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A Brooklyn Heights mansion once described as a “derelict eyesore” is back on the market after a decade-long reconstruction, alongside its neighbouring carriage house, with the two properties seeking a combined $20.99 million, the New York Post reported. The adjoining but legally and physically separate properties are being marketed together as Monroe Place Estates, with…

Prince George’s County and the Boris L. Henson Foundation, founded by actress and mental health advocate Taraji P. Henson, are partnering on a $30 million Healing Arts Integrative Wellness Hub in Temple Hills, Maryland. According to the Prince George’s County Council, the county will renovate the Temple Hills Community Centre into a facility combining creative…

PC: The Wonderful Company A philanthropic pledge announced in 2022 has now taken physical shape at the University of California, Davis, where a new agricultural research centre opened its doors in May 2026. The facility, named after California philanthropists Lynda and Stewart Resnick, follows their $50 million donation to the university, the largest contribution it…

Inspired by modernist glass houses, the Pasadena residence combines expansive glazing with timber framing for added warmth. Some houses are built to make a statement, others are built to blend in with their surroundings. One midcentury modern residence in Pasadena, California pulls off both. The glass-and-wood home was built in 1965 for about $45,000 by…

A Pennsylvania family’s love for Halloween has turned an ordinary residential yard into an elaborate haunted attraction, complete with towering monsters, battling aliens and an immersive cornfield experience. According to a report by Berks Weekly, the display in Exeter Township has evolved over five years from a modest graveyard into a themed Halloween experience called…

Noah Duckett and Wyatt Ehrhardt started their food drive in 2024, the same year they finished high school. Two years later, the initiative they began in a Wisconsin town has grown into a national network and earned one of the most prestigious youth honours in the world. Duckett and Ehrhardt, both now college sophomores, have…

A forgotten Cold War military base buried beneath Greenland’s ice is giving scientists an unusual glimpse into a much warmer Earth. Researchers examined sediment recovered from Camp Century in northwestern Greenland, a site built by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1959 and abandoned in 1967. The sediment contained biological markers that allowed scientists…

Image Credit: AI Generated A Georgia divorce dispute over a house renovation has prompted an appeals court to reconsider how a couple’s shared investment should be treated when dividing marital property. The husband owned the home before marriage, but the couple later spent approximately $40,000 finishing its basement and creating a separate living area for…

It started with a chase. Two days before the city of Gallup asked Robert Wilson to make a sculpture for Route 66, he was running after jackrabbits on the trails of Albuquerque’s West Mesa. So, when the opportunity came, jackrabbits were the first thing that came to mind.Jackrabbits are quick, built for desert crossings and…

Representative image of cannabis seeds from Canva Researchers studying a 2,800-year-old princely tomb in southern Siberia have found about 1,000 cannabis seeds alongside preserved human hair containing chemical traces associated with cannabis intoxication. The discovery, reported by Phys.org, ScienceAlert and Discover Magazine, suggests that people buried in the Scythian-era tomb may have used cannabis for…