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California schoolgirl Khloe Thompson began sewing care bags for women experiencing homelessness; the small family project grew into Khloe Kares, which has distributed more than 5,000 handmade bags filled with everyday essentials/Image: Instagram A California teenager who once made bags with her great-grandmother now runs a nonprofit that has distributed more than 5,000 handmade care…

Photo credit: State Archives of Florida/FloridaMemory.com The Savoy Hotel has stood on Miami Beach’s Ocean Drive since 1937, a low-rise Art Deco landmark in a neighbourhood defined by that style. Now, a plan filed by Allied Partners would demolish most of the Savoy and the neighbouring Arlington Hotel to make way for a 38-story, 480-foot…

A Colorado ranch homesteaded before statehood stayed with the same family for six generations; more than 150 years later, 650 of its roughly 700 acres were permanently protected from subdivision/Image: The Trust for Public Land The 700-acre Hutchinson Ranch along US Highway 50 between Salida and Poncha Springs, recognised as the oldest family-owned ranch in…

Sarasota cottage village Screen grab from: ABC7 news A cluster of colorful cottages along Fruitville Road in downtown Sarasota has been spared from demolition, at least for now. The Historic Downtown Village, home to 17 locally owned businesses, was under contract to be sold to a developer who planned to replace the bungalows with a…

A New Hampshire groundskeeper lived a remarkably simple life in a mostly empty mobile home, spending his days mowing lawns and doing odd jobs for residents at a trailer park in the small town of Hinsdale. Geoffrey Holt rarely drew attention to himself and was often seen riding his lawn mower around town or sitting…

The talks reportedly proposed visits to the US department of energy national labs and to China’s equivalent facilities (Photo: Reuters). The United States has discussed starting reciprocal visits to nuclear sites with China, amid efforts to build mutual trust and prevent an arms race between the rivals.According to a Tuesday report by CNN, the US…

It looked like an odd old Nintendo cartridge sitting among boxes of gaming memorabilia. But when video-game collector Rob Walters came across it at a New York garage sale in 2006, he had stumbled upon something that Nintendo had never intended to become a collector’s treasure.The cartridge was made specifically for Nintendo’s 1991 Campus Challenge,…

Just Keep Livin Foundation was founded by Camila and Matthew McConaughey to support high school students through after-school programmes. According to its 2022 Impact Report, the non-profit served over 3,000 students through 43 programmes across 15 cities in 2022. The programmes operate in Title 1 schools and cover nutrition, fitness, wellness and community service. The…

Jess also became the fastest documented woman to complete the 48-state ride A Florida woman has completed a 7,000-mile motorcycle ride through 48 US states in six days and used the journey to raise $17,560 for Quantum House, CW34 reported on Monday. The organisation had supported her more than two decades ago when her newborn…

The discovery dates back to May, when workers installing a new fence near the governor’s residence encountered human remains. The location was once part of Bismarck’s first cemetery, which operated between 1873 and 1877. A routine security upgrade at North Dakota’s governor’s residence has opened an unexpected window into Bismarck’s past. What began as a…