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College applications involve more than just writing essays; they also demand that students scour through a thousand websites in need of information, process it on their own and spend an enormous amount of time, doing everything rather than applying. Frustrated with the scattered, costly resources for college preparation, a 16-year-old high school student in Virginia…

‘Will a deal be made’ or ‘do I drive them into hell’: Trump’s ‘big decision’ on Iran US President Donald Trump said he has a “big decision to make” on Iran as he addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, laying out two stark choices: Striking a deal with Tehran or “annihilate” the Islamic…

A front-page article in People’s Daily described Taiwan as a “red line” for Beijing and called it a guardrail and safety net for China-US relations, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported. China on Tuesday again warned that Taiwan remains a “red line” in its ties with the United States, just a day before…

A 10-acre estate in Westchester County, New York, owned by former New York Stock Exchange boss John Thain, is so large it stretches across three different towns and has five separate street addresses. The property at 350 Purchase St. sits across the borders of the City of Rye, the Village of Rye Brook, and the…

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A Venezuelan man shot by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Texas was taken to an immigration detention facility with a bullet still lodged in his back near his spine, his lawyer said, as new details emerged about his condition.His attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, said 28-year-old Wilber…

Representative Image of the southern Carpathian Mountains with European minks exploring their potential return habitat (AI Generated Image) Conservation organisations in Romania and across Europe are assessing whether the critically endangered European mink could eventually be returned to parts of the southern Carpathian Mountains, where the species has disappeared from much of its former range….

Putin, Saudi crown prince discuss reopening key waterways amid oil disruptions Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the need to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb during a phone call on Tuesday, the Kremlin said, as disruptions to the key waterways continue to affect…

(Source: Aaron Shellow-Lavine/WAMC) A couple who lost their home in 2010 now earns almost $700,000 a year growing vegetables on just two and a half acres in upstate New York. Corinne Hansch and her husband, Matthew Leon, went through serious money trouble during the 2010 recession. When their home in California was about to be…

Oak Ridge scientists spent eight weeks 3D-printing a nearly 2-ton steel mold measuring 6 feet tall (Image Credit: Baker Industries) A team at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has spent eight weeks 3D-printing a massive steel mold that stands 6 feet tall, measures 4 feet wide and weighs nearly 2…

 Preeti announced that she had resigned from her job and was planning to return to India An Indian-origin woman has decided to leave her high-paying job at Deloitte in Canada and return to India after six years, saying her ageing parents and her own health are behind the decision.Preeti Bisnik, who worked as a senior…