European wild boars escaped a North Carolina hunting ranch in 1912; a century later the Smokies still removes hundreds each year to limit their damage

European wild boars are large, powerful wild pigs native to Europe and parts of Asia and North Africa, known for their strong snouts, dark coats and sharp tusks. A shipment of European wild boars brought to a North Carolina hunting estate more than a century ago continues to cause serious ecological problems inside Great Smoky…

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In 2016, an Indiana family bought a former bishop’s residence with its own private chapel; after nine years restoring it, the century-old home is listed for $1.28 million

The century-old home is listed for nearly $1.28 million (Image Credit: Maggie Patterson via PEOPLE) An Indiana family spent nine years restoring a historic home that once served as a Catholic bishop’s residence and contains an elaborate private chapel. The story was detailed in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, in which Maggie Patterson shared how…

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At 14, Sheri Lynch received a small grey hippo as a birthday gift. 40 years later, her collection had grown into a world-record collection of 1,086 items | World News

PC: Guinness World Records At 14, Sheri Lynch was given a small grey hippopotamus plush by her best friend. She had no idea that the birthday present would still be part of her life more than four decades later, or that it would eventually sit alongside more than a thousand other hippo-themed objects. The US…

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In 2004, US soldiers hid a time capsule inside a barracks wall before deploying to Iraq and 19 years later contractors found it during renovations | World News

Items placed in a time capsule by the Kentucky National Guard’s 617th Military Police Company in November 2004 are shown March 13, 2023, at Fort McCoy. Image Credit: Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office A forgotten US Army time capsule discovered in late 2022 has now finally gone on public display. It was left inside a…

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Canada deports former Iranian deputy interior minister Seyed Salman Samani | World News

Canada has deported former Iranian deputy interior minister Syed Salman Samani after a federal judge rejected his final appeal against removal, according to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).The agency confirmed Samani’s deportation in a statement to Global News, saying he was removed from Canada after being found inadmissible under rules targeting senior officials of…

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“I never felt fully proud”: YouTuber Eden Masliah owns a $740,000 N.Y.C. apartment at 21, yet struggles to call it her accomplishment

Eden Masliah (Instagram)​ Buying a New York City apartment at 21 would be a dream for many young adults. For YouTuber Eden Masliah, it became a reality after years of building her online career and saving from brand deals. Yet her first home purchase has brought an unexpected emotion with the excitement. Despite investing her…

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Quote of the day by John Cena: “A man’s character is not judged after he celebrates a victory, but by…” – a powerful lesson about failure and responsibility | World News

Quote of the day by John Cena (Image Credits: Instagram) Winning tells people plenty about what someone is capable of when everything is genuinely going their way. The considerably harder test tends to arrive later, once circumstances turn difficult and there is no obvious way out left available. John Cena, the American wrestler, actor and…

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A British duke sent six Himalayan tahr to New Zealand in 1904; five survived the voyage, and their descendants later grew into tens of thousands that now damage fragile alpine ecosystems

The Himalayan tahr is a large, shaggy mountain ungulate native to the Himalayas that has become an invasive species in New Zealand. In 1904, a gift from a British aristocrat brought a handful of shaggy mountain goats to the remote peaks of New Zealand’s South Island. The aim was to build up big game stocks…

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As US farmers reject multimillion-dollar AI data-centre offers, a Missouri farmer is doing the opposite and inviting developers to buy his land

Across the US there are two voices rising out of the ordinary, one propagating the AI boom as the natural future of the world, and the other resisting it, calling it the doom that humans are bringing upon themselves. In numerous states, people have carried out rallies and protests, even formulating laws that prohibit the…

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