September 21, 2026
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Quote of the day by Dave Bautista: "I'm a poor kid from the streets. What I've been able to achieve has really just been through hard work and…" - an inspiring lesson on resilience, self-belief and turning adversity into achievement

Quote of the day by Dave Bautista: “I’m a poor kid from the streets. What I’ve been able to achieve has really just been through hard work and…” – an inspiring lesson on resilience, self-belief and turning adversity into achievement | World News

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Dave Bautista (Image: Wikipedia) Success stories tend to look simple from the outside. People see the awards, the fame, the money, but rarely the years of struggle and rejection that came first. Dave Bautista, the actor and former professional wrestler, is open about exactly that gap. “I’m a poor kid from the streets,” he said….

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When Jeff Bezos asked his team to help after a rainforest charity saving the Amazon said it was blocked from using 'Amazon' in Google Ads

When Jeff Bezos asked his team to help after a rainforest charity saving the Amazon said it was blocked from using ‘Amazon’ in Google Ads | World News

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Image credits: Wikimedia Commons A campaign to protect one of the world’s most important rainforests took an unexpected turn when conservationist Paul Rosolie revealed that his organisation, Junglekeepers, had difficulty using the word “Amazon” in Google Ads while promoting its work. Frustrated by what he described as an automated trademark-related obstacle, Rosolie turned to Amazon…

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Meet Olivia Shekou, the California student who turned one pickleball fundraiser for St. Jude into a sports platform that grew to 17 states and raised more than $90,000

Meet Olivia Shekou, the California student who turned one pickleball fundraiser for St. Jude into a sports platform that grew to 17 states and raised more than $90,000

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Olivia Shekou, a senior at The Branson School in Marin County, California, has raised more than $90,000 through a sports-based philanthropy platform. Now, she is preparing for her latest fundraiser, this time benefiting women and children in Uganda. She is partnering with San Rafael resident and longtime Marin philanthropist Melissa Prandi to host Paddles for…

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A Toledo woman's neighbour has a tree of heaven covered in spotted lanternflies, leaving her driveway, car and patio covered in bugs and sticky sap

A Toledo woman’s neighbour has a tree of heaven covered in spotted lanternflies, leaving her driveway, car and patio covered in bugs and sticky sap | World News

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Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is a planthopper native to several Asian countries that has spread throughout states (Image: University of Georgia) A Toledo woman says a spotted lanternfly infestation coming from a tree next door has gotten so bad that she can no longer park in her own driveway or use her backyard without dealing…

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FIFA push US government into sweeping tax agreement covering all 48 World Cup teams ahead of tournament

FIFA push US government into sweeping tax agreement covering all 48 World Cup teams ahead of tournament | International Sports News

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino claps after President Donald Trump received the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Dan Mullan/Pool Photo via AP) With the 2026 tournament approaching, FIFA has moved close to resolving one of the most significant financial…

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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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In 1930 she took her first college course during the Great Depression, in 2007, she finally received her Bachelor's degree: How Nola Ochs became one of 'world's oldest graduate'?

In 1930 she took her first college course during the Great Depression, in 2007, she finally received her Bachelor’s degree: How Nola Ochs became one of ‘world’s oldest graduate’?

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When 21-year-old Alexandra walked across the stage at Fort Hays State University in 2007 to collect her bachelor’s degree, she had a rather unusual fellow graduate beside her. Her grandmother, Nola Ochs, was also receiving a degree that day. The difference was that Alexandra was 21 and Ochs was 95.For Ochs, the ceremony marked the…

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In 1985, a Florida couple moved into a 1908 house and spent 41 years preserving it; it has now become Manatee County’s first local historic landmark

In 1985, a Florida couple moved into a 1908 house and spent 41 years preserving it; it has now become Manatee County’s first local historic landmark

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The Manatee County Commission approved the property as the county’s first locally designated historic landmark (Image Credit: Facebook/ @Manatee County, Florida Government) The walls of this Florida house have witnessed more than a century of history, including 41 years with the same couple who refused to let its past disappear. After moving into the 1908…

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'Nothing changes yet': Immigration lawyer explains new $103,265 H-1B fee rule is not final; there will be litigation

‘Nothing changes yet’: Immigration lawyer explains new $103,265 H-1B fee rule is not final; there will be litigation

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Immigration attorney explains the new H-1B fee proposal. The Donald Trump administration dropped another H-1B bombshell Monday as it tweaked the $100,000 H-1B fee and issued a draft rule increasing the fee to $103,265. The increase is not the main issue of the new proposal; in the new proposal, every H-1B petition will have to…

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