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Wild horses (Representative image) Nevada ranchers who wanted federal officials to remove excess wild horses more quickly have lost their appeal. On October 29, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of the U.S. Department of the Interior and other federal officials, holding that the Bureau…

Representative Image (AI-generated) Losing access to a social media account can mean losing years of work, an established audience and an important source of business. That was the situation faced by a Canadian online publisher whose Facebook pages once attracted around 25 million followers. The company had submitted more than 500,000 advertisements to Meta over…

PC: Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission Once a thriving silver-mining settlement with more than 1,000 residents, Ruby City was at the centre of Washington’s mining boom in the late 19th century. Prospectors, investors and businesses flocked to the town as silver discoveries fuelled hopes of prosperity. However, declining silver prices, limited mineral deposits and…

Representative Image of genetically engineered tomato plants displaying red-purple hues in a field in response to nitrogen deficiency (AI-generated image) Cornell University scientists have developed genetically engineered tomato plants that turn red-purple when nitrogen becomes scarce, giving farmers a visible warning that crops may need fertiliser. Called RedAlert, the plants have moved beyond greenhouse experiments…

Seti was trapped on a narrow stretch of land, with a sheer cliff on one side and an overflowing channel of the river on the other Trapped for 20 days on a narrow strip of land between a sheer cliff and the raging Budhi Gandaki river in Nepal’s Gorkha district, a dog named Seti was…

Representative Image (AI-generated) A family meal arrangement during one of golf’s biggest tournaments turned into a costly legal dispute after a California restaurant sent a bill for nearly $75,000 without discussing the price beforehand. The restaurant had agreed to provide meals for a golfer’s family and friends during the Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia. However,…

Retired professor has been arrested for blocking a delivery robot in Philadelphia. A 78-year-old retired professor in Philadelphia has vowed to continue protesting delivery robots after she was arrested for repeatedly standing in their way, arguing that her actions were an exercise of free speech and a protest against technology taking over public spaces.Carolyn Marvin,…

Representative Image (AI-generated) A business arrangement built around the promise of a share in future software profits ended in a legal dispute after a Georgia technology company terminated its relationship with a software developer. The developer claimed he had been promised 30% of the profits from products created by a joint venture, along with an…

A painting by French Impressionist Camille Pissarro, sold by Sotheby’s for £1.2 million in 2024, has become the centre of a legal battle involving the heirs of a Jewish banker whose art collection was seized by the Nazis during World War II. Seven descendants of Salomon Flavian have approached a Paris court seeking to overturn…