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William Milliken and Levi Swartz founded Swoop Scoop in late 2020 in Spokane Valley, Washington, after recognising that picking up dog waste was an overlooked service (Image Credit: Swoop Scoop) What started as a small Washington business built around one of the least glamorous chores of dog ownership has grown into a multi-market operation generating…

The dream of staying close to family remains a pipe dream for an Australian couple. In 2024, Caitlin Holme and Chris Robinson bought into a sprawling 1,840-square-metre block in Bulli, hoping to build a second modular home. Ms Holme’s sister already occupied one on the rear of the property. Their plan was simple: two families,…

Why Scotland, Wales and Ireland want to leave the UK The Partition of India — and before it the Partition of Bengal — were among the most consequential acts of British imperial cartography, with the former leaving countless dead, a subcontinent in perennial trauma and perhaps even helping create some of the geopolitical conditions from…

Indian-origin Tulsi Patel, a former daycare worker facing charges of molesting children in Georgia. In 2024, the case of Tulsi Patel came to light when the Alpharetta police arrested the 22-year-old former childcare worker on allegations of molesting a 4-year-old girl at the Kids ‘R’ Kids Learning Academy on Webb Bridge Road. The child was…

David Todd and Caroline Hodge outside court. Image Credit: Champion News David Todd and Caroline Hodge bought their £1.2 million home in East Sussex with a countryside setting and a secure fence that was important because they owned two Labradors. Years later, however, that same fence became the centre of a dispute with their new…

Arjun Jain, Age 16, Short Hills, New Jersey, USA (Source: ACTION FOR NATURE) A 16-year-old student from New Jersey has turned a backyard soil-free farming experiment into an urban agriculture project that has donated more than 3,500 pounds of fresh produce to local food pantries while also helping shape local laws. Arjun Jain, a student…

When Angelica Martinez bought her home in Miami’s Little Havana neighbourhood in 2019, she did what most buyers do: she hired an attorney, carried out a title search and checked the property’s history for any outstanding debts or liens. Everything seemed perfect. Five years after the purchase, Martinez faces the threat of foreclosure over a…

From Natalie Harp to JD Vance’s weight loss secret: 5 strange US stories making headlines. From an obscure White House aide suddenly becoming a national obsession to a mysterious kidney disease appearing among Texas farm workers, the first half of September has produced a peculiar collection of American stories. Some are political, some deeply cultural…

Myreen Ahsan (8th Grade, Friendswood Junior High) An eighth-grade student from Texas has used artificial intelligence and computer models to screen more than 10 million drug-like molecules in search of possible treatments for frontotemporal dementia. Myreen Ahsan, a student at Friendswood Junior High in Friendswood, Texas, carried out the computer-based study as part of an…

File photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping China has privately asked Tehran to use its influence over Yemen’s Houthis to help rein in the Iran-backed group after Saudi Arabia appealed to Beijing for help, according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter quoted by Reuters.The appeal came after the Houthis made rapid advances along Yemen’s…