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A Baltimore house bought for $43,000 in 2022 was resold for $310,000 in 2023; three years later it was listed for $35,000 after foreclosure as lenders alleged a wider property fraud scheme involving hundreds of homes

A Baltimore property that changed hands for $43,000 in 2022 and was resold for $310,000 the following year returned to the market in 2026 for just $35,000 after foreclosure, becoming a striking example of an alleged real estate fraud scheme that has drawn scrutiny from lenders and investigators. In a report published by Realtor dot…

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In 2007, an Ohio couple bought a home and the husband died two years later; after three loan modifications and a $449,905 foreclosure claim, an October 22 court upheld the bank’s right to foreclose

An Ohio appeals court has upheld a lender’s right to enforce a $449,905 (£346,000) foreclosure judgment against a home in Cuyahoga County. The ruling ends a 17-year legal and financial dispute involving three separate loan modifications. The decision, issued on 22 October 2026 by the Eighth District Court of Appeals of Ohio, rejects arguments made…

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In 1856, a photographer captured a man whose identity was forgotten; after selling in 2025 as an unknown sitter, the portrait was traced to New York’s first licensed Black lawyer and sold for $230,400

Vashon was known for his contributions to law, education and civil rights in US. (Photo:Sotheby’s) A photograph that sold for just $882 at a New York auction last year has fetched $230,400 a year later after experts discovered the identity of the man pictured in it. The 170-year-old image, which had been listed as a…

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Mellon Foundation donates $750,000 grant to University of California to establish South Asian American studies centre

University of California, Santa Barbara, gets a grant of $750,000 from Mellon Foundation for a new South Asian American studies center. The University of California, Santa Barbara has received a $750,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to establish a nationally focused, interdisciplinary centre for South Asian American studies, aiming to give the field a more…

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At 9, Sebastian Esposito, a New Mexico boy on the autism spectrum, can recreate Disney, Barbie and Ray-Ban logos from memory and write in 10 languages and a dozen fonts

Ask Sebastian Esposito, 9, to write a word, and he might ask which language you’d like it in. While many children his age are still mastering one language, this New Mexico boy can write in 10. Well, that’s not all. He might even ask you if you have a preferred font. Why? He has mastered…

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US citizenship application gathering dust: Taiwanese Green Card holder sues Trump administration for making him wait around 18 months

Green Card holder sues Trump administration for delay in citizenship. Meng Ju Liu, a Taiwanese Green Card holder living in Ohio and waiting for his US citizenship, has now sued the Trump administration over delays, saying that his application has been gathering dust on an office shelf and he has been waiting for an eternity…

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In the 1930s, Hilda Jeanne Payin collected signatures from Babe Ruth, Amelia Earhart and Thomas Edison; nearly 90 years later, her scrapbook of more than 200 autographs sold for $28,759 at auction

Hilda Payin’s 200+ autographs, including Babe Ruth and Amelia Earhart, sell for $28,759 at auction (Image Credit: RR Auction) A scrapbook assembled largely during the 1930s by Hilda Jeanne Payin has sold for $28,759 at auction, bringing together signatures from some of the most celebrated figures in American sports, politics, science, music and entertainment. The…

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A New York mortgage lender waited until 2021 to seek a default ruling in a case where a defendant failed to answer in 2018; an October 22 appeals court upheld dismissal of the foreclosure case

A New York appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a mortgage foreclosure lawsuit after the lender waited three years to seek a default judgment against a defendant who had not responded. The decision enforces state rules that require lenders to take legal action within set deadlines. The ruling was issued on 22 October 2026…

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