A Connecticut waterfront inn linked to the Jazz Age went more than 40 years without a major renovation; an $8 million restoration has now reopened its historic rooms and ballroom

Photo: https://www.innatlongshore.com/ On the shores of Long Island Sound in Westport, Connecticut, a white clapboard inn has long stood as a quiet reminder of the state’s Jazz Age glamour. For more than four decades, the property operated without a major renovation, its historic rooms and public spaces showing the wear of time even as its…

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Meet Claire Jiang, the 18-year-old New Jersey student diagnosed with juvenile arthritis in third grade who built a lab model of the disease; her research won $70,000

Claire Jian, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ (Source: Society for Science) An 18-year-old student who was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in primary school has won seventh place and a $70,000 award in the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search for developing a new laboratory cell model of the disease. Claire Jiang, a senior at Bergen…

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In 1904, a Missouri family acquired 15 acres; 106 years later St. Louis County condemned it for Highway 141, and a $238,000 offer became a $2.1 million judgment upheld on appeal

Missouri Supreme Court upheld the family’s $2.1 million award for land taken for Highway 141. In 1904, a Missouri family acquired 15 acres of land in what is now Chesterfield. More than a century later, St Louis County condemned the property for a highway project, turning the land into the centre of a long legal…

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A Colorado motorcycle instructor and Desert Storm veteran challenged drilling rights beneath his mountain; after regulators rejected him, he kept fighting as more than 400,000 acres head toward oil and gas lease sales

Mayne is challenging drilling rights beneath the mountain where he lives and has brought other landowners into the dispute. (Photo: The Slope) A Colorado motorcycle instructor and Desert Storm veteran is continuing his fight against oil and gas drilling rights beneath his mountain after federal regulators rejected his protest. Joel Mayne, who lives near Craig…

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IT giants’ PERM filings suspended: What does this mean for Green Card applicants?

US official said they have suspended the Green Card filings of Cognizant and Cloudera. Thousands of foreign technology workers hoping to secure US Green Cards through employer sponsorship are facing fresh uncertainty after the US Department of Labor suspended PERM filings by IT services giant Cognizant and software company Cloudera amid an investigation into alleged…

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Meet Aubry Allbridge, the 22-year-old Utah woman with Down syndrome who became a certified fitness instructor and led her first class of 60 people

Aubry Allbridge, a 22-year-old woman from Utah with Down syndrome, has become a certified fitness instructor for the fitness programme UpBeat Barre. She recently took another step in her journey by leading her first class at a local gym, with 60 people attending the session.Allbridge had been attending several fitness classes before becoming an instructor,…

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Indian-origin couple donates $20 million to US university to set up AI, advanced analytics college; institute to be named after them | World News

Left, Keller, Anuradha and Vikas Sinha, Brandon Buzbee, right/Image: University of North Texas Indian-origin couple Anuradha and Vikas Sinha have donated $20 million to the University of North Texas to expand education and research in artificial intelligence and advanced analytics, according to the university’s press release.The university will name its new Anuradha and Vikas Sinha…

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In 1927, Paramount bought a 2,700-acre California ranch and filmed more than 160 movies there; after wildfire destroyed almost everything in 2018, a $26 million rebuild is nearly complete

Almost eight years after the fire, a $26 million rebuilding project is nearing completion. For nearly a century, Paramount Ranch in California’s Santa Monica Mountains was linked to Hollywood filmmaking. The 2,700-acre property was bought by Paramount Pictures in 1927 and used as an outdoor filming location. Between 1927 and 1943, the studio made more…

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‘Unfounded accusations’: China rejects US claims of ‘malicious’ AI distillation by its firms

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo) China on Wednesday rejected US allegations that its artificial intelligence companies are engaged in “aggressive, malicious” efforts to extract capabilities from advanced American AI models, calling on Washington to stop making what it described as unfounded accusations.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged the US…

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California removed more than 900,000 pounds of human debris while restoring 40 acres; crews deliberately left old telephone poles because purple martins can use them as nesting sites

Midpen staff had discovered purple martins nesting in holes inside similar poles near the mountain top while working on Mount Umunhum. California crews left old telephone poles standing while restoring about 40 acres of land at Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve because purple martins use holes in the poles as nesting sites. The decision came…

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