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Jacksonville is donating more than 20 acres of land in the LaVilla neighbourhood to the University of Florida for a new downtown campus, backed by a major public and private investment. The Jacksonville City Council unanimously approved the land transfer and an additional $50 million in funding, taking the city’s total contribution to $100 million….

Palwinder Singh, Jasmer Singh, Sahibjot Singh and Amitoz Bajwa/Image: CBSA Four Punjab-origin men have been deported from Canada after immigration authorities found them inadmissible over links to extortion-related violence, organised crime and other serious offences.The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said Palwinder Singh, Jasmer Singh, Sahibjot Singh and Amitoz Bajwa were deported following decisions by…

FBI files reveal new details about Trump rally shooter Newly released FBI interview documents reviewed by the New York Post provide fresh details about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old gunman who attempted to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in July 2024.The documents were provided to Senate judiciary committee chairman Chuck Grassley…

The ceremony took place at about 3:30pm, only hours after McKinley’s death On September 14, 1901, Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Buffalo after President William McKinley died from injuries suffered in an assassination attempt. Roosevelt reached the city at 1.30pm and was taken to the home of Ansley Wilcox, a friend who would soon provide the…

Materials placed on tracks in Netherlands, suspected sabotage (Representative image) A major outage disrupted parts of the Dutch railway network during Tuesday’s morning rush hour after materials were deliberately placed on tracks at several locations, prompting infrastructure operator ProRail to treat the incident as possible sabotage.“Materials deliberately placed on the tracks have been found at…

Texas landowners, ranchers and business owners are taking legal action to stop the Trump administration from building border walls and related infrastructure through the remote Big Bend region, arguing that the area does not face the high levels of illegal crossings used to justify the construction. The Associated Press and ABC News reported that the…

PC: Anadolu Agency of Turkey A 66-million-year-old gastropod fossil has been discovered at an archaeological site in Ankara, Turkey. Excavators uncovered the fossil during work at Kulhoyuk in the Oyaca neighbourhood of Ankara’s Golbasi district. Researchers believe it dates to one of the final phases of the Tethys Sea, an ancient body of water that…

After more than a century of welcoming families through its gates, Clementon Park and Splash World in Camden County, New Jersey, has announced the ‘difficult decision’ to close permanently. The landmark amusement park made the announcement on September 9, marking an end to its 119 years of operation. The property is now up for sale….

Representative Image (AI-generated) An effort in southeast Ohio could turn roughly 850 acres of former coal-company land into a publicly accessible community forest, creating a major connection between existing protected and recreational lands. Local stakeholders are negotiating with the Sugar Creek Coal and Mining Company to acquire the property in Dover Township and establish the…

US federal court blocks Trump administration’s four-year visa rule for international students, researchers, blocking Sept 15 implementation. In a major reprieve for international students, researchers, academics and foreign journalists, a US federal district court has blocked the Trump administration from implementing a new rule that would replace the longstanding ‘duration of status’ system with fixed…