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Developers once planned Adirondack Park’s largest residential project on 5,800 New York acres; after years of failure and foreclosure litigation, the land is headed for public auction

After years of legal wrangling, the 5,800-acre tract in New York’s Adirondack Park that was once planned for residential development is now headed for a public foreclosure auction. The property, near Simond Pond and the former Big Tupper ski centre, will be auctioned on 18 September at the Franklin County Courthouse in Malone, according to…

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Western Australia sank 60 ten-tonne concrete fish boxes across two artificial reefs; three years later more than 60 fish species were recorded, up from about 12

Representative Image (AI-generated) A barren stretch of seafloor can look empty from above, but dropping the right structures onto it can quickly change what lives beneath the surface. That is what happened off Western Australia’s south-west coast after purpose-built artificial reefs were installed at Bunbury and Dunsborough in 2013. The projects used 30 concrete “Fish…

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Who is Lucy Letby? British nurse convicted of killing 7 babies, inquiry finds hospital failures cost lives | World News

A public inquiry has found that more babies could have been saved from nurse Lucy Letby if hospital managers had acted sooner on concerns about a rise in unexplained deaths and collapses on a neonatal unit in northern England.The finding came on Tuesday from the Thirlwall Inquiry, which examined how Letby’s offending went undetected at…

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The US and Mexico have shared the Colorado River since 1944; a new deal will cut Mexico’s allocation by 250,000 acre-feet, about 17%, for two years

About 40 million people depend on the Colorado River system across the United States and Mexico. From drinking water to municipal needs and even agricultural irrigation, both countries depend on the river and have shared and formally managed its water under a binational agreement for over 80 years. They signed the 1944 Water Treaty, where…

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In 2016, Jennifer Lopez bought an 8-acre Bel Air estate for $28 million; seven years later, it sold for about $34 million, $8.5 million below its $42.5 million ask

Perched atop a 1920s Georgian-style building near Madison Square Park, the New York residence has spent years appearing on and off the market. For a property built for the kind of life most people only see in movies, Jennifer Lopez’s Bel Air estate finally took its final bow in 2023. According to a report by…

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Bangladesh’s banana farmers once discarded the stems; the waste can now produce 37,778 tonnes of fibre a year and a $94 million export opportunity | World News

Bangladesh’s banana farmers could turn discarded banana stems into a source of income, as researchers estimate the waste could produce nearly 37,778 tonnes of banana fibre each year, creating a potential $94 million export opportunity. According to the study published in the Journal of Hunan University, titled ‘Unlocking the Potential of Banana Fibre Exports from…

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Evening news wrap: India slams Pakistan over Masood Azhar bounty; Rajpal Yadav gets final chance in cheque-bounce case & more | India News

‘Such gimmicks are nothing new’: India slams Pakistan over ‘phoney announcement’ of Rs 70 lakh bounty on Masood Azhar India hit out at Pakistan over its reported announcement of a Rs 70 lakh bounty on Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar. India dismissed the announcement as “phoney” and said such “gimmicks” were nothing new, questioning the credibility…

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Nmplol retires from streaming after MisterArther drama? Twitch star reveals his shocking new job

Twitch star Nick “Nmplol” Polom has announced that he is stepping away from streaming after a strange few days filled with drama. The announcement came soon after fans noticed that Nmplol had reportedly banned fellow creator MisterArther from his Twitch channel and unfollowed him on Instagram. Nmplol did not explain what happened between them. Instead,…

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China built a 120-metre tower above a waste plant; visitors can now climb it to look over a facility processing 8,000 tonnes of rubbish a day | World News

Image Credit: AI Generated China has turned a huge part of a waste treatment facility in Guangzhou into a public attraction. A former chimney at the Fushan Circular Economy Industrial Park has been transformed into a 120-metre-high tower, allowing visitors to look across the site from above. The facility processes thousands of tonnes of household…

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