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A Pennsylvania dairy farmer spent 70 years watching bears and turkeys on his 170-acre farm; in 2026, after turning down two lucrative offers, he permanently protected the land from development

For Biddle, the farm represents decades of work and memories (Bellisario Student Media photo) For 70 years, Jeff Biddle has lived and worked on Bear Meadows Farm near Tussey Mountain in Pennsylvania. He has raised cattle, grown crops and watched bears, turkeys, deer and waterfowl from the woods around his home. In July this year,…

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At 14, Van-Houston McMillion is already starting his sophomore year at an Alabama college; he could finish his degree before turning 16 | World News

Image: Calhoun Community College Van-Houston McMillion is fourteen years old, an age when most children are settling into their first year of high school, yet he has just begun his sophomore year at Calhoun Community College in Huntsville, Alabama. He enrolled at twelve, becoming the youngest student in the college’s history, according to Calhoun Community…

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US Navy has approved terms for redevelopment of 2,422 acres at California’s former Concord Naval Weapons Station; the master developer will pay $44.6 million plus interest as the abandoned military site moves toward a new future

The naval weapons station opened in 1944 as a munitions storage facility and fell out of use in 1999 The US Navy has approved an agreement that clears the way for the redevelopment of about 2,422 acres at the former Concord Naval Weapons Station in California. The agreement allows the City of Concord and master…

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Meet Shereen Pavlides, the former Glen Mills resident who turned home cooking into a digital career; the 1990 high school graduate now has about 5 million TikTok followers, 2 million on Facebook and 1.45 million YouTube subscribers

​Shereen Pavlides develops her own recipes and produces her cooking content. (Daily Times photo) Shereen Pavlides did not plan to become a social media star. The Garnet Valley High School Class of 1990 graduate and former Glen Mills resident built her career around food over several years, moving from restaurant work and private mortgage insurance…

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Wyoming spent $1.8 million to buy an 80-year-old hot-springs water park inside a state park; after closing it, officials may now spend another $1 million to demolish almost everything

Wyoming Hot Springs LLC, owned by former Alaska Sen. Mark Begich, is taking over operations at several park properties. The company has already taken possession of the former Hellie’s TePee Pools and is scheduled to take over the Hot Springs Hotel on Oct. 31. For generations, Star Plunge has been part of the rhythm of…

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Scientists built a sunflower-inspired cooling system that delivered 135% more cooling power at solar noon than a fixed horizontal surface |

Representative Image of a sunflower-inspired cooling system tilting to optimize radiative cooling under direct sunlight (AI Generated Image) Researchers in China have developed a radiative cooling system inspired by the way sunflowers track the sun, with experiments showing a 135% increase in cooling flux at solar noon compared with a fixed horizontal version of the…

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Hotter seas, vanishing kelp, booming octopus: How Europe’s marine life is changing

An octopus at Porthkerris reef, off Cornwall in southwestern England (Reuters) With European waters recording their hottest summer on record, rising ocean temperatures are affecting marine life across the continent, damaging habitats and forcing several species into new waters.According to a Reuters analysis, European waters averaged 21.6°C between June and August, the highest summer average…

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‘Would like to buy some?’: Trump offered Xi US weapons as Washington sought to downplay Taiwan arms sale

Trump and Xi continued to discuss future US arms sales to Taiwan. US President Donald Trump sought to downplay Washington’s pending arms sale to Taiwan by telling Chinese President Xi Jinping that the US sells weapons to countries around the world, and even asking whether China would like to buy some, according to US ambassador…

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70% Swiss say no: Switzerland rejects push for tighter neutrality amid Russia tensions

An electoral poster reads “No war, Yes to Swiss neutrality” is posted along a road in Epagny, Switzerland (AP) Switzerland has voted against a proposal aimed at tightening the country’s long-standing policy of neutrality, with 70 per cent of voters rejecting the measure in a nationwide referendum on Sunday.The proposal was backed by the right-wing…

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