Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., has been drained again for cleaning and repair work weeks after a $14 million renovation came under scrutiny over visible deterioration and alleged vandalism, Reuters reported.President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that authorities emptied the pool to repair damage he attributed to…
Trump administration sued for removing harm definition from Endangered Species Act rules. Nine environmental organisations have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging its decision to withdraw a long-standing interpretation of the Endangered Species Act that treated habitat destruction as a form of harm to protected wildlife, Reuters reported.The case, filed in a federal…
Indian truck driver Jashanpreet Singh A 21-year-old Indian national who was living in the United States illegally has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for a devastating truck crash in Southern California that killed three people and injured several others.Jashanpreet Singh, who entered the United States illegally under the Biden administration,…
Fear rarely announces itself as useful. Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight boxing champion, argued it can be exactly that, provided it never gets the upper hand. “Fear is like fire,” he wrote. “If you learn to control it, you let it work for you. If you don’t learn to control it, it’ll destroy you and…
A devastating farm accident when he was just two and a half years old could have changed the course of Andy Detwiler’s life forever. Instead, it became the beginning of an extraordinary journey of resilience, determination and self-belief. After losing both his arms in a grain auger accident on his family’s Ohio farm in 1972,…
A Florida restaurant has launched one of the country’s most unusual food promotions, offering customers a free ‘python pizza’ if they bring in an invasive Burmese python captured during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. The giveaway, introduced by Wildman’s Pizza in Everglades City, is designed to support efforts to remove the destructive snakes from the…
What would you do for the love of nature? Apparently, live on a remote island with no roads for 53 years, preserving it for the world. Every year, 84-year-old Carol Ruckdeschel walks along the beach on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Donning her white boots, hair in pigtail braids, she takes notes of her home in a…
Quote of the day by Alec Baldwin’s wife Hilaria Baldwin (Image: Hilaria Thomas Baldwin Instagram account) Breathing happens automatically, which is exactly why most people never think to use it for anything more than staying alive. Hilaria Baldwin, the yoga instructor and author, treats it as something far more useful. “With breath on your side,…
Dale Carnegie (Image: Wikipedia) Most people brace themselves for criticism and relax around praise, treating the two as opposites, one dangerous and one safe. Dale Carnegie flipped that instinct on its head. “Don’t be afraid of enemies who attack you,” he wrote. “Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.” Coming from a man who…