Quote of the day by Dale Carnegie: “When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means…”

Quote of the day by Dale Carnegie (Image: Wikipedia) Fear often grows strongest exactly when someone imagines everything that could possibly go wrong. The possibility of failure can make an uncertain situation feel considerably worse than it actually is, sometimes stopping a person from taking any action at all. Dale Carnegie offered a genuinely different…

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Mohuya Khan, 27, made about $130,000 from nine income streams in 2025 while living in Queens; after taxes and expenses, she took home about $70,000

Native New Yorker Mohuya Khan, 27, in her apartment in Astoria, Queens. Lucia Vazquez for BI Operating nine different income streams from her one-bedroom apartment in Astoria, Queens, 27-year-old content creator and business owner Mohuya Khan generated about $130,000 in gross revenue in 2025.After business expenses and taxes, Khan kept about $70,000 in take-home income,…

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James, 18, Earl of Wessex, passes A-levels, to study rural land management at Royal Agricultural University after working as a farmhand at King Charles’ Sandringham estate

Prince Edward and Sophie’s son James is set to begin university this autumn after receiving his A-level results. James, the Earl of Wessex and son of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, will study rural land and property management at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, this autumn.James was among hundreds of thousands of…

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In June 2026, Washington began restoring 270 acres across two river islands; the project will reconnect the South Fork Skagit estuary to natural tides and hundreds more acres for endangered Chinook salmon

Construction begins on project to restore estuary habitat in South Fork Skagit River (Photo by: WDFW) Heavy earth-moving equipment began work in June 2026 on a major coastal restoration project in Skagit County, Washington. The project will remove old sea defences and breach river levees across two islands in the South Fork Skagit River delta.The…

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She spent 10 months restoring a 160-year-old house; now Lauren Iraeta is reconnecting former families with pieces of their history

When Lauren Iraeta and her husband bought an old waterfront house, they expected to spend their weekends repairing timber and replacing outdated plumbing.Instead, after a 10-month renovation, the 44-year-old real estate agent became a historical investigator. She began researching the people who had lived in the house and reconnecting their descendants with forgotten family items…

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Washington man accused of shooting bald eagle found near his chickens now faces federal charges under wildlife protection laws

A Washington man is facing federal charges after allegedly shooting and killing a bald eagle that was found near chickens on his property in Clark County. The case began on February 5, 2026, when wildlife officers responded to a report of a dead bald eagle in the Hockinson area of Brush Prairie. A witness had…

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Who is Yalda Moaiery? Iranian photojournalist sentenced to 15 years over images, reporting

Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery, known for documenting protests and the lives of women in the country, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.Moaiery said the sentence was handed down by Iran’s Revolutionary Court under legislation introduced after the 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel in 2025. Iranian authorities say the law is intended to…

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Meet Scarlett Tiani, the Connecticut student whose dog-safety invention reached US Nationals and earned a national award plus patent-application support

Scarlett Tiani and her amazing journey from a 5th-grade Invention Convention project at Tracey Magnet School to the national stage A pet safety system created by a Connecticut middle school student to protect postal workers, delivery drivers, neighbours, and pets has received national recognition and legal support for a US patent application.Scarlett Tiani, a sixth-grade…

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