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The company said the land could be used as an aggregate quarry before the easement. (Representational AI photo) A Georgia landowner claimed a $23 million charitable tax deduction after donating a conservation easement over 103 acres of land. The valuation was based on the argument that the property’s ‘highest and best use’ before the easement…

Donut was taken to the RSPCA East Winch Wildlife Center for emergency veterinary treatment. She is still in critical condition and the priority now is to treat her serious wound and stabilize her health. A young gray seal caught in a snare of discarded fishing gear that had tightened around her neck has a long…

Nina Simone’s 650 sq ft childhood home in Tryon, North Carolina, has been restored after sitting vacant and severely decayed for more than 20 years. Bought for $95,000 in 2017, the three-room house underwent nearly $850,000 in rehabilitation. The restored home, which retains original features, is expected to open to the public in 2027. Source…

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recalled approximately 51,000 lithium-ion battery packs used in reclining chairs after reports of the batteries overheating and catching fire. The recalled product is Blue Cactus Company’s 2,500 mAh battery pack (model RWX-RBP02), which was sold on Amazon from May 2023 through July 2026.The agency said it received…

The Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia’s southern Rostov region was also damaged in the attacks. Two people were killed in separate Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia overnight, Russian officials said, as the strikes damaged an oil refinery, industrial sites and a passenger train.Russia’s defence ministry said its air defences destroyed 592 Ukrainian drones during the…

A silver US army ring that had been missing for two decades is back with the soldier who once wore it, completing a promise a Fort Worth woman made about three years ago. In 2023, when Mary Thelen found the ring, she told NBC 5 Responds that she would keep looking for its owner. A…

An Italian town is replacing its existing primary school with a building designed to reuse the old structure’s demolition waste. The project in Castel Madama, called ‘New School: Innovation, Inclusion’, will reuse, recycle, or recover about 70% of the demolition waste from the existing school. According to the New European Bauhaus Prizes, it will collect…

When Greg Norman bought an 8.3-acre estate on Florida’s Jupiter Island in 1991, the property already offered something difficult to find: privacy, direct access to the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, and enough space for boats, guests and family life. Over the next three decades, however, the golf champion and his wife, Kirsten “Kiki”…

Century Bog was previously a working cranberry bog. (Photo: Cape and islands) Massachusetts is restoring a former cranberry bog in Plymouth and Wareham to complete protection of Red Brook from its headwaters to salt water. The Century Bog project will turn the retired cranberry farm into a functioning wetland and stream channel, creating a more…

Musk activated Starlink over Ukraine shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. Finnish President Alexander Stubb has urged SpaceX owner Elon Musk to expand Starlink coverage into parts of Russia, saying it could help Ukraine locate and strike Russian ballistic missile launchers.Stubb said he had appealed directly to Musk to allow Starlink to…