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Built in 1897, Santa Monica’s last intact shotgun house was nearly demolished in 1997; After multiple moves and restoration, it now serves as a preservation center.
Santa Monica’s historic 1897 Shotgun House found new life as a Preservation Resource Center (Image credit: Stephen Schafer via Santa…
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Tech entrepreneur with Hollywood connections wanted by FBI after $35 million fraud. Who is fugitive former CEO Bernhard Fritsch?
Bernhard Fritsch, a fugitive former CEO, is wanted by the FBI after a $35 million fraud conviction. He was once…
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Nepal Bet Almost Everything on Hydropower: Floods Show Why It’s a Problem
Hydropower continues to dominate large-scale investments in Nepal, and some climate activists say funding has continued despite known disaster risks.…
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Who is Arthur Lundeen? Arizona man taped to seat on American Airlines flight after alleged racist outburst
The photo of Arthur Lundeen taped to his seat after his violent and racist outburst on a plane has gone…
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Trump signs order to remove endangered species status for gray wolves
Donald Trump signed an executive order to eliminate endangered species protection for the gray wolf and a subspecies, the Mexican…
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In 2018, Northeastern planned a 55,000-square-foot expansion on a Massachusetts peninsula; Eight years later, the city won the right to take 12 acres by eminent domain to keep it open.
The city of Nahant during a windy spring day. Photo credit: Canva In 2018, Northeastern University announced plans for a…
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A huge forested island appeared in a British Columbia reservoir, disappeared and resurfaced 30 km away 15 days later with trees, birds and other animals still on board.
British Columbia Reservoir Representative image from Canva In the summer of 2026, workers and residents around the Williston Reservoir in…
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A pigeon with a ‘bleeding heart’ has returned after 20 years: Rare Philippine bird spotted in 2026, but the reason for its return may not be good news
A camera on the Philippine island of Mindoro captured one of the country’s rarest birds, confirming that the critically endangered…
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In 1989, the Detroit Zoo began helping save snails exterminated in the wild; 37 years later, 500 people travel 5,000 miles to Tahiti, as part of a program that has returned 17,000
Representative image (generated by AI) A conservation effort that began nearly four decades ago is sending hundreds of tiny snails…
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In Oklahoma, one veteran spent five years fighting invasive cedar trees on his 400-acre ranch; now native grasses are returning and water is flowing into newly reappearing streams
Heishman began working with Duel Brown, the Pawnee County conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, who helped find practical…
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