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A family-owned ranch on Lake Palestine in East Texas is set to become a new state park, following the purchase of 650 acres by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation. The October 2026 acquisition, reported by The Texas Tribune and supported by announcements from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation and the Texas Parks and…

Cincinnati’s historic Terrace Plaza Hotel has been vacant since 2008, but a $160 million plan to bring the 1948 landmark back to life is now facing a new obstacle. After two years of asbestos and mould removal, the redevelopment is being held up by a dispute over the building’s property tax valuation. The case involves…

Representative Image (AI-generated) A cancer diagnosis can change a life in an instant, but in Rwanda, access to treatment was once so limited that many patients had little chance of survival. A centre established in 2012 helped change that reality, bringing cancer treatment, medical training and research to a country where specialist care was scarce….

A 140-year-old townhouse at 238 West 74th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side is on the market for $10.45 million. The asking price follows a $1 million price cut, according to a report by Realtor.com. The house spans approximately 6,460 square feet across five levels. It has six bedrooms and six-and-a-half bathrooms, according to the…

Promised Land State ParkPhoto credit: Google street view Promised Land State Park in Pennsylvania is now a forested retreat of lakes, trails and campgrounds, but little more than a century ago the land was almost bare. Between 1902 and 1904, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania bought the fire-damaged, heavily logged property for between 18 cents and…

Photo credit: Agnews Gallery A $30 estate-sale purchase in Massachusetts has turned into one of the most remarkable art discoveries of recent years. The small, unframed drawing, bought by an anonymous man in 2017, has been identified by leading scholars as an original work by German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer. Now titled ‘The Virgin and…

Scientists studying Antarctica’s towering ice cliffs have found that glaciers can retreat faster than existing models predict without triggering the catastrophic, self-sustaining collapse some researchers have feared. The findings, reported by MIT News and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), offer new observational evidence that could help refine projections of future sea-level rise. Published in…

Forests are more than stretches of trees for the Indigenous peoples and local communities who have lived among them for generations. They provide food, shelter and livelihoods, while also carrying cultural traditions and ancestral ties to the land. Yet securing legal rights to these territories remains a challenge in many parts of the world, even…

Residents of two landmark 1960s housing estates in south London may finally be able to remain in their homes after more than 12 years of uncertainty. Lambeth Council has proposed removing Central Hill in Crystal Palace and Cressingham Gardens beside Brockwell Park from its demolition and redevelopment programme, choosing instead to retain, repair and improve…

Rachel Watkyn secured £60,000 from Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis on Dragons’ Den in exchange for a 40% stake in Tiny Box Company, after entering the programme with no previous experience of running a business. Founded in 2007, the company grew from her difficulty finding ethically produced packaging for her jewellery business into what she…