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An accidental discovery beneath the floorboards of a Connecticut home during a basement renovation has led to important new findings about the American Revolutionary War. In late 2019, contractors working on a 1790 house on Main Street in Ridgefield found human skeletal remains buried in a shallow communal grave. Later investigations by the Connecticut Office…

A major land purchase in Georgetown County, South Carolina, is moving ahead as local officials support plans to turn 4,148 acres in Carvers Bay into a new state forest. According to a report by the Coastal Observer, the Georgetown County Board of Education voted to send formal letters of support to the South Carolina Forestry…

Irfan al-hussaini and his wife Fabia Farlin Athena at their degree event at Georgia Tech. (Photo: Georgia Tech/Linkedin) 32-year-old Irfan Al-Hussaini died on July 30 in a hospital eight days after he was found unconscious in his Pao Alto apartment which the cops so far called suicide. Now, his family is seeking a detailed probe,…

In 2006, the Elk River Wind Power project, then the largest wind power development in Kansas, was switched on across the Flint Hills. Nearly two decades later, according to Good News Network, the royalties from the 50 turbines on rancher Peter Ferrell’s land have made up half his income, helping insulate his family from the…

A historic 1762 Virginia farmhouse that spent its first 184 years in Sussex County before being taken apart and moved timber by timber has a prospective buyer at $3.799 million (£2.86 million). According to property records and estate reports from Realtor.com, the five-bedroom home is located at 4509 Carlby Lane in Alexandria, along the Potomac…

NRCS Soil Conservationist Jimmy Young with Vermont Dairy Farmers Matt and Guy Choiniere in Highgate Center, Vermont (pictured from left to right). Image Credit: US Department of Agriculture The Choiniere family farm in northern Vermont has grown from a small dairy started with 14 cows on 100 acres into a much larger operation while placing…

US Mint Director Mary Brooks observes obverse galvano being mechanically reduced to create the master hub for the Eisenhower Dollar. An experimental 1971 Eisenhower dollar that spent decades hidden inside a tube of ordinary coins before selling for $264,000 (£199,000) has returned to the auction block. The coin is one of only three known surviving…

PC: Texas A&M University Corpus Christi​ Discarded oyster shells are being given a second life along the Texas coast, where researchers used them to rebuild reefs. A final report describes how the ‘Sink Your Shucks’ programme collected more than 650,000 pounds of shells from restaurants and oyster farms during the period. Reclaimed shells, once quarantined,…

Kanishka Jasoria shared her thoughts in an Instagram video. An Indian woman living in Chicago has opened up about her experience of staying in touch with people in India, saying she received calls from only two people during her three years in the US, apart from her immediate family. Her remarks came as she questioned…

Ro Khanna vs Dinesh D’Souza over American identity Indian-origin Congressman Ro Khanna took a potshot at Indian-origin MAGA commentator Dinesh D’Souza after D’Souza defended his daughter, Danielle D’Souza, the wife of Rep Brandon Gill, as an American because she is a Christian born in America to a white mother. The defense was necessitated by Hasan…