports.Seven people were reportedly on board the Tu-154 aircraft, with one survivor sustaining injuries and being hospitalised.Preliminary information suggested the crash may have been…

The compound was built around a replica Buddhist temple modelled after temples at the Summer Palace in Beijing A nearly 5-acre estate in Bridgehampton, New York, featuring a replica of a 15th-century Buddhist temple has been listed for $7.5 million, Mansion Global reported. Manhattan gastroenterologist and entrepreneur Dr Roshini Raj bought the property in 2022…

Trump previously expressed his intention to change Cuba’s communist government (Photo: AP). US secretary of state Marco Rubio said Washington hopes Cuba will choose “a different path” from communism, warning the Cuban government to recognise the consequences of failing to change course.“We are hopeful that Cuba will choose a different path,” Rubio told Fox News,…