Indian man and woman plead guilty to ‘PayPal refund scam’ in US: ‘Traveled recently, family in India was in danger, was asked to pull off fraud’

Indian man and woman plead guilty to PayPal scam in Arkansas. Gajera Prashant and Dharaben Bhavadiya, an Indian man and a woman, pleaded guilty to a PayPal refund scam in Arkansas. They have received five-year suspended sentences which means they do not have to go to jail immediately despite their serious crime. The PayPal refund…

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2 killed after small plane crashes in Croatia

Rescue teams find two dead after small plane crashes near Croatia’s Zadar Two people were found dead late Friday after a small plane flying from the Czech Republic crashed in the mountains of Paklenica National Park, about 60 kilometres northeast of the coastal city of Zadar, news agency AP reported citing Croatian authorities said.“The search…

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Indian-American Silicon Valley investor says people fake degrees, 20-25% of those who come to US on H-1Bs are frauds

Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa said many H-1B visa holders have fake degrees. Indian-American investor Vivek Wadhwa recently said that he’s aware that 20-25% of people who come to the US on H-1B are frauds. In a podcast with Mark Halperin, the India-born Silicon Valley investor spoke about H-1B abuse and Green Card limbo. “See,…

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After a 1962 storm battered Fire Island, Robert Moses proposed a highway along the New York barrier island; residents fought it and 17 private communities now sit inside a national seashore

Robert Moses at the placing of final steel, Fire Island Inlet Bridge 1962. A powerful nor’easter hit the eastern coast of the United States in March 1962. The storm destroyed dunes, swept nearly 100 homes into the Atlantic Ocean, and cut through the narrow barrier island off Long Island’s south shore. The storm, known as…

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Midway Atoll eradicated invasive rats after Bonin petrels had fallen to fewer than 5,000 nesting pairs; by 2008 the seabird colony had rebounded to more than 135,000 pairs

Black rat eradication restored Midway Atoll’s ecosystem, helping Bonin petrels rebound from fewer than 5,000 to over 135,000 breeding pairs The successful removal of invasive black rats from Midway Atoll led to an extraordinary recovery of the local Bonin petrel population, which grew from fewer than 5,000 nesting pairs to more than 135,000 pairs. According…

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America’s Lake Powell reaches record low, experts warn against propping; Utah Governor says it’s not time to let the lake go

Lake Powell reaches historic low in August Lake Powell has fallen to a record-low elevation, 20 feet lower than it was at the beginning of 2026. The decline is not unexpected as scientists have been warning against this approaching doom. Lake Powell is the second-largest man-made reservoir in the YS by totak capacity, second to…

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Woman born without uterus breaks down as she raises £20,000 for transplant after spending nearly £50,000 on IVF, surrogate and miscarriage: ‘We don’t want to stop fighting yet’

Born without a uterus, Molly Eagles is raising £20,000 to keep her dream of becoming a mother alive after years of IVF, surrogacy and a heartbreaking miscarriage. A woman born without a uterus has broken down in tears while sharing her emotional fertility journey as she and her fiance raise £20,000 to create embryos that…

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In 1972, a Florida man started building a retirement home in a swamp; decades later it became a 12,000-square-foot castle | World News

In 1972, Howard Solomon set out to build a quiet retirement home in rural Florida, but the land he chose was far from ordinary. Instead of a conventional building site, he found a swamp, yet the challenging terrain did little to discourage him. Solomon adapted his plans and began constructing upwards, slowly transforming the property…

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