He bought three trays of baklava for a concert after a friend bet he couldn’t sell them; the business now averages just over $20,000 a month in sales | World News

A New York City baklava seller has turned a small side hustle into a business that now brings in more than $20,000 in monthly sales. Jacob Komarow, known around the city as the ‘Baklava Guy’, started Good Baklava in 2021 after buying three trays of prepared baklava to sell at a Phish concert. A simple…

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Muhammad Ali’s 1915 Los Angeles mansion was bought for $2.5 million in 2001, restored while retaining its Tiffany stained glass, listed for nearly $17 million and finally sold for $8.5 million in 2024

The former Los Angeles home of three-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, a 1915 Italian Renaissance mansion in the gated Fremont Place community, sold for $8.5 million (£6.7 million) in July 2024. The sale ended a long period on the market for the historic property. The house was first listed for almost $17 million…

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Five British schoolgirls aged 14 and 15 built a robot with five-metre folding arms designed to create wildfire firebreaks; their two-year-old robotics club is now representing Great Britain globally

Five schoolgirls from Kent, aged between 14 and 15, have built a robot with five-metre folding arms to help fight wildfires. Their work has earned them the chance to represent Great Britain at an international robotics competition in South Korea. The team from The Folkestone School for Girls, known as Team Meglabyte, designed the robot…

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US Army built an 11-by-8-foot floating island from recycled plastic bottles; native plants now help clean water and shelter wildlife | World News

At a military vehicle wash facility in Texas, an unusual structure is sitting on the surface of a catchment basin. It is only 11 by 8 feet, but its purpose extends beyond simply floating. Known as the U.S.S. Eddy, the prototype was built from corrugated pipes packed with recycled plastic bottles, covered with layers of…

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‘Too difficult to care for them’: Florida mom tries to kill 2 autistic sons after husband’s death | World News

Marilyn Elise Therrell/Image: Osceola County Sheriff’s Office A 68-year-old Florida woman has been arrested after authorities said she admitted deliberately giving medication to her two adult sons in an attempt to kill them, Florida Today reported.Marilyn Elise Therrell was taken into custody after deputies responded to her home in Kissimmee on September 8 following a…

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Texas man, charged with murder of his wife, escapes to Milan just before trial; Italy delays extradition, seeks formal assurance that there would be no death penlty

Texas man, charged with murder of his pregnant wife, flees to Italy just before trial. 40-year-old Lee Mongerson Gilley, a Texas man charged with killing his pregnant wife, fled to Milan with a fake passport and preferred to be imprisoned in Italy instead of Texas, as the state has the death penalty for the crime…

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California removed levees from a former dairy farm, turning it back into wetlands where 16,000 waterbirds were counted in one day | World News

A former dairy pasture in California underwent a major transformation after levees were removed to restore tidal wetlands at the Giacomini Wetlands. The restoration allowed tidal waters to return, triggering rapid changes in vegetation and wildlife. Over the following years, salt and brackish marsh expanded, while native-dominated plant communities increased and non-native-dominated communities declined. The…

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Meet Sawyer Tinsley, a 16-year-old Florida teen who used yard flamingos to raise $25K for rescue pets after fostering a kitten saved her from loneliness

School life is different from what most movies show. While some get to cruise through it in their main character era, others have to suffer through deep loneliness where they struggle to find community and support. For Sawyer Tinsley, going to school was overwhelming and lonely. Her first year of middle school was not going…

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Maine removed a 60-year-old river barrier where only about 25 wild adult Atlantic salmon return each year; a new nature-like fishway aims to reopen migration routes

Atlantic Salmon leaping waterfalls (Photo credit: Canva) Maine has removed a 60-year-old river barrier on the Narraguagus River where only about 25 wild adult Atlantic salmon return each year, replacing it with a nature-like fishway designed to reopen migration routes for endangered fish. The old ice-control dam in Cherryfield, built by the US Army Corps…

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