A century-and-a-half-old family ranch in northern San Antonio became the focus of a major conservation effort in June 2016, when the Classen-Steubing family agreed to sell 204 acres of largely undeveloped land to the city for a future park and protection of the Edwards Aquifer. The proposal, reported by Texas Public Radio and the San…

Five-year-old Fabiana was killed by her mother and now her father Kuldeep Singh seeks help on GoFundMe to raise money for her funeral. A New York father is struggling to arrange his five-year-old daughter’s funeral after the child was found dead at their Queens home, with the girl’s mother charged with murder after allegedly telling…

Steve Buscemi worked as a full-time New York City firefighter before starting his acting career. Hollywood actor Steve Buscemi had left the New York City Fire Department to pursue acting, but the September 11, 2001, attacks brought him back to the fire service. The next morning, he returned to Ground Zero, where he joined firefighters…

21-year-old Indian-American Vasant Bhatt goes viral after he announces that he voted for Democrat James Talarico in Texas, rejecting MAGA’s India hatred. Indian-origin US voter Vasant Bhatt went viral after he announced on social media that he voted for Democrat James Talarico in Texas after being disgusted by the xenophobia and racism of the Republicans….

Former MIT scientist David Sabatini’s name cleared of sexual misconduct allegations, court asks accuser to pay him $6 million plus interest. A Boston court exonerated former MIT scientist David Sabatini, 58, of sexual misconduct allegations brought by former colleague Kristin Knouse and asked Knouse to pay Sabatini $6 million in damages. Sabatini lost his job…

Surprise ad springs up ahead of the Ohio governor election in which Amy Acton’s estranged mother says her daughter is a liar. The Ohio gubernatorial election became more heated with Amy Acton’s mother appearing in a Republican advertisement urging voters not to vote for her daughter because she’s a liar. The video looked like a…

A former Berkeley swimmer and US national team member, Breed embraced open-water swimming after joining San Francisco’s Dolphin Club. For 111 days, Catherine Breed’s world was measured in stretches of open water. One day brought towering waves, another brought punishing currents, and sometimes the ocean offered little more than exhaustion and uncertainty. Swimming roughly 10…