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'This well is not to be built over': A California ranch was warned 20 years ago; young teens are now suffering from a rare cancer

‘This well is not to be built over’: A California ranch was warned 20 years ago; young teens are now suffering from a rare cancer

Children and teens in Ladera Ranch, California, are getting a rare bone cancer at a higher rate than the national average. (Photo: LA Times) Ladera Ranch is a 4,000-acre planned community in southern Orange County, California. As per the 2020 census, this ranch had a population of 26,170. The residents of the ranch have now…

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An Oregon farmer grew tomatoes, potatoes, squash, garlic and beans for 40 years without irrigation; careful soil preparation kept stored moisture in the root zone

An Oregon farmer grew tomatoes, potatoes, squash, garlic and beans for 40 years without irrigation; careful soil preparation kept stored moisture in the root zone

He started dry farming in California but moved to a 9.6-acre site near Veneta, Oregon, in 2007 Someone has rightly said that ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’. Over decades, weather patterns became less predictable across the Pacific Northwest, and farmers contended with hotter temperatures, drought and shrinking snowmelt that strained water supplies. It was…

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Laurance Rockefeller first saw undeveloped St. John from a boat in 1952; his conservation group later acquired about 5,000 acres and gave them to create a US national park

Laurance Rockefeller first saw undeveloped St. John from a boat in 1952; his conservation group later acquired about 5,000 acres and gave them to create a US national park

Laurance Rockefeller on St. John at Caneel Bay (Image Credit: National Park Service) What if one of America’s most beautiful national parks began with a wealthy conservationist simply looking at an undeveloped island from a boat? In 1952, Laurance Rockefeller sailed past St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands and was struck by its untouched…

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US treasury excludes several reporters from covering G20 finance meet

US treasury excludes several reporters from covering G20 finance meet

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The US Treasury Department has excluded journalists from several major news organisations, including The New York Times, Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal, from covering the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in Asheville, North Carolina.The meeting, hosted by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, is being held amid heightened global market volatility…

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In 2014, an American town was known as the 'food desert', but  one man turned a college football field into a farm that generates 60,000 pounds of produce

In 2014, an American town was known as the ‘food desert’, but one man turned a college football field into a farm that generates 60,000 pounds of produce

Eight miles south of downtown Dallas, there lies an area that is federally recognised as a food desert, meaning there are no grocery stores or restaurants where fresh, nutritious food can be obtained for those devoid of the luxury of cars. This 95% minority, poverty-stricken area surrounds the rolling 146 acres of Paul Quinn College,…

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A man who grew up poor and fatherless and barely finished high school went on to open 54 Burger King restaurants across three US states; his foundation has since donated more than $2 million

A man who grew up poor and fatherless and barely finished high school went on to open 54 Burger King restaurants across three US states; his foundation has since donated more than $2 million

Gullo got his start as a night manager at Burger King. Over the years he built up his business interests and eventually established a franchise empire in three states. John Gullo’s story of overcoming a poor, fatherless childhood in a rough Italian neighborhood of Buffalo, New York to becoming a successful businessman and philanthropist is…

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A San Antonio storm knocked out power and damaged homes; one barber simply moved his chair outside and kept cutting customers’ hair

A San Antonio storm knocked out power and damaged homes; one barber simply moved his chair outside and kept cutting customers’ hair

Martinez moved a barber’s chair outside the shop and continued cutting customers’ hair. (Photo: TPR) A powerful storm knocked out power and damaged homes across San Antonio on Friday night, but a barber refused to close his shop. Texas Publilc Radio reported that with no electricity, he moved his barber chair outside and continued cutting…

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