Trump’s new Green Card rule, scheduled to come into effect from September 18, has been legally challenged by a coalition of states and local governments. A new Green Card rule is scheduled to come into effect on September 18, in which an officer can deny a Green Card to an applicant if they can potentially…
Pic credit: Aquinnah Land Initiative A Native-led nonprofit organisation has launched an $8 million campaign to acquire and restore a historic property on Martha’s Vineyard that has deep ties to the Wampanoag community. A former Aquinnah Shop sat on the 3.5-acre property overlooking Martha’s Vineyard’s Gay Head Cliffs. The site also had a restaurant, which…
For more than a century, the land near Somerville, Tennessee, has remained in the same family. When a solar developer came knocking, farmer Chad Dacus faced a choice that many landowners across rural America are increasingly confronting: sell a piece of the family property, keep farming it or lease it for renewable energy. Dacus chose…
Six years after a catastrophic dam failure completely drained Sanford Lake in mid-Michigan, the lake has officially returned to full water levels. The milestone allowed a beloved local beach festival to celebrate a long-awaited homecoming on its original shoreline. The popular community tradition, first launched in 2005, returned to the restored park for its delayed…
The two photographs, taken 25 years apart, captured the change in their relationship. In 1995, Dr. Bryan Cox was a young doctor beginning his medical career. One of his patients was a baby girl named Lauren Cortez, born at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Cox delivered her on March 23 that year and posed…
A West Virginia family with ties to the Audra area for over 175 years donated 47 acres to Audra State Park. In September, the Thacker family signed over the property at the state Capitol, along with a $15,000 donation for trails and signs on the new property, known as the Thacker Addition, according to a…
US deports Afghan woman over ISIS attack plot 47-year-old Afghan-origin Nazira Haji Zada became the first alien terrorist to be deported through the secret Alien Terrorist Removal Court which was established by Congress in 1996 to quickly remove suspected terrorists without revealed too much classified information in public procedings. Haji Zada was a lawful Green…
A report has now claimed that Donald Trump Jr’s Baamas wedding was funded by a Russian oligarch close to Putin. Donald Trump Jr’s lavish three-day wedding in the Bahamas was partly financed by a Russian businessman with close ties to President Vladimir Putin, according to a new investigation by ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit newsroom that…
What began as an audacious advertising idea for a Pennsylvania shoe businessman in the 1940s is now a roadside landmark where visitors can actually spend the night. The Haines Shoe House, a 25-foot-tall building shaped like a work boot, was built by shoe entrepreneur Mahlon Haines and today operates as a short-term rental. According to…
The city of Phoenix has decided to tackle homelessness with a new method. What was once designed to carry goods across oceans is now serving a very different purpose in Phoenix, Arizona: giving older people experiencing homelessness a private place to sleep, shower and begin rebuilding their lives.The city recently opened a new project offering…