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In 2013, Florida’s Tortuga Music Festival began restoring dunes with sea oats; 13 years later, fans and volunteers have planted 33,000+ on Fort Lauderdale Beach

Music fans and environmental volunteers have planted more than 33,000 sea oats along Fort Lauderdale Beach over the past 13 years, turning an annual music festival into one of South Florida’s longest-running coastal restoration projects. The dune restoration effort began in 2013 alongside the first Tortuga Music Festival, an event created in partnership with the […]

Indian-origin US politician Anand Shah pleads guilty in illegal gambling case; earned $900,000, used it to fund campaign | World News

An Indian-origin US politician in New Jersey has been permanently barred from holding public office after admitting his role in an illegal gambling operation linked to the Lucchese crime family, which prosecutors said earned him about $900,000.Anand Shah, 44, a councilman in the Borough of Prospect Park, pleaded guilty to racketeering, money laundering and official […]

In the 1940s, Nevada’s six-week divorce law turned a 1,627-acre ranch into a refuge for women seeking quick divorces; after 155 years in private hands, it is becoming the state’s 28th park

Image credit: Sierra Nevada Ally For decades, a sprawling stretch of land along Nevada’s Carson River had a rather unusual place in the state’s history. In the 1940s and 1950s, part of the property operated as a “divorce ranch”, offering a temporary refuge for people seeking to end their marriages under Nevada’s famously lenient divorce […]

Trump wants ‘Lake America’. Canada puts up a 24-foot sign saying otherwise

Ontario premier Doug Ford In a unique move, Doug Ford, premier of Canada’s Ontario province, has put up a large banner along the shores of Lake Ontario, reading “Lake Ontario: Now and Always” in English and French.The move comes in response to US President Donald Trump’s recent decision to “rename” Lake Ontario as “Lake America”.In […]

USS Abraham Lincoln sails past Singapore on way home after gruelling Middle East deployment

USS Abraham Lincoln has been at centre of controversy over its prolonged deployment and is now headed home US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sailed past Singapore early Sunday as it headed home after an extended deployment in the Middle East, with the warship expected to make a port visit in Thailand for rest and […]

Iran Supreme Leader: ‘Identify your real enemy’: Mojtaba Khamenei urges Gulf rulers to unite, defend each other

File photo: A woman walks next to a banner with a picture of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran (Reuters photo) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on Sunday urged Gulf rulers to identify their “real enemy”, understand its plans and confront it, according to a written message published on his Telegram account.The message, […]

A 55-year-old Missouri official reached the 13,804-foot summit of Wyoming’s highest mountain and signed its register; he then disappeared for 5 days before rescuers found him alive and severely dehydrated

A 55-year-old Missouri official reached the 13,804-foot summit of Wyoming’s highest mountain and signed its register 55-year-old Missouri deputy attorney general who had been missing in Wyoming’s rugged Wind River Range for five days has been rescued alive, shortly after search crews confirmed that he had reached the 13,804-foot summit of Gannett Peak. Shaun Mackelprang […]

Massachusetts Double Homicide: 17-year-old Indian-origin teen accused of killing mother, brother in the US allegedly used ChatGPT for ‘fantasy stories’ about family killings

Prosecutors said the teenager used ChatGPT to develop fictional stories involving family killings. There was nothing unusual about the way the tragedy first came to light. A tutor arrived at a family home in Acton, Massachusetts, for an appointment. No one answered the door. The father could not reach his wife or children either. He […]

Several injured after shots fired at event in Switzerland’s Aarau

Major police operation underway after shots fired at event in Switzerland’s Aarau Several people were injured after shots were fired during an event in Schachen, Aarau, early Sunday morning, according to Aargau cantonal police.Police said it was not immediately clear whether anyone had been killed or who fired the shots. A major police operation was […]

4.9-magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan near Hindu Kush

Earthquake hits Afghanistan near Pak border A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan on Sunday morning, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).The earthquake was recorded at 9.36 am IST, with its epicentre located near Hindu Kush range on Afghanistan-Pakistan border.The quake took place at a depth of 147 km beneath the Earth’s surface.There were no […]