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A California restaurant has raised a record-breaking $75,000 for children battling cancer by selling more than 60,000 cookies during a month-long fundraising campaign. Corky’s Kitchen & Bakery collected the money through its annual Cookies for Cancer initiative, which supports patients receiving care at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital in California. The restaurant raised nearly $25,000…

DJ Akademiks has shared his thoughts on Kai Cenat’s legal fight with his former friend Reggie Travers, warning that the case could bring difficult questions for the Twitch star. During a recent livestream, Akademiks explained that taking someone to court could also mean answering questions about personal and business matters. He pointed to Kai’s business,…

Three decades ago, Felicia Horowitz watched her child receive lifesaving treatment at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in California. During that difficult period, she noticed the Packard name displayed on the hospital walls and made a personal promise to herself that if she and her husband, Ben Horowitz, could one day afford to do so,…

Five years after former Rangers and Scotland manager Walter Smith died following a battle with cancer, his widow Ethel has chosen to honour his memory by directing a £50,000 charitable donation to the hospital unit that cared for him. The gift, made through the Emmie Smillie Foundation, was presented to the cancer unit at Vale…

A three-year-old boy named Nevada Pierre has gone viral after a dispute at a youth soccer game in Winter Park, Florida, led a league official to call the police. Videos shared by his family show the toddler dribbling past older opponents and scoring goals, prompting his parents to allege that he was being excluded because…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced a $2 million investment in the New York Aquarium’s Sea Cliffs Exhibit Renovation Project, bringing attention to the redevelopment of the marine wildlife attraction in Brooklyn. Mamdani announced the funding on his social media accounts, thanking those who hosted his visit to the aquarium. Sea Cliffs is…

In a striking ocean experiment, scientists released 75 kilograms of rhodamine dye into the Atlantic Ocean south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, to watch how water moves and mixes beneath the surface. The experiment, conducted on August 16–17, 2018, showed that the dye spread readily within the ocean’s upper mixed layer but crossed into the denser…

A California appeals court has allowed a homeowner’s lawsuit against the City of Palos Verdes Estates to move forward after officials allegedly took more than three years to approve his secondary home, causing over $1 million in financial losses. In a ruling published on October 23, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division…

Emergency in Imran Khan’s bastion, fresh fears for Afghan returnees in Pakistan Afghan nationals recently deported from Pakistan have reported a rise in arbitrary detentions, midnight raids on homes and financial extortion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, following the military-backed Shehbaz Sharif government’s imposition of governor’s rule and a state of emergency in the province, as news…

President Donald Trump dances at a campaign rally at Crossroads Arena, in Corinth, Miss., Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) US President Donald Trump’s public approval rating rose by one percentage point to 32 per cent, a slight recovery from last week’s record low, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday.Trump’s Republican Party…