September 22, 2026
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In 1943, two Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis bought a crumbling Los Angeles mansion for $9,000; 83 years later, after the Palisades Fire forced it shut, Villa Aurora has reopened

In 1943, two Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis bought a crumbling Los Angeles mansion for $9,000; 83 years later, after the Palisades Fire forced it shut, Villa Aurora has reopened

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Villa Aurora was built in 1927 as a Spanish Revival model home (Photo: Daniella On Design) In 1943, German Jewish writer Lion Feuchtwanger and his wife, Marta, bought a crumbling mansion in Pacific Palisades, Los Angels, for $9,000. The couple who had fled Nazi persecution, turned the house into a gathering place for artists, writers…

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Quote of the day by Melinda French Gates: "A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice…" - a powerful lesson on confidence and strength

Quote of the day by Melinda French Gates: “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice…” – a powerful lesson on confidence and strength | World News

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Quote of the day by Melinda French Gates Melinda French Gates’ words speak to something a great many people quietly recognise in themselves, the long, often uncomfortable journey towards genuine confidence, honest self-expression, and standing up for whatever actually matters to you. “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman,” she said….

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In 1969, a Church’s Fried Chicken co-founder bought 3,000 acres of neglected Texas ranchland; decades of restoration brought long-absent springs and flowing water back

In 1969, a Church’s Fried Chicken co-founder bought 3,000 acres of neglected Texas ranchland; decades of restoration brought long-absent springs and flowing water back

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Bamberger Ranch PreservePhoto credit: https://www.bambergerranch.org Back in 1969, R. C. Bamberger made a bold move that left many locals scratching their heads. The co-founder of Church’s Fried Chicken bought 3,000 acres of badly damaged land in the Texas Hill Country, stepping into a landscape ruined by generations of heavy cattle grazing. The topsoil was washed…

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Explained: How the Israel issue is splintering MAGA

Explained: How the Israel issue is splintering MAGA | World News

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For nearly half a century, support for Israel was the closest thing the American right had to a theological constant. It bound together evangelical Christians, Cold War hawks, neoconservatives, and Republican donors into a durable, almost unexamined consensus. Donald Trump’s first term appeared to mark its triumph: Jerusalem recognised as Israel’s capital, the Abraham Accords…

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Congress set aside Washington’s East Potomac land for public recreation in 1897; 129 years later, a plan costing up to $49 million could transform its public golf course into a championship venue

Congress set aside Washington’s East Potomac land for public recreation in 1897; 129 years later, a plan costing up to $49 million could transform its public golf course into a championship venue

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The East Potomac Golf Links opened in 1919 Congress set aside Washington’s East Potomac Park for ‘recreation and the pleasure of the people’ in 1897. The park includes the East Potomac Golf Links, a historic public golf course that opened in 1919. Now, 129 years after the park was created, the Trump administration has started…

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Oregon's Siletz Bay is restoring 37 acres of tidal wetland this summer, digging new channels where more than a century of diking turned marsh into pasture

Oregon’s Siletz Bay is restoring 37 acres of tidal wetland this summer, digging new channels where more than a century of diking turned marsh into pasture

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Drift Creek Unit of Siletz Bay National Wildlife (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Oregon’s Siletz Bay is undergoing a major wetland restoration effort this summer, with crews working to bring back natural tidal flows to land that was dramatically altered by more than a century of diking and land conversion. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…

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Quote of the day by Elon Musk: "When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor" - a lesson on conviction, risk and pursuing goals worth the uncertainty

Quote of the day by Elon Musk: “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor” – a lesson on conviction, risk and pursuing goals worth the uncertainty | World News

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Quote of the day by Elon Musk (AP photo) Success tends to look inevitable once it has already happened, the finished company, the working invention, the achievement everyone now takes for granted. What usually gets left out is the genuine uncertainty that came before any of it. Elon Musk described exactly that uncertainty in one…

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3 US Secret Service officials placed on leave amid potential misconduct probe

3 US Secret Service officials placed on leave amid potential misconduct probe

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Members of the US Secret Service police. (AP Photo) Three US Secret Service officials have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into potential misconduct, with the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility conducting the probe.The officials were working in non-law enforcement roles, the Secret Service said, according to the Associated Press. The agency did…

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'Silicon Valley bodyshops specialize in faking up resumes': Trump aide Harmeet Dhillon on H-1B, PERM abuses

‘Silicon Valley bodyshops specialize in faking up resumes’: Trump aide Harmeet Dhillon on H-1B, PERM abuses

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Harmeet Dhillon appeared on Sara Gonzales’ show and spoke about H-1B abuse and PERM fraud. President Donald Trump’s aide and the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the US Department of Justice, Harmeet Dhillon, spoke about her department’s action against the discrimination of Americans in US jobs. Speaking to Texas journalist Sara Gonzales, who…

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US professor faces possible termination after 'word salad' remark during faculty meeting sparks discrimination probe

US professor faces possible termination after ‘word salad’ remark during faculty meeting sparks discrimination probe | World News

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Hofstra University professor Richard Himelfarb faces probe over remark during faculty meeting/Image: Hofstra News. A US professor has spent nearly a year under investigation after a colleague accused him of racial discrimination over his use of the phrase “word salad” during a faculty meeting at a New York university.Richard Himelfarb, a political science professor at…

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