The former Los Angeles home of three-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, a 1915 Italian Renaissance mansion in the gated Fremont Place community, sold for $8.5 million (£6.7 million) in July 2024. The sale ended a long period on the market for the historic property. The house was first listed for almost $17 million…

Five schoolgirls from Kent, aged between 14 and 15, have built a robot with five-metre folding arms to help fight wildfires. Their work has earned them the chance to represent Great Britain at an international robotics competition in South Korea. The team from The Folkestone School for Girls, known as Team Meglabyte, designed the robot…

At a military vehicle wash facility in Texas, an unusual structure is sitting on the surface of a catchment basin. It is only 11 by 8 feet, but its purpose extends beyond simply floating. Known as the U.S.S. Eddy, the prototype was built from corrugated pipes packed with recycled plastic bottles, covered with layers of…

Texas man, charged with murder of his pregnant wife, flees to Italy just before trial. 40-year-old Lee Mongerson Gilley, a Texas man charged with killing his pregnant wife, fled to Milan with a fake passport and preferred to be imprisoned in Italy instead of Texas, as the state has the death penalty for the crime…

Marilyn Elise Therrell/Image: Osceola County Sheriff’s Office A 68-year-old Florida woman has been arrested after authorities said she admitted deliberately giving medication to her two adult sons in an attempt to kill them, Florida Today reported.Marilyn Elise Therrell was taken into custody after deputies responded to her home in Kissimmee on September 8 following a…

The helicopter was assisting crews battling the Dome Fire. Two members of a helicopter crew were killed Sunday after their aircraft crashed while taking part in firefighting operations at Yosemite National Park in California, according to the US Forest Service. The helicopter was assisting crews battling the Dome Fire, which has burned more than 3,000…

A former dairy pasture in California underwent a major transformation after levees were removed to restore tidal wetlands at the Giacomini Wetlands. The restoration allowed tidal waters to return, triggering rapid changes in vegetation and wildlife. Over the following years, salt and brackish marsh expanded, while native-dominated plant communities increased and non-native-dominated communities declined. The…