‘Michael’ DENIED Golden Globes submission in musical/comedy category; asked to contend in ‘drama’ category |

The Michael Jackson biopic ‘Michael’, starring Jaafar Jackson in the lead, as the King of Pop, has been denied a classification in the musical/comedy category in the upcoming Golden Globe Awards. ‘Michael’ bid for ‘Musical/Comedy’ nomination REJECTED As per reports, the film, which boasts of a number of tracks from the late Pop icon, has…

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In 1858, a Texas family began holding ranchland that developers later wanted for 3,500 houses; in 2016, the family backed a plan to preserve 204 acres for a San Antonio park worth nearly $10 million

A century-and-a-half-old family ranch in northern San Antonio became the focus of a major conservation effort in June 2016, when the Classen-Steubing family agreed to sell 204 acres of largely undeveloped land to the city for a future park and protection of the Edwards Aquifer. The proposal, reported by Texas Public Radio and the San…

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Indian-origin Uber driver father in NYC seeks help on GoFundMe for daughter’s funeral after mother kills five-year-old: ‘I lost my whole world’

Five-year-old Fabiana was killed by her mother and now her father Kuldeep Singh seeks help on GoFundMe to raise money for her funeral. A New York father is struggling to arrange his five-year-old daughter’s funeral after the child was found dead at their Queens home, with the girl’s mother charged with murder after allegedly telling…

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Steve Buscemi returned to firefighting after 9/11 and backed a charity for his former colleagues; by 2024, it was delivering over 4,200 counselling sessions a year to firefighters and families

Steve Buscemi worked as a full-time New York City firefighter before starting his acting career. Hollywood actor Steve Buscemi had left the New York City Fire Department to pursue acting, but the September 11, 2001, attacks brought him back to the fire service. The next morning, he returned to Ground Zero, where he joined firefighters…

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In 1971, a hijacker vanished with $200,000; in 1980, an 8-year-old found part of the ransom on a Washington riverbank, and a damaged $20 note from the discovery sold for $134,200 at auction in 2026

A worn fragment of a $20 banknote linked to the famous 1971 D.B. Cooper hijacking has sold for $134,200 (£102,800) at an auction in Dallas, Texas. The damaged banknote is one of the few pieces of physical evidence ever recovered from the ransom money given to the unidentified hijacker before he parachuted into the wilderness…

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‘As a second-generation Indian-American’: 21-year-old Vasant Bhatt says he voted for Democrat Talarico in Texas election after being disgusted by MAGA racism

21-year-old Indian-American Vasant Bhatt goes viral after he announces that he voted for Democrat James Talarico in Texas, rejecting MAGA’s India hatred. Indian-origin US voter Vasant Bhatt went viral after he announced on social media that he voted for Democrat James Talarico in Texas after being disgusted by the xenophobia and racism of the Republicans….

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A 33-year-old California swimmer spent 111 days covering 900 miles of coastline in stages, battling seven-foot waves and polluted water; Catherine Breed has now completed her journey from Oregon to Mexico

A former Berkeley swimmer and US national team member, Breed embraced open-water swimming after joining San Francisco’s Dolphin Club. For 111 days, Catherine Breed’s world was measured in stretches of open water. One day brought towering waves, another brought punishing currents, and sometimes the ocean offered little more than exhaustion and uncertainty. Swimming roughly 10…

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A Florida developer floated 864 apartments near Sarasota’s Celery Fields, then offered a 126-home settlement on the same 51 acres; county commissioners rejected the deal and voted to explore buying the land instead

Sarasota County officials have rejected a proposed settlement that would have permitted a 126-home subdivision beside the Celery Fields, opting instead to explore purchasing the disputed property for conservation and stormwater management. The decision, reported by Sarasota Magazine on October 8, 2026, follows a prolonged legal battle involving homebuilder D.R. Horton, the property owners and…

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